Progress test 1 Units 1 3

Film industries around the world: who makes the most?

Reading 1: 15 marks.

Read the text about film industries around the world. Match the titles with the correct paragraphs. (There is one more title than you need.)

A An important provider of jobs paragraph ___

B A common idea, but wrong paragraph ___

C National industries encouraged by law paragraph ___

D Small but strong paragraph ___

E Why Hollywood is so successful paragraph ___

F Much more than the rest paragraph ___

Decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1. It is easy to say which country has the biggest film industry. TRUE FALSE

2. Film production in India is spread around the country. TRUE FALSE

3. Until quite recently, the Japanese film industry was the second most profitable in the world. TRUE FALSE

4. Films are more expensive to make than they used to be. TRUE FALSE

5. Many countries in the world have successful film industries. TRUE FALSE

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined words and phrases. Circle A or B.

1. ‘… killing off local film industries. In fact, film industries around the world …’

A The sentence before was correct, but the following idea is more realistic.

B The idea in the sentence before is wrong. The following is correct.

2. ‘… film industries around the world are far from dead or dying …’

A not at all

B a long distance

3. ‘… the growth of cheaper digital technology has transformed it into the second biggest employer …’

A moved it to

B made it

4. ‘If the question is judged in terms of the amount of money made, however, the USA does come out on top.’ The question the writer is referring to is:

A Which country produces the most films?

B Which country has the biggest film industry?

5. Many people have underestimated the power of local film industries.

A guessed too low

B understood

World music: a label for music from everywhere

Reading 2: 10 marks.

Read the text. Then choose the best way to continue the sentences on page 54. Circle A or B.

1. The mixing of musical styles

A is quite a recent idea for most people.

B has been happening for many centuries.

C began when the lute became a popular instrument.

2. At first, using the title ‘world music’ was intended to be

A a way of getting people to hear the music.

B a definition of a particular musical style.

C a business idea to make money.

3. According to the writer, the term ‘world music’

A obviously has very little meaning.

B is defined differently by different people.

C refers mainly to traditional or folk music.

4. Jan Iverson thinks that the popularity of world music has

A made most traditional musicians richer.

B benefited both listeners and musicians.

C shown the advantages of globalisation.

What do these words, highlighted in the text, refer to?

1. one (line 3) ___

2. them (line 11) ___

3. they (line 22) ___

Complete the sentences with words or phrases from the text.

1. The lute is an instrument whose name is ___ an Arabic word.

2. World music was just part of the increasingly ___ culture in the 1980s.

3. Some people didn’t like the ___ of the term ‘world music’.

Vocabulary: words and phrases from the box

Vocabulary: 10 marks.

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. I am writing to express my ___ for all the help you gave me.

2. In my country, this bird is a ___ of hope for the future.

3. People are moving away from laptops in ___ of tablets and smartphones.

4. We planned it so that the party would ___ with a public holiday.

5. At first I didn’t understand the ___ of what he was saying.

6. Problems can happen at any stage in the production ___ .

7. A group has a better chance of success than one lone ___ .

8. It’s a poor country, but it has a lot of ___ materials.

9. They are two separate countries, but ___ by a shared language and culture.

10. Our big mistake was to ___ how good the other team really was.

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

1. He wrote a poem ___ the special occasion.

2. It’s easy to make resolutions, but much harder to ___ them.

3. They were ___ from the rest of the group by the rising river.

4. Don’t worry about your son’s habits; he’ll soon ___ them.

5. The fireworks are timed to ___ the end of the show.

Writing: a new hobby or skill

Writing: 10 marks.

Write an essay.

You have recently decided to take up a new hobby or learn a new skill and you have joined a club or group of people who are doing the same thing. Write about:

• why you chose your new activity

• what the benefits are of doing it with other people

• what the other people in the group are like

Literature: Romeo and Juliet

Literature: 15 marks.

Answer the questions.

1. What families do Romeo and Juliet belong to?

2. How does the Prince say the family members will be punished if they fight in future?

3. Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?

4. When Juliet says that ‘a rose would still smell as sweet, if it were called something different’, what is she saying about names?

Explain the argument between Tybalt and Lord Capulet at the party.

Complete the summary of Romeo and Juliet’s second meeting. Use one word to fill each gap.

Romeo offers to give up his (1) _ because he now hates it. Juliet is worried that Romeo will think she has fallen in love too (2) , but says she can’t (3) her feelings like some other women. At the end, they (4) to get married and Juliet says she will send a (5) __ the next day to arrange the time and place.