Stage d

Choose the best alternative:

Test 1.

1. I’m conscious … my big nose.

A of B at C with D in

2. I wasn’t properly dressed for the party and felt … my appearance.

A ashamed for B shy of C embarrassed about D ashamed of

3. There is little to choose between them. They are … .

A equally nice B equally as nice

4. The two models are exactly the same … .

A in all cases B in all respects C in any event

5. The criminal has a … on his right cheek.

A scar B sign C trace D point

6. My friend Jonathan has a gold earring in … .

A his two ears B each ear C every ear D the ears

7. What pretty … earrings you’re wearing, Anna.

A small B little C tiny D minor

8. She has a way of talking at the top of her voice that I find most … .

A investing B irritable C irritating D aggravating

9. She has to take great care of her hands, so she has them done by a … once a month at a beauty salon.

A stylist B handyman C manicurist D hostess

10. It is a good idea to be … dressed when you go for an interview.

A finely B boldly C smartly D clearly

11. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy … .

A sight B view C presence D appearance

12. He is rather … in that he always wears odd socks.

A grotesque B eccentric C abnormal D egocentric

13. She looks so much older than she really is. It must be due to … .

A bother B worry C discomfort D tension

14. Who does Barbara … you of?

A recall B remember C remind D recognize

15. He looked like an Englishman; but his foreign accent gave him … .

A in B away C up D over

16. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial … .

A feature B trait C mark D aspect

17. The young lad was the … of his father.

A image B likeness C picture D portrait

Expanding the Topic. Critical Thinking

Read the following text and determine its main idea, do a multiple choice test after it.

Never Trust Appearances

Rush hour in a provincial town is certainly not so busy as in London, but even so there are plenty of people moving about. Long, patient queues wait wearily for buses. Never-ending lines of cars are checked while red traffic lights change to green. Thousands of people are packed tightly in trains, the en’s faces buried in their evening papers while women try in vain to knit. In a slow train it may well be an hour’s journey to their station.

James Saxon is in his usual comfortable corner, quietly smoking a cigarette. When he is travelling by train at this time, he always reaches the station at ten past five by the station clock, but he never catches the 5.14 train. Instead he travels by the train which leaves at 24 minutes past 5 so as to be sure of getting his corner seat. There are no first-class compartments or reserved seats on this train. He appears to be absorbed in the sports news on the back page of his paper and ignores the hurrying crowds.

Facing him this evening there is a Finnish youth of 18, Matti Arpola. This is his first visit to England, though he already knows Geoffrey, the eldest son of the Jackson family, with whom he is going to stay.

As there are several people standing, James Saxon is the only person he can see clearly. Matti decides that he is probably a typical Englishman, and he observes James carefully.

“Can he really be typical?” he thinks. He has an umbrella, neatly rolled, but no bowler hat; in fact, no hat at all. Of course, he is reading about cricket and he is reserved and not interested in other people. But he is only of average height and his hair is not fair, but as dark as that of an Italian, and curly, with almost no parting. He is not smoking a pipe, and although we foreigners think that a real Englishman ought to have a moustache, he is clean-shaven. His nose is slightly crooked. What a serious face he has! He is frowning a little, but the eyes beneath his worried-looking forehead are sincere and honest. I don’t think he is intelligent.

His clothes are anything but smart. In fact, they are rather old, though well-brushed. Even though he is not wearing a wedding ring, he is probably married, with perhaps three children. His gloves are fur-lined and his trousers well pressed. He keeps far too many things in his pockets, so his suit looks badly out of shape. What dull, old-fashioned leather shoes he is wearing! His briefcase is old too and bulging, so that the zip-fastener does not close properly. There are the initials J.S. on it. Is his name John Smith?

1. People waiting for buses

A are bad-tempered and miserable

B accept the long wait without complaint

C know that they must wait a long time

D have little hope of getting on the next bus.

2. James Saxon does not catch the 5.14 train because

A he does not want to hurry

B the later train is less crowded

C he hasn’t reserved a seat in it

D it is a slow train

3. Why does Matti give all his attention to James?

A James is the first Englishman he has seen

B It is difficult to pay attention to anyone else

C He has no idea of what an Englishman looks like

D He doesn’t believe that James is a typical Englishman.

4. Why is Matti uncertain whether James is really an Englishman?

A He looks very quiet

B He is reading about cricket

C He is not wearing a hat

D He is not interested in other people.

5. Which of the following details of his appearance show that James pays some attention to what he looks like?

A his shoes

B his briefcase

C his suit

D his trousers