Test 1

Part 2

For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits
each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: |0 HT

Hollywood

How was (0) that Hollywood came to be the place everyone associates with the

American film industry?

In 1887, Harvey Wilcox, a property developer, bought a house and all the
surrounding land

on a hillside in southern California. His wife overheard a woman talking on a

train about her

summer house, (13) which she called “Hollywood”. Mrs Wilcox liked the name (14) so

much that she decided to give her new home (15) that same name. Mr Wilcox then
built

other houses on his land and used the name for the whole community.

In normal circumstances most people (16) would never have heard of Hollywood.
But

between 1908 and 1913 (17 something. else happened. Many small independent film

companies began moving to southern California (18) for two main reasons.
Firstly, they

were having problems (19) with the larger, more powerful studios in New York.
Seconaly,

they were attracted by the sunny climate, which let them film throughout the
year

(20) without the need for expensive lighting.

Only one studio actually set (21) up in Hollywood itself, because the local
people took

legal measures (22) to prevent any more from arriving. The other studios that came
to
the area were all built outside Hollywood. Nevertheless, by 1915 “Hollywood'
(23) had

become familiar as a term for the movie business (24) as a whole.

Test 2

Part 2

For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits
each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: |0| [W|/|T|H | | |

Problems for actors

Many actors do not like working (0) With... children or animals. This is probably
(13) .because they are afraid that the audience may become (14) .more interested
in the children and animals than in them.

Actors can have problems (15) of. a different kind when they are requi red to eat
or drink on stage. If they have (16) too much food in their mouths, the words they
say may not (ooo... clear, and they may even end up coughing or choking.

Other problems can occur with food (18) .while be films a re being made. In a
recent film, during (19) with a family was waiting to have a meal, one of the
actors entered with a large roast chicken on a tray and started cutting some meat
from it while he was speaking. Having cut off a whole chicken leg he completely
forgot (20) what his next words were. The scene had to be filmed (21) again . This
would not really have mattered (22) if . there had been another roast chicken in
the studio, but there was not. At (23 first hobo dy knew what to do, but
eventually the problem was solved (24) .by putting a nail in the leg and attaching
it back onto the chicken.
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Test 3

Part 2

For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: |0| H|/|S

Charles Dickens” childhood experiences

Charles Dickens was one of the greatest nineteenth-century English novelists. At

the time of
(0) .. MIS... death in 1870 he was a wealthy man, in contrast to the poverty of his
early days. His
parents (13) ........... their best to look after him but were always in
difficulties (14) ........... money.
Eventually, his father owed (15) ........... a large amount of money that he was
sent to prison for
three months.

Two days after his twelfth birthday, Dickens was taken away from school by his
parents and
made (16) ........... work in a factory to increase the family income. Factories could
be dangerous
places in (17) ........... days and some employers were cruel. Charles was not
(18) ...........

extremely unhappy, but also ashamed of working there, and he (19) ...........
never forget that
period of his life. In his novels Dickens showed just how shocking working and
living conditions
were.

Working in the factory affected him so deeply that he found (20) .. much too
painful to
speak about in later life. His own wife and children knew (21). . at all about
the
unhappiness of his childhood while Dickens was still alive, (22) ... Shortly
after his death a
biography was published in (23) ........... Dickens” terrible childhood experiences in
the factory

were revealed (24) ........... the first time.

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