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) interrupt at intervals _______________

b)strange; unusual ___________

c) short and sudden period ___________

d) moving slowly with no purpose or direction __________________

e) moving abruptly and unevenly ________________

f) show; display ________________

g) something that is suggested or hinted at by something else ______________

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

1. During the research, those woken while dreaming

A) were hardly affected at all

B) were the ones who had had personality disorders

C) reported that their dreams affected their personalities

D) were not showing any eye-movement

E) displayed signs of disturbance in their personalities

2. We can infer from the passage that during sleep,

A) people dream all the time

B) the type of eye-movement indicates the type of dream

C) there is no eye-movement when the person isn't dreaming

D) drifting and slow eye-movement coincides with a dream that can't later be reported

E) one's eyes are constantly moving