Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "History" №4

HISTORY. Choose the correct answer.

1. During Queen Elizabeth I's ....... , England's role in the world changed dramatically.

coronation
monarchy
reign
ruling

2. I can't quite make out the ....... at the bottom of the manuscript.

subscription
signal
signature
signing

3. There is a memorial ....... in the church commemorating the soldiers who fell in the last war.

block
grave
stone
tile

4. The Second World War ....... in 1939.

broke off
broke out
broke open
broke up

5. You need a special ....... to go into this part of the castle.

agreement
allowance
permission
permit

6. The vase is definitely not ....... , just a very good imitation.

factual
genuine
real
true

7. The prince ....... power on the death of his father.

assumed
consumed
presumed
resumed

8. The king had no ....... on any disloyal subject.

allowance
forgiveness
mercy
sympathy

9. The curator of the archives was most ....... and actually let me examine the ancient manuscript.

favourable
gratifying
obliging
promising

10. The culture of ....... minorities living in any society must be respected.

national
native
racial
tribal

11. After the news of the victory, the people lit ....... in the streets and danced round them all night.

beacons
bonfires
furnaces
illuminations

12. Queen Elizabeth II ....... her father as reigning monarch in 1952.

acceded
assumed
succeeded
superseded

13. There are some very beautiful ....... glass windows in Canterbury Cathedral.

designed
drawn
marked
stained

14. The statue in the city square ....... the soldiers who lost their lives in WW II.

celebrates
commemorates
remembers
reminds

15. Hamlet thought he saw his father's ....... .

ghost
illusion
soul
vision

16. Lovers have ....... their names on this old statue for hundreds of years.

carved
chopped
outlined
printed

17. Prof. Ancient is an authority on ....... architecture.

antiquarian
archaic
mediaeval
middle-aged

18. Claudius remained in ....... until the year 54 A.D.

energy
force
power
strength

19. Ms Curious is doing ....... into the spread of Mesopotamian culture.

an examination
a poll
research
a survey

20. The ....... of the "Anna Maria" is only a few yards from the beach, and we swam out to it yesterday.

remains
rest
ruin
wreck

21. The ambassador presented his ....... to the Queen.

credentials
depositions
documentations
references

22. The Union Jack is the national ....... of Great Britain.

emblem
flag
motto
standard

23. Archeologists are going to ....... that site in the hope of finding Roman remains.

examine
excavate
exhume
explore

24. In a multi-racial society, it is important to preserve the ....... culture of its members.

biological
ethnic
national
tribal