Name: ___Austin Lopez

____________________________________________________

Reading
1 Read the article and mark (✓) the events and activities mentioned. (5 points)
concerts plays a selection process
a. 3
practical, hands-on classes rehearsals a fireworks display

fundraising talks given by famous projects to improve Colombia’s

cultural life
specialists

2 Read the article again and complete the review. Write one word in each space. (10 points)
The Cartagena International Music Festival is held once every 1) _____year______________. It has only existed for a
2) _________few__________ years, but its importance is already recognized internationally. Each year, the festival has a
different 3) ___themes________________. I attended the festival in 2015. The director that year was an Italian, and he had
chosen a program of Mediterranean music. Whatever the theme, the 4) ____pieces_______________ for inviting musicians and
picking works are always strict. It’s great that the organizers consider the performance 5) ___________________ when
choosing the music. I didn’t attend all the main performances because there were more than 6) ___________________, but I
managed to get to most of them. I also got to see how instruments are made at a 7) ___________________. I was impressed to
learn that the festival organizers also run different 8) throughout the rest of the year. I liked seeing the local 9)
___________________ they make
and repair. And I met some young musicians who participate in the Orchestra Social Project. They told me it has made them
better musicians and also more 10) ___________________ individuals. All in all, this is an incredible festival and I would
highly recommend it.

Score: _____________/15
Name: _______________________________________________________

Vocabulary
1 Use the correct form of the words in parentheses to complete the text. (5 points)
The CASA Latin American Theater Festival is an important theatrical event. Its founder, Daniel Goldman, realized that while
other forms of Latin American 1) ____________entertainment_______, (entertain) like cinema, and different Latin 2)
___musician________________ (music) styles received attention, theater was being left out. In 2007, he set up CASA to
present the very best 3)cast
_______performance____________ (perform) of Latin American theater. Since its beginning, the
cost
festival has 4) ________attracted___________
um (attract) positive reviews for 5) _______________comedy____ (comic) and
es
tragedies, experimental plays, satires, and mimes.
scri
2 Use the words from the pt box to complete the sentences. (5 points)
aud
ienc
e
stag
a. The _______cast____________
e was made up of professional actors and members of the local community.
b. Whenever I’m in a play at school, my mom and dad are always in the ____audience_______________.
c. In yesterday’s rehearsal, Margarita tripped and fell right off the _____stage______________!
d. Jonathan hasn’t learned all his lines yet. He still needs to look at his copy of the ___script________________.
e. It’s a modern play set in an urban environment, so we don’t need special ____costume_______________.

Grammar
1 Underline the correct words to complete the sentences. (5 points)
a. During his life, Robin Williams *made*/got audiences laugh and cry.
f. The director got/*had* the makeup artist design zombie makeup for the whole cast.
g. Actors often *get*/let their hair cut or dyed for the parts they are going to play.
h. Shakespeare got/*let* three other people to contribute money to build the Globe Theatre.
i. The playwright didn’t get/*let* the director make minor changes to the script.
2 Complete the second sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first. (10 points)
a. Robert Downey, Jr. played Tony Stark in Ironman.
Tony Stark in Ironman __is the actor Robert Downey
Jr__________________________________________________________________________.
j. The BBC will make more episodes of Sherlock.
More episodes of Sherlock make by the bbc
____________________________________________________________________________.
k. Playwrights have written many great plays that have never been performed.
Many great plays __wrote__by the playwrights
________________________________________________________________________.
l. The casting director will hold auditions next week.
Auditions ____will be the next
week________________________________________________________________________.
m. My city might hold a cultural festival next year.
 A cultural festival __might to hold the next
year__________________________________________________________________________.

Name: _______________________________________________________

Listening
1 Listen (Track 8) to the interview and number the information in the order it is mentioned. (7 points)
____ What is meant by “specialist parts.”
____ Who takes the final decision.
____ What a casting agent does.
____ What listeners want to ask the casting agent.
____ What the weekly podcast is about.
____ What happens when the casting agent and the director disagree.
____ The stages in the casting process.
2 Listen again and mark the sentences T (true), F (false), or NS (not stated). (8 points)
a. Elise only casts main actors and extras, not specialist parts. ____
n. First, Elise meets with the directors. Later, she meets the actors. ____
o. Elise wanted to be an actor herself. ____
p. The actors never meet each other before they start rehearsing. ____
q. Elise thinks directors don’t really trust casting agents. ____
r. Casting agents are still involved after actors have been selected. ____
s. Elise thinks her job is interesting. ____
t. Elise meets many gifted people. ____

Writing
1 Choose a play, movie, book, comic, festival, etc. and write a review. Write 100–120 words. (25 points)

Speaking
1 Work in pairs or groups of three. Look at the options and make a schedule for the weekend that everyone will enjoy. (20 points)
Score: _____________/60