Miss Honey's Story

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 513.

Chapter 17

I. Choose the correct variant:

1. Miss Honey told Matilda that her salary was:

a) less than the other teachers had, b) the same as the other teachers had,

c) more that the other teachers had, d) nothing.

2. Matilda found Miss Honey to be:

a) satisfied, b) quite wealthy,

c) dreadfully poor, d) unfortunate.

3. Matilda supposed that Miss Honey just liked:

a) to be poor, b) not to do much about the house,

c) to live in a simple way, d) to live alone.

4. Matilda's questions made Miss Honey:

a) uneasy, b) hysterical,

c) cry, d) silent for the whole day.

5. Miss Honey had found it impossible to tell her story because she:

a) was too embarrassed and lacked courage, b) she had nobody to tell,

c) didn't want to tell, d) felt good enough not to complain.

6. Miss Honey's father had been:

a) a guardian, b) a lawyer,

c) a head teacher, d) a doctor.

7. Matilda could see with absolute _________ that Miss Honey needed help.

a) understanding, b) clarity,

c) indifference, d) simplicity.

8. Miss Honey managed to rent a small house from:

a) the Trunchbull, b) local authorities,

c) a local farmer, d) her friends.

9. Miss Honey didn't want to give up teaching because:

a) the unemployment money was little, b) she was afraid of Miss Trunchbull,

c) she loved teaching, d) she liked the way she lived.

10. Miss Honey didn't want to ask for her house back because she:

a) didn't care about it, b) didn't have time,

c) felt guilty, d) didn't have money for a good lawyer.

II. Mark the statements as True or False. Correct the false statements:

1. Miss Honey thought it was very healthy to sleep on a hard surface.

2. At the age of two Miss Honey lost both of her parents.

3. Miss Honey had done all the housework, while living with the Trunchbull.

4. Miss Honey hadn't had enough knowledge to enter the University.

5. Miss Honey's father didn't notice the behaviour of his sister-in-law because he didn't care much about Matilda.

6. The Trunchbull wasn't a kind and caring aunt at all.

7. The Trunchbull didn't give Miss Honey any money from her salary.

8. Miss Honey believed it was possible to get the house back.

9. There was a lot of mystery surrounding the death of Miss Honey's father.

10. Miss Honey was absolutely sure that her father was killed by Trunchbull.

III. Find in the text the words and word-combinations which mean the following. Reproduce the sentences where they were used:

1. to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know;

2. something or someone that is not included in a general statement or does not follow a rule or pattern;

3. someone who is legally responsible for looking after someone else's child, especially after the child's parents have died;

4. the power to affect the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks without using direct force or orders;

5. a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been copied illegally;

6. money paid regularly by the government to people who have no job;

7. a very frightening dream/ a very difficult, unpleasant, or frightening experience or situation;

8. to control someone or something or to have more importance than other people or things;

9. to frighten someone in order to make them do something;

10. a legal document that says who you want your money and property to be given to after you die;

IV. Complete the sentences with the words or phrases from the previous exercise. Change the form of the phrases if necessary:

1. His aunt is his legal ___________.

2. The painting was a very clever ______________.

3. Her loud voice totally ___________ the conversation.

4. After Della lost her job, her only support was __________ __________.

5. It's been cold all week, but today's an ___________.

6. My grandfather left me some money in his __________.

7. Gayle's mother said I had a bad ______________ on her daughter.

8. I don't want to __________ too deeply into your personal affairs.

9. This has been an absolute ___________ for me and my family.

10. The protesters _______ _________ into submission by the police.

V. Transcribe, translate the words and reproduce the situations where they were used: margarine, awkwardness, peculiar, rigid, stagger, courage, embarrassment, demon, triumph, automatically

VI. Match the halves to make phrases used in the text. Translate them. Restore the sentences where they were used: