B. Use of language - Lösung
18 pts
| 1. Find words or expressions in the text that mean more or less the sa | 3 pts | ||
| a) | huge | (lines 5-10) enormous (line 9) | |
| b) | continued | (lines 11-16) carried on (line 14/15) | |
| c) | hard | (lines 17-21) difficult (line 17) | |
| 2. Explain two of the following words in complete sentences. | 4 pts | ||
| a) | dream | (line 11) | |
| A drean is a story you see / imagine when you sleep. | |||
| b) | bestseller | (line 24) | |
| A bestseller is a book which is bought by a lot of people. | |||
| A bestseller is a book which has been very successful. | |||
| c) | to struggle | (line 27) | |
| "To struggle" is another word for "to fight". | |||
| "To struggle" means to try hard to achieve something. | |||
| 3. Vocabulary - Grammar | 11 pts | ||
| Read the text. Find the suitable forms of the words and write them down. | |||
| What is an e-book? | |||
| Everyone is talking about e-books at the moment. But what exactly are they? Basically, whatever you read on a screen instead of on paper is called an e-book. And of course, an e-book can be more than just text. It can also include photos, graphics and videos. You can download e-books onto a laptop or a personal digital assistant so you can read them while travel / travelling. There are also portable e-book readers which are very useful. These e-book readers are about the same size as a book. But you can store lots of books on them - and whatever you write can be transferred to a PC. Reading on a screen all the time might get hard on the eyes, but screens are getting better. The screens of e-books give you a better picture than a television does. | a) talk b) exact c) call d) person e) travel f) use g) ? h) transfer i) read j) good k) ? | ||