Task 1. Questions 1–10. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Example at the beginning (0). Word bank: DEVELOP, HEARD, DEPICT, COMPARE, REAL, BREAK, ENORMOUS, FAMILIAR, ENTHUSIASM, ARCHITECT, VIRTUAL. Text: Impressionism is a very natural stage of art’s (0) development. Russian painters had started their (1) … of experiments with light and modified colour schemes before they visited France and got acquainted with French impressionism. And yet, there is a difference between Russian and French impressionistic (2) … in terms of their subject matter, light and colour scheme. As far as French artists were concerned, they portrayed life differently in (3) … to Russian painters. However, Russian impressionists never attempted to break away from (4) … . Strictly speaking, Vasily Polenov can be regarded as a path (5) … in this field. He was one of the first Russian painters who visited Paris in the 1870s and became (6) … fascinated by impressionism. He didn’t abandon his own distinct painting style, but he made every effort to (7) … his students in Russia with his French findings and encouraged their own artistic explorations. Thanks to his (8) … support, his like-minded contemporary artist Konstantin Korovin felt confidence to work differently. The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and (9) … had landscape painting classes as this genre was seen as the one for amateurs. V. Polenov was the first to introduce such classes and he was (10) … besieged by students who wanted to paint nature.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст. Образуйте от слов, данных заглавными буквами, слова, подходящие по смыслу и грамматически в пропуски.

Ответы: 1) development; 2) depictions; 3) comparison; 4) reality; 5) breaker; 6) enormously; 7) familiarize; 8) enthusiastic; 9) Architecture; 10) virtually.

Заполненный текст: Impressionism is a very natural stage of art’s development. Russian painters had started their development of experiments with light and modified colour schemes before they visited France and got acquainted with French impressionism. And yet, there is a difference between Russian and French impressionistic depictions in terms of their subject matter, light and colour scheme. As far as French artists were concerned, they portrayed life differently in comparison to Russian painters. However, Russian impressionists never attempted to break away from reality. Strictly speaking, Vasily Polenov can be regarded as a path breaker in this field. He was one of the first Russian painters who visited Paris in the 1870s and became enormously fascinated by impressionism. He didn’t abandon his own distinct painting style, but he made every effort to familiarize his students in Russia with his French findings and encouraged their own artistic explorations. Thanks to his enthusiastic support, his like-minded contemporary artist Konstantin Korovin felt confidence to work differently. The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture had landscape painting classes as this genre was seen as the one for amateurs. V. Polenov was the first to introduce such classes and he was virtually besieged by students who wanted to paint nature.

Перевод заполненного текста: Импрессионизм — очень естественный этап развития искусства. Русские художники начали свои эксперименты со светом и изменёнными цветовыми схемами ещё до того, как посетили Францию и познакомились с французским импрессионизмом. И всё же русские и французские импрессионистские изображения различаются тематикой, светом и цветовой гаммой. Французские художники изображали жизнь иначе, чем русские. Однако русские импрессионисты никогда не пытались отрываться от реальности. Строго говоря, Василия Поленова можно считать первопроходцем в этой области. Он был одним из первых русских художников, посетивших Париж в 1870-х годах, и чрезвычайно увлёкся импрессионизмом. Он не отказался от собственного самобытного живописного стиля, но приложил все усилия, чтобы познакомить своих русских учеников со своими французскими открытиями и побудить их к собственным художественным поискам. Благодаря его энтузиастической поддержке его единомышленник и современник Константин Коровин почувствовал уверенность и стал работать иначе. В Московском училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества были занятия по пейзажной живописи, поскольку этот жанр считался подходящим для любителей. В. Поленов первым ввёл такие занятия, и его буквально осаждали студенты, желавшие писать природу.