Selecting the Correct Idea

Exercise 2.3. Here each passage is followed by three possible variants of idea. Choose the letter of the variant that would best formulate the author's message

Example:

That was not how she and Julian had been. They had been twin souls. /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note /

a) In contrast to the first couple, the second is a perfect match Ö

b) She and Julian looked very much alike

c) She and Julian made an ideal couple in contrast to the rest of spouses

Apparently the second couple had as much in common as only twins could. Therefore you should choose the letter (A).

1. “Roberta, I can bring pressure to bear in certain quarter to de-fame you” /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note /

a) Someone is going to make Roberta bear pressure in certain quarters

b) Someone threatens Roberta to disgrace her and thus strip of social position.

c) Roberta has lost fame in certain quarters

2. Rain fell into short soft hair and ran down her face, and mascara tracks that resembled some kind of weird shorthand message slid across her cheeks. /Campbell Armstrong Blackout /

a) It rained heavily that day

b) The woman did not like the rain

c) The rain made her look ugly by destroying her makeup

3. Not many men want to marry damaged goods even nowadays, do they? /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note /

a) Nowadays only e few men would marry just for the sake of marriage

b) Men, irrespective of their age and looks, prefer to stay single

c) Men, irrespective of their age and looks, prefer to marry young unblemished girls instead of older or divorced women

4. Sometimes it was difficult, sometimes their faces were mere shadows. /Jackie Collins Sinners /

a) Sometimes the character saw shadows instead of faces

b) The character could hardly recollect people from the past

c) The character had sight problem

5. Now she started to run, away from Bobbie, and away from Dick, too, away from all realities. /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note /

a) The woman wanted to distract herself from reality, because it was too painful

b) The woman left her companions for a new lover

c) Bobbie and Dick spoilt the woman’s mood

6. His lightweight summer suit was soaked and clung to him like a second skin. /Campbell Armstrong Blackout /

a) The suit turned into the man’s skin

b) The wet suit distinctively showed the shape of the man’s body

c) The suit became invisible on the man’s body

7. He bought her presents, jewelry, furs, a new car. She accepted them all in a cold unthrilled way. /Jackie Collins Sinners /

a) The woman did not like the presents

b) The woman wanted a more expensive present

c) The woman did not love the man

8. And seeing their look, directed straight at her, it seemed to Bobbie that that was how the Jesuits’ eyes during the Spanish Inquisition must have looked; brown, hard flints, with not a flicker of humour or humanity. /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note /

a) The look Bobbie received was harsh and cruel

b) Bobbie witnessed the Spanish Inquisition

c) Bobbie was frightened every time someone looked straight at her

9. He has a faint Brooklyn accent, but in spite of that he is as brutally correct and as cuttingly punctilious as a third-generation English butler. /Stephen King The Breathing Method / (from Different Seasons by Stephen King/

a) The speaker doesn’t like the man because of his accent

b) The man’s manners gave away his occupation and true social position

c) Although the man’s manner manners were aimed at a higher social position, his accent revealed his low-class origin

10. Ruby sat on the edge of my brown folding client’s chair, her shoulders slumped, her entire upper body wrapped around the cup of coffee, as if it might be the last warm thing in life. /John Grisham The Street Lawyer /

a) Ruby wanted to drink her cup of coffee very much

b) Ruby felt very cold

c) Ruby was tired and hungry

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