Engleski jezik 1 (N.V)

KEY

1. a
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. a
8. d
9. d
10. c
11. d
12. b
13. a
14. d
15. c

The Story of Pygmalion

In 1) .....................Cyprus Pygmalion was thought to 2) ...................... a king and one of Aphrodite's lovers. We do not know how his name 3) ......................... amongst the non-Greek worshippers of the goddess, or what it meant to 4) ........................: amongst us it also took the form "Pygmaion", 5) ..................... may have had for us the same meaning as pygmaios, 6) ........................ dwarf.

7) .......................... King Pygmalion 8) ...................... in love with the naked, ivory idol of Aphrodite; 9) ........................ a cult-image of this sort was not uncommon amongst the non-Greek peoples of ancient times. He sought to take the statue of his wife, and 10)........................... it in his bed. This, of course, is only a fragment of a story. But it was also told that Pygmalion himself had fashioned the beautiful 11) ........................ figure in ivory, and had deeply fallen in love with her. In his desperate love he prayed to goddess Aphrodite, 12).................... took pity on him. 13) ....................... S/statue came alive, and Pygmalion married it. It bore him Paphos, where Aphrodite's shrine is.

According to this tale the worship of the love-goddess began only with Pygmalion and his creation of the naked idol. Of Pygmalion it 14) ..................... that he was, like Adonis, Aphrodite's lord and 15) ...................... one.

From Sofia Suli's Greek Mythology

1. a) x b) the c) a
2. a) been b) has been c) had been d) have been
3. a) is pronounced b) was pronounced c) has been pronounced d) was pronouncing
4. a) them b) themselves c) theirs d) they
5. a) what b) that c) which d) who
6. a) the b) an c) x d) a
7. a) x b) a c) the
8. a) felt b) fallen c) fall d) fell
9. a) that's why b) despite c) so d) for
10. a) lain b) lied c) lay d) laid
11. a) womans' b) women's c) womens' d) woman's
12. a) which b) who c) whom d) that
13. a) the b) a c) x
14. a) is saying b) was saying c) was to be said d) is said
15. a) loves b) loving c) loved d) love