literature

Match the names of the books with some popular quotes taken from them. You will learn 1 point for each correct answer. Quotes "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." "So we beat on…

Завершите описание ситуации, выбрав подходящий вариант ответа. Ситуация: a) _ _ _ _ _ British writers manage to be popular as well as profound, b) _ _ _ _ _ in Britain could not be classified as “serious” literature. Britain is c) _ _ _ _ _. For example, the d) _ _ _ _ _ fiction is regarded e) _ _ _ _ _ – but it is entertainment of intelligent readers. Выбрать другое задание

You are going to read children’s book blurbs (a promotional description, as found on the jackets of books). Match the blurb with the corresponding final sentence which sums up the key features of the book. One blurb is extra. One final sentence is extra. Use each blurb and each final sentence only once. Write out the number of the blurb and the letter of the corresponding sentence. Write out/Quote the words/phrases that helped you find the correlation between the blurb and the final sentence. Blurbs When Leif, Viking wolf cub, finds himself on a quest to retrieve a magical…

Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст и выполните задания после него. Для Вашего удобства каждое пятое предложение в тексте пронумеровано. Текст (1) The butler closed the door behind them and ushered her into a dark foyer. He led her into a parlor every bit as gloomy as the foyer. “A day before the wedding, her intended jilted her and it destroyed her,” the caretaker’s words suddenly came to Fiona’s mind. “Miss Finnegan to see you, madam,” he said, closing the doors after him. (5) It took Fiona’s eyes, used to the bright sunshine, a few seconds to adjust. Then she saw her. She wore a crisp black sil…

You are going to listen to an extract from a short story The Story-Teller by H. Munro (Saki) where a company of three bored children and their weary aunt travel in a train carriage with a stranger. Before you listen, read the tasks and the input material. You have 10 minutes before the listening task starts. You are going to listen to the extract twice. Make notes in your draft sheet. Your browser does not support the audio element. Compare the events in the extract you are going to listen to with the plot of another story by the same author. What is similar and…

Task 1. Listen to the text. Decide which statements are True according to the text (A), which are False according to the text (B), which are Not mentioned at all (C). You will hear the recording once.  Your browser does not support the audio element. William Caxton 1. England was the first country to start printing books. True False Not mentioned 2. Having moved to Cologne, William Caxton stopped trading textile. True False Not mentioned 3. The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye is a non-fiction book. True False Not mentioned 4. The mistake in the dating of the Oxford book i…

Read the titles of some of the best novels in English. Who were these novels written by? Authors: Jane Austen; Emily Brontë; Agatha Christie; James Fenimore Cooper; Charles Dickens; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Kazuo Ishiguro; Jack London; W. Somerset Maugham; Oscar Wilde. Нажмите на название книги, чтобы увидеть её автора и сравнить со своим ответом.  The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro Wuthering Hei…