IT CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE PASSAGE THAT TREES THAT LIVE ONLY IN TR...
8. It can be inferred from the passage that trees that live only in tropical regions __________.
A. are not very adaptable
B. can survive wide ranges of temperature
C. are not limited by climate
D. are widely distributed
Part 4. Read an article in which a film critic talks about his work. Seven sentences
have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits
each gap (1-7). Write your answers in the numbered spaces. There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use. (0.7 point)
FILM CRITIC
Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job. (1) _________.
That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written
for radio and television. He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would
certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff.
(2) _________. There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices
from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be
guests to make the atmosphere sociable.
It all felt like a bit of a dream at that time: a new newspaper, and I was one of the team.
It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market. It seemed just
as likely that a millionaire wanted to help me. (3) _________. In fact, the first time I saw
someone reading the newspaper on the London Underground, then turning to a page on which
one of my reviews appeared, I didn’t know where to look.
Tom’s original scheme for a team of critics for the arts never took off. (4) _________. It
turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single
subject area, and so I chose film. Without Tom’s initial push, though, we would hardly have
come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on
one film.
The luxury of this way of working suits me well. I wouldn’t have been interested
in the more standard film critic’s role, which involves considering every film that
comes out. (5) _________. I would soon be sinking into my seat on a Monday morning with
sigh, “What insulting rubbish must I sit through now?” - a style of sigh that can often be heard
in screening rooms around the world.
The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument-or forces me, in an
uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing. But what is my role in the public
arena? I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity
or the director. There is also such a thing as loyalty to “type” or its opposite. (6) _________.
So if a film review isn’t really a consumer guide, what is it? (7) _________. Nor do I
think there should be a certain number of “great” and “bad” films each year. All I have to do
is put forward an argument. I’m not a judge, and nor would I want to be.
A. It can only rarely happen that someone who hates westerns buys a ticket for one
after reading a review, or a love story addict avoids a romantic film because of what
the paper says
B. I was walking to my office when I realized that a strange man was following me
C. Before then I had done bits of reviewing novels for other newspapers, films for a
magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio
D. Such was my lack of self-confidence
E. I certainly don’t feel I have a responsibility to be “right” about a movie
F. At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that
didn’t require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio
G. That’s a routine that would make me stale in no time at all
H. It was a good idea, but we didn’t get together as planned and so everything was done
by phone
D. WRITING (2.0 points)
Part 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given in brackets. Do not change the word given. You must
use between four and eight words, including the word given. (0.5 point)