Составители: багдасарова н. А., Дубовская о. В., Караваева е. М., Кононович о. Н

LISTENING

1. 
   Where was Solomon Asch born? ____________________________________________________
   
2. 
   Which area of interest made Asch take up psychology? _________________________________
   
3. 
   What was the name of Asch's famous experiment? ____________________________________
   
4. 
   Who were the majority of participants in each experiment? ___________________________
   

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY IN USE

1. 
   Circle the two suitable words in italics which best complete each sentence correctly.
   

1. 
   When she saw the spider, she let out a piercing scream / yelp / shout / shriek.
   
2. 
   When reading, you have more time to appreciate the shadows / subtleties / nuances / tones of meaning than when you’re listening.
   
3. 
   It is sometimes difficult to absorb / interest / capture / comprehend all the necessary information if someone is talking too fast.
   
4. 
   Some people like the straightforward / shortcut / modest / minimalist style of Internet conversations.
   
5. 
   I like her novel, although her verbose / long-winded /elongated / stretched-out style bored me at times.
   
6. 
   She mumbled / muttered / stuttered /spluttered something under her breath about being bored and walked out of the lecture hall.
   
7. 
   His tendency / pitch / expression / tone was sarcastic; he obviously thought very little of his colleagues.
   
8. 
   I have read through his work and I haven’t found any clear / clean / hard / striking examples of a text which is hard to understand.