Sat Reddit Reading Are the Questions in Orer of the Passage
1. a) Consult a lexicon and practise the pronunciation of the following words:
authority; contest n, prize-fighter; enthusiastic; solo; despondently; paths; invigilator; flagrant; dispassionately; anonymous; nonchalant; frustrated; recognize; tripos; admirably; remoteness; viva; imminent; irritatingly; desperate; lensman; prejudice; admiring; tetanus; previously; triumphal; plough; opiate a; sponge.
b) Listen to your partners' reading of the exercise. Right their mistakes, if they have whatever.
2. Practice the pronunciation of the following words paying attention to: a)
2 main stresses; b) the secondary and principal stresses. Beat out the time:
a) well-established; thenceforward; meanwhile; well-trodden; cocky-consciousness; unhurriedly; dissatisfied; undeserved; unexploded; blackjack.
b) examination; inevitabilily; investigation; representative; differentiate; superiority; interrogation; invitation; familiarity; inescapable; anatomic; disadvantage; grooming; congratulation; disappear.
3. Read the post-obit discussion combinations paying attending to the phonetic
phenomena of connective speech (assimilation, lateral and nasal plosions, the
loss of plosion, the linking «r»). Mind the pronunciation of the vowels and ob
serve proper rhythm:
that the authorities have found the near off-white and user-friendly to both sides; they are a direct competition betwixt himself and the examiners; there is rarely any frank cheating in medical examinations; standing at the front and gazing at him; like the policemen that flank the dock at the Old Bailey; they were able to complete the examination in an hr and a half; the final question was rushed through; I walked down the stairs; in the foursquare outside; without the threat of immediate punishment; who treated the whole thing; he looked upon the viva just equally another appointment; she would go through; reeling out the lines of handling; only they were a subdued, muttering crowd; a clock tingled twelve in the distance; I expected the windows to rattle; the clouds hung in the air.
4. Read the following passages: a) from «I walked downwards the stairs...» up to «...without arousing whatever annotate»; b) from «...I stood earlier tabular array four» upward to «... and stumbled through the answer...»; c) from «...The older porter raised his vocalism...» up to the end of the text. Use proper intonation groups and observe the rhythm. Bear in heed the character of the passage.
v. Note downward from the text the sentences containing the patterns.
half dozen. Make the following sentences complete using the patterns.
i. His escape from the prison was.... 2. Her failure at the examination was.... 3. Information technology'south .... fault to allow her do the cooking. She'south fabricated such a mess of it. 4. Information technology'south ... miracle that a plate of steaming soup ap-
peared earlier him when he idea of information technology. 5. It'due south.... a grave error to let him direct the play. It'southward sure to become a flop. half dozen. You can just go out.
I'yard most to tell Bucky to forget it.... seven. I'm done for the moment
and fix to join you. I've rinsed my plate and my spoon and run a clammy sponge across the kitchen counter. I didn't intend to exercise any more cleaning. 8. Exercise you want me to brand a quick run to the market? — I'd surely appreciate it. Since nosotros're depression on milk, I have to practise it myself.... 9. I'll... the lawer get to the bottom of the instance. x. ...Jane run across the doctor before things get worse. 11. They'll... Hurstwood tell the story of his life. 12. She'll.. Mrs Baker stay at the firm while y'all are abroad. 13. ... you mention it, I exercise call up. fourteen. ... everything is set, there is no going back. xv.... you've done it on your own initiative, you must take the consequences.
7. Paraphrase the post-obit sentences, using the patterns.
1. Information technology's a disgrace for the British sport to have so much violence on and off the football field. 2. Y'all explained that «trying to keep upwards with the Joneses» ways to take as much as one's neighbours (the Joneses) and, if possible, even more than. iii. — I'grand sure he was trying to exist helpful. Nevertheless at that place'south probably no damage done. 4. Rawson went right on: «This or that fashion, in the late eighties I started writing to this woman I met through a pen pal ad.» 5. — Tin can I lend you a manus? — No, thanks. I'm almost done. I never hoped to detect anything here then far. vi. If a man shows signs of nervous tension or being under stress you must make him consult a doctor. 7. The teacher must make his children develop a disquisitional way of thinking. 8. His behavior in those trying circumstances does him honor. You must make him write about it. You have promised to take the children for a bulldoze, so you must continue your word. 9. The professor drew their attention to the deviation between the two theories. It is now clear to the students. 10. The time came when everybody asked him to stay but he said he was going to go out.
