TASK 5

Read the text and fill the gaps with the words with the words given below. Use
each word only once. Two words are extra.

remind (A) including (G) interested (M)

home (B) settled (H) brought (N)
festival (C) existed (I)
neither (D) unique (J)
young (E) central (K)
possessions (F) immigrants (L)

Just as they (1)…………their cuisine, customs and a language with them to the places
they (2)………………..in, immigrants to America also brought their music. The (3)
………….from the British Isles brought their Celtic folk music and dances. You might still hear
and see a “Virginia reel” being danced at a (4)……………..in this region. The southern states,
where blacks were prominent, heard the lament of the “blues”. From the vast (5)
………….region of the country came “country and western”. These regional musical forms were
the basis for much of America’s popular music, (6)…………….rock “n” roll. Greenwich Village
has been the (7)………………..of many artists and musicians over the years. In the early 1960s,
a (8)………….man from a small town in Minnesota came to play his (9)………………..music in
the coffee house of the “Village”. Bob Dylan’s music was a unique blend of country and blues,
and his words seemed to (10)………America of a time when things were simpler and material
(11)…………were not important. Whether such a time ever (12)…………….is hard to say, but
Dylan’s music, inspired by America’s regional folk music heritage, connected the country to its
past.
TASK 6

Read the text and fill the gaps with one of the following: an article, a preposition,
a conjunction or a relative pronoun. Note that each space you should insert only
one word.

Saving Private Ryan: an Oscar winning film

Saving Private Ryan is (1)…… 1998 American war film set during the invasion (2)……..France
during World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written (3)………..Robert Rodat.
Rodat first came (4)……..with the film’s story in 1994 when he saw a monument dedicated (5)
………four Pennsylvanian brothers who were killed (6)……….the American Civil War. Rodat
decided to write a similar story set during World War II. Spielberg was invited to direct the
film. Saving Private Ryan was well received by audiences. It won several awards (7)……….film,
cast and crew as well earned significant income. The film grossed 482 million dollars, making it
(8)………..highest grossing Hollywood film of the year. The Academy (9)………….Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences nominated the film (10)………….eleven Academy Awards and
Spielberg’s direction won him a second Academy Award for Best Director. The film was released
(11)…………..home video in May 1999, earning 44 million dollars (12)………sales.