READING & USE OF ENGLISH

I.Reading (with answers)

Read the text and match the paragraphs (A–C) to the questions (1–5).

So, You Want to Be on Television ?

So, you want to be on television? Read about three different ways you can make your dream come true!

A Who Knows?

Have you ever wanted to be on a TV game show? If you think you’ve got good

general knowledge and you’re confident enough to appear on TV in front of millions of people, just fill in our application form. You could be a winner on Channel 7’s new game show Who Knows? There will be twelve weekly shows and the winner of each show will go on to play a final competition to win two million pounds!

B Watching You!

The producers of the reality show Watching You! are looking for ten new people to

live in the famous house for ten weeks. Are you funny and talkative? Are you interested in other people? Would you like to become a big star? Send in your application before 7 November, and you could be invited to the auditions in London and Manchester!

C Children’s Hour

As viewers know, Dani Byers has left Channel 7’s Children’s Hour to make a film in  Hollywood. So, we need someone to take her place as a presenter on the show. We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, intelligent and who loves children. Is that you? Apply now and come for a voice test!

Which show:

will be shorter than three months? (1) .....

can make people very famous? (2) .....

only needs one person? (3) .....

offers a lot of money? (4) .....

wants someone who likes talking? (5) .....

1	2	3	4	5

1.B  2.B  3.C 4.A  5.B

II. Use of English (with answers)

Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.

was followed	characters	the 20th	made
Shrek’s	Somewhere	look like	writing
ugly	with	mixture	could

1)___________ in a far-away magic kingdom there lived a beautiful princess and a prince and animals who 2)_____________ talk like humans. This is a typical plot for many fairy tales. In 1990, a short story for children about Shrek, a big green troll, appeared. Unlike previous heroes he looked 3)____________ and scary but had a big, kind heart. In 2001, DreamWorks studio 4)____________ the first animated Shrek cartoon that 5)____________________by three full-length ones.

         The story of the troll called Shrek became very popular, especially 6)_____ children. All the 7)_______________ of the cartoons are easy to remember and have a good sense of humour. The cartoons are full of episodes about friendship, good and evil, love, and family values. The cartoons present an amusing 8)______________ of traditional fairy tales and real-life events familiar to everyone.

          Few people know that 9)________________appearance copies that of Maurice Tillet, called the ‘French Angel’. He was a famous professional French boxer and wrestler of 10)__________ century. Unfortunately, at the age of twenty he got a rare disease which changed his body and appearance. It made him 11)________________ a huge troll but, in contrast to the cartoon character, Maurice Tillet was highly intelligent – he spoke fourteen languages and was good at 12)________________ prose.

1)Somewhere	4) made	7) characters	10) the 20th
2) could	5)was followed	8) mixture	11) look like
3)ugly	6) with	9)Shrek’s	12) writing

  

Choose the correct item(a ,b, c or d) for each gap in the text.

FRUITIBIX

Do you want to be slim? Do you worry about your 1)_____health?

Then you should 2)___ Fruitibix, the new healthy nut and fruit biscuit. Fruitibix tastes wonderful, but it has 3)____ sugar than most other biscuits. Each biscuit 4)____ dried fruit and nuts, including apples, coconut and banana.

Sometimes you feel 5)_____ between meals. Now, instead of having a chocolate bar, take a Fruitibix. It 6)____ make you fat and it will keep you healthy.

At lunchtime, instead of chips and hamburgers, have a Fruitibix. It has all the main foods for a 7)______meal. And if you are in 8)___ hurry, and you don’t have time for a proper meal, Fruitibix will give you the energy to keep on 9)___. So 10)___ your children ask for 11)____sweet, give them Fruitibix instead of cakes or chocolate. They will love the taste and it won’t harm their 12)___.

Discover Fruitibix. It’s on your supermarket shelves now.

	a	b	c	d
1	family	family’s	families’	familys’
2	trying	to try	try	tried
3	less	least	little	the least
4	consist of	consisted of	will consist of	consists of
5	thirsty	hungry	sick	angry
6	isn’t	shan’t	won’t	don’t
7	unbalanced	junk	harmful	balanced
8	an	a	-	the
9	gone	go	going	to go
10	whenever	what	where	whatever
11	something	anything	nothing	everything
12	tooths	tooth	toothes	teeth

1.B  2.C 3.A  4.D  5.B  6.C  7.D  8.B  9.C  10.A  11.A  12.D

 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

named	guitarist	composed	musician	famous
band	occasionally	popular	century	concerts

      FREDDIE MERCURY

Farrokh Bulsara is the real name of one of the most 1) ______ singers and songwriters of the 20th 2)________ Freddie Mercury. Freddie was also a talented pianist and 3)__________, and one of the co-founders of the rock 4)_________ Queen.

As a songwriter he 5)_________ many international hits, including We Are the Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now, Somebody to Love and others. In addition to his work with Queen he also led a solo career and was 6)_______ a producer and guest 7)________for other artists. Over the course of his career, Mercury

performed 700   8)_________in countries around the world with Queen. He died on 24 November 1991. In 2005 MTV named Mercury the second greatest singer in the history of 9)_________music and in 2006 Time Asia 10)______ him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years.

1	famous	6	occasionally
2	century	7	musician
3	guitarist	8	concerts
4	band	9	popular
5	composed	10	named