9. Use five words out of ten given below to complete these sentences.

1. A long speech or poem spoken by one person is ___.

2. A story of real events over a period of time in the order in which they happened is ___.

3. A short well-known song or poem for young children is ___.

4. A word or line, which ends with the same sounds as another as in «parsley» and «ghastly», is ___.

5. A short story that is often sung is ___ poem.

1. a chronicle	3. verse	5. dialogue	7. prose	9. a nursery rhyme
2. a rhyme	4. a poet	6. a lyric	8. an epic	10. a monologue

10. Explain the meaning of these idioms

1. Congratulations! Your book is a great success! You have hit the bull’s-eye choosing such an urgent problem as the main idea of the book.

1. be extremely modern	3. ignore public opinion
2. great imagination	4. do exactly the right thing

2. Modern scientific methods are a closed book to me.

1. something to be studied	3. something that is impossible to understand
2. something to be finished	4. something I know very well

3. This girl isn’t anything to write home about.

1. My people shouldn’t know about her.

2. She’s not at all special.

3. I’d better stop meeting her.

4. She’s the girl of my dreams.

4. I’m out of my element when people start talking about poetry.

1. It’s my hobby	3. I feel awkward
2. I don’t care for poetry	4. I’m angry

5. They decided to put on G. B. Shaw’s “Pygmalion” on the spur of the moment.

1. some time later	3. as a surprise
2. on a sudden impulse	4. because they were impressed

11. Выберите правильный вариант употребления выделенного существительного во множественном числе в контексте указанной ситуации.

1. A dictionary tells us the meanings of words.

(1 Dictionaries/2 Some dictionaries) tell us the meanings of words.

2. Is there a good dictionary in the library?

Are there (1 good dictionaries/2 any good dictionaries) in the library?

3. Have you seen the book I bought last week?

Have you seen (1 books/2 the books) I bought last week?

4. An elephant is a large animal.

(1 Some elephants/ 2 Elephants) are large animals.

5. Mummy! There’s an elephant in our garden!

Mummy! There’re (1 some elephants/2 elephants) in our garden!

12. Supply the best word or words to complete each sentence.

1. A book about imaginary people and events is a ….

1 fiction

2 novel

3 roman

4 romance

5 soap opera

2. If you enjoy reading poetry and fiction, you enjoy ….

1 literature

2 philology

3 reviews

4 imagination

5 lyrics

3. The people in a play are usually referred to as the….

1 people

2 personages

3 characters

4 persons

5 types

4. A work of fiction which is shorter than a novel is a(n) ….

1 short story

2 history

3 romance

4 essay

5 travel book

5. Someone who briefly assesses a play or book in the press writes a ….

1 critic

2 criticism

3 critique

4 review

5 resumé

13. Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие за ним вопросы.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Edgar Allan Poe is today regarded as one of the premier authors of horror stories, but he received very little recognition and almost no money for his stories while he lived. Twenty-five of his greatest stories were published in a collection called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, which appeared in 1840, but at the time little notice was taken of it. Three years later, another story “The Gold Bug”, was published, selling 300,000 copies, and by 1845 he had written twelve more stories, which he published in Tales. His best-known stories include “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. But it was a poem, “The Raven”, that brought him greatest recognition as a writer. The centerpiece of a collection of thirty poems published in a volume titled The Raven and Other Poems, it became quite popular. The theme of the poem is grief over the loss of an ideal love. The dramatic, almost theatrical tone, the intensity of the repetition, and the hypnotic rhythm reflect the narrator’s despondent and desperate state of mind. When read aloud, it produces a powerful effect.

1. What is the author’s main purpose of this passage?

(A) To give examples of horror stories

(B) To chronicle the work of Edgar Allan Poe

(C) To compare Poe’s stories with his poems

(D) To suggest that “The Raven” be read aloud

2. According to the passage, which of the following tales sold 300,000 copies?

(A) “The Tell-Tale Heart”

(B) “The Gold Bug”

(C) “The Raven”

(D) “The Pit and the Pendulum”

3. The author mentions all of the following as features of “The Raven” EXCEPT

(A) intense repetition

(B) dramatic tone

(C) cheerful mood

(D) hypnotic rhythm

4. The word “recognition” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

(A) criticism

(B) opportunities

(C) imitation

(D) appreciation

5. The word “it” in line 5 refers to

(A) a collection

(B) the time

(C) little notice

(D) another story

14. Find the right explanation for each name. Note that one explanation is not necessary.

1. Robert BURNS	1. an American writer of the twentieth century.
2. Theodore DREISER	2. an American poet of the nineteenth century.
3. Henry LONGFELLOW	3. an English author of the nineteenth century.
4. William Shakespeare	4. an Irish playwright of the twentieth century.
5. Oscar WILDE	5. a Scottish poet of the eighteenth century.
	6. the greatest English poet of all times.

15. Who wrote what? Find the author of each of these famous books.

1. “Joan of Arc”	1. Jane AUSTEN
2. “Martin Eden”	2. Charles DICKENS
3. “The Pickwick Papers”	3. Jack LONDON
4. “Pride and Prejudice”	4. Robert Louis STEVENSON
5. “Vanity Fair”	5. Mark TWAIN
	6. William Makepeace THACKERAY