Text Study. Exercise 1. Say whether these statements are true or false and give your arguments:Exercise 1. Say whether these statements are true or false and give your arguments: 1. Mr. Morris was born in a small town on the coast of the sea. 2. He has two sisters and a brother. 3. After graduating from the University, he took a post-graduate course. 4. At present he works as a professor of English at the University. 5. Mr. Morris and his wife are old-aged pensioners and do not work. 6. When he was a student he tried to earn money during his vacation. 7. His sister works as a typist. 8. Exford is a large cultural center on the coast of the sea. 9. Mr. Morris is an elderly person in his sixties. Exercise 2. Identify the part of the text which refers to Mr.Morris’s: 1. education, b) relatives, c) family Exercise 3. Answer the following questions, using words and expressions from the text: 1. How old is Mr.Morris? 2. How does Mr. Morris look like? 3. What is Mr. Morris’s newspaper article about? 4. What does the reporter want to publish together with the article? 5. Where and when was Mr.Morris born? 6. Is it usual for English people to have two Christian names? 7. What does Mr. Morris’s father do for living? 8. Does Mr. Morris’s mother go out to work? 9. What does she do? 10. What do you know about Mr. Morris’s wife? 11. When did they get married? 12. What temporary jobs had he during summer vacation? Part II Exercise 1. Read Text C and render it. These words will help you to understand the text:
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