Independent work I variant Reading task. Reading

EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:

COLUMN A COLUMN B

a) period of ten years, e.g. 1960-1969 ________________

b) describe _________________

c) unable to settle; unable to relax or be still;

wanting or needing to move _________________

d) disappointment; state of having lost belief in something __________________

e) goodbye __________________

f) weapons; guns __________________

g) without decoration; plain __________________

h) strong; powerful; confident __________________

i) criticize, make fun of or attack people's

behavior or society (for their wickedness, foolishness, etc.) ___________________

j) neither very good nor very bad; second-rate ___________________

k) clearly; in detail ___________________

EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.