Griffith and others began to make longer films that provided the same powerful emotional appeal as did melodrama and presented spectacles far beyond what the theater could offer.. Conseq[r]
(1)I PRONUNCIATION
A Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differed" from that of the others
1 a audience b laugh c August d taught a silent b film c thriller d situation a century b picture c fiction d question a enough b tough c cough d thou gh a scene b detective c century d adventure
B Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others. a history b audience c cinema d existence
2 a develop b discover c introduce d prepare a disaster b, voyage c luxury d character a adventure b detective c disgusting d violent a cartoon b fiction c terrify d interest II VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION
Choose the word or phrase - b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1 Silence of the Lambs is a film It makes the audience scared
a disaster b science fiction c action d horror The film is the 1940s, during the Second World War
a made for b based on c set in d occurred in
3 Phantom of the Opera is a popular musical written by AndreLloyd Webber a play or film in which there are a lot of songs
2 b part of the story performed by musicians c series shown on television or the radio d play performed by singers and orchestra
4 The movie Schindler 's List was on the novel Schindler c Ark written by the Australian write Thomas Keneally
a based b depended c played d performed
Charlie Chaplin is considered as the greatest comic actor of the
a musical cinema b commercial film
c romantic comedy d silent cinema
III GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A Choose the word or phrase a, b, c, or d - that best completes sentence.
1.There's an film on at the local cinema
(2)2 We went to last night
a a awful film b an awful film c the awful film d awful film They've just started a film of the novel
a shoot b shot c shooting d being shot
4.We stayed for the film credits
a for seeing b in order see c seeing d to see
5.Frank works as
a a security guard at a film studio b a security guard at film studio c the security guard at the film studio d security guard at a film stud
6.The movie was so that we couldn't sleep last night
a thrill b thrilling c thrilled d thriller
7.It's hard to tell with Alice Her mood are always very
a surprise b surprised c surprising d being
surprise:
8 There isn't airport near where I live nearest airport is -miles away
a a/ The b an/ The c the/ The d the! A
B Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1 Some movie fans can't separate fantasy from reality and confused an actor with the character he
A B C
plays D
2 We're always amazing by John's incredible travel stories
A B C D
3 Moviemaker combines several separate processes
A B C D
4 The comedian worked hardly to entertain the children in the hospital
A B C D
5 The critic's description of the film made it sound very appealed
A B C D
6 Part of the entertainment of seeing a movie is understanding how the director combination a range
A B
C
of different styles to attain an artistic goal D
7 The movies are one of the most popular forms of entertainment
A B C D
(3)disperse
A B C D
9 The film's representation of world poverty through the character of hungry child was quite
A B C
moving D
10 The actors left the hotel separately in order avoid attracting a lot of attention
A B C D
IV READING COMPREHENSION
A Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage
The popularity of the movies began early in the 20th century and continues today People of all ages find movies (1) Movies are a worldwide phenomenon, as the internationalism of movie distribution has helped to (2) ideas around the globe One movie can quickly influence other movies But why are movies so popular'?
Movies are a kind of storytelling They try to describe an idea or record an observation about our- culture These (3) are recorded using moving visual images Some movies portray the situation accurately and realistically, whereas other movies find visual symbols to (4) those situations
On the most simple level, movies are a secession of (5) images These successive mages are captured on film Directors film a wide of shots long, medium, and close up - to create a visual composition The visual images, along with plot, characterization, and sound, produce the desired narrative: The shots are joined together in any number of combinations in a (7) called editing
Making a film is a massive, complex, and expensive task that (8) art and 'bossiness Making a movie the talents of hundreds, and some-times thousands, of artists, producers, and business people It can take months, even years, for a film to be (10) into a movie theater
1 a thrilling b entertaining c terrifying d amusing
2 a break b change c disperse d show
3 a descriptions b combinations c observations d introductions
4 a influence b record c replace d represent
5 a move b moving c moved d movement
6 a row b range c series d line
7 a process b product c progress d project
8 a connects b describes e combines d contains
9 a involves b developes c attains d touches
10.a released b moved c delivered d sent
B Choose the correct answers.
(4)film, and thus one of the theater's principal claims to superiority vanished In 1929 a serious economic depression began Since audiences could go to the movies for a fraction of what it cost to see a play, theater going became a luxury that few could afford, especially as the depression deepened
By the end of World War II, the American theater had been reduced to about thirty theaters in New York City and a small umber of touring, companies originating there One thing that movies could better than the theater was to
a provide longer programs b provide emotional appeal c provide more melodrama d provide greater spectacle 2.Up to the 1920s one objection to film was that
a they were too short b they were silent
c they were too expensive d they did not tell a complete One thing that made people choose the movies over the theater was
a World War I
b the fact that films were less expo c the fact that films were silent d the fact that films were shorter
4 By the end of the World War II, a theater had become entertainment for the masses b. the theater was no longer considered a luxury.
c professional theatrical performances were confined mainly to New York
d There were no theatrical performances outside of New York City
5 When the author of this paragraph says 'this trend was accelerated in late 1920s% he means that
a many more people went to the theater than to the movies
b the shift away from the movies to the theater was slowed down c the popularity of the theater was gradually increasing
d the shift away from the theater to the movies was speeder up
VI WRITINGChoose the sentence which has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before,
1 The film's ending is dramatic a The end of the film is a drama b The film has a dramatically c The film ends dramatically d The end is filming
dramatic-2 The clown amused the children
a The clown had the children amusing b The children found the clown
c The clown made the children amuse d The children were amusing the clown The film excited us all a lot
a The film had a lot excitement