eeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeaeampBpEuqqa>a>9n90_O_OE__ EEE Edited by Foxit PDF Editor Copyright (c) by Foxit Corporation, 2003 - 2010 For Evaluation Only. Contents 1 Yabba dabba doo 1 2. In good company 7 3. The good, the bad and the unbearable 13 4 Culture shock 19 5 Comic genius 25 6 Talking sense 31 7 Leisure for pleasure 36 8 Sherlock Holmes 42 9. Mysterious monsters a7 10 What's in a face? 53 11 Meat: to eat or not to eat? 58 12. The power and magic of dreams 64 13. Goodies and baddies 69 14 TV times 75 15 The end of intelligence? 81 16 Good luck, bad luck 7 17 Worth a thousand words 92 18 One small step 97 19 From rags to riches 102 20. An American dream 108 21 Potato races 113, 22 Holidays are bad for your health 119< 1 Yabba dabba doo GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. ‘Walt Disney There is no one who has not heard of Walt Disney; he is without (0) __B __ one of the most famous figures in the most people know hardly anything about him. (2) ‘school at the age of sixteen and then studied art for a short time. twentieth century and (1) he became one of the most successful men in history, he G) By the (4) years of this century, he had (5) (© _____ with his brother Roy, who, for some reason, never (7) started to produce cartoons in Hollywood in to become as famous as Walt. Disney is perhaps most well known on (8) (9) ___ in 1028 in a film called Steamboat Wille. One of the most (10) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which, when it was (11) history of the cinema, of his lovable cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, who first cartoon films of all time is, in 1937, was the first full-length cartoon in the (12) __ the 1950s, Walt Disney had become one of the world’s major (13) of films for cinema and television, As Disney Productions (14) «its founder retained complete artistic control of the films and he also (15) on to publish books for children and cartoon strips in newspapers, featuring such characters as Donald Duck and Pluto the dog, 0 A comparison B doubt C disagreement _D explanation 1 Ayet B then C already D however 2 A Despite Bin spite of Although D Even 3 A graduated B completed Cleft D failed 4 A primary Bearly C beginning D initial 5 Asill B soon Cyet Dalready 6 A partnership B friendship C relationship D membership 7 Aachieved B reached C succeeded D managed 8 Acase B account view D regard 9. A appeared B performed C stared D began 10 A.common Bexcited C popular D known, 11 Aseen B released circulated D advertised 12 A Until B Since cBy DTo 13. A businessmen B owners C publishers D producers V4 A grew Benlarged C increased D succeeded 15 Atook B put C pushed D went%* Yabba dabba doo Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there, Ifa line is correct, puta tick (). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Duck Tales: The Movie the ¢ Viewers who enjoy the Disney's famous cartoon Y 00 characters will enjoy Duck Tales: The Movie. This new 1 Disney production is a great movie for to take the kids to 2. during all the holidays. In spite of a few hostile reviews, 3 audiences up and down the country have been queuing 4 up to see it. Init stars some of Disney's most popular 5. creations: Uncle Scrooge and his crazy nephews Huey, 6 Dewey and Louie. After years of s 7 Scrooge ha 8 of the legendary thief, Collie Baba, But when the treasure slips through his fingers and Scrooge comes back home empty-handed, except for an old lamp in which, of course 11 contains a magic Genie, Scrooge’s nephews will try to 12 change their lives as they come up with more and more 13 things for the Genie to do. However, the evil Metlock also 14 wants to get hold of the lamp. Sparks fly away as Merlock 15 does everything he can to steal the Genie. wrching, stingy Uncle at last discovers the fabulous lost treasure Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Fame and fortune Macaulay Culkin, now a (0) —_youtthfiel__ «wenty year old, became one of the most (1) and well-paid stars in Hollywood while he was still an (2) Now he has grown up, he can look back on a 3) which reads like a fairy-tale. ‘There are indeed few American children who can claim to have been the most famous child in the world. This was the case with Culkin after his (4) in Home Alone in 1986. Although this film made him a (5) name, his first © movie had come a couple of years earlier when his 7) _ in Rocket Gibraltar earned him very @ reviews from the critics, who are not noted for their (9) __ towards child stars. Culkin’s career did not end with Home Alone, As a (10) he went on to appear in a number of more serious films YouTH FAME ADOLESCENCE CHILD APPEAR HOUSE SUCCESS PERFORM FAVOUR KIND ‘TEEN