Przeczytaj 5 krotkich recenzji. W kazdej z nich usunieto ostatnie zdanie. Wpisz w kazde z miejsc(11.1 -11.5) literę A-G. Dwa zdania podane zostaly dodatkowo i nie pasują do zadnej recenzji.
BOOK REVIEWS
All Mr Norris, a New Yorker, wants is a plain and normal life. He wants everyone to know he is gay (even though he lives with his ex-wife} and desperately tries to treat people well. But, surrounded by eccentric characters, there is little hope. The situations in the book give rise to a lot of dialogue which is funny and entertaining but up to a point. (11.1.)
In early 19th-contury Torquay, a traveller seeking his lost son finds a pretty, sickly boy searching for a father. It is a weak tale, but it is also a newly-found story titled Maurice by Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. The text occupies only 29 pages of this book, with the rest taken up by an introduction, notes, family trees and other material. (1 L2.)
Daniel, a single twentysomething, quits his empty London life and heads for New Zealand. There; Kate, a cinema usherette, is also `looking for a life'. Are they destined to find fulfilment with one another? Yet another book attempts to portray the Lives and loves of people like us. (11.3.)
Thaddeus Davenant has an idyllic life. He lives in an ancestral castle, has married a rich wife, Letitia, and the couple have just had their first child. Then death intervenes. Letitia is killed in a road accident, Thaddeus's mother-in-law moves in and they begin looking for a nanny - a process that creates a subtle power struggle. (11.4.)
lngrid Boone, a beautiful but unstable young girl, narrates this tale. Abandoned by her father and neglected by her beautiful, irresponsible mother, she craves love and attention. Fantasy and reality get-dangerously mixed up and her adoration finds a vicious object, the Ieader of a Satanic cult. (11.5.)
A The book contributes to our Knowledge of teenagers' sensitivity, showing dangers of existence in a dysfunctional family.
B The book manages to show a world where lives are destroyed among the gentle and melodious tinkle of teacups.
C 1f not because of the story itself, the book will be an exciting find for fans of the monster and the biography of its creator.
D This pessimistic novel explores the destructive side of old age and the pain of living among the poor.
E So if you think that never-ending conversations might annoy you, don't touch it.
F In rich prose, the author reminds us that this is a country where beauty and terror coexist and clash on a day-after-day basis.
G The characters are indeed credible, but there is no depth to this novel, which does little other than imitate life.
Chyba tak:
1. E
2. C
3. G
4. B
5. A