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Read the passage and choose the correct choice. (3 points)
Up to about 1915, movies were shot 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.
1. 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 spectacles.
2. 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
3. One thing that made people choose the movies over the theater was ______
A. World War I.
B. the fact that films were less expensive.
C. the fact that films were silent.
D. the fact that films were shorter.
4. 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.
5. 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.
1. The FIFA was ……………………….….. in 1904 in England.
A. set up B. set off C. put up D. put off
2. Jack Dawson is a person in the film Titanic.
A. decade B. character C. cinema D. scene
3. The baby was __________of being left alone in the room.
A. terrible B. terrified C. terrific D. terrifying
4. I haven’t been bự cinema for a decade.
A. five years B. seven years C. twenty years D. ten years
5. The International football _____ is held every four years.
A. match B. contest C. game D. tournament
6. Germany was the _____ nation of the 2006 World cup final.
A. house B. host C. hold D. held
7. Look out! The tree ________.
A. will fall B. will be falling C. is going to fall D. falls
8. Fortunately, nobody _______ in the accident.
A. damaged B. was injured C. injured D. was damaged
9. “……………….….. do you like classical music?” –“Because it helps me relax.”
A. How B. What C. Which D. Why
10. I came there ______ my parents
A. meet B. meets C. to meet D. meeting
Read the passage and choose the best answers:
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809 . His father had a small business . He made shoes and other things from leather . Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small . One day when Louis was 3 years old , he was cutting some leather , suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eyes . He soon became completely blind .
When he was ten years old , he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris . One day his class went to visit a speacial exhibit by a captain in the army . One thing in the exhibit was very interesting for Louis . It showed messages in code . Armies send messages in secret codes so no - one else can read them . The captain wrote this code in raised letters on very thick paper .
Louis thought a lot about this code . Then he decided to write in the same way so the blind could " read " with their fingers . It is very difficult to feel the differences between raised letters . Instead of letters , Louis used a " cell " of six dots . He arranged the dots with two dots across and three down . So blind people can read and write even write music by Braille .
1 . It is difficult to feel the differences between ................................
A . arrangements of dots
B . coded messages
C . raised letters
D . a system of raised dots
2 . Louis Braille's father made things from .............................
A . codes
B . exhibit
C. leather
D . wood
3 . Which of these sentences is probably not true ?
A . Braille invented a system of reading for blind people .
B . Braille system is used for everyone .
C . Braille visited an exhibit of codes
D . Braille was an intelligent boy .
4 . When Louis was ten years old , he began to study ......................................
A . at a local school
B . at a special school for the blind .
C . in the army
D . at a university .
| Mistake | Correction | Mistake | Correction |
| 1. was | were | 6. Found | Founded |
| 2. heavy | heavily | 7. someone else car | someone else’s car |
| 3. hear | hearing | 8. homeworks | homework |
| 4. crowding | crowded | 9. knows | is known |
| 5. getting | to get | 10. In | On |
V. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
1. During The Second World War, almost a third of a million people was=> were killed.
2. It was raining heavy=> heavily when I woke up yesterday morning.
3. Doctors have known for a long time that loud noises=> noise can cause hear damage or loss.
4. Streets of Bangkok are usually crowding=> crowded with people selling food, clothing, flowers and souvenirs.
5. It often takes my mom half an hour getting=> to get to work by underground every morning.
6. Found=> Founded in the 12thcentury, Oxford University ranks among the world’s oldest ones.
7. Brown isn’t in his own car, he is driving someone else car=> someone else's.
8. The homeworks that your teacher assigned is due on=> to Tuesday unless you have made prior arrangements to turn it in late.
9. He started working as an editor 10 years ago but now he knows=> is known as a famous MC.
10. In=> on icy winter days, I prefer being driven to driving myself.
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