Периоды английской литературы. Карпова В.А - 19 стр.

medieval _____________ q. surroundings, esp. a person’s social
                           surroundings
masterly______________ r. to argue, esp. angrily and for a long time
milieu _______________ s. of the period in history between 1100 and
                           1500 (the Middle Ages)
workmanship __________ t. showing great skill
III. Decide what part of speech is needed in the blanks. Change the
original word to the appropriate form.
1. mark
    The period in English history and literature between 1350 and 1500 is
    __________ by the replacement of French by Modern English.
2. Christ
    The____________ lyrics are just as much rooted in pre-Christian myth
    and ritual, as are the so-called secular lyrics.
3. Concur
    Chaucer is by general ______________ the greatest English medieval
    author.
4. chronology
    The reader who eventually reads Chaucer’s poems in _________
    order, will begin with the Chaucerian “Romaunt of the Rose”.
5. rhythm
    Chaucer and Langland lived at the same time but Langland’s
    _________verse looks a lot older than Chaucer’s.
6. succeed
    In many romances the theme is of a ___________ of tests.
7. origin
    What may have been__________ Celtic tales were made into French
    romances.
8. unique
    The “Gawayne” poet’s dialect reflects the__________ of his place and
    generation.
9. exclude
    The alliterative tradition has tended to receive the almost ___________
    attention of the philologist.
10. just
    It is hard to feel that _________ has yet been done to the strength and
    variety of the achievement of the fourteenth-century English literature.
11. universal
    Piers Plowman is merely a_____________ of the English rural way of
    living.
12. recur
    The theme of the child or wife lost and eventually found again is one
    of the most ___________ in the romances.

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