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Unit 1
7 Translate riend and she play Superman?
At the dingy back entrance to the school, an alcove in a long passageway.
Unit 2 Childhood memories
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8 Why do you think they chose Sheldon to be the villain?
Because he was a mamma’s boy and was left out of the other boys’ games.
9 How did she feel about her Uncle Frank?
She admired him as she thought he bore an extraodinary resemblance to Superman incognito.
4 Choose the best summary of the passage.
3 Sylvia Plath wrote about her real and imaginary life as a child.
Dealing with unfamiliar words
5 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 accurate and true (definite)
2 continuing all the time (perpetual)
3 to spin quickly in circles (whirl)
4 to shine very brightly (blaze)
5 to laugh in a nervous, excited or silly way that is difficult to control (giggle)
6 to encourage someone to speak or continue speaking (prompt)
7 to fall to the ground (tumble)
6 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 5.
Plath never needed to be (1) prompted to talk about her childhood memories. They were very (2) definite
and still real to her as an adult. She imagined she could fly and (3) whirl through the air like Superman.
Coming from the highways around Boston was the (4) perpetual sound of traffic. In the distance a plane
was taking off, its lights (5) blazing into the night sky. She remembered the sound of (6) giggling which
came from the group of girls. Sadly in her later life it seemed as if Superman had (7) tumbled to earth.
7 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box.
1 The lights at the airport went on and off all day and night. (blinked)
2 The playground was like a desert. It was without any interesting or positive features and unfriendly.
(barren)
3 The boys were playing a children’s game in which the players chase and try to touc