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Exercise 2
1 not th a t d iffic u lt, 
2 (highly) knowledgeable,
3 alone, 
4 not pass
Exercise 3
1 d, 
2 a, 
3 e, 
4 c, 
5 b 
Exercise 4
a 4, 
b 2, 
c 3, 
d 1, 
e 5
Exercise 5
1 bow ling alley, 
2 park, 
3 (Elm T ree/E lm tree)
Cafe, 
4 sw im m ing baths, 
5 leisure centre
Exercise 6
1 78A High Trees Street, Sydney, 2316
2 354 Castle Avenue, Edinburgh, E5 7HU
3 86 The Drive, Brooklyn, New York, 45008
Exercise 7
1 Taylor, 
2 M athem atics, 
3 Ashley, 
4 M4 9JA 
Exercise 8
1 8 /eig ht books, 
2 m o le c u la r biology,
3 in person, 
4 (personal) tu to r
Exercise 9
1 social, 
2 accom m odation, 
3 (on) student card
P art 3: 
Exam practice
Questions 1 -4
1 AND105763, 
2 Earth Science, 
3 Lavender, 
4 566341 
Questions 5 -7
5 Training, 
6 Philosophy, 
7 TV room
Questions 8 -1 0
8 online reservation system,
9 (student) num ber, 
10 e m a il
6 
Fame
P a r t i :
Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1 c , 
2 a, 
3 f, 
4 d, 
5 b, 
6 e
Exercise 2
1 p rogram m es/show s, 
2 scrip ts, 
3 flexible,
4 creative, 
5 star, 
6 acting, 
7 press/m edia, 
8 play,
9 character, 
10 in te rn a tio n a l, 
11 sh o t/film e d ,
12 location, 
13 unim aginable, 
14 p ost-production
Exercise 3
1 co unter-productive, 
2 s e m i-fin a l,
3 m u ltin a tio n a l, 
4 recreate, 
5 b ilin g u a l
Exercise 4
1 inequality, 
2 d is tru s t, 
3 im p erfe ct,
4 irresponsible, 
5 unaware
Exercise 5
1 ir(re g u la r), 
2 m u lti-(m illio n ), 
3 un(likely),
4 re-(think), 
5 ir(responsible), 
6 un(reasonable)
P art 2: 
Practice exercises
Exercise 1
1 composed, 
2 nationally, 
3 perform ance,
4 creatively, 
5 last, 
6 firs t n ig h t/o p e n in g / 
opening night, 
7 award, 
8 sacked/dism issed
Exercise 2
1 vii, 
2 i/vi, 
3 i/vi, 
4 ii/iv, 
5 ii/iv, 
6 v
Exercise 3
1 d 
(She died in
7 
968 and you can see her
gravestone in Tanbridge Cemetery.!
Answer key 
1 3 7

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2 b 
[A bestselling horror writer, he got many of his
themes fo r his haunting novels from this very town.l
3 a 
(Not only a poet, he has also written ten novels
that have topped the book sales charts.I
4 c 
[Before she headed fo r Hollywood, you
could have seen her waiting tables in The
Dorage Restaurant here in town!)
Exercise U
Answer: c (The book 'te lls the story'. He read the story, 
and made the film from that story.
Incorrect answers:
a: South Am erica was where he was inspired, 
but the film was not based on his travels, 
b: Chambers heard about a book or 
novel. He was not told the story.
Exercise 5
1 b 
[He claims his inspiration fo r the film is his own
experiences growing up in 1950s Liverpool.]
Incorrect answers:
a (The text m entions stories, but only to say 
that the d irector 's till th inks the m ajority 
of ghost stories are actually true'.) 
c (The film 'has the feel of a comic book', 
but it is not based on one.)
2 b 
['What Happens in the N ig h t’ is a film that
w ill scare you. I wouldn't say i t ’s the best horror
film to come out this year, but i t ’s certainly
shot beautifully, and i t ’s not hard to follow.]
Incorrect answers:
a 
[ ‘What Happens in the N ight' is a film that w ill
scare you. I wouldn't say it's the best h orro r
film to come out this year, but it's certainly
shot beautifully, and it's not hard to follow.]
c 
['W hat Happens in the N ight' is a film that w ill
scare you. I wouldn 't say it's the best h orro r
film to come out this year, but it's certainly
shot beautifully, and it's not hard to follow.)
3 a 
[Rumour has it that Smith and Wyatt
aren't the best of friends. In fact, on the
set they barely spoke to each other!]
Incorrect answers:
b (The stars are in love in the film , but not in real life.) 
c 
[Rumour has it that Smith and Wyatt
a ren't the best of friends. In fact, on the
set they barely spoke to each other!]
4 b 
[If you want romance, this film is fine]
Incorrect answers:
a (The reviewer says that 'm en and wom en 
alike can get som ething from this film ', 
but she doesn't actually recom m end it 
fo r wom en, as opposed to me,) 
c (The review er im p lie s th a t 
Happy as L a rry
is not a p a rtic u la rly good film : 
'Happy as
L arry
is a move away fro m the u sua l film s
Sonya m akes - she is b e tte r known fo r h er roles 
in action film s - but she has shown h e rs e lf to 
be a capable com edy actress. However. I'm
not sure th is is the fin e s t film to do it in .’ )
Exercise 6
C orrect:
a (Sentence iv: 'the num ber ... has alm ost 
doubled' corresponds to More people';
'celebrities' corresponds to famous [people]') 
c (Sentence v: A ll aspects of a celebrity's life' 
corresponds to alm ost everything about 
fam ous people'; 'are made known to the p ub lic’ 
corresponds to ‘The public now know') 
e (Sentence ii: People are now fam ous'
corresponds to 'Fame"; 'fo r only sh ort periods' 
corresponds to 'm ore sh ort-live d')
Exercise 7
Answ ers can be given in any order.
1-3:
a 
[It's true that there are more celebrities
around than ever before.)
c 
[Famous people are everywhere and although
we know nearly a ll there is to know about these
people - th eir lives are splashed a ll over magazines
and television - they've retained their mystery.]
d 
[One day a person is famous and
the next they are forgotten.]
A - 6 - .
b 
[In fact, the paparazzi, who photograph
the rich and famous, are often seen as
figures o f hate fo r this. They come o ff much
worse in the end, because they are so
d isliked by the p u b lic and ce le b ritie s.)
d 
[And who pays fo r this? Well, a ll of us.
Cinema and concert ticket prices have
risen and DVDs cost more than ever.)
e [... the rewards go to only a sm all elite ... but they
miss a lot of the creative talent in the industry, like
the people who write the screenplays. They are s till
on the same salary they were on ten years ago.]