UNIT 13. FILMS AND CINEMAPARTI. PHONETICS

Questions 41-50: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow by circling the corresponding

letter A, B, C or D of the correct

answers, Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

I saw a film last week that was not very interesting. It was a comedy but it was not very amusing. But perhaps the

real problem was not that the film was bad but that I was depressed. The weather was very depressing that day,

too. To add to my problem, I was dispointed because I had just had some very surprising news. I had been hoping

to get a very interesting job that someone else got instead. In fact, I was very shocked. I didn't get it because I was

convinced that I had all the right qualifications. However, dispointing things like this happen all the time, don't

they? So why was I surprised?

41. What kind of film did the writer see last week?

A. a horror.

B. a comedy.

C. a tragedy.

D. a thriller.

50. Prom the story we can infer that people can only enjoy a film when

A. the weather is bad.

B. the weather is nice.

C. they feel happy.

D. the film is not good. Questions 51-60: Read the following passage carefully and then

choose the best option to fit each space by circling the letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer

sheet.

The latest production at the Playhouse is a modern version of Moliere's great play of 1666, Le Misanthrope. As in

many of his other comedies, Moliere

takes an aspect of human nature and (51)._____it, so creating a rich variety

of comic scenes and situations. In the past, many directors have (52)_______

to stress the serious(53)_____of the play, but here, (54)_______Jack Long has

kept the tone light and (55)_______.

Peter Fowler plays the central character, Alceste. He is a man who has

no (56)______of people's emotions. He refuses to (57)________any of the small

(58)_______ lies that are necessary in normal society, he doesn't mind

(59)______people and ends up hurting the (60)________of almost everyone he

meets. It would be easy to feel some sympathy for Alceste - after all, his only fault is that he is too honest - but

Peter Fowler manages to make him look a

51. A. increases B. grows C.expands D. exaggerates

52. A. used B. selected C. tended D. leaned

53. A, side B. angle C. view D. edge

54. A. direct B. directive C. direction D. director

55. A. fun B. pleasant C. comic D. amused

56. A. knowledge B. understanding C. conscience D. thought

57. A. speak B. say C. tell D. talk

58. A. green B. red C. grey D. white

59. A. upsetting B. injuring C. wounding D. damaging

60. A. sensations B. emotions C. spirits D. feelings

PARTV. WRITING