Walt Disney: Master Showman

1. Walt Disney’s name is known around the world, but even better known are the characters which he created. The Mickey Mouse who appeared for the first time in

1928 in the cartoon, Steamboat Willie, was not the well-behaved character which the world knows today. He was mischievous and he did get into trouble, though he did not have the mean streak which many cartoon characters have. After the first Mickey Mouse cartoons succeeded in making Mickey a sort of little man’s hero, Disney found that the public expected him to act properly at all times.

2. In addition to the Mickey Mouse cartoons, the Disney Studio in the late 1920s and early 1930s worked on a new kind of animated film which they called the Silly Symphonies, in which music and cartoon animation joined together in telling a story. This format allowed Disney to experiment with different types of subject matter and with different technical processes, such as the use of Technicolor.

3. In making a feature-length film, Disney would have an opportunity to use more complex plots and develop more elaborately the characters in the story. He hoped to animate a fairy story giving it a kind of magic which live action films could not have. Disney started to set down his ideas in 1934. He chose the story of Snow White for his first feature film. When Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened Christmas week, in 1937, it was an immediate success, and Disney was awarded an Academy Award for his significant screen innovation.

Содержанию текста соответствует утверждение

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is an animated interpretation of classical music.

• The Mickey Mouse appeared in the first cartoon as a naughty character.

• Walt Disney designed a sound reproduction system which anticipated stereophonic sound.

• The Silly Symphonies set Walt Disney to thinking about an animated feature-length film.

Завершите утверждение согласно содержанию текста.

Creating a feature-length film, Disney’s main aim was to____

• make the plot and characters more elaborate

• make a fairy story look like a live action film

• experiment with a sound reproduction system

• experiment with different technical processes

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Why was Disney changing the format of his animated cartoons?

• Walt Disney strove for joining music and cartoon animation.

• Walt Disney strove for the development of his characters.

• Walt Disney strove for notoriety and recognition.

• Walt Disney strove for screen innovation.

Основной идеей текста является

• Walt Disney created countless cartoon and film personalities.

• Walt Disney made a great contribution to the animated film industry.

• Walt Disney got the prize for his significant screen innovation.

• Walt Disney made the first animated feature-length film.

Psychology

1. Psychology is a discipline that involves the scientific study of human or animal mental functions and behaviors. In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring underlying physiological and neurological processes.

2. Psychologists study such topics as perception, cognition, attention, emotion, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Some, especially depth psychologists, also consider the unconscious mind. Experimental psychologists try to determine causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables.

3. Psychological knowledge is applied to various spheres of human activity, including the family, education, employment, and the treatment of mental health problems, as well as wider historical dimensions such as the attainment of greatness in fields such as politics, music, art, and literature. Psychology includes many diverse sub-fields, such as developmental psychology, sport psychology, health psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, media psychology, legal psychology, and forensic psychology.

Определите, какое утверждение соответствует содержанию текста.

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• A psychologist studies human or animal brain activity and behaviour.

• A psychologist studies human needs and values.

• The task of a psychologist is to investigate mental functions and behaviors of people and animals.

• A psychologist studies social problems and ways of solving them.

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Psychological data are used in various fields of ___

• human life activity

• human activity

• animal behaviour

• animal life

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What branches can psychology be subdivided into?

• It can be subdivided into cognition, attention, emotion, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior.

• It can be subdivided into developmental psychology, health psychology, industrial psychology and other branches.

• It can be subdivided into causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables.

• It can be subdivided into historical dimensions such as politics, music, art, and literature.

Определите основную идею текста.

• Psychology and its subdisciplines study perception, cognition, attention, emotion, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships.

• Psychology and its subdisciplines study causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables.

• Psychology and its subdisciplines study the meaning and role of mental functions and behaviour in different aspects of human activity.

• Psychology and its subdisciplines study development, health, industry and organization, media, and legal system.