READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
1. a) Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words:
purport; illusion; expunge; consciousness; liquidate; fascinate; ally; superior; rivals;
hostility; rococo; meticulously; salon; soprano; baritone; canal; lilac; invaluable;
hydrogen; reminiscent; vigorous; prophet; apartheid; obscenity; hurricane; liable.
b) Ask your partner to read the words. Correct his/her mistakes.
2. Practice the pronunciation of the following polysyllabic words paying attention to the stresses:
generation; totalitarism; civilisation; pre-war; film-makers; disappear; reinforce;
mediaeval; international; education; intel-ligencia; opposition; half-naked; ideological;
interpretation; ballerina; sinuosity; atmosphere; delegation; politicians.
3. Read the following word combinations paying attention to the phonetic phenomena of connected speech:
in the early years after the war when we first heard the truth; could distroy national
traditions; carried the seeds of its own destruction; war still there; I admired the paintings
of Deineka; they were in a book; after the war I found that my friend had disappeared
during the great purges; we were, of course, taken to schools; it also included the visits to
the Hermitage; used to meet in those nineteenth-century surroundings; at the courts of
Queen Victoria; I was immensely impressed by the charm and quality of the young sixth
formers; in manner and appearance; in their country; signs of culural thaw; at the Old
Vie; on the other hand; yet the general atmosphere; restricted though they were; on the
contrary, three days is better than three weeks; anything over a week and less than three
years.
4. Read the passage beginning with "After the war I found ..." up to "... where their knowledge of the outside
world is invaluable" and pay attention to tones, weak forms and rhythm.
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