ГДЗ по английскому языку 7 класс Ваулина, Дули, Подоляко, Эванс - ответ страница 16

Английский язык 7 класс Spotlight Ваулина

Авторы: Ваулина Ю.Е., Дули Д., Подоляко О.Е., Эванс В.

Серия: Spotlight

Тип книги: Учебник

Год: 2015-2025

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2a Bookworms
Excitement, adventure, and mystery all make up the world of fiction. And here are some of the greatest names in fiction.
Who was the ’Queen ol Crime’? Agatha Christie, of course, the world’s best known mystery writer. Agatha Christie was born in Devon, England in 1890, and she created many fictional detectives. The most famous are Heicule Poirot and Miss Marple. Hercule Poirot is a Belgian detective, famous for his neat
appearance, his obsession with order and his use of psychology in his investigations of crimes. Miss Marple, on the other hand, is nothing like a typical detective. At first glance she is an ordinary old lady who loves knitting and gossip but she can solve the hardest of mysteries and puts many criminals behind bars!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. He studied medicine at the University ol Edinburgh. It was one ol his prolessors that inspired him to create the most brilliant detective ever, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes extraordinary powers ol observation help him solve the most mysterious
cases with the help ol his faithful companion, Dr Watson. Holmes is very logical and extremely intelligent. He wears a cape and hat, smokes a pipe and uses a magnifying glass.
Jules Verne lived in Names - on the west coast of France. He loved the sea, and when he was only 12, he tried to run away on a ship to the West Indies. Unfortunately for him, the sailors caught him and sent him home. Jules had a great imagination and wrote several adventure stories and created mysterious characters like Captain Nemo. In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo travels under the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus. On his journeys he meets strange sea creatures and linds an underwater city.

Vocabulary
1. Are you a bookworm? Do the quiz on literary genres. Check answers in a dictionary.
Quiz
1 A(n) ..... story is an exciting story about a hero who goes on an unusual journey and does new and dangerous things.
A comedy
B adventure
C suspense
2 A ..... story is about events that take place in the future or in space and usually describes strange creatures and robots.
A mystery
B drama
C science fiction
3 A ..... is a serious and emotional play, written for the theatre, television or radio.
A drama
B comedy
C novel
4 A ..... is a story about a crime or a strange event that is difficult to explain.
A mystery
B legend
C fairy tale
5 A(n) ..... is a funny story with a happy ending.
A adventure
B myth
C humorous story
6 A ..... is the story of a person’s life written by another person.
A novel
B biography
C history

Reading & Listening
2. a) Who are the authors/characters in the pictures? What do they have in common?
b) Think of two questions about these fictional characters: Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes and Captain Nemo. Read, listen and see if you can answer them.

3. Read again. Who ...
1 solves crimes with a partner?
2 always wants to be neat and tidy?
3 doesn't look like a detective?
4 wrote adventure novels?
5 travels in a submarine?

4. a) Explain the words in bold.Then match the underlined adjectives to their synonyms.
• well-known • unusual • amazing • clever • ordinary • loyal
b) Use the underlined adjectives to describe other fictional characters.