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    , E a FCE Practice Test 6 LCE Te [Tah -4 You are going to read an extract from a magavine article about attitudes towards realty TV. For questions 1-8, choose the answer iA, B, Cor D) which YOU think fits best according to the text ‘Today's university students have none of the fear of Sig uaber dorttaince pues pees feck te sca tbe non tact ad bab nected hs baled rum ens epee alates nenen hey Tove Pe ee Se sia coat Cait of as ore teh log ences ped eee eee fp triton: bone to must wa ewstermion a Petes erie Joageboms eersar be iter Calor Inthe mit ate 1990s sid the ways In ehch ee eee se Riera sorer ee ee ieroet te wap ale preieeat pcan the became a ars of montorig people he spe "AD ie teenie ed ee ae oe carousel sae po Seger eee 255 pace leet a les on se pare terel aie raky Tra Hehe Pee eke fecp ale permet Trt The fel Wd wo sd ae ey tly a3 ford te frig people wires ae Soar Bes oped ae eer tee ed oe Toes (992, Now they held suo neo toward thowtend of young people formless or bcks ett tea acai “Ta wae vera Bose ety es ou Need geome von Tere reais The iy rei moms pete erect core lvl mca ta rs Pesionlh peta sare are age Bem wun daete worn wien cay Tale pes bl edhases out arvinee Hoag Oe nlp pen need ee eek ener eee | peat = eel aters Ieper rece voees Vane egies neat | tere vat Quinctoraars omede Peer ne vollance is becoming s0 pervasive that It's time to start ‘worrying about it asa form of social control" “That viewers of realty programming don't worry about surveillance or social control is testament to the power of television as a messenger. Andrejevic points ‘out that "The cast members on these shows are con- _stantly taking about how great the experience is and | how much they have grown personally because off. It ‘connotes honesty - you cant hide anything about your- self f youre on camera all day every day. It becomes a {orm of therapy or almost a kind of extreme sport ~ how long can you withstand allowing yourself to be videotaped?” ‘Viewers believe in the benefits cast members describe and crave that opportunity for themselves. In this way, each programme becomes a kind of advertise- _ment for itself, Millons of university students watched The Real World and then began clamouring for the ‘opportunity to participate. The same is true for newer programmes including Survivor, American Idol, Fear Factor | and the lke. ‘Andrejevic says he encourages his students to look: beyond the characters and the surface glamour of realty television and consider the broader isues of surveil- lane, privacy, democracy, and technology that the | shows present "Lt to cure my students of the habit of watching realty TV uncritiealy" he says. ‘The challenge of teach- | ng popular culeure that students are trained t sepa- rate the world of academics from the world of popular | aulture. They tend not to think of that part of if using ‘theories they have earned in lass. There's a tendency with suudens to say Youre reading too much ino ie! Bur TV i so powerful in conveying messages about the ‘world precisely because people dont think i's doing that. There's something 50 via about realty TV asa cul tural form," he continues. "es always changing, moving | s0 fast, continuously reinventing itself It gloms on to cul- tural trends. l's a good place to examine and inspect our culture." FCE Practice Test 6 Sr 11. What does the phrase ‘paved the way’ mean in paragraph 2? A. lovented 8. slowed down the progress of . got things ready for . ware influenced by 2. New technologies helped viewers to AA passively enjoy the media. B. be economicaly productive, become octive participants. consume more 8, in the beginning, reatty TV ‘A. wos more popular than a university. could find people willing fo be fllmed CC. had university students lining up to audition. . was no! popular with students. ba] a yy 9 fas q © ry 4 o a 4, People consider pubic and private survllance to be A diferent things. equally harms. carried out by the government. D. a couse for concern. '5, Anceejevie wants people to realise that private survellance can be A persuasive, 8 to their advantage used to sell products. D. aform of social contol {6 Which ofthe following is NOT something that makes participation in reaity shows @ good experience (according fo the shows’ patcipanis/? AA thmakes honesty unavoidable 8. can be a sort of therapy. 1s an opportunty to advertise ts Ike an extreme sport 7. Students tend 10 ‘A igrote whet their studies have laugh them when watching realty T¥. 8. read too truch ito reahy TV. CC. see beyond the glamour of realty TV. nol want to participate in reaity shows themselves, ‘What Is Androjeve's ofitude towards television? 111 is a harmless and entertaining aspect of popuar cutture B tis secretly controled by the government. C.t can provide on experience that everyone wauld benefit rom. It can teach us obout our euture but we should use # cautiously Practice Test 6 FCE Practice Test 6 SR Per? You are going to read a magazine articie about Susan Boyle who was on Bntain's Got Talent, and quickly became 4 celebrity. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. From the sentences A- H, choose the one which fits each gap (9-15). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use, Reality TV Stars and Serial Killers \What could the Britain's Got Talent star, Susan Boyle, nave in cormmen with one oF America's most notarous seal klers? More than you might thing HEB uc ater nerapoearance on anan's Got Talent se was catapulted to fame and splashed across a the front pages \What is interesting about Susan Boyle from a sociological polntof view is that her rapid se to Fame marks @ significant mlstone in the evolution oF contemporary celeory. Realty TV stars tend to become very famous for five minutes before plunging quicky back into abscurty, but Boyle's career an order of magnitude above your average 8g Brother favounte, MEM] ove's ceieorty is bom ofa synergy between the old andthe ‘new media, Her debut TV appearance tured her into an overnight YouTube sensation (65 milion views and counting) which spiraled into a news tory flashed across al the 24-hour roling news networks, She laued the interest of ‘ist celebitles (Deri