МОСКОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ГУМАНИТАРНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ им.М.А.Шолохова



Кафедра: секция английского языка                Курс ГАК

Наименование дисциплины: английский язык

 

Приложение к экзаменационному билету  № 21

 

 

Let us suppose you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read what they wanted to without first checking its contents? Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is suitable for them? In other words by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship.

Of course, you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship where children are concerned and quite another to the same for adults. Children needs protection and it is the parent's responsibility to provide it. But what about adults? Aren't they old enough to decide what is good for them? The answer is that many adults are, but don't make a mistake of thinking that all adults are like yourself. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Some people think it is disgraceful that a censor should interfere with works of art. Who is this person, they say, to ban this great book or cut that great film? But we must remember two things. Firstly, where genuine works of art are concerned, modern censors are extremely liberal in their views -- often far more liberal than a large section of the public. Artistic merit is something that censors recognize. And secondly, we must bear in mind that the great proportion of books, plays and films which come before the censor are very far from being "works of art".

Therefore, we should not confine our attention to great masterpieces, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship is relaxed, unscrupulous people are given the license to produce virtually anything in the name of "art". One of the main things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others.

 

 

Экзаменационный билет утвержден на заседании кафедры

« »_____________2010г.                                         Зав. кафедрой _____________   

 

 

МОСКОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ГУМАНИТАРНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ им.М.А.Шолохова

 

Кафедра: секция английского языка                Курс ГАК

Наименование дисциплины: английский язык

 

Приложение к экзаменационному билету  № 20

 

 

There was a time when camping was considered to be a poor way of spending a holiday: OK for boy scouts and hard-up students, but hardly the for sophisticated, comfort-loving adults. The adults have at last discovered that if you go camping, it no longer means that you will be bitten to death by mosquitoes; have to drink brackish coffee; suffocate or freeze in a sleeping-bag; hump gargantuan weights on your back. Camping has become the great pursuit of motorists the world over. For a modest outlay you can have a comfortable, insulated tent. For a not-so-modest outlay you can have an elaborate affair which resembles a portable bungalow, complete with three bedrooms, a living-room, a kitchen and a porch. The portable furniture is light, the gas stove brews excellent coffee or grills a tender steak, the fridge keeps the beer and ice-cream cold, and you literally sleep on air.

No wonder the great rush is on. You enjoy absolute freedom. There are no cold hotel breakfasts, no surly staff to tip. Modern camping sites are well equipped with hot and cold running water and even shops and dance floors! Above all, you enjoy tremendous mobility. If you don't like a place, you can simply get up and go. Conversely, you can stay as long as you like.

Moping around a stuffy hotel room wondering what they are going to give you for dinner is a tedious business. By comparison, it's so exciting to arrive at a camp site, put up your tent and start getting a meal ready. You are active all the time and you are always close to nature. You have enormous opportunity to meet people of various nationalities and to share your pleasure with them. People are so friendly when they are relaxed. How remote the strained world of hotels seems! How cold and unfriendly the formal greetings that are exchanged each day between the residents! For a few precious weeks in the year you adopt a completely different way of life. And that's the essence of true recreation and real enjoyment.

 

 

Surly -- bad-tempered and unfriendly.

To mope --feel sad or in low spirit, pity oneself.

 

 

Экзаменационный билет утвержден на заседании кафедры

« »___________2010г.                                           Зав. кафедрой _____________   

 

 

 


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