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TEST BORRADO, QUIZÁS LE INTERESEEl Inglés Actual

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Título del test:
El Inglés Actual

Descripción:
Examen 18/05/2021

Autor:
Carlos Maya Chávez
(Otros tests del mismo autor)

Fecha de Creación:
18/05/2021

Categoría:
Historia

Número preguntas: 98
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When did the Anglo-Saxons invasion from North Germany and South Scandinavia occurred? 4th century 5th century 6th century 7th century.
The Battle of Hastings took place in 1006 1066 1106 1616.
By the end of the reign of Elizabeth I (1603), the amount of English speakers was between 2 - 3 million speakers 4 - 6 million speakers 5 - 7 million speakers 9 - 10 million speakers.
By the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth II (1952), the amount of English speakers was around 75 million 150 million 250 million 319 million.
How many expeditions were there in the United States? 0 1 2 3.
Which Britain in the New World expedition failed? None The 1st The 2nd The 3rd.
When did the New World (US) experience its first census? 1776 1790 1791 1780.
Where did the slave trade mostly occur? In the United States In Canada In the Caribbean (West Indies) All answers are correct.
When did the Declaration of Independence took place? 1771 1776 1856 1901.
James Cook arrived to Australia New Zealand South East Asia and South Pacific All the answers are correct.
Which was the first penal colony established in Australia? Jamestown Sydney Melbourne Canberra.
When did Australia become an independent nation under the name of The Federation of Australia? 1770 1850 1901 2002.
How many Boer Wars occurred in South Africa? None 1 2 3.
The first Boer War was won by the South African Republic the United Kingdom the Union of South Africa None of the above.
The second Boer War was won by the South African Republic the United Kingdom the Union of South Africa None of the above.
During and after the Apartheid, Afrikaans was seen by the black community as a language of repression authority and repression identity protest and self-determination .
During and after the Apartheid, English was seen by the black community as a language of protest and self-determination authority and repression identity None of the above.
After the end of Apartheid, the Constitution of 1993 established nine official languages, including Afrikaans and English nine official languages ten official languages, including English eleven official languages, including Afrikaans and English.
When was West Africa divided into colonial territories? 1904 1905 1914 1960.
Concerning the West African colonies, which country's situation was different? Malawi Nigeria Cameroon Liberia.
What event marked the end of the European colonial empire? The 1st Boer War The 2nd Boer War The 1st World War The 2nd World War.
English has remained an official language in five west African countries. Which of the following is not one of them? Sierra Leone Gambia Ethiopia Ghana.
What is the official language of Liberia? Liberian English Afrikaans Dutch.
Who were the British expeditioners who went to East Africa? John Cabot and James Cook James Cook, independently. Richard Burton and David Livingston Nelson Mandela.
When was the Imperial British East Africa Company established? 1850 1876 1888 1997.
British English remains an official language in many West African countries. Which of the following is not one of them? Botswana Lesotho Zimbabwe Bhutan.
Concerning South Asia, English is only an official language in India, Pakistan and Nepal India Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Buthan India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
In 1857, some universities were established in India, with higher education taking place in English. These were the universities of Bombay and Calcutta Delhi and Bombay Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
What is the official language of India? English Hindi Swahili None of the above.
In South East Asia and the South Pacific, the USA received the island of Guam and Puerto Rico the island of Guam, Puerto Rico and sovereignty over the Philippines the island of Guam and Hawaii the island of Guam, Puerto Rico and sovereignty over the Philippines, as well as Hawaii, but through a different process.
When did the Philippines become independent from the USA? 1898 1940 1946 2002.
The British had influence over some countries in South East Asia and the South Pacific. Of these, which one does not have English as an official language? Singapore Malaysia Hong Kong Papua New Guinea.
How many official languages are there in Papua New Guinea? 2 4 6 8.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, who had the lead in terms of Colonialism? The British The Americans.
The late 19th and 20th centuries evidenced the rise of ________ as the economic and political super-power of the world the UK the USA China All of the above.
Which statement about life before the Industrial Revolution is false? The pace of change in preindustrial society was extremely slow. Most people lived in urban locations rather than open farms in the countryside. There was no really healthcare. People were illiterate and received no formal education.
