SSLMIT Forl 2011 INGLESE Prova B - Versione [1]

Verificate di avere segnato la Versione corretta sul Foglio Risposte B.

PROVA B: 40 MINUTI LEGGETE ATTENTAMENTE LE ISTRUZIONI.
Potete utilizzare questo foglio come brutta copia, ma solo le risposte sul Foglio Riposte B saranno
prese in considerazione

Quiz 1: (tempo consigliato: 20 minuti) Nel testo che segue, ogni spazio indica una parola omessa dal testo. Le
parole omesse sono elencate in ordine alfabetico sotto il testo, precedute da una lettera. Sul Foglio Risposte B,
nella riga che corrisponde al numero nel testo, fate una crocetta con la biro nera sulla lettera che corrisponde alla
parola mancante (ad ogni spazio corrisponde una sola parola).
(righe 1-20 del foglio risposte)

The Etymology of UK Place Names, By Caroline Taggert

It's a proud boast among the (1)__________ that we haven't been invaded successfully since (2)__________.
We fended off Napoleon, Hitler, and goodness knows who else besides. What we (3)__________ to
overlook, though, is how often we were (4)__________ before the Battle of (5)__________. Starting
(6)__________, four main waves of invaders settled here: the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, the
(7)__________ or Vikings and the (8)__________. Each brought their own culture, their own language and
their own (9)__________ of doing things. As the power of each waned, armies withdrew, royal
(10)__________ died out and yesterday's conquerors became today's (11)__________, they left behind one
indelible marker: the names they had given to places.
The name of a place provides hints not only about who used to live there, but about how they made their
(12)__________, who their leaders were and what gods they (13)__________. It tells us why people chose to
settle in a particular spot rather than in another just down the road perhaps there was a ford at A; perhaps B
was a (14)__________valley in a mountainous area and C a (15)__________ site that was easy to defend. In
the most primitive cultures, place names are basic: if you never move far from home, it's enough to call your
local river "the river", because it is the only one or the only one that (16)__________. (The same attitude
leads Londoners to routinely call the (17)__________ "the river" to this day.) But as civilisation develops,
place names need to be more sophisticated. Once you start (18)__________ with nearby villages, you have
to be able to (19)__________ them apart, even if you call them nothing more inventive than "North Village",
"Middle Village" and "South Village" (that's where all those Nortons, (20)__________ and Suttons come
from). A village large enough to have two churches might split in two and become, say, Chalfont St Peter
and Chalfont St Giles. And so it goes on.

Answers:
[A] 1066 [F] Hilltop [K] Middletons [P] Tend
[B] AD 43 [G] Invaded [L] Normans [Q] Thames
[C] British [H] Lineages [M] Norseman [R] Trading
[D] Farmable [I] Living [N] Settlers [S] Way
[E] Hastings [J] Mattters [O] Tell [T] Worshipped

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Quiz 2: (tempo consigliato: 20 minuti) Sul Foglio Risposte B, nella riga che corrisponde alla domanda, fate
una crocetta con la biro nera sulla lettera che corrisponde alla risposta giusta.
(righe 21-50 del foglio risposte)

21 Which nineteenth-century American writer is associated with dark tales of horror?

[A] Emily Dickinson [B] Edgar Allan Poe [C] Walt Whitman
[D] Henry David Thoreau [E] Ralph Waldo Emerson

22 What should you say in English if someone sneezes?

[A] To your health! [B] Bless you! [C] Take care!
[D] Need a tissue? [E] Blessing you!

23 If you are travelling from Chicago to Miami, in what direction are you going?
[A] north [B] south [C] south-east
[D] south-west [E] north-east

24 Which one of the following cities is north of Hadrians Wall?

[A] Edinburgh [B] Birmingham [C] Manchester
[D] Newcastle upon Tyne [E] Leeds

25 Which one of the following is the largest minority group in the US?
[A] African Americans [B] Hispanics [C] Chinese
[D] Native Americans [E] East Indians

26 In America, Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for prosecuting which one of the following groups:
[A] Communists [B] Muslims [C] Afro-Americans
[D] Nazis [E] Republicans

