TEXTBASED 1017

UNIT 13: FILM AND CINEMA
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differed" from that of the others.
01. A. audience
B. laugh
C. August
D. taught
02. A. silent
B. film
C. thriller
D. situation
03. A. century
B. picture
C. fiction
D. question
04. A. enough
B. tough
C. cough
D. though
05. A. scene
B. detective
C. century
D. adventure
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II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differentl from that of the others.
06. A. history
B. audience
C. cinema
D. existence
07. A. develop
B. discover
C. introduce

D. prepare
08. A. disaster
B. voyage
C. luxury
D. character
09. A. adventure
B. detective
C. disgusting
D. violent
10. A. cartoon
B. fiction
C. terrify
D. interest
III. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best completes the sentence or substitutes
for the underlined word or phrase.
11. Chaplin's movies captivated______ throughout the world.
A. scientists
B. musicians
C. directors
D. audiences
12. There's a love story in it, and it's very funny. I suppose you'd call it a______.
A. horror film
B. detective film
C. romantic comedy D. thriller
13. Steven Spielbera is one of the famous______. He has made lots of films including jaw, Jurassic
Park, Schindler's List, etc.
A. stars
B. directors
C. actors
D. script 'writers

14. The film is______ two Women who drive across America
A. on
B. of
C. about
D. over
15. The main______ is played by Nicole Kidman.
A. actress
B. character
C. director
D. film maker
16. Silence of the Lambs is a______ film. It makes the audience scared.
A. disaster
B. science fiction
C. action
D. horror
17. The film is______ the 1940s, during the Second World War.
A. made for
B. based on
C. set in
D. occurred in
18. Phantom of the Opera is a popular musical written by Andre Lloyd Webber.
A. play or film in which there are a lot of songs
B. part of the story performed by musicians
C. series shown on television or the radio
D. play performed by singers and orchestra
19. 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
20. Charlie Chaplin is considered as the greatest comic actor of the
A. musical cinema
B. commercial film C. romantic comedy D. silent cinema.
IV. Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D - that best completes sentence.
21. She thought the film far______ to children.
A. violent enough to show
B. so violent that not to show
C. too violent to snow.
D. too violent not to show
22. There's an______ film on at the local cinema.
A. interest
B. interesting
C. interested
D. interesting
23. We went to______ last night.
A. an awful film
B. an awful film
C. the awful film
D. awful film
24. They've just started______ a film of the novel.
A. shoot
B. shot
C. shooting
D. being shot
25. The film______ after weeks of protest by religious groups.
A. was finally released
C. finally have released
B. was released finally who the music was by.
D. finally released

26. We stayed for the film credits_____.
A. for seeing
B. in order see
C. seeing
D. to see


27. Frank works as______.
A. a security guard at a film studio.
C. the security guard at the film studio.
B. security guard at a film studio.
D. a security guard at film studio.
28. This film tells the remarkable story of______ actor.
A. a disabled
B. the disabled
C. disabled
D. an disabled
29. The movie was so______ that we couldn't sleep last night.
A. thrill
B. thrilling
C. thrilled
D. thriller
30. It's hard to tell with Alice. Her mood are always very______.
A. surprise
B. surprised
C. surprising
D. being surprise:
31. 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
32. This young director ...... four films so far. His recent film______ Oscar for Best Director.
A. made/ won
B. has made/ has won
C. made/ has won D. has made/
33. 'You look______ when you see me.'-"Yes, I think you are in China.'
A. astonish
B. astonishing
C. astonished
D. astonish
34. It was not until one was found the search for a star______.
A. will stop
B. would stop
C. didn't stop
D. wouldn't stop
35. The actress couldn't attend the awards ceremony so she had a representative______ the award
for her.
A. accept
B. accepted
C. accepting
D. acceptance
V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct.
36. Part of the entertainment of seeing a movie is understanding how the director combination a
range of different styles to attain an artistic goal.
A
B
C
D

37. The movies are one of the most popular forms of entertainment.
A
B
C
D
38. It was not until they had seen the movie stars the crowd outside the movie would not disperse.
A
B
C
D
39. The film's representation of world poverty through the character of hungry child was quite
moving. A
B
C
D
40. The actors left the hotel separately in order avoid attracting a lot of attention.
A
B
C
D
41. Some movie fans can't separate fantasy from reality and confused an actor with the character
he plays.
A
B
C
D
42. We're always amazing by John's incredible travel stories.
A
B
C

D
43. Moviemaker combines several separate processes.
A
B
C
D
44. The comedian worked hardly to entertain the children in the hospital.
A
B
C
D
45. The critic's description of the film made it sound very appealed.
A
B
C
D
VI. 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 (46)______. Movies are a worldwide phenomenon, as the internationalism of
movie distribution has helped to (47)______ 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 (48)______ are recorded using moving visual images. Some movies
portray the situation accurately and realistically, whereas other movies find visual symbols to
(49)______ those situations.
On the simplest level, movies are a secession of (50)______ images. These successive mages
are captured on film. Directors film (51)______ 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
(52)______ called editing.

Making a film is a massive, complex, and expensive task that (53)______ art and 'bossiness.
Making a movie (54)______ 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 (55)______ into a
movie theater.
46. A. thrilling
B. entertaining
C. terrifying
D. amusing
47. A. break
B. change
C. disperse
D. show
48. A. descriptions
B. combinations
C. observations
D. introductions
49. A. influence
B. record
C. replace
D. represent
50. A. move
B. moving
C. moved
D. movement
51. A. row
B. range
C. series
D. line

52. A. process
B. product
C. progress
D. project
53. A. connects
B. describes
C. combines
D. contains
54. A. involves
B. developes
C. attains
D. touches
55. A. released
B. moved
C. delivered
D. sent
VII. Choose the correct answers.
Up to about 1915, movies were short and programs were made up of several works. Then,
D. W. 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.
Consequently, after World War I increasing numbers of spectators deserted the theater for the
movies. This trend was accelerated in the late 1920s as a result of two new elements. In 1927
sound was added to the previously silent 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 number of touring, companies originating there.
56. One thing that movies could do better than the theater was to______.
A. provide longer programs.

B. provide emotional appeal.
C. provide more melodrama.
D. provide greater spectacle.
57. 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
58. 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.
59. 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.
60. 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.
VIII. Choose the sentence which has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before.
61. 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 dramatic62. 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.
63. The film didn't come up to my expectation.
A. The film wasn't as good as I expected. B. I expected the film to be longer.


C. The film didn't end as I expected.
D. I expected the film to be released sooner.
64. The film excited us all a lot.
A. The film had a lot excitement.
B. We were exciting about all of the film.
C. The film made all of us feel a lot of excited.
D. All of us were excited about the film.
65. It doesn't matter to them which film they go to.
A. They never go to the movie whatever film is shown.
B. They don't mind which film they go to.
C. They like seeing every film they go to.
D. Which film they go to matters more than the cost.
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