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Form Name
I.Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
1.Last year I decided to take an English course in Britain. When I called the language school, the __________________ explained to me everything about the school and the courses.
MANAGE
2.They had an __________________ range of courses - for all levels and ages. As for the accommodation, there were two options: staying in a student hostel or living with a host family.
IMPRESS
3.Naturally enough, I wanted to choose the __________________ community of the hostel.
NATIONAL
4.However, because of my parents’ strong __________________ with my choice, I had to stay with the host family.
AGREEMENT
5.And I didn’t regret it! My host family was __________________.
WONDER
6.They told me a lot about their country and were very curious about mine. We talked a lot and when I came back home, I could speak English ____________!
FLUENT
7.I'm studying Italian in a summer school in Tuscany. I arrived a few days ago. It’s my __________________ trip to Italy.
ONE
8.I like this country very much though I __________________ its main tourist attractions yet.
NOT/SEE
9.Actually it was my mum's idea to send me here. In her opinion Italy is the __________________ country in the world.
INTERESTING
10.And she also said that it __________________ me improve my Italian in real-life communication.
HELP
11.Yesterday, while I __________________ dinner in the cafeteria, four other students sat at the same table. We got acquainted. Two of them were Argentines, then a Russian and a Greek. A mix of cultures!
HAVE
12.We started chatting in Italian, laughing, telling jokes and sharing our life__________________. It was lots of fun. I even started to speak Spanish with the Argentines, and our sentences became a mixture of both Italian and Spanish.
STORY
13.But it did not matter at all! No problem. We easily __________________ each other.
UNDERSTAND
14.I wish all people __________________ foreign languages. The more languages you know – the better.
SPEAK
15.Languages help __________________ understand the culture and mentality of other people. And they help us make friends.
W
II.Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, (3 – Not stated).
Mark Twain
Mark Twain wrote ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ in 1884. Since then, the book has been published in at least sixty languages, and some people say it is the best book ever created by an American writer. American students have ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ on their school reading list and parents, teachers and literary experts still debate the problems touched in the book.
The writer’s real name was Samuel Clemens. Samuel was born in 1835. He grew up in the state of Missouri on the Mississippi River. After his father died, young Samuel went to work as an assistant to a publisher. Ten years later, he became a pilot on a steamboat that sailed on the Mississippi. He heard the riverboat workers call out the words "mark twain!" That was a measure for the depth of water. Later he used this word combination as a pen-name.
In 1861 Clemens travelled west and became a reporter for newspapers in Nevada and California. He wrote news stories, editorials and sketches under his pen-name Mark Twain. He became one of the best known storytellers in the West. He developed his own narrative style – friendly, funny, and often satirical, which won him a wide audience. The first success came with the story ‘The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County’.
Mark Twain travelled a lot during his lifetime not only round the USA but also to Europe and the Holy Land. He naturally began writing books about his travels. ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ was published in 1876, and soon after he began writing a sequel, ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
It took Mark Twain longer to write ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ than any of his other books. He started writing in 1876, but put the story away after about two years of work. He returned to it in 1883, and the following year it was published.
From the beginning, the book was strongly debated. Some critics praised its realism and honesty, but the others strongly disliked it. They protested against the personality of Huck – a rough, dirty and disobedient boy. They could not agree that such a person should be the main character of a book. What's more, critics disliked the way Mark Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story; no writer had ever done that before.
Today there is no longer any debate about the importance of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ in American literature. In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.' There was nothing before. And there has been nothing as good since."
No wonder then that the novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was a great inspiration for film producers – more than 20 screen versions of the book have been shot not only in America, but also in Europe, Russia and Japan. There are feature films, musicals, cartoons and even Japanese anime.
1. ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was Mark Twain’s last book.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
2.The writer took his pen-name when working as an assistant to a publisher.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
3.Samuel Clemens enjoyed his job as a steam boat pilot.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
4.Mark Twain’s stories became popular due to his manner of writing.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
5.It took Mark Twain two years to write ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
6.Literary critics expressed different opinions of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
7.Ernest Hemingway strongly criticised ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
8.The novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ has been made into a movie in different countries.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
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