Unit 4 Literature

Task 1

Key

Answer the following questions.

1) They were orphans and had nobody to support them.

2) Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more—far from enough. 3) The boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided that one of

them must ask the master for more gruel. Oliver Twist was chosen by casting lots.

4) He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given portion. Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver’s request.

5) He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a week Oliver remained prisoner in the cellar. Task 2

Key

A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1) F 2) F 3) T

B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1) d 2) b Task 3

Key

A. Fill in the blanks or circle the right words in brackets to finish the brief introduction of the writer.

Lewis Carroll mathematics, Oxford University Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,1865, Through the Looking-Glass, 1871

B. Answer the following question. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures.

Task 4

Key

Completer the following summary of the story.

closed the gates of their city and stayed behind the walls the Greeks, a huge wooden horse, hide inside it, the horse, they stopped, hid their ships Greek prisoner, the horse, The Greek soldiers, the wooden horse

Task 5

Key

A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1) c 2) a

B. Answer the following question. 1) All the animals thought that he was the king of beasts. Actually he was a coward. He

was afraid of human beings and other big animals. He roared only to scare them away and never really hurt them.

2) Dorothy and her dog wanted to get back to Kansas. The Scarecrow wanted some brains

and the Tinman wanted a heart. The Lion wanted to have courage.

Task 6

Key

A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape.

1) Civil War 2) first, equality 3) battlefields, bloodiest 4) ordinary

B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) d 2) c

Task 7

Key

A. Answer the following questions.

1) A red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June and the melody that’s sweetly played in

tune.

2) He will love her till all the seas are dried and the rocks melt in the sun. His love will

last as long as the sands of life run (there is life on earth). 3) Yes, he is, and he will come back no matter how far it is.

B. Find the words that rhyme with the following words. June— [tune] I—[dry]

sun [run] while—[mile]

Task 8

Key

Answer the following questions.

1) Tall stories, that is, unlikely ones.

2) Because he wanted to be a member of a certain club.

3) He went there because he was told that a lion came there each evening to drink water. 4) Sixteen times.

5) He killed sixteen lions.

Task 9

Key

Complete the following outline of the story.

I. a young prince who lived on land A. rose to the surface of the sea and waited for the prince to come to her B. never came II. a witch A. changed her fish’s tail into a pair of human legs B. she gave the witch her tongue III. the prince’s palace A. her feet hurt terribly B. didn’t love her IV. a young princess A. dived back into the sea B. a spirit of the air and lived forever.

Task 10

Key

A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1) b 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) a

B. Match the serial number of the five fables with the lessons drawn form each one of

them.

No. 1 [ e ] No. 2 [ b ]

No. 3 [ a ] No. 4 [ d ] No. 5 [ c ]

Task 11

Key

Complete the following outline of the story.

I.

A. struck a rock and began to break up B. sank too C. had survived II.

A. he was tied very firmly by a large number of fine ropes B. about forty little men shot at him with their arrows, which just like needles. C. the little men gave him all the bread, meat and wine they had III.

Was seven feet by three feet, equipped with twenty-two wheels and pulled by fifteen hundred little horses.

Task 12

Script

Aesop was a very clever man who lived in Greece thousands of years ago. He wrote many good fables. He was known to be fond of jokes. One day, as he was enjoying a walk, he met a traveler, who greeted him and said, “Kind man, can you tell me how soon I shall get to town?”

“Go,” Aesop answered.

“I know I must go,” said the traveler, “but I should like you to tell me how soon I shall get to town.”

“Go,” Aesop said again angrily.

“This man must be mad,” the traveler thought and went on.

After he had gone some distance, Aesop shouted after him, “You will get to town in two hours.” The traveler turned round in astonishment. “Why didn’t you tell me that before?” he asked.

“How could I have told you before?” answered Aesop. “I did not know how fast you could walk.”