The Oval Portrait

rigid vague dull grim confused emaciated avid lifeless serious muddled athletic unwell limited odd 2 Story AFTER READING Berenice organized plump disinterested normal flexible healthy broad WORKING ON GRAMMAR 5 FCE Use of English. Read the sentences below and decide which answer best fits the gap. 1. Misery is all around us and invades our lives, taking ................................... many shapes and sizes a. up b. in c. on d. over 2. In spite of some strange sensations, the narrator was a man of ........ . a. right b. rational c. reason d. reflective 3. His dreams and meditation blurred the ........................................ reality. a. walls around b. visions in c. edges of d. lines across 4. Berenice s beautiful face in youth was a wonderful ........................ . a. apparition b. appearance c. apprehension d. attraction 5. Her illness caused her to ........................................ a kind of trance. a. turn into b. become part of c. fall into d. come into 6. While I was sitting thoughtfully in the library, I sensed another silent ................................ in the room. a. presence b. present c. pervasion d. existence 7. My deepest, obsessive dreams were ........................................ by a sudden scream. a. crashed b. burst c. broken d. collapsed 8. With horror I realized that Berenice was ........................................ a. no more b. no longer c. no worse d. no further 9. She had passed ......................................... after a terrible fit, and her corpse lay ready for burial. a. over b. out c. by d. away 10. I uttered a ghastly .............................................. and rushed, trembling and horrified, to the table where the ebony box lay. a. screech b. cry out c. scream d. yelling 31