READING CONTEST STAR 2007 ROUND I Jane

READING CONTEST STAR 2007

ROUND I Jane Ernest Wilkie Margaret Ian Tim Robert Eva John Thomas Hemingway Fleming Silver Vicary Eyre Smith Collins Hardy Lewis Stevenson Mitchell

Jane Eyre Ernest Hemingway Wilkie Collins Margaret Mitchell Ian Fleming Tim Vicary Robert Lewis Stevenson Eva Smith John Silver Thomas Hardy

ROUND II Who said it? 1)”But when I saw him last, what do you think he was doing? He was searching for the Elixir of Life” 2) “Love means never having to say I’m sorry” 3)”I think today I’ll begin with the Elephant’s child” 4) “Pieces of eight!” 5) “Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man? ” 6) “I’ll think of it tomorrow. I can stand it then”. 7) “As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle. Oh, Antony! 8) ”We were sitting in my room, smoking and talking about how bad we were – bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course”. 9) “Jane, have you a glittering ornament round your neck? . . And have you a pale blue dress on? ”

1)Harry from “Time’s arrow” by Arthur Ch. Clark 2) Jenny from “Love story” by Erich Segal 3) Crocodile from “The Elephant’s Child” by R. Kipling 4) Captain Flint from “Treasure Island” by R. L. Stevenson 5) The small Stout Fish from “How the Whale got his Throat” by R. Kipling 6) Scarlett O'Hara from “Gone with the wind” by Margaret Mitchell 7) Cleopatra from “Antony and Cleopatra” by W. Shakespeare 8) J. from “Three Men in a Boat” by J. K. Jerome 9) Mr. Rochester from “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontё

ROUND III What do these numbers mean?

3 1. 000 mln 120 8 years

ROUND IV WHAT WAS THE BASIS OF KIM’S REMARK?

The criminal said he had never heard of Dr Robins, but he knew that the doctor was a) a dentist b) a man

ROUND V The year 3007. High technologies are perfect. But you can hardly find a book anywhere for all the books are forbidden. If the police find a book in someone’s house, the person will be immediately arrested, fined and imprisoned.

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