ПКОЯз. Английский язык. Домашнее чтение. Часть 1

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to chide” means

• to scold
• to speak in a low voice
• to cry
• to think over; consider

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to prick” means

• to make by putting together materials, parts, etc; construct
• to spur a horse on; ride fast
• to form into a mass
• to do or make things clumsily or badly

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. When Sir Thopas came to the country of Fairy he met there … .

• a giant, named Sir Oliphaunt
• his father
• his army
• an elf-queen

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “ woeful” means

• made of or consisting of wood
• covered with trees
• sad; mournful; wretched; miserable
• marvelous; amazing

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “disport” is

• amusement; play
• weakness; feebleness
• anxiety; concern
• tactlessness

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “bargain” is

• any comic or satirical imitation, as of writing, play, etc.
• a large pleasure boat, esp. one used for state ceremonies
• a light-weight helmet or steel cap, worn in the 16 th century
• a mutual agreement or contract in which the parties settle on what should be given or done by each

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Daun John had permission to travel outside the boundaries of his abbey because … .

• he was the abbot’s cousin
• he was a man of high prudence
• he had a bad health
• he was very respectable

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “meek” means

• made of heterogeneous parts; mixed
• something intermediate
• patient and mild; not inclined to anger or resentment
• suitable, proper

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant’s wife asked Daun John … .

• to lend her one hundred franks
• to move to their house
• to visit them oftener
• not to come to their house again

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to repent” means

• to feel such regret or dissatisfaction over some past action, intention;
• to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to
• to do or give in return
• to say or utter again

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to void” means

• to empty (the contents of something); to evacuate
• to declare emphatically, earnestly
• to declare a preference, wish opinion, etc.
• to utter or express in words

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant went to Bruges … .

• to avoid debts
• to buy there a portion of ware
• to have a rest there
• to visit his parents

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The young monk was … .

• the merchant’s relative
• the merchant’s best friend
• the merchant’s only enemy
• one of the merchant’s debtors

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. What other work is The tale of Sir Thopas often compared with?

• Troilus and Criseyde
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Guy of Warwick
• Don Quixote

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Dorigen’s friends … .

• left her in her trouble
• were trying to set her against her husband
• tried to draw Dorigen’s attention from gloomy thoughts
• were all trying to seduce her

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Once upon a time there lived a rich lout that …

• took in boarders
• preferred to live alone in his house
• never invited anyone to his house
• had a large family

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to deem” means

• to take away
• to think, believe or judge
• to put off to a future time; postpone
• to guard from attack; keep from harm and danger

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Curl was … hair, and as the gold it shone, and spread out as a fan large and broad.

• John’s
• Nicholas’s
• Absolon’s
• Alison’s

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The Miller’s Tale is … .

• a comic tale reflecting the life of common people
• a beast fable, embodying a literary device of which Donald Duck or Snoppy are modern examples
• an adaptation of Boccaccio’s Teseida
• a burlesque of the metrical romances

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. ”zealous” means

• quiet
• ardently devoted to a purpose; fervent; enthusiastic
• aggressive
• without measurable value

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Aurelius’s brother remembered that one day he saw … at Orleans

• a book of law
• a book of “black” magic
• a book of magic naturel
• the Bible

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “ weary” means

• tired; worn out
• skilled in predicting the weather
• sprinkled with water
• lacking in strength of body or muscle; not physically strong

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “chaste” means

• pure, decent, virtuous
• lecherous, depraved
• separate
• irritable, short of temper

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to relate” means

• to make glad; delight
• to grant freedom from a tax
• to tell the story of; narrate; recount
• to free a person from pain, discomfort

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Alison and Nicholas decided to play … a trick.

• the carpenter
• the shipman
• the miller
• Absolon

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to endure” means

• to hold up under (pain, fatigue, etc.); stand; bear; undergo
• to come forth into view; become visible
• to keep busy or occupied
• to come to an end, terminate

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to wail” means

• to lament; mourn; to make a plaintive, sad, crying sound
• to swim
• to play a trick on
• to move slowly

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “ire” means

• confusion
• sorrow
• anger; wrath
• happiness

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The Host interrupted the narrator because … .

• he had already heard this story before
• he didn’t like the narrator and wanted to listen to somebody else
• he was afraid that the story would end sadly
• he considered this story to be very stupid and boring

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to array” means

• to put in the correct, proper or suitable order
• to dress in a fine or showy attire
• to reach one’s destination; come to place
• to claim or cease without right

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The clerk who lived in the carpenter’s house was called … .

• John
• hende Nicholas
• Absolon
• Robin

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “countenance” is

• a group of people called together for consultation, discussion, advice
• an imitation, made to deceive, forgery
• the face; facial features; visage
• a weight used to balance another weight

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Arveragus and Dorigen … .

• hated each other
• loved each other and lived happily
• were just good friends
• were quarreling all the time

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to perish” means

• to die, esp. to die a violent or untimely death
• to ponder or consider
• to allow; to give permission to
• to do or perform (something evil, criminal or offensive)

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to obey” means

• to cloud over; obscure
• to carry out the instructions or orders; to be obedient
• to bind by a contract, promise, sense of duty
• to put before someone else in rank

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “squeamish” means

• covered or filled with snow
• having the figure of an eagle with wings and legs spread
• not true or genuine; false
• having a digestive system that is easily upset; easily shocked or offended; prudish

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant had a wife … .

• of terrible character
• of excellent beauty
• of excellent character
• of rare ugliness

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “thereto” means

• besides, also
• accordingly
• because
• near that time or point in action, speech, etc.

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Sir Thopas was born … .

• in Bruges
• at Saint Denis
• in Flandres
• in the country of Fairye

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “peppy” means

• mean, miserly; stingy
• hard to please; irritable
• without equal; unrivaled
• full of energy; brisk; vigorous; spirited

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “a lout” is

• any of various small parrots esp. of an African genus
• the fruit that was supposed to induce a dreamy languor and forgetfulness
• a variegated color, chiefly green, with shades of blue, gray etc.
• a clumsy, stupid fellow; boor

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The magician which Aurelius and his brother brought from Orleans … .

• couldn’t remove the rocks as he promised to
• managed to remove only one rock from man’s sight
• removed all the rocks of Britain from man’s sight
• turned out to be a shady dealer

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The monk was …

• thirty years old
• fifty years old
• twenty years old
• forty years old

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant … .

• lived in a small flat
• was quite poor
• could no afford a worthy house
• held a worthy house

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “an enterprise” is

• a competition
• an adventure
• a risky undertaking, project
• a representation

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Wretch Aurelius laid more than …. in languor and in torment.

• two years
• a year
• three years
• two months

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “to forsake” means

• to divide into branches
• to forgive
• to forget
• to leave, abandon

Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “mirth” is

• a mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, etc.
• the damage, trouble, disappointment, caused by losing something
• any of a genus of plants of the myrtle family, with evergreen leaves, white flowers and dark berries
• joyfulness, gaiety, or merriment

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Arveragus came home … .

• with good health and great honor
• tired and sad
• sick and unhappy
• sick and defeated

Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The action of The Franklin’s Tale takes place in … .

• at Oxford
• Brittany
• France
• Flandres