Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

c broke away
c fought back
c strongly objected
c was denied
c was successful
Circle the word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.
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Elizabeth I (1558­1603) was an insignificant / oatish / outstanding ruler. She reckoned /
recognized / restored national unity by opposing extremist doctrines / morals / problems and
supporting a moderate / modifying / motherly form of Protestantism similar to that of her
father’s.
New Proficiency Reading.
Paraphrase or explain the underlined words or phrases in English.
16 Bell used to astonish patients in front of his students by deducing their professions from
the state of their clothes.
17 I absorbed from birth, as now I know, the whole earth through my mother’s jaunty spirit.
18 I admire Rembrandt’s ability to transform pigment from brush to canvas into living
flesh, nuance, movement and a miraculous presence.
19 It appears that maximal exercise, where you run or cycle as fast as you can, thwarts fat
burning.
20 I read on Sunday that a gene for risk­taking has been found, as well as for promiscuity,
criminality and so on.
Tick the box with the correct alternative for the underlined words or phrases.
21 The girl in the story is suggestible.
c a very cunning person
c always making suggestions
c difficult to understand
c easily influenced by other people
c similar to someone you know
22 I felt naked, vulnerable, crushed by the State’s omniscient apparatus.
c all powerful
c including many things
c knowing everything
c present everywhere
c technically superior
23 British businesses have almost eight hundred million items of unsolicited mail every
year.
c illegal
c pornographic
c unasked for
c unusual
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