First Certificate STAR Practice Book Grammar and Vocabulary Luke Prodromou =" A MACMILLAN HEINEMANN Engl Language TeachingContents Yabba dabba doo In good company The good, the bad and the unbearable Culture shock Comic genius Talking sense Leisure for pleasure Sherlock Holmes Mysterious monsters What's in a face? Meat: to eat or not to eat? The power and magic of dreams Goodies and baddies TV times The end of intelligence? Good luck, bad luck Worth a thousand words One small step From rags to riches An American dream Potato races Holidays are bad for your health< 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