Упр.2 Check your progress Юнит 7 New Millennium English 11 класс
Choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps in each of the following sentences.
- The painting … to have some reference to the artist’s childhood.
a) says
b) appears
c) likes
d) comes - The scene framed by two trees forming a Gothic arch reminded me … his earlier works.
a) of
b) about
c) back
d) to - I have to admit I have no … what is drawn in the picture.
a) thought
b) theory
c) idea
d) understanding - The sculpture looks … a human figure seen from a distance.
a) as
b) like
c) alike
d) similar - It took me a long time to figure … who drew this landscape.
a) about
b) of
c) out
d) in - This work is untypical of the artist — it stands in … to what he usually does.
a) contrast
b) line
c) comparison
d) opposition - I can remember … to the Hermitage for the first time.
a) coming
b) come
c) came
d) to come - We can speak of his works in … with African art.
a) opposition
b) connection
c) relation
d) combination - The idea it … is a lack of liberty in society at large.
a) compasses
b) compares
c) combines
d) conveys - I hope this success will … you to greater efforts.
a) promote
b) expand
c) inspire
d) turn - What I like about the novel is that it … life in pre-Revolutionary Russia so realistically.
a) develops
b) depicts
c) designs
d) determines - In the picture you could see a huge room … of the sun and bright colours of the seaside.
a) sensitive
b) elusive
c) evocative
d) elegant - When you look at the picture you get this strong … of belonging to the place.
a) meaning
b) sense
c) belief
d) opinion - The … of the colours in her flat made me exhausted.
a) intensity
b) sensitivity
c) elegance
d) clarity
1 b) appears — The painting appears to have some reference to the artist’s childhood.
2 a) of — The scene framed by two trees forming a Gothic arch reminded me of his earlier works.
3 c) idea — I have to admit I have no idea what is drawn in the picture.
4 b) like — The sculpture looks like a human figure seen from a distance.
5 c) out — It took me a long time to figure out who drew this landscape.
6 a) contrast — This work is untypical of the artist — it stands in contrast to what he usually does.
7 a) coming — I can remember coming to the Hermitage for the first time.
8 b) connection — We can speak of his works in connection with African art.
9 d) conveys — The idea it conveys is a lack of liberty in society at large.
10 c) inspire — I hope this success will inspire you to greater efforts.
11 b) depicts — What I like about the novel is that it depicts life in pre-Revolutionary Russia so realistically.
12 c) evocative — In the picture you could see a huge room evocative of the sun and bright colours of the seaside.
13 b) sense — When you look at the picture you get this strong sense of belonging to the place.
14 a) intensity — The intensity of the colours in her flat made me exhausted.
