2.Supply antonyms and synonyms to the following.

Precious, distort, virtue, shortcoming, respectfully, revolt, disconcerting, fearfully, indiscretion, supercilious, solitude, responsively, impatiently, gentleness, immaculate, stiffly, preoccupied, stunt.

3.Answer the questions.

1. Did Anson blame himself for Sloane’s death? Why?

2. What did Anson’s family do after Mrs. Hunter’s death?

3. What change had taken place in Anson himself?

4. What was he most concerned about?

5. Why did Anson’s friends’ attitude change to him?

6. Why did the fact about his friends’ having gone to the country cut at him?

7. What was intolerable to Anson?

8. What feelings did Anson’s encounter with Paula evoke?

9. What did Paula tell about her life?

10. What did Paula accuse him of?

4.Which sentences are true?

1. Anson blamed himself for Cary Sloane’s death.

2. Just before Christmas Mrs. Hunter retired to a select Episcopal heaven.

3. They decided that the house wouldn’t go into the market in the fall.

4. At twenty nine Anson’s chief concern was his loneliness.

5. Before his thirtieth birthday the last of his early and intimate friends got married.

6. Anson liked to spend his leisure hours in Hot Springs.

7. When Anson met Paula he realized that the memory of their love hadn’t lost poignancy to her.

8. Paula’s husband Pete looked much like Anson.

9. Paula and Pete were a perfect match which resulted in three lovely children.

10. Anson accused women of his being unable to settle down.

11. Paula was infatuated with Anson that she could not love another man.

5.Put the events in the chronological order.

1. Anson decided to go to see the Wardens.

2. Paula told about herself and the past.

3. Anson acted in his usual role of best man.

4. Paula invited Anson to dinner.

5. Anson became the head of the family.

6. Anson decided to meet Nick.

6. Reproduce the situations in which the following sentences are used.

1. ... his most precious friendship was over.

2. It was a step down from the expensive simplicity of his father’s idea.

3. He was a dignified, impressive young man.

4. ... a strong nervous thrill of familiarity went over him.

5. We’re just getting settled.

7.Find evidence to prove that

1. Anson was extremely lonely.

2. The quiet, expensive superiority of the Hunters came to an end.

3. It was from his friends that Anson felt his estrangement most keenly.

4. Anson needed dissimulation .

5. The memory of Anson lost poignancy to Paula.

6. Paula was the only woman Anson loved.

8.Describe

1. Anson’s life after Mrs. Hunter’s death.

2. Anson’s chief concerns.

3. Anson’s afternoon at the Yale Club.

4. Paula Peter Hagerty.

9.Comment on the following.

1. The estate was considerably diminished by two inheritance taxes.

2. Anson’s strong instinct for life had turned him in his twenties from the hollow obsequies of the abortive leisure class.

3. Most of his friends were drawn deep into domesticity.

4. The necessity of dissimulation is one of the few characteristics that we share with dogs.

VIII

1.Transcribe and give equivalents to the following words.

transaction to melt down at length stiffly to fall silent defiant

I looked her up in the purser’s office to do smth with infectious gusto bizzare to feel at home to cherish

2.Supply antonyms and synonyms to the following.

Resist, invariably, intense, fussy, amaze, exhibit, joyous, rare, nurse.

3.Answer the following questions.

1. What did the members of the firm arrange for Anson?

2. Why did Anson act as a drag and a strain in every transaction?

4.Which sentences are true?

1. Paula Legendre Hagerty died in childbirth and Anson grieved very much.

2. Paula’s death changed him unbelievably.

3. Anson’s trip to Paris brought him to life again.

5.Put the events in the chronological order.

1. Anson sailed on board the Paris leaving his principality behind.

2. Anson found out everything about the girl in the red tam.

3. Anson’s partners advised Anson to go abroad for the summer.

4. Paula died in childbirth.

6. Reproduce the situations in which the following sentences are used.

1. If I stop, that means I’ve given up – I’m through.

2. After one cocktail a change came over him.

7.Describe the change in Anson.