Test “A Picture is a Poem without Words”

► TASK 1: Arrange the replies in the dialogue in the correct order.

-          You think so?

-          You see, colours and shades on your painting may pass into one another inconspicuously, gradually. Nevertheless, the flash of this woman’s arms should be distinguished from the background but it melts into it.

-          Yes, but just look here! Add a couple of strokes and the picture shall be the focus of the exhibition.

-          Most likely. OK, I’ll try that.

-          How do you like my new painting, Liz?

-          If I were you, I’d make these lines more distinct, Pete.

-          But Lizzie, you ignore the fact that it’s not a drawing. It’s a painting!

► TASK 2: Read the text. Choose and circle the correct words in italics. Then write answers to the questions.

Impressionism

   Impressionism is a style or movement in painting/literature originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by showing the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and sound/colour.

   Impressionist painters denied both the precise academic style and the emotional concerns of Romanticism, and their interest in objective representation, especially of fresco/landscape, was influenced by early photography. Impressionism met at first with respect/scorn, but soon became highly influential. Its chief painters/composers included Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cezanne, and Degas.

1. 1)      When did impressionism as a painting style appear?
2. 2)      What country did it originate in?
3. 3)      What is impressionism characterized by?
4. 4)      What did the impressionist painters deny?
5. 5)      Name some of the Impressionist painters.

►TASK  3: Arrange the words in the sentences in the correct order.

-          at/ Aivazovskyi/ this/ seascape/ Look/ by/ !/ do/ it/ you/ How/ find?

-          realistically/ Wonderful,/ though/ is/ depicted/ I/ the boat’s rolling/ think/ that/ too.

-          you/ “Too realistically”/ say/ ?/ undoubtedly/ the/ canvas/ strongest/ But/ that/ is/ of/ the/ point!

-          can/ tell/ You/ never/!/ high/ it/ seas/ that/ I/ It/ resembles(схоже)/ feel/ so/ much/ seasick/ I/ look/ each/ time/ at.