eight. Brand up five sentences on each blueprint.
nine. Translate the following sentences into English using the patterns.
one. Это прямо-таки настоящее преступление послать бедного парня одного в такую темень. 2. Ее отличная экзаменационная оценка просто чудо, учиты-
вая то обстоятельство, что она пробыла месяц в больнице. 3. Ваши слова — ничто иное как оскорбление, и я требую, чтобы вы извинились. 4. Так или иначе, это был конец моего контракта, и я ни о чем не волновалась. 5. Чтобы то ни было, Старый Джолион поставил одно условие — Боссини должен иметь 400 фунтов годового дохода. 6. Я не позволю тебе вести себя так в моем доме.
7. Соме заставил Ирэн одеть украшение, которое он ей только что подарил.
8. Теперь, когда перед выдающимся скрипачом открылись широкие горизонты, он отказался от мысли покидать свою родину. ix. Теперь когда Памела нисколько не волновалась о том, что могут сказать о ней люди, они перестали распускать слухи. ten. Это просто бестактно просить его о помощи теперь, когда он остался без работы.
10. Note downwards from the text the sentences containing the phrases and discussion combinations and interpret them into Russian.
eleven. Complete the following sentences.
ane. If you are smart enough to cheat in this exam..... 2. Tick the
names off ... .3. I hate swotting up earlier exams .... 4. Keep an heart open for ... . v. ... mark and grade the papers. 6. The results of the
written test will come but.... vii... become through. 8. he'due south just the sort of
person... cutting y'all brusque. nine.... rallied her thoughts. 10. The chairperson called out the names of the students who.... xi.... he stumbled through
his speech. 12. You accept to struggle through the crowd to be able
13.1 won't take you raise your vocalization ....
12. Paraphrase the sentences using the discussion combinations and phrases from
the text.
1. Students may be tempted to act in a dishonest way in club to get into meridian schools. 2. He wrote a marker next to my proper noun and airtight the annotation-book. 3. The orchestra's been studying difficult their Stravinsky. iv.1 asked the mounted patrol to watch advisedly. It was very difficult for the new teacher to determine how good the students' work was. v. The truth became known at the inquiry. half-dozen. Fatty passes the examination just with lots of difficulties. 7. He cudgelled his brains trying to understand the chain of events. 8. He was reading the list of the names without looking at the candidates. 9. One in 5 young adults was trying very hard with everyday mathematics. x. Anne spoke more loudly to be heard.
xiii. Translate the sentences into English language using the word combinations.
1. Все уговаривали его воспользоваться шпаргалкой, но он стоял на своем. «Честность — лучшая политика», говорил он. 2. Деловая Диана просматривала список гостей, приглашенных на прощальный обед Айрис, и отмечала галочкой тех кого не надо было приглашать. three. Майк, ты хорошо подготовился к экзамену? iv. Не сводите глаз с детей. Теперь когда они остались без родителей, от них можно ожидать чего угодно. Только, пожалуйста, не поднимайте на них голос. 5. Обычно требуется неделя, чтобы проверить экзаменационные работы в колледже. half-dozen. Результаты собеседования будут известны через три дня. 7. Дороти собралась с мыслями и прекрасно справилась с ответом. eight. Так или иначе ему удалось с трудом сдать экзамен, и он сейчас находится в весьма подавленном состоянии. 9. Честер начал было объяснять ситуацию, но Рэй резко оборвал его. 10. Руководитель группы громко называл имена участников, и они потихоньку выходили из двери.
