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
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.]