CODE GREEN FINAL TEST

Name: ______________

Date: ______________

Reading
Read the text. Then do Exercise 1.
In 1998, director James Cameron won the Oscar for Best Picture for the film Titanic. Fifteen years later, he is sure to be a
contender again for a number of awards. His latest film, Avatar, has been in theatres for a month now and the public response to
this brilliant fantasy has been overwhelming.
There are a number of reasons responsible for the popularity of this film. James Cameron has developed a plot that is an allegory
to the problems we have today, such as fighting wars and damaging the environment for money. The film tries to give viewers the
message that we have a responsibility to respect nature and the relationship it has with us and other animals. He does this by
combining a story of romance and adventure. He has created a beautiful fantasy world using the latest in 3D technology.
The movie takes place in the year 2154 on the planet of Pandora. Humans on Pandora are trying to take material they need from
the planet to save the environment on Earth. To do this, they need to communicate with the Navi who live on Pandora. The Navi
are 3 metres tall with blue skin and have a special relationship with the environment they live in. Dr. Grace Augustine (played by
Sigourney Weaver) creates what is called an Avatar to help the humans gain the trust of the Navi. Avatars look exactly like the
Navi and are controlled by a human mind. She wants to form a peaceful relationship with them before the human soldiers come
in and destroy their land. Joining Graces team is Sully (played by Sam Worthington), a soldier who cannot walk and is in a
wheelchair.

As an Avatar, Sully can walk and run, as he is no longer handicapped. When he is on Pandora, he comes into contact with Neytiri
(played by Zoe Saldana), a princess of the Na'vi tribe. At first she is very suspicious of this soldier but then she decides to teach
him about her culture and the world she lives in. From the start, Sully reports back to the soldiers but, as time passes, he finds
himself torn between the two worlds.
The humans lose patience with Dr. Augustine and her methods and, eventually, decide to attack the Navi people who are trying to
protect their planet. Sully, then, has to make a decision. Is he a soldier or is he now a Navi? He chooses the latter and together
with Neytiri and the other Navi he fights for the planet of Pandora, against the human soldiers.
Avatar is the most expensive film ever made, reaching a budget of close to 400,000,000 euro! Most of the film budget has gone to
the special effects in the movie and the result is absolutely amazing. The alien world of Pandora, the creatures that live there and
the Navi are all stunning to look at. WETA Digital, which also worked on the highly successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has
brought the planet of Pandora and the Navi to life using 3D technology and the most advanced special effects to date.
Of course, the film is not only about the special effects, since one cannot deny the fact that the cast does a great job as well. Sam
Worthington is very convincing and I am sure we will see him in many more films in the future. As usual, Sigourney Weaver is
superb. Stephen Lang, who plays the Colonel, is a character you will love to hate as he leads the soldiers into Pandora. We never
see Zoe Saldana, but we do hear her. She is the amazing voice of Neytiri, the Navi princess. Neytiri is a CGI character, meaning
that she is not real but computer-animated.

1 Choose the correct answer. [10 points]

1 Avatar is a successful film because...
A people can understand the problems the film talks about.
B its a great romance-action film.
C both of the above.

2 Why does Doctor Augustine develop Avatars?

A To steal resources from the planet Pandora.
B To better understand the Navi without fighting them.
C To report back to soldiers about Pandora.
3 What does the critic mean when he says Sully is torn between the two worlds?
A Sully feels close to the Navi and must decide whose side he is going to take.
B Sully is reporting to both the Navi and the humans.
C Sully is travelling from one place to another a lot.
4 The writer believes that...
A ...the film was expensive, but the result was worth it.
B ...the film was too expensive for what is has to offer.
C ...more of the budget should have gone to the actors.
5 What does the writer mean by you will love to hate, in the last paragraph?
A Stephen Lang does a bad job as the bad Colonel.
B Stephen Lang does a good job as the bad Colonel.
C None of the above.

II.Put the verbs in the correct tense

So,______ you ___________ (think) it is alright to ask her? I mean, just like that? But of course, Tom, Peter
____________ (reply), there is nothing about it. All you have to do is walk up to her and ask her if she would like to
go to the dance with you. Tom ________________(be troubled) by the idea of asking the beautiful young girl that he
______________ (watch) for so long from his seat in the backrow of the classroom. It ___________ (not be) too long
ago that Jane _________________ (joke) in class about his glasses, calling him four-eyes. And when he
______________ (pick up) the book she _______________ (drop) while walking up the stairs to the chemistry-lab,
Jane _____________________ (just look) at him, saying nothing.
But, Peter, what if she _______________ (say) she _____________ (not want to go)?
What about it? Then at least youll stop being such a mind-blown fool. And if she ___________________ ( want to
go) ...
If she _________________ (want to go), Tom interrupted him, because, obviously, he didnt think she would. Just
imagine, maybe if I _______________ (ask) her, she ________________ (laugh) in my face! And then, later on, I
____________________ (not be able to) show my face at school again. But, if I never ___________________ (ask)
her, I ___________________ (at least be) able to go to the dance and maybe even enjoy it.
Tom if your parents _____________________ (never talk) to each other, you ________________ (not be) here,
right? And if you ______________ (Not be) here, you _________________ (not be) able to ask her. But your parents
________________ (talk) to each other and you ______________________ (be) able to talk to her. Go, do it now!
Tom _________________ (not be) quite sure what to do. Hope and fear ______________ (run) a race inside of him.
He ___________________ (blush) and knew he couldnt possibly do it.
You ________________ (be) such an absolute teenager, Tom, it is hard to believe you _____________ (be) out of
school in two months. Come on, _____________________ (be) brave for once in your life and do it.
Peter _________________ (be) Toms best friend, but even he was tired of Toms shyness every now and then.
You know, Peter said, I _________________ (believe) that one should do one thing every day that is scary.
That way one _______________________ (realize) how much one really is alive. And, besides, you
____________________ (feel) better afterwards.
Yeah, sure, Tom agreed, just like when you go to the dentists and have a tooth pulled out.
First you _________________________ (feel) nothing, then you _________________ (feel) pain and in the end you
realize that you ____________________ (lose) something.
You are sick, really sick, Tom.
Jane, by the way, went to the dance alone, sad that she _______________ (not be asked) by the most
charming boy in her class.
III. Indirect Speech
1.Im going away tomorrow.
He said
2.What country do you come from?
-Bill asked

3.Yesterday Tom and I went to look at a new house.

Mona replied
4.Are you sorry for what you did?
I asked him
5.Why has she written me this email?
-Tom wondered
6.I was intending to do it tomorrow, but now I dont think if ILL be able to.
- Emma told me
7.Ill drop you from the team if you dont train harder.
-The coach said to her
8.Where did you bring this cat from yesterday?
-I asked Mona
9.Can parents visit the school at any time?
-My mother wanted to know
10.She has a piano class this evening and she hasnt done the project yet. She was also playing the piano all day yesterday.
Tomorrow she may have the concert and I really dont know if she can do it.
-I said

IV.Passive
1.

The police took him away.

2.

They've treated him very well.

3.

They haven't cleaned the kitchen yet.

4.

They didn't punish him for what he did.

5.

Many people begin new projects in January.

6.

They called the customers yesterday afternoon.

7.

We will give you a discount if you buy 100.

8.

I have improved the presentation.

9.

The president of the company is listening to his proposal.

10. We have produced paper products since 1994.

11. All employees will read the memo.

12. My colleague sold the last one yesterday.
13. At this moment our boss is speaking to Sarah about always arriving late.
V. Vocabulary