During the Industrial Revolution, many sectors of industry grew dramatically. Which was not one of them? Mining Textile Iron Coal.
When did the "railway mania" occur? In the 1940s In the 1950s In the 1960s In the 1970s.
What did the invention of the telegraph (a US invention) do? It altered the transportation and communication systems. It revolutionised long-distance communications. It made cities flourish. None of the above. .
During the Industrial Revolution, towns and cities were not really prepared to receive that many people. Out of the following statements, which consequence is not true? There was a rapid spread of diseases. Alcohol and domestic violence became a major problem of family life. The average height of people rose. Lakes and rivers became polluted.
During the Industrial Revolution... working conditions were terrible for all workers, but they were worse for women and children. working conditions were appropriate for men but terrible for women and children. working conditions were appropriate for everyone, but women and children earned less money. working conditions were terrible but, however, everyone had the same salary. .
Adam Smith and Karl Marx's perspectives of society and economy, as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution, were similar opposite.
TRADE unions (organizations of workers) were legalised from the very beginning. True False True, but in 1824, the Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act which made these unions a worker's right False, they were legalised in 1824. .
In 1919, the British Parliament passed an act granting the vote to women... over the age of twenty-one. over the age of thirty who were householders, the wives of householders, occupiers of property with an annual rent of £5, or graduates of British universities. over the age of thirty who were the wives of householders, occupiers of property with an annual rent of £5, or university graduates. over the age of twenty-one who were householders, the wives of householders, occupiers of property with an annual rent of £5, or university graduates.
Which Act made it obligatory for children employed as workforce to attend two hours of teaching instruction a day? The Representation of the People Act (1928) The Factory Act (1833) The Mines Act (1847) The Education Act (1870).
Which Act required the establishment of non-denominational elementary school for children under the age of 13? The Representation of the People Act (1928) The Factory Act (1833) The Mines Act (1847) The Education Act (1870).
During the Industrial Revolution, schools could charge no more than _________ to educate a child. five pence a day five pence a week nine pence a day nine pence a week.
When was school attendance made compulsory until the age of ten? 1870 1880 1891 1918.
When did elementary education became free? 1870 1880 1891 1918.
These dates marked the beginning of free education as a human right of children. 1847 and 1870 1870 and 1880 1880 and 1891 1891 and 1918.
What did officially end World War I? The Treaty of Versailles The League of Nations The United Nations The Paris Peace Treaties.
The official language(s) of the League of Nations was/were... English English and German English and French English, French and German.
The United Nations was established in... 1919, after World War I 1920, after World War I 1945, after World War II 1947, after World War II.
Which treaty negotiated the terms of peace after World War II? The Treaty of Versailles The Paris Peace Treaties Both of them None of them.
After the two World Wars, the United States set the pace in many social and cultural areas, placing English as the language of change. Which of the following was not one of these social and cultural areas? Broadcasting and the media Popular music International travel and safety The camera.
According to Kachru, we differentiate three concentric circles of the English language, which are: Indoors, Outdoors and Expanding Circle Inner, Outer and Expanding Circle Inner, Outer and Expansion Circle Insider, Outsider and Expansion Circle.
Countries belonging to the Inner Circle are called norm providing norm developing norm dependent.
Countries belonging to the Outer Circle are called norm providing norm developing norm dependent.
Countries belonging to the Expanding Circle are called norm providing norm developing norm dependent.
Which relationship is not correct? Inner Circle - ENL Outer Circle - EFL Expanding Circle - ESL Two of them are not correct.
The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada belong to the... Inner Circle Outer Circle Expanding Circle.
India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malasia, Tanzania, among other countries, belong to the... Inner Circle Outer Circle Expanding Circle.
Korea, Indonesia, Russia, Japan, China, South America, among others, belong to the... Inner Circle Outer Circle Expanding Circle.
It refers to countries where English has been and is established as the traditional and native language of use Inner Circle Outer Circle Expanding Circle.
It refers to countries where English is not the native tongue but has perhaps become an official language or is used due to historial reasons, often colonialism. Inner Circle Outer Circle Expanding Circle.
