Английский язык. Часть I. Коныгина Г.И - 13 стр.

13. She has an ___ dread of hospitals.
14. She had the courage and determination to rise above her physical ___.
15. It is ___ to discriminate on grounds of race, sex or religion.

Follow-up Activities

Read the following text and use the word given in capitals to form a word
that fits in the space. There is an example at the beginning.

   The very last phase of Dickens’s life was a new phase. It was almost entirely
filled with his new (1) activity ACT in giving public readings from his works.
Dickens had been toying with the idea of turning paid reader since 1853, when
he began giving occasional readings in aid of charity. The paid series began in
April 1858. Dickens’s immediate impulse was to find some energetic distraction
from his marital (2) ___ HAPPY. A short time previously, a dramatic (3) ___
SEPARATE of Dickens and his wife by agreement took place. Dickens valued
his public's affection, not only as a (4) ___ STIMULATE to his creativity and a
condition for his commercial success but also as a substitute for the love he
could not find at home.
   The readings revealed his (5) ___ REMARK histrionic talents, his love of
theatricals and of seeing and delighting an audience. Concurrently, the emi-
nently performable nature of his fiction became obvious. Dickens was charming
his audiences with (6) ___ EVIDENCE skill and gusto. He was a magnificent
performer, and important elements and (7) ___ DRAMA qualities of his art were
demonstrated in these renderings. His insight and skill revealed nuances in the
narration and (8) ___ CHARACTER that few readers had noticed. Without a
single prop or bit of costume, merely by changes of voice, by gesture, by vocal
expression the author-actor peopled his stage with a throng of characters. A
critic, after attending one of the readings, remarked that Dickens was like an en-
tire theatre company ... under one hat.
   A (9) ___ PERFORM usually consisted of two items suitable for a two-hour
entertainment. His initial repertoire included entirely Christmas books but it was
soon amplified by episodes from the novels. Comedy predominated, though pa-
thos was (10) ___ IMPORTANCE in the repertoire. A dramatic reading called
Sikes and Nancy was introduced in the last reading he devised with which he
petrified his audiences and half killed himself. However, his mature novels,
marked by the finest artistry and greatest (11) ___ DEEP, were underrepre-
sented.
   Dickens gave seasons of readings in London and in British provinces. Ameri-
can reading tour began in November of 1867. Dickens was greatly in demand
and performed with great success. His campaign was (12) ___ TRUTH Ameri-
can in its scope and scale. Holding his audiences spellbound, Dickens was
lauded and applauded. He manifestly enjoyed the experience. He gloried in his
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