Exercise 3. Mark the explanation nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italic

1. Estimate character: (A) find out a person's true worth; (B) see the difference between people's characters; (C) form an opinion of a person's character.

2. Personal appearance: (A) the way a person looks; (B) the way a
person dresses; (C) the way a person walks and talks.

3. Physical features: (A) the size of a person's hands, feet; (B) the parts
of the face (forehead, nose, etc); (C) the colour of the hair.

4. Stature: (A) a person's health; (B) state of mind; (C) the natural height of a person.

5. Build: (A) the shape and proportions of the body; (B) the look in
person's eyes; (C) the way a person laughs.

6. Missing person: (A) somebody who has lost his way; (B) a person
who is lost to others; (C) a person who is absent.

7. Habit: (A) (an example of) usual behaviour; (B) a family tradition; (C) a national holiday.

8. Suggest: (A) describe directly; (B) indicate indirectly; (C) express one's opinion.

9. Good-tempered: (A) very temperamental; (B) calm and pleasant; (C) honest and kind.

10. Mannerism: (A) a peculiar way of behaving, speaking, etc, that has become a habit; (B) the way in which anything is done or happens; (C) a person's manners.

Exercise 4. Two of the words in each group below are similar in meaning. Check the word which doesn’t suit and explain why.

1. appearance; look; manner.

2. character; feature; characteristic.

3. stature; statue; height.

4. build; habit; shape.

5. indication; index; description.

6. kind; sort; mannerism.

7. methodical; analytical; systematic.

8. clean; tidy; neat.

9. careful; exact; accurate.

10. denote; explain; indicate.

11. temper; intelligence; intellect.

Exercise 5. Choose the answer that expresses most accurately what is stated in the passage. Only one answer is correct.

The idea behind the sentence "Yet we cannot say that a person is wholly good or bad, any more than we can say that a high forehead already denotes intelligence or a big chin indicates a strong will" is that:

1. there is as little connection between a high forehead and intelligence, or a big chin and strong will, as there is between the kind of character a person has and his appearance, habits, mannerisms, etc;

2. the goodness or badness of a person is in direct proportion to the height of his forehead and the size of his chin;

3. it is as impossible to decide whether a person is wholly good or bad on the basis of his appearance or character as it is to say that a person is intelligent because he has a high forehead, or has a strong will because he has a big chin.

Exercise 6. Pick out all the words from the UNIT relating to: (A) appearance; (B) character.