Exercises. Exercise 1. Translate the following phrases into Russian; use them in sentences or situations.

Exercise 1. Translate the following phrases into Russian; use them in sentences or situations.

1. An intelligent pupil. 2. Intelligent eyes. 3. An intellectual being. 4. The intellectual centre of. 5. An intelligent answer. 6. An intelligent-looking person. 7. Intellectual efforts. 8. To conduct oneself like an intelligent person. 9. Intellectual pursuits. 10. An intelligent face. 11. In the intellectual world. 12. An intelligent young man. 13. An intelligible pronunciation. 14. Intellectual tastes. 15. An. intellectual face. 16. An unintelligible explanation. 17. To be intelligible. 18. An intellectual occupation. 19. Intellectual life. 20. Intellectual exertion.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions.

1. Can you prove that Jane Eyre was an intelligent girl? 2. What are the main intellectual centres of England? 3. What intellectual occupations do you know? 4. In what professions is an intelligible pronunciation of paramount importance? 5. What can one do to develop one’s intellectual faculties? 6. Will you name a few literary personages belonging to the intellectual world? 7. What are the main characteristics of an intelligent person? 8. Do intelligent children always study well? 9. What are your intellectual interests?

Exercise 3. Paraphrase the following phrases and sentences using one of the words under discussion.

1. A boy with a considerable degree of intelligence. 2. A clear reply. 3. A clear question. 4. The face of an intellectual. 5. Tastes and interests typical of the intelligentsia. 6. Clever eyes. 7. His forehead was the forehead of the intellectual, wide and high. 8. Mrs Short recognized in the young Graham boy a keen intelligence. 9. He was a college graduate and a man of wide reading and great intelligence.

Exercise 4. * Fill in the blanks using one of the words under discussion.

1. Mr Gerald Wright was a thin,... and very superior young man. 2. It is very foolish to underestimate the police. Inspector Neele strikes me as a particularly... man. 3. I looked upon you as an... woman, but now I am convinced you’re the reverse. 4. His skin was large-pored, there were pouches below his..., pewter-coloured eyes. 5. He was a roan of 15 hands, with black points, a lovely head, and large,... eyes. 6. Mary was a sweet,.., girl. 7. She began to talk to Daniel in her... voice about Italian architecture. 8. Having recorded their feelings in these very... terms, they looked at Mr Pickwick and each other in awkward silence. 9. The cause of his much injured and most oppressed client, must prevail with the high-minded and... dozen of men whom he now saw in that box before him. 10. He was at his best when you were ill; he was too... to exasperate, and his touch was pleasant, cool, and soothing. 11. Following this, the sound of a gentle voice speaking words... to the commissioner’s somewhat dormant comprehension, but giving evidence of bewilderment and hesitation. 12. Carrie had thought to lead up to her decision in some... way. 13. As he worked, he became absorbed in the pleasurable glow of creativeness, proceeding from step to step with the... agility that comes from a sure knowledge of absolute control over one’s talent. 14. His speech was so fast that his words were not... to us. 15. Never had she been more glad to see the little undersized man, with his big ungainly head and kind,... eyes. 16. He seems an unusually... young man. 17. He had a rather charming face, an... forehead, sympathetic eyes, and a wide happy mouth. 18. She was so different from anyone he had ever known, with her quietness, her fragility, her dark... eyes. 19. «You don’t find it (the painting) obscure and...?» «Not at all.» 20. She had for the first time in her life to make a-moral and... decision that had nothing to do with her own personal relationships. 21. They’re kind and charming and... people. 22. Dr Barbato gave his best farewell smile and said his good-byes in his best university Italian, which made him almost..., and then, to the relief of everyone, he took his leave.

 

Exercise 5. Complete and expand on the following sentences using one of the words under discussion.

1. He spoke so fast as to be hardly... 2. The pronunciation of a teacher... 3. The boy’s eyes were clear and … 4. Moscow is not only a major industrial centre but also... 5. Nessie Brodie was a very bright and... 6. This statement is... 7. The question was difficult, and I was surprised... 8. Those who are fond of symphony music... 9. Teachers, lawyers, physicians belong to... 10. M. V. Lomonosov had remarkable … 11. Soviet people effected a great change in...

 

Exercise 6. Use the following sentences in situntions.

1. She had an intelligent, sensitive face with light grey eyes of a peculiar and searching intensity. 2. She was intelligent and well-read. 3. Equal partners in the struggle for Socialism, with an equal political, economic and intellectual part to play.4. Can you tell me where I can find an intelligent being to take my orders? 5. The youngsters caught on very rapidly. They were intelligent. 6. She revealed the inimitable talent of the best scientific minds — intellectual simplicity. 7. The face didn’t say much. I wouldn’t have called it kind or brutal-or intelligent or stupid.

 

Exercise 7. Make up a list of nouns that go with the adjectives intelligent, intellectual, and intelligible; use several of the resulting phrases in short dialogues or situations based on the subject matter of English or American novels.

Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. У него незаурядные способности; в будущем он может стать ученым. 2. Интеллектуальные наклонности могут проявляться в очень раннем возрасте. 3. Студент отвечал с большим пониманием дела. 4. Я не ожидал от него такого разумного ответа. 5. Ее объяснение оказалось совершенно непонятным, и я попросила ее объяснить мне задачу еще раз, более простым способом. 6. Мальчик был очень смышленым, но ленивым и поэтому учился недостаточно хорошо. 7. У профессора был высокий лоб и умный проницательный взгляд. 8. А. Кронин изобразил Э. Мэнсона умным, способным врачом. 9. Он говорил быстро и непонятно. 10. Общение с мыслящими людьми — хорошая школа для развития и тренировки умственных способностей.

 

Revision Exercises (based on the Introductory Material)

Exercise 1. Make up several questions of different types (including indirect questions) based on the following sentences: 2, 17.

Exercise 2. Make up several sentences on the analogy of sentences, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16.

Exercise 3. Comment on the following sentences: 1, 2.

Exercise 4. Develop the following sentences into short situations: 10, 12, 13.

Exercise S. Build dialogues round the following sentences: 15, 17.