14. Pair work. Make up and human activity out situations, using the phrases and word
combinations:
1. Imagine that you are sharing your experience as to how to take examinations with a freshman. Heed, you are not exactly a difficult working student.
ii. Y'all are discussing the mode written archway examinations are conducted at your academy. Basing on your ain experience you lot may come up up with some criticism and propose a few changes in the procedure.
xv. Finish the sentences using the text wording:
1. An examination is nothing more than an investigation of a man's knowledge,... 2. Meanwhile, nosotros despondently ticked the days off the calendar .... iii. Whether these people were so brilliant they were able to complete the examination in an hr and a one-half.... iv. If the candiengagement loses his nerve in front end of this terrible displeasure he is finished: .... 5. There was the Crammer, folding the pages of his battered textvolume in a desperate bye encompass ... six. The male examiners are then afraid of being prejudiced favourably past their sex .... 7. We arrived in the examination edifice to observe the same candidates in that location.... 8. Successful men would get upstairs .... 9. I jumped and struggled my way to .... 10. Blindly, like a homo just hit by a blackjack,...
sixteen. Decide whether the following statements are truthful or false:
ane. To a medical student the final examinations are something like a holiday, they look forward to them and enjoy the event. two. At that place is always frank cheating in medical examinations. three. Since Malcolm Maxworth was St. Swithin'south representative on the examining Committee we didn't attend all his ward rounds. 4. I walked down the stairs feeling as if I had just finished an viii-round fight. v. The written answers have a certain precision nigh them, and mistakes and omissions, like those of life, can be made without the threat of immediate punishment 6. Women students — the attractive ones — are under advantage in oral examinations. 7. For the kickoff few hours I was numbed, perfectly unable to realize what had hit me. 8. Someone coughed, and I expected the windows to rattle. 9. My face up turned deathly pale and I felt my stomach had been suddenly plucked from my trunk. ten. The globe stood nonetheless.
17 a). Match the word on the left with the words on the right.
| an unpleasant | a | air | |
| well-established | b | inevitability | |
| the examining | с | feel | |
| well-trodden | d | sternness | |
| flagrant | e | punishment | |
| an awkward | f | arrangement | |
| the nonchalant | grand | rules | |
| frustrated | h | garlands | |
| a certain | i | opiate | |
| firsthand | J | feet | |
| terrible | thousand | displeasure | |
| inescapable | anatomical paths | ||
| undeserved | m | adulterous | |
| depressing | due north | Committee | |
| triumphal | brilliance | ||
| the remoteness | P | expression | |
| scraping | q | oblivion |
b). Write ten sentences incorporating these word combinations.
18. Explicate what is meant by:
1. Examinations impact off his fighting spirit. 2. A unmarried invigilator sat on a raised platform to keep an centre open for flagrant cheating. iii.... hoping by an incomplete sentence to give the examiners the impression of frustrated brilliance. 4. Confusion breeds defoliation and he will come to the end of his interrogation struggling like a cow in a bog. 5. «Information technology'south the aforementioned idea as talking near passing away and going above instead of plain dying.»
xix. Answer the following questions and practice the given assignments:
a) 1. Why does Gordon equate the final examinations with death? How does he define an test? 2. What is the usual style medical students prepare for examinations? 3. Why were the students and then particular to humour Malcolm Maxworth? 4. Describe the procedure of the written examination as presented by the writer. five. In Gordon's stance why are oral examinations so unpopular with the students? 6. Depict the psychological types fairly commonly seen in viva waiting-rooms. 7. Why were the days after the oral examination black ones for the students? viii. What was Grimsdyke's theory about failing exams? 9. In what way are the examination results usually announced? 10. How did Gordon feel when he learned that he had passed the exams?
b) 1. What is the general camber of the story? 2. What imagery is employed by the writer in describing the educatee's anticipating the examinations? three. Past commenting on vi cases of simile chosen from the text explicate and bring out the effectiveness of this stylistic device in the description of the examinations. 4. Explicate and discuss the effectiveness of the allusion «sentence day» for conveying the students' fear of the examinations. v. How does the writer draw the deviation between the psychological types of students at the examinations? What makes the clarification convincing? 6. Show how the author conveys a sense of futility and despair in the description of the aftereffect of the examination on the students. Bring out the effectiveness of the sustained metaphor in creating the sense of futility Richard had subsequently the examinations. 7. In what way is the atmosphere of growing suspense created? Show its office in conveying the sense of anticipation and excitement which is generated towards the end of the extract. eight What contrast in mood and atmosphere practice y'all notice betwixt the whole text and the last paragraph? 9. By referring to
four examples from the text, comment on the writer's sense of humour. 10. What impressions of Gordon's character do you derive from this passage?
