Главная страница Случайная страница
КАТЕГОРИИ:
АвтомобилиАстрономияБиологияГеографияДом и садДругие языкиДругоеИнформатикаИсторияКультураЛитератураЛогикаМатематикаМедицинаМеталлургияМеханикаОбразованиеОхрана трудаПедагогикаПолитикаПравоПсихологияРелигияРиторикаСоциологияСпортСтроительствоТехнологияТуризмФизикаФилософияФинансыХимияЧерчениеЭкологияЭкономикаЭлектроника
Focus on vocabulary
|
|
Transcribe and read out the following words.
novel, memoirs, autobiography, diary, satire, periodical, psychological, rhyme, mankind, refuge, encyclopedia
Define the meaning.
1. literature 6. mystery
2. fairy tale 7. plough through a book
3. pore over a book 8. manual
4. manuscript 9. comic, n
5. satire 10. novelette
Choose the best answer.
1. I don’t like reading history or biographies, I prefer _____.
a. description b. fiction c. non-fiction d. narration
2. I have just read a lovely _____ about a man who devoted his life to monkeys.
a. fiction b. history c. tale d. story
3. That author has written a fictional _____ of his wartime experience.
a. account b. novel c. story d. tale
4. Ask the publisher to send you their latest _____ of English text books.
a. booklet b. catalogue c. prospectus d. index
5. Don’t read all the book. Just _____ the first few pages.
a. browse through b. glance through c. look round
Match each kind of book with what you could normally expect to find in it.
| 1. atlas | a. basic coursebook at school or university |
| 2. autobiography | b. information about subjects in alphabetical order |
| 3. dictionary | c. lists of words grouped according to their similarity in meaning |
| 4. directory | d. maps |
| 5. encyclopedia | e. a list of names of places printed at the end of an atlas |
| 6. gazetteer | f. a list of important, famous people and brief details of their lives |
| 7. guidebook | |
| 8. manual | g. meanings of words |
| 9. textbook | h. tourist information about a country |
| 10. thesaurus | i. instructions on how to use or repair sth |
| 11. Who’s Who | j. a list of names, addresses and telephone numbers in alphabetical order |
| k. the story of one’s own life |
5. How many compound nouns with the second element BOOK do you know? Write down at least 7 words. Use a dictionary, if necessary, to make sure you know their meaning.
6. Which is the odd-one-out? Explain your choice.
1. a. bibliography b. autobiography c. biography
2. a. best-seller b. thriller c. mystery
3. a. wade through b. thumb through c. flip through
4. a. magazine b. diary c. journal
5. a. handbook b. textbook c. phrasebook
7. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1. literal – literary – literate
a. Jimmy is the __________ critic of the local newspaper.
b. India has had a __________ civilization for thousands of years.
c. The __________ meaning of the word “cat” is an animal.
d. __________ words and phrases are marked “lit” in this dictionary.
2. fictional – fictitious
a. Jules Verne wrote a __________ account of his journey to the Moon.
b. These people were __________, they never lived.
3. classic – classical
a. He read __________ at University.
b. Lewis Carroll wrote __________ children’s stories.