text_features_sw_16.05.08.pdf

First published online 16.05.08

Student’s Worksheet

Text features

Read the four short extracts. For each extract answer the questions below it.

The Kolbe Rome Hotel is beautifully located in a splendid historic building at the very heart of Rome.

Situated in the vicinity of the famous romantic Palatine, the hotel overlooks Forum Romanum. […]

Despite its stylish and historic character, the hotel boasts excellent modern amenities for the guests'

convenience. […]

1.What kind of text does the fragment come from?

a.a newspaper article

b.a traveller's book

c.a guidebook

d.a historical book

As for the major services offered by your newspaper to the general public, I do feel that my

qualifications and work experience would remarkably benefit your marketing department. I have

also been a keen reader of financial press for many years and thus, I am well aware of the latest

trends and developments within the advertising sector.

2.The extract is most probably part of

a.a curriculum vitae

b.a cover letter

c.a letter to the editor

d.a formal letter requesting further information

Few of us do realize how cunningly the large supermarket stores can use a variety of techniques not

only to attract a large number of consumers but also to persuade us to buy things we could perfectly

do without. Merely by placing everyday foodstuffs in the furthest corners of their shopping area,

they force the customers to walk along as many aisles as possible.

3.What is the writer's attitude to supermarket shopping?

a.enthusiastic

b.neutral

c.largely negative

d.slightly positive

The plot might, indeed, have seemed complex and innovative at the time when Pushkin wrote his

story. Nowadays, however, the whole series of events is rather predictable to the 21st century

audience, who have witnessed literally thousands of movies based on the concept of unrequitted

love. Had the film shown the intrigue in a slightly altered way, it might have captured the attention

of the audience better.

4.What is the main purpose of this fragment of the film review?

a.To recommend the movie to a particular kind of audience.

b.To describe the plot of the movie.

c.To evaluate various aspects of the movie.

d.To criticise the interpretation of the plot.