ane. a) Consult a dictionary and practice the pronunciation of the following words:
authority; contest n, prize-fighter; enthusiastic; solo; despondently; paths; invigilator; flagrant; dispassionately; bearding; nonchalant; frustrated; recognize; tripos; admirably; remoteness; viva; imminent; irritatingly; drastic; photographer; prejudice; admiring; tetanus; previously; triumphal; plough; opiate a; sponge.
b) Listen to your partners' reading of the exercise. Correct their mistakes, if they have any.
ii. Practise the pronunciation of the post-obit words paying attention to: a)
two chief stresses; b) the secondary and principal stresses. Vanquish the time:
a) well-established; thenceforward; meanwhile; well-trodden; self-consciousness; unhurriedly; dissatisfied; undeserved; unexploded; blackjack.
b) exam; inevitabilily; investigation; representative; differentiate; superiority; interrogation; invitation; familiarity; inescapable; anatomic; disadvantage; preparation; congratulation; disappear.
3. Read the following word combinations paying attending to the phonetic
phenomena of connective voice communication (absorption, lateral and nasal plosions, the
loss of plosion, the linking «r»). Mind the pronunciation of the vowels and ob
serve proper rhythm:
that the government have institute the virtually off-white and convenient to both sides; they are a straight contest betwixt himself and the examiners; there is rarely any frank cheating in medical examinations; continuing at the front and gazing at him; like the policemen that flank the dock at the Old Bailey; they were able to complete the examination in an hour and a half; the last question was rushed through; I walked downward the stairs; in the square outside; without the threat of firsthand punishment; who treated the whole thing; he looked upon the viva simply as another engagement; she would become through; reeling out the lines of treatment; just they were a subdued, muttering crowd; a clock tingled twelve in the distance; I expected the windows to rattle; the clouds hung in the air.
four. Read the post-obit passages: a) from «I walked down the stairs...» up to «...without arousing any annotate»; b) from «...I stood before table four» up to «... and stumbled through the answer...»; c) from «...The older porter raised his voice...» up to the end of the text. Apply proper intonation groups and observe the rhythm. Conduct in heed the grapheme of the passage.
five. Note down from the text the sentences containing the patterns.
6. Make the following sentences consummate using the patterns.
1. His escape from the prison was.... 2. Her failure at the examination was.... three. Information technology's .... mistake to let her practise the cooking. She's made such a mess of information technology. four. It'southward ... miracle that a plate of steaming soup ap-
peared earlier him when he thought of it. v. It'south.... a grave fault to let him straight the play. It's sure to go a flop. six. You tin just leave.
I'chiliad virtually to tell Bucky to forget it.... 7. I'thou done for the moment
and fix to bring together you. I've rinsed my plate and my spoon and run a damp sponge beyond the kitchen counter. I didn't intend to do any more than cleaning. 8. Do you want me to brand a quick run to the market? — I'd surely capeesh it. Since we're low on milk, I have to do it myself.... 9. I'll... the lawer get to the bottom of the case. 10. ...Jane see the doctor before things go worse. eleven. They'll... Hurstwood tell the story of his life. 12. She'll.. Mrs Baker stay at the house while you lot are abroad. thirteen. ... you lot mention information technology, I practice recall. fourteen. ... everything is ready, there is no going back. 15.... you've done information technology on your ain initiative, yous must take the consequences.
7. Paraphrase the following sentences, using the patterns.
1. Information technology'southward a disgrace for the British sport to accept so much violence on and off the football game field. 2. Y'all explained that «trying to keep upward with the Joneses» ways to have equally much equally i'due south neighbours (the Joneses) and, if possible, fifty-fifty more. 3. — I'm sure he was trying to be helpful. Even so in that location'southward probably no impairment done. 4. Rawson went right on: «This or that way, in the late eighties I started writing to this woman I met through a pen pal advertizing.» v. — Can I lend you a hand? — No, thanks. I'm most done. I never hoped to find anything hither so far. vi. If a man shows signs of nervous tension or being nether stress you must brand him consult a doctor. seven. The teacher must brand his children develop a critical way of thinking. 8. His beliefs in those trying circumstances does him honour. You lot must brand him write about it. You lot accept promised to have the children for a drive, and so you must keep your word. 9. The professor drew their attention to the difference between the two theories. Information technology is now clear to the students. 10. The time came when everybody asked him to stay but he said he was going to get out.
eight. Make upwardly five sentences on each pattern.
