Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

``I can easily believe it. You thought me then devoid of every proper feeling, I am sure you
did. The turn of your countenance I shall never forget, as you said that I could not have
addressed you in any possible way that would induce you to accept me.''
``Oh! do not repeat what I then said. These recollections will not do at all. I assure you that I
have long been most heartily ashamed of it.''
Darcy mentioned his letter. ``Did it,'' said he, ``did it soon make you think better of me? Did
you, on reading it, give any credit to its contents?''
She explained what its effect on her had been, and how gradually all her former prejudices
had been removed.
``I knew,'' said he, ``that what I wrote must give you pain, but it was necessary. I hope you
have destroyed the letter. There was one part especially, the opening of it, which I should
dread your having the power of reading again. I can remember some expressions which
might justly make you hate me.''
16 (6%) Explain the importance of the letter that Elizabeth and Darcy are discussing when
they are engaged; what are some of the prejudices she mentions. Which expressions
in the letter might have made Elizabeth hate Darcy? (6)
Twelve – 5% (8 points)
“What the F___?” says ______ and rolls, naked off the far side of the bed. He pulls a small,
shiny 38 special from his parka on the floor and stands up, pointing it at ______. (…) His
regular gun is in the other pocket. _______is covering herself with the sheet. __________
recognizes ________ gun. “Oh man” he says.
17 (8%) What is the significance of this particular gun, and what happens next?
New Proficiency Reading. (20%) (18 points)
Paraphrase or explain the underlined words or phrases in English.
18 Bell used to astonish patients in front of his students by deducing their professions from
the state of their clothes.
19 I absorbed from birth, as now I know, the whole earth through my mother’s jaunty spirit.
20 I admire Rembrandt’s ability to transform pigment from brush to canvas into living
flesh, nuance, movement and a miraculous presence.
Tick the box with the correct alternative to the underlined words or phrases.
21 The girl in the story is suggestible.
c a very cunning person
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