27 There are some cities associated with certain kinds of music. Which one of the following is a mismatch?
[A] Seattle / Grunge [B] Detroit / R&B [C] Nashville / Country
[D] New Orleans / Blues [E] Dallas / Reggae

28 What is the name of Shakespeares theatre in London?

[A] The Royal Theatre [B] The Stratford-on-Avon [C] The Globe Theatre
Theatre
[D] The Kings Men Theatre [E] The Swan Theatre

29 Who do the British refer to when they talk about their neighbours across the pond?
[A] The French [B] The Danes [C] The Irish
[D] The Dutch [E] The Americans

30 Which one of the following states would NOT be considered as belonging to the heartland of America?
[A] Kansas [B] Louisiana [C] Indiana
[D] Iowa [E] Nebraska

31 Which one of the following authors was NOT born in Dublin?

[A] James Joyce [B] Oscar Wilde [C] George Bernard Shaw
[D] H.G. Wells [E] Samuel Beckett
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32 The political movement in America called the Tea Party takes its name from an incident which occurred
in which one of the following?:
[A] in Moby Dick [B] in the American Civil War [C] in the American War of
Independence
[D] in Huckleberry Finn [E] in the Vietnam War

33 The senior most clergyman of the Church of England (the Anglican Church) is the archbishop of which one
of the following cathedrals?
[A] Oxford [B] Westminster [C] Canterbury
[D] York [E] Buckingham

34 Which one of the following wrote The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
[A] George Eliot [B] Robert Louis Stevenson [C] Joseph Conrad
[D] Mary Shelley [E] Rudyard Kipling

35 Which one of the following measures, in America, is closest to one litre?

[A] a quart [B] a pint [C] a cup
[D] a gallon [E] a bushel

36 Silicon Valley is the name of a place renowned for being the home of which one of the following?
[A] wealthy retirees [B] financial institutions [C] ivy league universities
[D] casinos [E] hi-tech companies

37 Which one of the following is NOT an art museum in New York City?
[A] the Guggenheim [B] the Metropolitan [C] MOMA
[D] Tate Modern [E] the Whitney Museum

38 Which one of the following degrees in Fahrenheit is closest to 10C ?

[A] 30F [B] 40F [C] 50F
[D] 60F [E] 70F

39 Which one of the following is an American expression generally NOT used in British English?
[A] to take the dual [B] some crisps to nosh on [C] the stone of a fruit
carriageway
[D] avoid the queue [E] fix a leaky faucet

40 Which one of these sports did not originate in the UK?

[A] Golf [B] Cricket [C] Rugby
[D] Association Football [E] Basketball

41 When the constitution of the Unites States was ratified in 1787, how many states were there?
[A] 13 [B] 7 [C] 50
[D] 32 [E] 52

42 Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States during which period?
[A] 1830s [B] 1840s [C] 1850s
[D] 1860s [E] 1870s

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43 Which one of the following terms is used to refer to the elected political head of an American state?
[A] Mayor [B] President [C] Juror
[D] Governor [E] Chancellor

44 Which one of these famous sets of siblings is involved in contemporary British politics?
[A] the Gallaghers [B] the Minogues [C] the Milibands
[D] the Freuds [E] the Thatchers

45 Which one of the following currently resides at 10 Downing Street, London?

[A] Gordon Brown [B] David Cameron [C] Prince William
[D] Nick Clegg [E] Tony Blair

46 Which one of the following place names is used as a synonym for the British Parliament?
[A] Temple [B] Kensington [C] Westminster
[D] The City [E] Whitehall

47 In the United States Senate, each state is represented by how many senators?
[A] 2 [B] 3 [C] 4
[D] 5 [E] 6

48 Which one of the following value does NOT exist amongst British coins?
[A] 1 penny [B] 5 p. [C] 20 p.
[D] 25 p. [E] 50 p.

49 The slogan, No taxation without representation, was used by which of the following groups to justify
their revolt?
[A] the Canadians [B] the Irish [C] the Americans
[D] the Scots [E] the Australians

50 The shortest sea route between England and mainland Europe is between Calais and which one of the
following English ports?
[A] Brighton [B] Portsmouth [C] Scarborough
[D] Dover [E] Dunkirk