Sol Adv Progresstest 2

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Progress test Unit 2

Grammar

1 Complete the sentences with as, like or unlike.

1 _____ I said in my report, we’re going to have to make significant cutbacks this year.

2 I must admit, I’m very much _____ most of my friends. I watch far too much T! They ca""

us the couch potato generation.

# $peaking _____ a friend, I rea""y think you shou"d put in more work at co""ege.

% I to"d &addy about the test tomorrow and she was _____ , '$o what(’

) I "ove fi"ms that show us different parts of the wor"d, _____ Slumdog Millionaire.

* _____ my sister, who is bri""iant at tennis, I’ve never been that keen on sports.

+ &y dog is _____ a baby and ust "oves "ots of affection!

- rad was "ate for c"ass today, _____ was /e""y.

0 ave you seen etra’s new outfit today( $he "ooks _____ a mode"!

13I had to borrow some money from 4ad today, _____ I usua""y do!

Mark: ___ /10

2 Complete the text with the correct past form of the verbs in brackets.

5hen I "ived in 6ondon, &att and I 1 __________________ 7go8 to the theatre every

9riday night. :ne 9riday we went to see Romeo and Juliet and when we2 __________________ 7"eave8 the theatre the weather was rea""y treacherous. It

# __________________ 7snow8 for ;uite a whi"e and there was a thick covering on the

road and pavements. 5hi"e &att % __________________ 7scrape8 ice off the windscreen,

he ) __________________ 7s"ip8 and * __________________ 7fa""8 in the road. I

+ __________________ 7rea"ise8 he - __________________ 7not move8. e

0 __________________ 7hit8 his head and I had to take him to hospita". 6ucki"y he was

:/ as we13

__________________ 7f"y8 to <ew =ork the fo""owing day!

Mark: ___ /10

ocabu"ary

3 Complete the compound words.

1 5hat’s the "ast b"ock>_________ you saw(

2 I went to a restaurant with a rea""y strange>_________ name "ast night.

# ?"though it was made on a shoestring _________ the fi"m won a "ot of awards.

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% arrison 9ord was a heart>_________ in the 10-3s C in fact my mum sti"" "ikes him!

) It’s fine to take chi"dren to restaurants as "ong as they’re we"">_________ .

* The committee is going to have to make some far>_________ decisions in their neAt

meeting.

+ Tom never takes offence C he’s pretty thick>_________ .

- &y brother focuses rea""y we"" on whatever he wants to do C he’s very _________>

minded.

0 Dake is very narrow>_________ . It’s very frustrating trying to get him to accept new

ideas.

136ucki"y the teacher was ;uick>_________ and got a"" the chi"dren out of the room before

the fire took ho"d.

Mark: ___ /10

6istening

4 !."2# $isten to someone talking about location vacations. Choose the bestanswers.

1 The new trend in "ocation vacations

? brings in a good profit for the fi"m industry.

is a by>product of fi"m>making.

E contributes to a fi"m’s popu"arity.

2 6ocation vacations are of interest to

? ho"iday designers.

peop"e who want to meet fi"m stars.

E peop"e who want a different eAperience.

# 6oca" communities

? often need the money this brings.

invest a "ot of money in this.

E attract new fi"m>makers.





% ?ccording to the speaker

? the fi"m companies and "oca" agencies work as a team.

each proect is a new venture.

E the parties invo"ved are independent.

) 9i"m enthusiasts

? want to see eAciting new p"aces.

want to fo""ow in their ido"s’ footsteps.

E want to participate in the movies.

Mark: ___ /10

Feading

! %ead the text. Complete the text with sentences &'(. )here is one sentence *ou donot need.

THE BOOK OR THE FILM?

A top newspaper recently published a list of what it called the 50 best film adaptationsof all time and in doing so sparked a vigorous debate on whether film adaptations of

books can ever be better than the books themselves.

This is of course a matter that has provided food for discussion for a very long time.

[1 _________ And there are others who maintain that films like The English Patient are far more accessible than the book and more than do !ustice to it.

[" _________ #any insist that it is impossible to attempt to put on the screen theessence of what has been created on the page. [$ _________ %ilm gives us !ust one

environment and one interpretation. The author of a book can go inside the characters&heads and bring us their thoughts' worries and emotions' whereas in film we depend on

the actor&s ability to convey this in speech and e(pression. #any people believe thatfilm adaptations will always fall short and they simply provide a la)y alternative for

those who like to be spoon*fed their entertainment.

+f course' film buffs have a different argument. According to them' film opens up the

scope of the book. [, _________ Another argument is that film takes a story to amuch wider audience than the book and therefore in the long run more people are

touched by it.

-ut can we really compare the two [5 _________ /e can&t say one is better than the

other because we&re not comparing like with like. There are good books and bad booksthere are bad films of good books and good films of bad books. owever' it is probably

true to say that seeing a film before reading the book may impair the en!oyment as it is

impossible not to bring preconceptions to the reading. The actor from the film willforever be fi(ed as the main character in your mind2 3onversely' seeing the film after

reading the book can spoil any en!oyment a surprise ending might have2

#aybe the answer is to forget the bad book if there&s a good film of it and forgo the film

if the book is your favourite2





? They see reading a book as entering a wor"d of the imagination where readers bui"d their

own pictures and make their own interpretations.

?ren’t fi"m and print comp"ete"y different media(

E $o, why are the 'purists’ so fervent"y against adaptations(

4 ut writers don’t necessari"y have a fi"m in mind when they create their books.

$oundtracks, specia" effects, good acting and directing a"" work together to bring the

writer’s wor"d to "ife and to eAtend it.

9 There are those who insist that c"assics such as 1984 shou"d never have been adapted

for the big screen.

+ark, ---1"

5riting

/ 0rite a review of a film *ou have recentl* seen for a local magaine. Use the writingguide to help *ou. 0rite 2""'2!" words.

Paragraph 1, Give background information about the fi"m.

Paragraph 2, Give a brief summary of the p"ot.

Paragraph 3, 4iscuss the fi"m’s strengths and weaknesses.

Paragraph 4, Give your overa"" verdict and recommendation.

Mark: ___ /10

Total: ___ /60


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