It refers to countries where English is used as a foreign language or lingua franca and includes most other countries in the world, countries with no colonial past. Inner Circle Outer Circle Expanding Circle.
The definition "a language that is used as a means of communication among people who have different native languages and who, therefore, use it as a second language in order to communicate" matches... lingua franca native language foreign language second language.
It is estimated that, currently, up to _____ of conversations in English involve non-native speakers of the language 50% 60% 70% 80%.
The Lingua Franca Core (LFC), led by Jennifer Jenkins, focuses on... lexico-grammatical features. grammatical features. pronunciation. fluency.
The Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE), led by Barbara Seidlhofer, focuses on... lexico-grammatical features. grammatical features. pronunciation. fluency.
According to LFC, non-native pronunciation should be encouraged as long as intelligibility is reached. True False.
According to LFC, pronunciation features outside the "core" need to be taught productively rather than receptively. True False.
According to LFC, ELF users need to be able to produce all English consonants, except for... /θ/ and /ð/ /θ/ /p/, /t/ and /k/ /t/ and /k/.
The difference between 'leave' and 'live', according to LFC, is an example of... consonant sound consonant cluster vowel length nuclear stress.
______ is a computer-readable corpus of English as a Lingua Franca LFC VOICE.
VOICE comprises _______ words of transcribed spoken ELF from professional, educational and leisure domains and various speech event types. 1 million 2 million 1 billion 2 billion.
Which of the following is not one of the main lexico-grammatical features established by VOICE? Confusing the relative pronouns who and whose. Leaving out words. Inserting prepositions where they are not needed. Overdoing explicitness.
Concerning ELF implications in teaching, understanding and delivering the contents of a message is more important than its formal correctness. True False.
Concerning ELF implications in teaching, striving for standard accents of British English and American English is realistic in terms of use True False.
Currently, British English and American English are both associated with prestige and privileged backgrounds. True False.
Nowadays, English as a Native Language (ENL) prevails English as a Lingua France (ELF) True False.
Big publishing houses - like Cambridge University Press, among many others - are beginning to introduce _____ activities featuring non-native speakers of English in order to address this new reality of English as a Lingua Franca. reading listening writing speaking.
The English classroom in today's multicultural society currently provides the perfect scenario to develop the ____________ competence of students. intercultural communicative negotiation business.
It is believed that students will learn better pronunciation from non-native speakers rather than from native speakers. True False.
It is thought that cultural studies only happen at the intersection of three disciplines: anthropology, sociology and psychology True False.
It is undeniable that culture has become the _____ skill in language teaching second third fourth fifth .
Culture has become an important skill in language teaching due to... globalisation the international role of the English language the international role of the English language and globalisation None of the above.
When we refer to 'culture in the English classroom', we have: cultural knowledge and values cultural values and behaviour cultural knowledge, values and behaviour cultural knowledge, validity and behaviour.
_____ includes daily routines and behaviour, and is known as the Little C Cultural Knowledge Cultural Values Cultural Behaviour.
_____ includes traditions and institutions, and is known as the Big C Cultural Knowledge Cultural Values Cultural Behaviour.
_____ includes beliefs, what people think is important Cultural Knowledge Cultural Values Cultural Behaviour.
The classification of cultural aspects of a community into 'surface culture', 'just below the surface' and 'deep below the surface' is known as.. Surface Model of Culture Cultural Model of Culture Deep Model of Culture Iceberg Model of Culture.
_____ refers to cultural aspects of a community which are practically visible and easy to recognize Surface Culture Just below the surface Deep below the surface.
_____ refers to aspects of culture which are behaviour-based (you need to have some knowledge of a community in order to recognize and understand the cultural aspects included here) Surface Culture Just below the surface Deep below the surface.
_____ refers to value-based cultural aspects (you need to be very familiar with a given community in order to appreciate these aspects) Surface Culture Just below the surface Deep below the surface.
Currently, the rigid classification of culture leads to stereotypes. True False.
Nowadays, in present-day classrooms, resources such as audio, CDROM and DVD are often limited to Anglo-American culture True False.
In present-day classroom, there is no need to introduce authentic materials True False.
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