Test Module 5 Spotlight 9

Test Module 5 Spotlight 9

1. Listening. Listen to some people talking about music on a radio programme and match the speakers (1-5) to the statements (A-E).

1. The speaker enjoys going to concerts.

2. The speaker is not sure he/she is talented enough.

3. The speaker only likes listening to a particular type of music.

4. The speaker’s family inspired him/her to become a professional musician.

5. The speaker feels nervous about performing in public.

1. Vocabulary. Choose the correct item.

1. No one knows the author’s name, as he chooses to remain/stand/add anonymous.

2. The children had to sit perfectly miniature/still/private while the photographer was taking their picture.

3. Children often express their artistic/sketch/training creativity through finger painting and drawing.

4. Rick loves box office/action-packed/cast films, as they are full of excitement and adventure scenes.

5. The film has an interesting plot/success/spray.

6. The artist’s stunt/action/miniature sculptures are so small that they fit on the top of a pinhead.

7. You can’t draw graffiti on that man’s house, it’s private/artistic/animal property!

8. Many children design/sketch/colour in black and white pictures using crayons when they are very young.

9. Jane was doing well in her pottery classes so she bought her own special/potter’s/office wheel.

10. The special effects/affects/artists in Harry Potter were brilliant; it really looked like the characters could do magic!

11. I’m going to a dance film/presentation/performance at the theatre tonight.

12. This wall painting by a famous artist will add/take/stay value to the house.

13. That artist had learning /anonymous/creativity difficulties when he was a young student, and only felt happy when he was painting.

14. The architect portrayed/designed/coloured in our new house last year and now we are building it.

15. Graffiti artists use chisel/easel/spray paint.

1. Grammar. Choose the correct item.

1. Mary made a lot of mistakes in her essay so she decided to re-/dis-/under- write it.

2. Don’t mis-/over-/dis- cook vegetables; they will miss all the vitamins.

3. David and Silvia usually dis-/mis-/re- agree which film to go and see.

4. The actors run over/through/away the scene once more.

5. Is it true that you ran away/over/into from home when you were young to join the circus?

6. We have run into/away/out of milk. Will you go and buy some?

7. This painting was sold at/for/to £6,000.

8. Who stars on/in/at Harry Potter films?

9. This actor is popular with/among/for teens all around the world.

10. John is by far the talented/more talented/most talented pupil in the art class.

11. Sue has been practicing a lot, so her artwork is getting gooder/better/best and better all the time.

12. Emma is not as funny/funnier/ funniest as her sister.

13. This T-shirt is cheap/ cheaper/ the cheapest than the blue one.

14. Paul is the handsome/ handsomest/ most handsome of all.

15. This copy is bad/ badder/ worse than that one.

1. Reading. Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

WEEKEND ARTS REVIEW: FILMS

(A) The Class

The Class is about a young teacher who works at a school in a poor area of Paris and his difficult students. The story was originally a book written by Franзois Bйgaudeau. The film tells the sad story of how a teacher tries to teach his class of teenage students but fails, because the students don’t respect education or teachers, and because they have no desire to learn. Everyone who stars in the film (including Bйgaudeau, who plays himself) is a non-professional. People expect The Class to be boring because the teacher-student theme has appeared in films many times before, but it isn’t. It is an absolutely brilliant film and no one should miss it.

(B) American Teen

American Teen is a documentary film by director Nanette Burstein. Burnstein filmed the lives of five teenagers, who go to a school in Indiana, USA. She followed the students filming their everyday lives for a year, because she wanted to show what it is like to be a teenager in America today.

American Teen is an enjoyable documentary, but sometimes it doesn’t feel true to life. In fact, some film critics think that Burstein gave the teens lines to learn. But in interviews, the teenagers have always said that the film is 100% real-life and no one is acting.

Whether real-life or not, American Teen is an entertaining look at young people today.

(C) Slumdog Millionaire

Director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal, a poor boy in India, who goes on the TV show ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’. The story was originally a prize-winning novel by Indian author Vikas Swarup. Jamal wins the TV show. But before he does, they take him to a police station because the police think that he is cheating. While the police ask Jamal questions, we see events from Jamal’s life which explain why he knows the answers.

At one point, the creators of Slumdog Millionaire had decided not to show it in film theatres, and just make it into a DVD. Luckily they changed their minds, because this film is now an international hit!

Which film (A, B, or C) ...

1. is extremely popular all over the world? ..........

2. is about someone trying but not succeeding? ..........

3. does not seem realistic to some people? ..........

4. was first a very successful book? ..........

5. is about daily life experiences? ..........

6. is interesting even though the plot is not original? ..........

7. was not going to play in cinemas at first? ..........