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Англ сессия 60-120

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct variant. The title the “first Gothic building” is given to….. .

a)

Westminster abbey

b)

The abbey of Saint-Denis

c)

Windsor

d)

King’s College Chapel

2.

Choose the correct variant. A transparent substance used in windows

a)

glass

b)

metal

c)

marble

d)

porcelain

3.

Choose the right synonym for the following word: barbarian

a)

uncivilized

b)

fashionable

c)

strong

d)

important

4.

Choose the right synonym for the following word: cathedral

a)

nave

b)

church

c)

facade

d)

palace

5.

Choose the correct variant. For the classical antiquity and for the Renaissance the ….. the basic element of architectural design.

a)

pediment

b)

the effect of illusionism

c)

order

d)

asymmetry

6.

Choose the correct variant. The basic theory of static equilibrium for forces acting in any direction was applied in ….. .   

a)

educational planning

b)

structural design

c)

town planning

d)

architectural design

7.

Choose the correct variant. The world time ..... its origin in Greenwich

a)

finds

b)

will finds

c)

founds

d)

find

8.

Choose the right term to the following definition: a monumental church

a)

cathedral

b)

entablature

c)

arcade

d)

cella

9.

Choose the right definition to the following term: the Renaissance style

a)

enclosed interior sanctuary

b)

a system of traditional architectural units

c)

the rebirth of classical art and learning

d)

an arcaded gallery

10.

Choose the right term to the following definition: enclosed interior sanctuary

a)

insula

b)

cella

c)

arcade

d)

villa

11.

Replace the word in italics by synonym. The most influential building in the new fashion was the choir of Canterbury cathedral.

a)

structure

b)

arch

c)

abbey

d)

tracery

12.

Choose the correct variant. Not easily broken

a)

durable

b)

heavy

c)

opaque

d)

elastic

13.

Choose the correct variant. The Tempietto is ….. in plan

a)

immediate

b)

massive

c)

circular

d)

rectangular

14.

Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance developed in …..

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

15.

Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance ….. measured expression and definition of architectural space.

a)

is characterized out

b)

is characterizes by

c)

is characterized by

d)

characterized by

16.

Choose the correct variant. The term “Baroque” was used by philosophers ….. .

a)

during the Middle Ages

b)

in ancient times

c)

during the reign of Justinian

d)

during the period Enlightenment

17.

Choose the correct variant. Baroque architecture was a means of ….. faith in church and in the state.

a)

propagate

b)

propagating

c)

in propagating

d)

is propagating

18.

Choose the correct variant. Able to stretch easily

a)

rigid

b)

elastic

c)

opaque

d)

durable

19.

Choose the correct variant. Vivid colours were ….. by pastel shades.

a)

chosen

b)

replaced

c)

created

d)

put

20.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Churches and palaces still exhibited an integration of the tree arts.

a)

displayed

b)

divided

c)

showed

d)

given

21.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Interior and exterior space entertained and captured with imagination by intricacy and subtlety.

a)

avoided

b)

arrested

c)

violated

d)

refined

22.

Choose the correct variant. The word ‘Baroque’ was used to ….. imperfectly shaped pearl.

a)

describe

b)

resemble

c)

concern

d)

provide

23.

Choose the correct variant. The classism that ….. in the period of 1750-1830 is often known as Neoclassism.

a)

were

b)

ordered

c)

organized

d)

flourished

24.

Choose the correct variant. The center of international Neoclassism was….. .

a)

Rome

b)

Paris

c)

Florence

d)

Constantinople

25.

Choose the correct variant. A person who designs a building’s heating and ventilation systems

a)

structural engineer

b)

mechanical engineer

c)

building surveyor

d)

contractor

26.

Choose the correct variant. A drawing done by hand

a)

painting

b)

writing

c)

sketch

d)

draw

27.

Choose the correct variant. A skeleton - like internal structural system

a)

framework

b)

foundation

c)

opening

d)

 roof

28.

What’s the English equivalent ‘долговечность’?

a)

dimension

b)

durability

c)

short

d)

finishing

29.

Choose the correct variant. According to Le Corbusier, ‘the house should be as practically constructed as …..’

a)

a TV-set

b)

a type-writer

c)

a refrigerator

d)

a simple srucure

30.

Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier ….. the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North African cities.

a)

worked out

b)

endured

c)

played

d)

spread

31.

Choose the correct variant. Gehry was named 1989 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, ….. award for architectural achievement presented to a living architect.

a)

the more prestigious

b)

the most prestigious

c)

most prestigious

d)

much most prestigious

32.

Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier was  the ….. figure internationally in modern architecture from 1920 to 1960.

a)

foreign

b)

possible

c)

dominant

d)

impossible

33.

Choose the correct variant. Find the English equivalent:  утонченные вкусы 18 века

a)

vivid 18th  century tastes

b)

simple 18th  century tastes

c)

hidden 18th  century tastes

d)

elegant 18th century tastes

34.

Choose the correct variant. Ancient Greek architecture ….. by its highly formalized characteristics, both of structure and decoration.

a)

is distinguishing

b)

is distinguished

c)

will be distinguishing

d)

is going distinguished

35.

Choose the synonym for the word in italics. The building structure was lightened to render interiors graceful and ethereal.

a)

to open

b)

to make

c)

to have

d)

to combine

36.

Choose the correct variant. The system by which electricity is distributed through a building

a)

wiring

b)

framing

c)

finishing

d)

installation 

37.

Choose the correct variant: The aim of visual art is … a complete, homogeneous  physical environment in which all the arts have their places. 

a)

to create

b)

to destroy

c)

to exclude

d)

to  punish

38.

Choose the correct term to the definition: Pertaining to the present time.

a)

modern

b)

workshop

c)

crafts

d)

cubism

39.

Choose the correct term to the definition: the redutionary phase of the Modern art movement.

a)

cubism

b)

mannerism

c)

atheism

d)

surrealism

40.

Choose the correct variant. There is a massive emphasis ….. certain elements such as energy efficiency and the use of environmentally friendly construction materials.

a)

on

b)

in

c)

at

d)

into

41.

Choose the correct variant.  Rococo rooms ….. as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings.

a)

were designed

b)

was designed

c)

be designed

d)

will be designed

42.

What’s the Russian equivalent for ‘load bearing wall’?

a)

каркасная стена

b)

несущая стена

c)

межкомнатные стена

d)

утепленная стена

43.

Choose the correct variant. Saint Petersburg ….. by the Tsar Peter the Great  on   the  27th of May , 1703.

a)

was founded

b)

were founded

c)

is founded

d)

had founded

44.

Choose the right term to the definition: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones.

a)

power engineering

b)

technology of wood processing

c)

architecture

d)

aviation

45.

Choose the correct variant. Small true brick arches first appeared in….. .

a)

Byzantium

b)

Greece

c)

Italy

d)

in Mesopotamia and Egypt

46.

Choose the correct variant. The aqueduct … … by the Romans.

a)

invents

b)

was invented

c)

were invented

d)

was invent

47.

Choose the right term to the definition: A draped female statue used as a column in classical architecture.

a)

caryatid

b)

arch

c)

porch

d)

temple

48.

Choose the right term to the definition.  a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion historical monument

a)

preserve

b)

pilgrimage

c)

restore

d)

drawbridge

49.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Replace the word in italics by synonyms.  European travelers saw the mysterious and amazing remains of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

a)

interesting

b)

modern

c)

astonishing 

d)

huge

50.

Choose the correct variant. The Ascension Cathedral in Almaty  is ….. wooden building in the world

a)

the most second tallest

b)

the second tallest

c)

the second taller

d)

the most tallest

51.

Choose the correct variant. The top three floors of student hostel ….. now.

a)

are being decorated

b)

was being decorated

c)

were being decorated

d)

had been decorated

52.

Choose the right term to the definition: A person skilled in building with stone or brick.

a)

mason

b)

plasterer

c)

plumber

d)

electrician

53.

Choose the right term to the definition: The place where Muslim people have religious services.

a)

dome

b)

mosque

c)

aisle

d)

capital

54.

Choose the right definition to the following term:  It  is an upright structure designed to support a weight above.

a)

door

b)

window

c)

column

d)

ceiling

55.

Choose the correct variant. Architecture….. designing and planning buildings

a)

deal with

b)

deals with

c)

dealing with

d)

is dealing with

56.

Choose the correct variant. In prehistoric times people ….. shelter where they could live.

a)

using to find

b)

uses to find

c)

used to find

d)

use to finding

57.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. The Great Sphinx probably bears the idealized features of Khephren.

a)

remains

b)

characteristics

c)

points

d)

sides

58.

Choose the correct variant. Many architectural projects usually ….. from financial problems.

a)

is suffering

b)

suffer

c)

is suffered

d)

suffers

59.

Choose the correct variant. The architect says he ….. the design by the next Saturday.

a)

finishes

b)

will be finishing

c)

will have finished

d)

will had finished

60.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. The concept of the king as a powerful lion goes back into prehistoric times.

a)

story

b)

theme

c)

key

d)

idea