II. Comprehension, application, interpretation

Task 1. The following words are associated with a visit to the cinema. Match the words to their definitions.

a) ticket; c) usher; e) screen; g) projector.

b) interval; d) certificate; f) auditorium;

1 ____ is a short break in the middle of the film. 2. ____is a piece of paper / card showing that you have paid to enter.3. ____is a machine which makes the film appear on the screen. 4. ____ is a person who shows you where to sit. 5. ____ is a vertical surface on which the film appears. 6. ____ is a place where the audience sits. 7. ____ means viewing age of the audience.

Task 2. Read the passage. Complete the gaps with the words below.

a) special effects; d) pop-corn; g) showing;

b) stunts; e) screen; h) box-office;

c) cinema usher; f) trailers; i) back row.

Last week, we went to see the new James Bond film. It was _____ at the Odeon in the city centre. We bought tickets at the _____, and _____ at the cinema shop. The _____ looked at our tickets when we went in. We sat in the _____. There were a lot of advertisements and _____ for other films before the film started. It was an exciting film, with lots of fantastic _____ created by computers, and dangerous _____, like people falling out of buildings. And because the Odeon has a very big _____, we felt we were in the film.

Task 3. Read the passage and choose the most appropriate word to fill in each gap from the words provided.

a) admission;

b) advertisements;

c) audience;

d) auditorium;

e) boring;

f) collection;

g) comedies;

h) critics;

i) drama;

j) effects;

k) enjoyable;

l) film;

m) horror;

n) multi-screen;

o) office;

p) performance;

q) promotion;

r) release;

s) reviews;

t) role;

u) soundtrack;

v) star;

w) thrillers;

x) ticket;

y) trailers;

z) up;

aa) usher.

Last week I saw an excellent 1. _____ at the new cinema on the High Street. It's one of those huge 2. _____ complexes where there is always a 3. _____ of ten films to choose from. There was quite a long queue at the box 4. _____, but I got my 5. ____ (which also included free 6. ____ to the Museum of Modern Film in London as part of a special 7. _____) and went into the 8. ____ where the 9. ____ helped me to find my seat. The lights went 10. _____, but before the film started we watched some 11. _____ for forthcoming films, and some 12. ____ for soft drinks and fast food restaurants. The film was a 13. ____ called “House of the Horse”, and is currently on general 14. ____ at cinemas across the country. 15._____ actor Brad Gibson is in the 16. _____ of a man who loses his job and decides to breed racehorses. Gibson gave an excellent 17. _____, the 18. _____ was very moving and some of the special 19. _____ were great. The 20. ____ enjoyed it a great deal and although I don't usually like this kind of film - I prefer 21. ____, 22. ____ movies and 23. ____, - I found it very 24. _____. Unfortunately the newspaper 25. ____ weren't so positive; they thought it was 26. ____ and generally gave it very negative 27. _____.

Task 4. Match two parts (words) to make a word / word combination. Be sure that you know their meaning (doing this task pay attention to the vocabulary of the text “Casablanca”).

1) motion a) review

2) impeccable b) assessment

3) to damn c) human values

4) final d) writer

5) to be popular e) savour

6) lukewarm f) with the critics

7) to make g) acting

8) to lose h) picture

9) script i) with faint praise

10) to embody j) an alteration

Task 5. Put one of the following prepositions in the sentences below.

to	in	behind	during	at	On
about	for	into	onto	with

1. We sat _____ the stalls. 2. The usherette showed us ______ our seats. 3. There were two actors ____ the stage. 4. You'd better ask _____ the box office. 5. My favourite actress was _____ the play. 6. During the performance, work is going on _____ the screens. 7. Our seats were _____ the third row. 8. He prefers to sit _____ the front; she likes to be _____ the back. 9. I like to sit _____ the middle. 10. It wasn't made _____ location. 11. Is there a good film _____ tonight? 12. What's _____ _____ the Odeon. 13. The whole audience rose and applauded as the actress stepped _____ the stage. 14. эJurassic Parkэ was a film _____ dinosaurs. 15. Several young actresses auditioned _____ the leading role _____ the new musical. 16. It was her first visit _____ the cinema and she was very excited. 17. As the actor _____ the spotlight everyone cheered. 18. There are four acts and nine scenes _____ the play. 19. I'm not in the mood _____ going out tonight. 20. The new director worked very well _____ the cast and crew of the film.

Task 6. Fill in the correct word from the list.

a) setting; c) script; e) plot;

b) characters; d) cast; f) scene.

1. The stars in the film's _____ included Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. 2. The _____ in the story were all based on real people. 3. Copies of the _____ were given to all actors so that they could learn their parts. 4. The _____ for the film was a traditional Italian village. 5. The film's _____ was so complicated that I was totally confused by the time it ended. 6. The final_____, when the boy released the lion cub into the wild, was really moving.

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