IELTS Reading: multiple choice

Read the following text and answer the multiple choice questions below.

In linguistics, a corpus (plural corpora) is a large and structured set of texts (now usually electronically stored and processed). A corpus may be used to help linguists to analyse a language, or for the purpose of dictionary writing or language teaching. The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100-million-word text corpus of samples of written and spoken English from a wide range of sources. The corpus covers British English of the late twentieth century from a wide variety of genres with the intention that it be a representative sample of spoken and written British English of that time.

1. What is a corpus?

A) A type of large dictionary.
B) A single written text.
C) A tool for language analysis.

2. Why was the BNC compiled?

A) For the purpose of language teaching.
B) To document written and spoken English from a particular period in time.
C) To document the history of the English language.

Comments

[Marat]

I would answer:
B)
B)

Marat.

[Ai]

1, C)
2, B)

Thanks

[tipi]

A)
B)

[Charles Wang]

1. (C)
2. (B)

[jack]

1.C
2.B

[Erasil]

1.C
2.B

[Cici]

1.C
2.B

[Abbas]

Hi Simon,

1. C
2. B

Thanks for the test.

[Lina]

Hi, Simon

C
B

[Austin Hsu]

Hi Simon

1.C
2.B

[Cate]

Hi
1)c
2)b

[Adel Ansari]

Hi Simon,
My answers:
1. C
2. C

[Nafiseh]

Dear Simon,
My answers are:

1-C
2-B

Thanks

[laarni]

1. C
2. A

[laarni]

Oppss..

it was

1. C
2. B

[Ruth W]

C&B

[naheed]

My ANSWERS ARE
1.B
2.B

[Vy Nguyen]

my answers are
1. a
2. b

[Tayfun Kurt]

Hi Simon,
Here my answers are;

1-C
2-C

Regards,
Tayfun

[Kairat]

Hi Simon,
My answers are 1-C, 2-A

[Tereza]

1.A
2.B

[Raj]

My Answers
1) C
2) B

[Michelle]

1)C
2)B

[Diem]

1-B
2-B

[ARZU]

Hi,

1-C
2-B

[thong]

Hi!
My answers are:
1-C
2-B
Thanks,

[ki]

1.C because : a,b mention partly
2.B -To document written and spoken English from a particular period in time = the intention that it be a representative sample of spoken and written British English of that time

[Sansm]

1.A ( i dont think the answer can be B because in B it says "single" )
2.A

[Faisal]

Hi Simon

I would like to thank you so much for your site. I've just got my result, I got what I need. I have a question, Is it true that Writing & Speaking evaluation differ from center to other? in other word How the Writing & Speaking are evaluated?

Thanks

[allan]

c,b

[chencheng]

CB

[emran]

1.A
2.B

[khairia]

1-C
2-B

[HeHe]

1.C
2.B

[AHMED]

1-C
2-B

[LinMaggie]

1.A
2.B

[mehran]

1.A
2.B

[Li]

C
B

[sonia]

1.A
2.C

[Raquel]

C
B

[Malcolm]

C
B

[Kris]

1> A
2> B

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. C
- a corpus is a collection of texts used to help linguists analyse a language.

2. B
- the BNC was made to document British English from the 20th century as "a representative sample of spoken and written British English of that time".

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Hi Faisal,

Well done for getting the score you need!

All centres and examiners are supposed to follow exactly the same procedure for marking. It's too complicated for me to explain here I'm afraid.

[sara]

hi the answer is

1.c
2.b

[Emmy]

hi the answer is

1.B
2.B

[hussain]

1-A,2-B

[hussain]

hw may i knw abt correct ans.

[Simon]

Hi Hussain,

Look further up this page for my comment that says "CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON".

[tek bdr bam]

c
b

[hussain]

thx simon sir.

[sonu]

a &b

[gagandeep singh chandi]

I'm sure c&b

[DIVYA]

1.c
2.a

[lylita]

c and b

[Aisha]

1. C
2. A

[Saja]

1. C
2. B

[MEENAKSHI CHAUHAN]

hi simon
1.A
2.C

[Nat]

Why not A,
Choice A and C used the same way in the passage!
Any help please.

[M]

C
B

[Long Tran Hai]

C
B

[sharifa]

dear simon i really like your site ,it is very useful.