PEACE AND SILENCE
KEY
(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)
a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR
OWN WORDS.
(1 point per answer)
1)
Why have monasteries and spiritual centres become popular in the USA?
People are tired of the fast pace of life and work in 21st-century America
2) What is it that visitors find most appealing in monasteries?
Their silence
b)
ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS
OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.
(0.5 points per answer)
3) Mepkin Abbey was founded in France 900 years ago.
FALSE, THEIR ORDER WAS FOUNDED IN FRANCE 900 YEARS AGO (“routine…established in
France” lines 2-3)
4) Visitors have to wake up at 3.20 in the morning.
FALSE, ONLY IF THEY WANT TO ATTEND THE EARLY SERVICE. (line 8, “if they wish”)
5) All guests have to do some work in the Abbey to pay for their accommodation.
FALSE, THEY PRAY, ETC, BUT THEY DO NOT WORK. (lines 7-11; the monks do work, line 3)
6) It is easy to get a room at Mepkin Abbey.
TRUE, IT IS OFTEN FULL. (“booked for the next 6 months”, line 11)
(B) USE OF ENGLISH (3 points)
7) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:
“sequence of actions regularly followed” (noun)
8) Give one synonym for “PEACEFUL” (line 5).
QUIET, CALM
(0.25 points)
ROUTINE (line 3)
(0.25 points)
9) Turn the following sentence into the passive voice.
(0.5 points)
Visitors find peace, joy and perspective on life at the monastery.
PEACE, JOY AND PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE ARE FOUND AT THE MONASTERY.
10) Join the following sentences using an appropriate linker (do not use AND or BUT). Make changes if
necessary.
(0.5 points)
Lindsay is the eldest child. She has to look after the other children.
LINDSAY, WHO IS THE ELDEST CHILD, HAS TO LOOK AFTER THE OTHER CHILDREN./
LINDSAY HAS TO LOOK AFTER THE OTHER CHILDREN BECAUSE SHE IS THE ELDEST
CHILD./ LINDSAY IS THE ELDEST CHILD, SO SHE HAS TO LOOK AFTER THE OTHER
CHILDREN.
11) Fill in the gap with a correct preposition.
My friend insisted ______ON____ paying the bill.
(0.5 points)
12) Give a question for the underlined words.
This dictionary cost fifty dollars ten years ago.
HOW MUCH DID THIS DICTIONARY COST TEN YEARS AGO?
(0.5 points)
13) Complete the following sentence:
(0.5 points)
If the visitors wish…
TO RELAX, THEY CAN SPEND THEIR WEEKEND AT THE ABBEY.