1. FELADATSOR You are going to read a Part of a magazine interview with an actress. All the questions of the interview have been removed. Choose the right question from the list (A-1) to fill the gaps (1-6). There are two extra questions that you do not need. Write your answers in the boxes below. There is an example (0) at the beginning. Mira Sorvino (0) Tlove to wear Vivienne Tam, who has a boutique near where I live in Greenwich Village. I like a few designers, such as Cynthia Rowley, Isaac Mizrahi, Chanel and Versace. Being tall and a celebrity I’m courted by designers! a) I love Maybelline pressed power to finish and set my look. Mac lipliners are also very good. They have just the right texture and I love the rich, red colours. Q) T used to hate everything about my face. Brooke Shields was at my school and I remember seeing her on a Vague cover and comparing our features. All I wound up liking was my lower lip — and thinking my eyes weren’t so bad! @) As a child I spent seven years studying ballet, and then I went to Harvard to read Chinese Studies where I qualified for the rowing team. Now I walk everywhere when T’m in New York — you have to really. It’s not like Los Angeles, where everyone drives to the gym. I still swim and roller-blade a lot, too. (4) Growing up in an Italian family you had to be careful as those rich pasta dishes add pounds when you’re not looking! But I stay away from the risottos and pizzas or just eat them in moderation. I usually stick to boring green salads, grilled chicken or fish and I love eating sushi. (5) It changes your life. You can feel very alone. It’s an odd feeling and I feel it even more when I’m promoting a film. Part of the job of being a movie actor is promotion, and I have an ability to blend in when I’m off the set, when I’m not in costume, not in character. I don’t stand out, which is lucky in a way.(6) It’s kind of a science fiction thriller film. I play a doctor who teams up with my husband [British actor, Jeremy Northam]. We try to stamp out giant, man-eating cockroaches which begin to take over New York City. Yes, really! As you might imagine, it gets a bit out of hand and they start chasing us! Do you generally watch what you eat? Have you ever gained or lost weight for a film role? What's being famous really like? What do you think is your best feature? What cosmetics can’t you live without? Who’s your favourite designer? What’s Mimic all about? Did you think you were beautiful when you were younger? Are you a fitness fanatic? BMAD AOA WP—_—————— cd lanquages. Some You are going to read a magazine article about a man who can speak 64 languages. Some phrases have been removed from the text. Choose the right phrases from the list (A-H) to fill the gaps (1-6). There is one extra phrase that you do not need. Write your answers in the boxes below. There is an example (0) at the beginning. Power Of Babel Wherever you’re from, super-linguist Gregg Cox speaks your language Dining on the road is never a problem for Gregg Cox. He can order a danish in Danish or a pigeon in Pidgin. He also can talk turkey in Turkey and, if necessary, (0) ‘ Cox, in fact, can speak 64 languages fluently, making him, says Guiness World Records, the planet’s greatest linguist. “People are so surprised — not that I speak so many languages,” says Cox, 37, an international marketing manager for a dental products firm who lives in Germany with his wife, Sabine, 34, and Trischa, their 4-year-old, “but that qa and speak so many languages.” “Mr. Cox can be extremely proud,” says Guiness rep Neil Hayes, noting that (2) , held jointly by a Brazilian and a New Zealander. The son of David, a fruit processor, and Virginia, a homemaker, Cox developed his lust for lingo after his parents divorced when he was 5 and (3) , where he acquired a multinational array of friends. Starting with Spanish, Cox learned Portuguese, Italian, German and a little Chinese. “By 12,” he says, “I was so addicted to languages that (4) a Eight years in the military allowed him to add nearly 30 tongues, and since his job requires considerable travel, (5) . Appropriately, Cox is compiling a multilingual glossary. “When I tell people I’m writing a book, (6) pene: says. “Until I tell them it’s a dictionary.” he learns about another five a year he moved with his mother to polyglot Los Angeles my mum started taking my dictionaries away my parents didn’t speak any foreign languages they get excited T’m an American discuss garlic in Gaelic the Oregon native broke the old record of 58 MamAmoareacs) You are going to read two short articles with interesting news from around the world. Give short answers (maximum 3-5 words) to the questions (1-14). Write your answers on the lines next to the questions. There is an example (0) at the beginning. World Watch Washington Accompanied by their own veterinarian in their specially adapted Panda One aircraft, two giant pandas arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a new home at the National Zoo. Tian Tian 3, whose name means ‘more and more,’ and Mei Xiang 2, which translates as “beautiful fragrance’, are on loan from China for 10 years, in exchange for a “1 million annual contribution to the China Wildlife Conservation Association”, to aid in panda conservation. The pair will likely restore the Panda House as the top attraction at the zoo since the death last year of Hsing-Hsing, a male panda the Chines government gave to the U.S. capital after former President Richard Nixon’s visit to China in 1972. Ushuaia Three British explorers who had planned to cross the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in the 1916 footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton were forced to abandon their adventure because of unusually severe weather. After reaching the island on Nov. 27, the three — Jock Wishart, Duncan Nicoll and Jonathan Chastney — were repeatedly hindered by gale-force winds that made landing their chartered ship, the Grigoriy Mikheev, difficult to impossible at numerous bays. Also, a heavy fall of soft new snow in the Antarctic spring significantly increased the danger of avalanches in areas where the men were able to trek briefly. Given the unpredictability and severity of the weather and the safety risks, the trio opted to return home. (0) Who did the pandas travel with? their veterinarian (1) How did the two pandas travel? (2) What does Mei Xian’s name mean? (3) Where are the pandas from? (4) How long will they be in the U.S.? (5) How much will be paid for them altogether? (6) Who will get the money? (7) When did Hsing-Hsing move to Washington? (8) What happened to it last year? (9) Whose route did the explorers want to follow?. (10) When did they reach South Georgia? (11) How did they travel there? (12)-(13) What two things caused them problems? (14) What did they decide to do?