GIMNAZJUM EXAM PRACTICE March 2010

USE OF ENGLISH

OPEN CLOSE

1. Complete the text with one word in each gap.

James Cameron (1) ________ born in Canada in 1954. He studied

English at university but, after seeing Star Wars in 1977, he
decided (2) ________ get a job in the film industry. The first film he
directed was The Terminator in 1984. It was a big hit and
Terminator 2 did even better. It was Titanic which made (3)
__________ world famous, though. It was the (4) ________
expensive film ever at the time, costing a total of $200 million and it
earned an incredible $1.8 billion. The film won 11 Oscars and its
computer generated effects were praised as the best ever seen.
Then came Avatar. Cameron actually had the idea before Titanic,
in 1994, (5) ________ he didn’t want to make the film until the
technology was available to make (6) _________ exactly as he
imagined it. Now we know that it was worth the wait.

CHOOSE VERBS FROM A BOX

2. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

be grow up leave star work

Sam Worthington, the star of Avatar, was born in Britain although he (1)
_________ in Perth in Australia. He (2) ________ school at the age of 17
and moved to Sydney where he found work as a bricklayer. It was there that
he joined the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

He (3) _________ in the film industry since the year 2000 and was one of
the actors considered for the role of James Bond for the film Casino Royale.
He (4) ___________ busy since Avatar and is in six films being made this
year.

His latest film, Last Night, is a romance and he (5) ___________ in it with
Keira Knightley. You will be able to see it at a cinema near you soon.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE
3 Choose the correct word(s) to complete the text.

In the 1950’s, the cinema was in danger of losing its (1) ______ to
television. More and more people had their own TV set and film
makers had to find a way to attract them (2) ________ to the
cinema.

So, in 1952, a film was released called This Is Cinerama. It showed

a new format – widescreen. There was no (3) ________ – It showed
a series of different scenes; a roller coaster ride, a bullfight, a tour of
Venice and a flight across the USA showing the major tourist sights.

The film needed three projectors and multiple speakers so most

cinemas couldn’t (4) _______ it. The camera work made it feel as if
you were really there – on the roller coaster, on the gondola, in front
of the bull and in the front of the plane looking down. The 3D (5)
_______ helped to make it even more real.

There are now four cinemas in the world where the film can still be
seen. Three are in the USA and the (6)_______ is in the northern
English city of Bradford at the National Media Museum.

1 a) audience b) people c) fans

2 a) home b) return c) back

3 a) idea b) plot c) image

4 a) release b) show c) watch

5 a) sound b) camera c) effects

6 a) other b) another c) rest

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