Контроль навыков чтения по английскому языку 9 класс

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Read the text “Filmstar and do the tasks.

FILMSTAR

Pauline loved the cinema and wanted to become a filmstar. When she was twelve she said to her parents, “I want to be a filmstar”.

But it was not easy. After she left school, she got into films — not as a star — she became one of the people in a crowd scene.

One evening the man at the agency called her and said, “There’s a job for you tomorrow, Pauline. Come at eight o’clock. You’ll be a secretary”.

Pauline reached the studios at a quarter to eight. She waited three hours before they came to her scene.

The scene was very short: the star, a famous American actor, came and stopped in front of where Pauline was sitting.

“I want you to look at Harry when he comes in, explained the director, and say, “Mr. Marlowe, there’s a call for you!” Can you say that?”

Pauline said she could and did everything the director told her to do. The director was very pleased, and the star smiled at her.

“That’s great”, said the director. “Thanks”. Pauline was very happy that evening.

Some months later she booked two seats for the premiere and went to see her film with Michael, her boy-friend.

It was a good film but there was no Pauline in it. Her scene together with many other unimportant scenes had been cut out.

1.Answer the questions:

1. What did Pauline want to become?

2. Did she get into films?

3. What parts did she play?

4. Who phoned her one evening?

5. What did the man say?

6. Who was Paulin’s partner?

7. Was the director pleased with her acting?

8. Did Pauline see herself in the film? Why?

9. Did Pauline have enough talent to become a filmstar? What do you think?

10. What happened in the end?

1. Decide whether the following sentences are “True” or “false”. Correct the false ones.

1. When she was twenty she said to her parents: “I want to be a filmstar”.

2. Pauline didn’t love the cinema and did not want to become a filmstar.

3. One evening the man at the agency called her and said: “There is a job for you tomorrow, Pauline”.

4. It was a good film but Pauline didn’t cope with her task.

5. Her scene together with many other unimportant scenes had been cut out.