Номер 2, страница 93 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 2. Steps to Understanding Culture. Step 10. Test Yourself - номер 2, страница 93.

Условие.

II. Reading

2 Read the text about the British composer Henry Purcell and complete it with the statements (a–g).

Henry Purcell was born in 1659 in London. After his father he became a chorister, (1) .... The talented boy started (2) .... He composed the music to the works by the most prominent (3) .... His compositions contain songs and choruses which never fail to please, (4) ....

At the age of 21, Henry Purcell was appointed organist of Westminster Abbey. It was the most honourable position an English musician (5) .... For six years Purcell devoted himself almost completely to the composition of religious music. At the same time he wrote the musical drama Dido ['daidəu] and Aeneas [i:'ni:əs], which became two of (6) .... In it there is not a word of spoken dialogue and the music is full of inspiration. The opera was very popular among private circles.

But Purcell's greatest work is considered to be Te Deum [,ter 'deiəm], a religious (7) ...., composed with orchestral accompaniment. It was so perfect that in the years to come it was annually performed in St Paul's Cathedral.

Purcell died in 1695 and was buried under the organ in Westminster Abbey.

a) could occupy at that time

b) hymn praising God

c) a singer in the Chapel Royal

d) even at the present day

e) composing music at the age of nine

f) poets of his time

g) the first real operas in England

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Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте текст о британском композиторе Генри Пёрселле и дополните его утверждениями (a-g).

Ответ:

1 - c) a singer in the Chapel Royal / певец в Королевской капелле

2 - e) composing music at the age of nine / сочинять музыку в возрасте девяти лет

3 - f) poets of his time / поэты его времени

4 - d) even at the present day / даже в наши дни

5 - a) could occupy at that time / мог занять в то время

6 - g) the first real operas in England / первые настоящие оперы в Англии

7 - b) hymn praising God / гимн, восхваляющий Бога