11 класс

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louisa usually spent her afternoons

a. entertaining her friends b. playing for her family

c. in the loneliness of her house d. playing with her cat

louisa the piano.

a. was not so good at playing b. was learning to play

c. was a diligent pupil and practiced playing d. was quite capable of playing

louisa took time before

a. to concentrate b. to decide what pieces to play in what order

c. to dream of playing for a big audience d. to talk to the cat

on the day described in the story the

a. heard louisa play for the first time

b. moved itself closer to the piano to hear the music better

c. didn't feel like listening to music at all

d. left the room not to hear louisa play

5. the cat's reaction to vivaldi's music

a. was negative b. was typical of cats

c. was hardly noticeable d. gradually changed

the cat seemed to

a. be indifferent to what it heard b. hate louisa playing

c. enjoy the music d. show signs of nervousness while listening to music

b) find in the text musical cat words and word combinations that mean the following:

1. real, true 2. to stop for a while 3. to solve a problem 4. quick 5. to applaud 6. involved 7. (to play) by ear 8. fattish 9. attractive 10. a bit of 11. finally 12. at the request of the public 13. conscious (of some­thing) 14. with your back very straight 15. a piece of classical music that develops a sim­ple theme 16. great happiness 17. to vow 18. attentively 19. particularly typical 20. expression

2. match the words in the two columns to form phrases and use them to complete the sentences that follow.

a b

public desire

roaring person

swearing earnestness

irresistible words

great thanks

fierce incident

annoying people

personal indignation

fitting traffic

actual insult

1. we all had a(n) to have a swim in the sea. 2. the story is based on a(n) 3. ronald is a(n) to deal with. 4. he took our criticism as a( 5. jack was speaking with

trying to prove his point of view. 6. michael bitterly regretted those spoken in the heat of the moment. 7. all the orators spoke about corruption in the office. by the end of the meeting was running high. 8. she said we should god for everything that had happened to us. 9. the old gentleman sat on the terrace a few feet from the 10. i can't stand and always have to stop myself in order not to rebuke them.

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