Prime Time 7/8, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Language in use: Being a literary critic is not easy You are going to read a text about the job of a literary critic. Some words are missing from the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–13) in the text. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Literary … (0) are a very distinct group of people. What we enjoy as … (Q1) is part of their job. … (Q2) of getting carried away by a performance they have to watch and analyse at the same time. On … (Q3) of that they also have to remember and to take … (Q4) of what they have seen and which thoughts have gone through their minds. However, in most cases they will have read the text … (Q5) , but occasionally that may not be possible, especially when they have to write a review of a … (Q6) play. One of the difficulties is that they are not supposed to only provide a … (Q7) of the play and character descriptions but also an analysis of the performance itself. This includes a … (Q8) of the way in which the play was put on stage, a comment on the actors and their individual performances, an analysis of the work of the director, who usually has a … (Q9) influence on how a play is received by the audience, and much more. In the … (Q10) ofWilliam Shakespeare literary critics also need to know a lot about Shakespeare’s time, the conditions under which plays were produced back then and ideally they should have studied the latest … (Q11) on the most famous author of the English language. And if you start having your doubts about present-day literary critics, you may be right. But this is not necessarily their … (Q12) but rather due to the nature of their … (Q13) job. 0 A critique B critical C critics D criticism Q1 A public B spectators C visitor D auditorium Q2 A For B Because C Instead D Close Q3 A grounds B idea C height D top Q4 A notes B notices C notifications D noteworthy Q5 A alone B towards C after D beforehand Q6 A actual B contemporary C topical D current Q7 A view B summary C part D story Q8 A criticism B critic C review D criticaster Q9 A considering B considerable C considerate D considered Q10 A fall B domain C strand D case Q11 A research B foundations C finds D fines Q12 A fault B guilt C problem D mangel Q13 A demanded B deceiving C decisive D demanding 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 C 6 / ✔ 53 10 Shakespeare live Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv