B) Read the text again paying attention to the words in bold and usinga dictionary. Then choose the right answer (a-c) to each question.
1 What impression did the book given by her father make on Ginny?
a) She liked the chapters devoted to Boticelli, Monet and Picasso .
b) She had a mixed feeling of pleasure and disbelief
c) She felt that she had badly needed a book like that.
2 What did Ginny feel when she first looked at her favourite reproductions of Whistler and El Greco?
a) The two pictures struck her as extremely original.
b) The girl was overwhelmed by the deep emotions the pictures awakened.
c) The girl was surprised by the colours and shapes in the pictures.
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3 What type did the picture on the wall belong to?
a) It was a genre painting .
b) It was a portrait.
c) It was a battle scene.
4 Besides the officer's victims, who were the people in the crowd?
a) His relatives.
b) His partners in crime.
c) His enemies .
5 How could one guess that the soup in the picture had been poisoned?
a) By the position of the plate.
b) By the discord of colours.
c) By the dark shade.
6 What did Ginny's mother want to express by painting her masterpiece?
a) She wanted to tell a story.
b) She wanted to experiment with some painting techniques.
c) She wanted to tell a story and make it more effective by using some
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which mean the following: an arrangement (of)
1 to study something closely [a'remd3man t ]
2 to take something in gradually a shadow['Icedao]
3 straight up a victim['v1ktJm]
4 to have the most important to absorb[ab's::> :b]
noticeable place to affect[a'f ekt]
5 with furniture in it
6 a person who works on the land
7 a person who helps another person to do wrong
8 special, distinctive
9 extremely unnaturally bright
10 important, meaningful
11 not near any others, separated
12 some liquid poured or dropped on a surface
13 practising the dishonest use of
power and position
to enliven[m'la1vn] to float[flaot] sheer[}!a]
significant[s1g'mflkant]
• to catch somebody's breath
• to feel a lump in somebody's throat
• to make somebody gasp
• to pore over something with delight
• to put into words
• to be sinking out of sight
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