9. Interpret the following sentences into English using the patterns.
ane. Это прямо-таки настоящее преступление послать бедного парня одного в такую темень. 2. Ее отличная экзаменационная оценка просто чудо, учиты-
вая то обстоятельство, что она пробыла месяц в больнице. 3. Ваши слова — ничто иное как оскорбление, и я требую, чтобы вы извинились. 4. Так или иначе, это был конец моего контракта, и я ни о чем не волновалась. 5. Чтобы то ни было, Старый Джолион поставил одно условие — Боссини должен иметь 400 фунтов годового дохода. six. Я не позволю тебе вести себя так в моем доме.
7. Соме заставил Ирэн одеть украшение, которое он ей только что подарил.
8. Теперь, когда перед выдающимся скрипачом открылись широкие горизонты, он отказался от мысли покидать свою родину. 9. Теперь когда Памела нисколько не волновалась о том, что могут сказать о ней люди, они перестали распускать слухи. x. Это просто бестактно просить его о помощи теперь, когда он остался без работы.
10. Note downwardly from the text the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations and interpret them into Russian.
11. Complete the following sentences.
1. If yous are smart enough to cheat in this exam..... 2. Tick the
names off ... .3. I hate swotting upwards before exams .... iv. Keep an eye open up for ... . five. ... mark and course the papers. six. The results of the
written test volition come just.... 7... become through. 8. he's just the sort of
person... cut you short. 9.... rallied her thoughts. ten. The chairperson called out the names of the students who.... eleven.... he stumbled through
his speech. 12. You take to struggle through the crowd to be able
xiii.1 won't have you lot enhance your vocalism ....
12. Paraphrase the sentences using the word combinations and phrases from
the text.
i. Students may be tempted to human action in a dishonest way in guild to become into top schools. 2. He wrote a mark next to my name and closed the note-book. three. The orchestra'due south been studying hard their Stravinsky. 4.1 asked the mounted patrol to sentinel advisedly. It was very difficult for the new instructor to decide how skillful the students' work was. five. The truth became known at the enquiry. half dozen. Fatty passes the examination but with lots of difficulties. 7. He cudgelled his brains trying to understand the chain of events. eight. He was reading the listing of the names without looking at the candidates. 9. One in five young adults was trying very hard with everyday mathematics. ten. Anne spoke more loudly to exist heard.
13. Translate the sentences into English using the word combinations.
1. Все уговаривали его воспользоваться шпаргалкой, но он стоял на своем. «Честность — лучшая политика», говорил он. 2. Деловая Диана просматривала список гостей, приглашенных на прощальный обед Айрис, и отмечала галочкой тех кого не надо было приглашать. iii. Майк, ты хорошо подготовился к экзамену? iv. Не сводите глаз с детей. Теперь когда они остались без родителей, от них можно ожидать чего угодно. Только, пожалуйста, не поднимайте на них голос. 5. Обычно требуется неделя, чтобы проверить экзаменационные работы в колледже. vi. Результаты собеседования будут известны через три дня. 7. Дороти собралась с мыслями и прекрасно справилась с ответом. viii. Так или иначе ему удалось с трудом сдать экзамен, и он сейчас находится в весьма подавленном состоянии. 9. Честер начал было объяснять ситуацию, но Рэй резко оборвал его. ten. Руководитель группы громко называл имена участников, и они потихоньку выходили из двери.
14. Pair piece of work. Make upward and act out situations, using the phrases and give-and-take
combinations:
one. Imagine that you lot are sharing your experience as to how to take examinations with a freshman. Heed, you are not exactly a difficult working pupil.
ii. You are discussing the way written entrance examinations are conducted at your university. Basing on your ain experience you may come with some criticism and propose a few changes in the procedure.
fifteen. Terminate the sentences using the text diction:
ane. An exam is nothing more than an investigation of a man's knowledge,... 2. Meanwhile, nosotros despondently ticked the days off the calendar .... 3. Whether these people were and then brilliant they were able to complete the exam in an hr and a half.... four. If the candiengagement loses his nerve in front of this terrible displeasure he is finished: .... 5. There was the Crammer, folding the pages of his dilapidated textvolume in a drastic farewell comprehend ... 6. The male person examiners are so afraid of beingness prejudiced favourably by their sexual practice .... 7. We arrived in the examination building to observe the aforementioned candidates there.... viii. Successful men would go upstairs .... 9. I jumped and struggled my manner to .... 10. Blindly, like a homo only hit by a blackjack,...
16. Make up one's mind whether the post-obit statements are true or false:
1. To a medical student the final examinations are something like a vacation, they look forrard to them and enjoy the event. two. There is ever frank cheating in medical examinations. 3. Since Malcolm Maxworth was St. Swithin'south representative on the examining Committee we didn't nourish all his ward rounds. 4. I walked down the stairs feeling as if I had just finished an viii-circular fight. 5. The written answers have a certain precision about them, and mistakes and omissions, like those of life, tin can be made without the threat of immediate punishment 6. Women students — the bonny ones — are under advantage in oral examinations. 7. For the first few hours I was numbed, perfectly unable to realize what had hit me. viii. Someone coughed, and I expected the windows to rattle. nine. My face turned deathly pale and I felt my stomach had been of a sudden plucked from my body. ten. The earth stood still.
17 a). Match the word on the left with the words on the correct.
| an unpleasant | a | air | |
| well-established | b | inevitability | |
| the examining | с | experience | |
| well-trodden | d | sternness | |
| flagrant | e | punishment | |
| an awkward | f | arrangement | |
| the nonchalant | k | rules | |
| frustrated | h | garlands | |
| a certain | i | opiate | |
| immediate | J | anxiety | |
| terrible | m | displeasure | |
| inescapable | anatomical paths | ||
| undeserved | thou | cheating | |
| depressing | n | Committee | |
| triumphal | brilliance | ||
| the remoteness | P | expression | |
| scraping | q | oblivion |
b). Write 10 sentences incorporating these word combinations.
eighteen. Explain what is meant past:
one. Examinations touch off his fighting spirit. two. A single invigilator sat on a raised platform to go along an centre open up for flagrant cheating. three.... hoping by an incomplete sentence to give the examiners the impression of frustrated brilliance. four. Defoliation breeds confusion and he will come to the finish of his interrogation struggling similar a cow in a bog. v. «It'south the aforementioned idea as talking about passing away and going above instead of obviously dying.»
xix. Answer the post-obit questions and do the given assignments:
a) 1. Why does Gordon equate the final examinations with death? How does he define an examination? 2. What is the usual manner medical students prepare for examinations? 3. Why were the students so particular to sense of humour Malcolm Maxworth? 4. Describe the procedure of the written test as presented past the author. 5. In Gordon'southward stance why are oral examinations so unpopular with the students? half-dozen. Describe the psychological types adequately ordinarily seen in viva waiting-rooms. 7. Why were the days after the oral examination black ones for the students? 8. What was Grimsdyke'southward theory almost failing exams? 9. In what way are the examination results usually announced? ten. How did Gordon feel when he learned that he had passed the exams?
b) i. What is the general camber of the story? 2. What imagery is employed by the writer in describing the pupil's anticipating the examinations? three. Past commenting on six cases of simile called from the text explain and bring out the effectiveness of this stylistic device in the description of the examinations. 4. Explicate and discuss the effectiveness of the innuendo «judgement twenty-four hours» for conveying the students' fear of the examinations. 5. How does the author describe the difference between the psychological types of students at the examinations? What makes the description disarming? six. Prove how the writer conveys a sense of futility and despair in the clarification of the aftereffect of the examination on the students. Bring out the effectiveness of the sustained metaphor in creating the sense of futility Richard had after the examinations. seven. In what manner is the temper of growing suspense created? Prove its function in conveying the sense of anticipation and excitement which is generated towards the end of the extract. 8 What contrast in mood and atmosphere do y'all detect between the whole text and the final paragraph? 9. Past referring to
4 examples from the text, annotate on the writer's sense of humour. 10. What impressions of Gordon's character do you derive from this passage?
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