Boss: “Do you see what I mean?”
Employee: “____________________________”
а) I don’t think so.
b) Yes, do, please.
c) Yes, and I don’t agree with you.
d) Yes, but I’m not sure I quite agree.
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Задание 19. The most ancient monument in Great Britain is ……..
а) The Lower West Gate
b) The Tower Gate
c) Stonehenge
d) Hadrain’s Wall
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Задание 20. The Beaver State is a nick name for ……
а) Ohio
b) Oregon
c) Washington
d) Louisiana
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Задание 21. This city is not situated in Canada – ……...
а) Vancouver
b) Ottawa
c) Toronto
d) Boston
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Задание 22. An English writer, poet, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion is ….
а) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
b) Charles John Huffam Dickens.
c) Walter Scott.
d) Geoffrey Chaucer.
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Задание 27. Read the text “Actor”. Is the statement that follows:
a) True b) False c) Not Mentioned
It is important for an actor to feel inner life of his character.
ACTOR
1. The actor must be able to stand and move with ease and grace. His voice must have range, beauty, and strength. He must know his own psychological and emotional make-up, for he must draw on his own understanding of life to recreate the lives of others. The qualifications of the actor are thought to be a good physique, a retentive memory, an alert brain.
2. One school of acting is based wholly on technique. The actor learns to express characterization through body and voice. Unfortunately, human behavior cannot always be shown by physical demonstration. As a result, this kind of acting often seems cold, mechanical, and stagy. However, it is consistent, and it can be heard and seen by the audience.
3. Another school is based on the Stanislavsky approach. It is taught at Actors Studio in New York and other schools. In it the actor identifies himself with the emotional life of the character and “makes-believe with conviction.” This emphasis on creative imagination arouses great sincerity and gives the stage character a sense of real life. But sometimes it is undisciplined, loses awareness of the play, or cannot be seen or heard. If each actor is allowed to move and talk just as he “feels,” the unity of production may be lost. The best approach to acting has the good points of each school. The best performance is given by the actor who comes to the role both from outside and inside and has a trained body and voice combined with a real response to the inner life of the character.
4. In working up a part the actor must understand the play, his character, and the artistic ideas behind the production. He must know how to read lines clearly with meaning and emotion. He must be devoted to his task, responsive to his director, and conscientious about rehearsals. He knows he must memorize lines before he can build character. The theatre still belongs essentially to the actor. All other theater artists think in terms of him. The actor is a keen observer of life. He draws on what he has experienced and what he has seen. He knows that a characterization based on another actor's performance is a shallow and inadequate copy.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
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Задание 28. Read the text “Actor”. Is the statement that follows:
a) True b) False c) Not Mentioned
A technique approach implies expressing emotions and different aspects of human behavior.
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Задание 29. Read the text “Actor”. Is the statement that follows:
a) True b) False c) Not Mentioned
Each method of acting has certain advantages and disadvantages.
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Задание 30. Read the text “Actor”. Is the statement that follows:
a) True b) False c) Not Mentioned
Before a production is begun, the director determines both the artistic ideas and the practical needs of the play.
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Задание 31. Укажите, какой части текста (1, 2, 3, 4) соответствует следующая информация:
An actor should possess a number of useful skills including effective body language and pleasant voice.
a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 4
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Задание 32. Укажите, какой части текста (1, 2, 3, 4) соответствует следующая информация:
An actor is a key figure of the theatre.
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1
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Задание 33. Answer the question:
What is the best approach to acting?
a) An actor should primarily train his voice and body.
b) The best idea is to combine advantages of different schools and methods.
c) To be successful an actor should move and talk as he feels
d) It is necessary for an actor to identify his own life with the life of the character.
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