Exercise 5. Choose the answer that expresses most accurately what is stated in the passage. Only one answer is correct

Exercise 3. Mark the explanation nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italic.

Exercise 1. Explain why it is useful to be able to estimate and describe character.

Exercise 2. Briefly state the four ways of describing character. Say which method the au­thor finds the more satisfactory, and why. Express your agreement or disagree­ment.

1. Estimate character: (A) find out a person's true worth; (B) see the difference between people's characters; (C) form an opinion of a person's character.

2. Personal appearance: (A) the way a person looks; (B) the way a
person dresses; (C) the way a person walks and talks.

3. Physical features: (A) the size of a person's hands, feet; (B) the parts
of the face (forehead, nose, etc); (C) the colour of the hair.

4. Stature: (A) a person's health; (B) state of mind; (C) the natural height of a person.

5. Build: (A) the shape and proportions of the body; (B) the look in
person's eyes; (C) the way a person laughs.

6. Missing person: (A) somebody who has lost his way; (B) a person
who is lost to others; (C) a person who is absent.

7. Habit: (A) (an example of) usual behaviour; (B) a family tradition; (C) a national holiday.

8. Suggest: (A) describe directly; (B) indicate indirectly; (C) express one's opinion.

9. Good-tempered: (A) very temperamental; (B) calm and pleasant; (C) honest and kind.

10. Mannerism: (A) a peculiar way of behaving, speaking, etc, that has become a habit; (B) the way in which anything is done or happens; (C) a person's manners.

Exercise 4. Two of the words in each group below are similar in meaning. Check the word which doesn’t suit and explain why.

1. appearance; look; manner.

2. character; feature; characteristic.

3. stature; statue; height.

4. build; habit; shape.

5. indication; index; description.

6. kind; sort; mannerism.

7. methodical; analytical; systematic.

8. clean; tidy; neat.

9. careful; exact; accurate.

10. denote; explain; indicate.

11. temper; intelligence; intellect.

The idea behind the sentence "Yet we cannot say that a person is wholly good or bad, any more than we can say that a high forehead already denotes intelligence or a big chin indicates a strong will" is that:

1. there is as little connection between a high forehead and intelligence, or a big chin and strong will, as there is between the kind of character a person has and his appearance, habits, mannerisms, etc;

2. the goodness or badness of a person is in direct proportion to the height of his forehead and the size of his chin;

3. it is as impossible to decide whether a person is wholly good or bad on the basis of his appearance or character as it is to say that a person is intelligent because he has a high forehead, or has a strong will because he has a big chin.

Exercise 6. Pick out all the words from the UNIT relating to: (A) appearance; (B) character.

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