Moore, Oprah Winey! who helbed soread the word, and a¢ a consequence Bovles household name Over There, the US, 100, The Faccination wth Boyles sete. MIEN] Fcc example, t's common practice for dance music videos to replace powerful but"aestneticaly dubious’ female vocalsts with p-snching dancers ang models. So ubiquitous has the management oF celebrity appearance become that is accepted as gen. MEM} ter trumoy non-seuio- ture looks lured them into thinking they were in fora comedy or Joke performance. But their expectations were ttety confounded. Her soaring voice surprised and immeatatey won over everyone who was watching. She reminds Us talent trumons over looks, which immediately casts her as an underdog in camparon wit the weight oF stan arsed product churned out by the cure incustrls Prolific murderers ike Fred West, John Wayne acy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Harold Shipman and Tec Bundy inspire hortor and fascination in equal measure, and commana massive media Interest The more gruesome the murders, the higher the body count. the greater the level of fame, Telr cries spawn countless books, movies and merchandise, Sera kller artifacts, such as John Wayne Gacy’ ar, are much sought after by collectors, And ther effect on popular culture has been profound ‘The instantaneous celebrity thet attaches to them is not even matched by acts of mass murder, such as school shootings. Hungerford, Columbine, Dunblane and Virginia Tech are burned deeply into popular consciousness, but the names of the people responsible are ess well known - and this is despite atleast one ter pursuing a post spree media statewy Boyle's pattem of fame so far maps onto that of the Danmers and the Gacy - but wl Ic ast? Her brush with te acute pressures and strains of being suddenly thrust into the imelight might convince her to retire back into pr vate life But with tk of record contracts an lucrative tours here arin the US ts possible er celebrity could be as ong led as that ofthe inglorous pioneers of instant fame, MEM] FCE Practice Test 6 Paper | Reading | Just look at the audience and panel's faces before Boyle started singing . Boyle's significance lies in her not having to kill anyone for i Only one group of people have travelled the path to instant fare as quickly: serial killers. 1. So far instant and lasting fame and notoriety has exclusively attached itself to serial killers, a] = rl ng fa) ) ry a4 rs a at least until now. After losing out to an urban dance troupe, Boyle was sent to The Priory amid rumours of stress and backstage meltdowns, = Fight weeks ago Boyle was completely unknown, In the age of superficiality the media people regularly impose impossible to achieve beauty standards on our entertainment. |. No other celebrity has travelled the road from nowhere to global fame as fast. gee a) eee) You are going to read same reviews that several people have wnitten about movies that they saw For questions 16 - 50, choose from the people A D). The people may be chosen more than once. Which person(s): wrote about a director's fst wera i wrote obo a blogropical fine a] disliked almost everything about the film? E_] ‘Says you must keep alert? e_] refers to the film as @ product of commercialism a) praes teats ito al indicates exactly when he fn had ts st reese BT] ha mined ecigs about he fine a] commented one aig sec fet’ = BT] soy thee i tobe tomate a potr Ce says the movie can appeal to different generationsr [BB] thinks that secrets are part of the subject matterr says the fllm in some way resembles television OI). FCE Practice Test 6 Paper I - Readi Film Reviews Every scene in Miler’s Crossing is essential so that all the pieces fall into place in the last shot. But there's actually one very brief earlier scene that off-handedly sets up the entie picture, It seems like a throwaway, a chance encounter, but ‘0 much information is packed into this brief exchange thatthe mind boggles in retrospect. Don't blink oF you'll miss itt In this perversely funny, moving and intelligent ‘masterwork, evervone has his or her secret rea- sons for what they do. But the wisdom of Miller's Crossing is that it understands that the human hheart sometimes keeps those reasons a mystery - not only from others, but occasionally from itself as well One of the characters, Bernie, has blatantly ‘chosen to violate the rules. Therefore, according to the gangster's code, Bernie deserves to die. However, for personal reasons, permission for this to go ahead is not granted. And that’s when the gangsters’ warped but precariously maintained Imoral/ethical structure begins to collapse Miller's Crossing is an indelible film about betray- al and self-destruction - and perhaps the first great movie ofthe ‘90s asa < To begin with, yes, this is the epic visual master- piece that you've all been waiting for anit suc- eds in everything it tries to do, visually atleast. The overall look is stunning beyond belie, the spe- cial effects are impeccable. In allowing everything to be part ofa greater whole, Director James Cameron truly created a world of his own. To both the actors’ and director's credit, the performances also came through extremely well. It's amazing how much of the ‘actors’ emotions you could see through their Avatar characters. Cameron got me to shed a tear and sit ‘on the edge of my seat, but the film isnt lawless, not by a lone shot. This brings me to one ofthe things | realy didn’t about the movie; the plot. A white man comes in, learns the ways of a more primitive people, then destroys their world, has a change of heart, and. ‘comes back and uses theie own ignorance and belief system to make himself a hero. Although this is an old story that we've seen many times before and I can’t blame Cameron for coming up with i, is this really a message we want to be spreading, and ‘more so, promoting? What about taking responsibil ity for yourself? Pretty Woman sells itself as a contemporary Hollywood fairy tale — and the fairy tle aspect ofthe picture almost works, thanks to a few snappy oneliners and Garry Marshal's sitcom-style direction, which tres - but in the end finally fails - to bleach out the movie's

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