Skólaskýrsla 1995 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

áherslu á ósveigjanleika stúlkunnar sem aldrei fyrirgefur auðmýkingu og líkamlegt
ofbeldi. Foreldrar hennar reyna að telja hana á að giftast barnsföður sínum sem hefði
auðveldað þeim alla hluti. Þeim mistekst því að í huga dóttur þeirra rúmast aðeins
fyrirlitning og hefndarþorsti. Í lok sögunnar fylgist hún sigri hrósandi með því hvernig
heimur þessa stolta og sjálfumglaða unga manns hrynur.
Write a short essay (200 - 250 words) on ONE of the following topics:
1. Is the church out of touch with modern life
2. “Relations are a tedious pack of people.”
3. The Importance of Being Earnest is indeed a trivial comedy for tedious people.
4. Travelling thousands of miles to lie in the sun is a waste of time and money.
5. Is peace of mind more important than a larger piece of the cake
Enska, málabraut
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All questions to be answered in English. DO NOT WRITE IN PENCIL. Use the
blank spaces for your answers wherever possible. Unless otherwise instructed,
explain or paraphrase the underlined words and expressions.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TOPICS
1 Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on
business ethics ________ have been included in their syllabuses of study.
2 Form an ADJECTIVE corresponding to ethics _________
3 The notoriety _________ of the affair badly tarnished the Swiss banks’ image of
stability and honesty.
4 . . . many of its [the bank’s] loans are on concessionary _________ terms.
5 There is also pressure from many legal experts to allow manufacturers a “state of the
art defence.”___________
6 A very controversial ___________ section of the proposals says that . . ..
7 Form a noun corresponding to controversial ___________
8 Everyone agreed that the Dutch are hard-working, thrifty, ___________ good-natured, . . .
RECOLLECTIONS
9 “You never know,” he would have said, shaking his great head gravely. ___________
10 He tried to help himself, but the condescending ___________ __________ waiter
pushed his hands aside.
11 Form a NOUN from condescend ____________
SOMERSET MAUGHAM
12 . . . he was a trifle __________ more pleased with himself than was altogether
becoming.
13-14 . . . Ruth Barlow had a gift . . . [which] dispossessed Roger of his common-sense, his
prudence, __________ and his worldly wisdom . . . This was the gift of pathos
___________.
15 Form an ADJECTIVE corresponding to pathos ____________
16 Ruth began to grow peevish __________.
17 Once or twice he fell to Tom’s promises of amendment. ____________
18 He went into the whole discreditable ___________ affair.
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