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Unit
Unit 2
Grammar 9 (hit) his head and I
had to take him to hospital. Luckily he was OK
1 Complete the sentences with as, like or unlike.
as we 10 (fly) to New York
1 _______ I said in my report, we’re going to
the following day!
have to make significant cutbacks this year.
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2 I must admit, I’m very much _______ most of
my friends. I watch far too much TV! They call
us the couch potato generation. Vocabulary
3 Speaking _______ a friend, I really think you 3 Complete the compound words.
should put in more work at college.
1 What’s the last block- you
4 I told Maddy about the test tomorrow and she saw?
was _______ , ‘So what?’
2 I went to a restaurant with a really strange-
5 I love films that show us different parts of the name last night.
world, _______ Slumdog Millionaire.
3 Although it was made on a shoestring
6 _______ my sister, who is brilliant at tennis, the film won a lot of
I’ve never been that keen on sports. awards.
7 My dog is _______ a baby and just loves lots 4 Harrison Ford was a heart-
of affection! in the 1980s – in fact my mum still likes him!
8 Brad was late for class today, _______ was Kelly. 5 It’s fine to take children to restaurants as long
9 Have you seen Petra’s new outfit today? She as they’re well- .
looks _______ a model! 6 The committee is going to have to make some
10 I had to borrow some money from Dad today, far- decisions in their next
_____ I usually do! meeting.
Mark /10 7 Tom never takes offence – he’s pretty
thick- .
2 Complete the text with the correct past form of
8 My brother focuses really well on whatever
the verbs in brackets.
he wants to do – he’s very
When I lived in London, Matt and I -minded.
1 (go) to the theatre 9 Jake is very narrow- . It’s
every Friday night. One Friday we went to see very frustrating trying to get him to accept new
Romeo and Juliet and when we ideas.
2 (leave) the theatre the 10 Luckily the teacher was
quick- and got all the
weather was really treacherous. It
children out of the room before the fire took
3 (snow) for quite a
hold.
while and there was a thick covering on the road
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and pavements. While Matt
4 (scrape) ice off the
windscreen, he 5 (slip)
and 6 (fall) in the road. I
7 (realise) he
8 (not move). He

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Listening THE BOOK OR THE

4 5.02 Listen to someone talking about FILM?
location vacations. Choose the best answers. A top newspaper recently published a list of
1 The new trend in location vacations what it called the 50 best film adaptations of all
time and in doing so sparked a vigorous debate
A brings in a good profit for the film industry.
on whether film adaptations of books can ever
B is a by-product of film-making. be better than the books themselves.
C contributes to a film’s popularity. This is of course a matter that has provided food
for discussion for a very long time. [1 ]
2 Location vacations are of interest to
And there are others who maintain that films
A holiday designers. like The English Patient are far more accessible
B people who want to meet film stars. than the book and more than do justice to it.

C people who want a different experience. [2 ] Many insist that it is impossible

to attempt to put on the screen the essence of
3 Local communities what has been created on the page. [3 ]
A often need the money this brings. Film gives us just one environment and one
interpretation. The author of a book can go
B invest a lot of money in this.
inside the characters’ heads and bring us their
C attract new film-makers. thoughts, worries and emotions, whereas in film
4 According to the speaker we depend on the actor’s ability to convey this
in speech and expression. Many people believe
A t he film companies and local agencies work
that film adaptations will always fall short and
as a team.
they simply provide a lazy alternative for those
B each project is a new venture. who like to be spoon-fed their entertainment.
C the parties involved are independent. Of course, film buffs have a different argument.
According to them, film opens up the scope of
5 Film enthusiasts
the book. [4 ] Another argument is that
A want to see exciting new places. film takes a story to a much wider audience than
B want to follow in their idols’ footsteps. the book and therefore in the long run more
people are touched by it.
C want to participate in the movies.
But can we really compare the two? [5 ]
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We can’t say one is better than the other
because we’re not comparing like with like.
Reading There are good books and bad books; there
are bad films of good books and good films of
5 Read the text. Complete the text with sentences bad books. However, it is probably true to say
A–F. There is one sentence you do not need. that seeing a film before reading the book may
impair the enjoyment as it is impossible not to
bring preconceptions to the reading. The actor
from the film will forever be fixed as the main
character in your mind! Conversely, seeing
the film after reading the book can spoil any
enjoyment a surprise ending might have!
Maybe the answer is to forget the bad book if
there’s a good film of it and forgo the film if the
book is your favourite!

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A They see reading a book as entering a world of

the imagination where readers build their own
pictures and make their own interpretations.
B Aren’t film and print completely different
media?
C So, why are the ‘purists’ so fervently against
adaptations?
D But writers don’t necessarily have a film in
mind when they create their books.
E Soundtracks, special effects, good acting and
directing all work together to bring the writer’s
world to life and to extend it.
F There are those who insist that classics such
as 1984 should never have been adapted for
the big screen.
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Writing
6 Write a review of a film you have recently seen
for a local magazine. Use the writing guide to
help you. Write 200–250 words.
Paragraph 1: Give background information about
the film.
Paragraph 2: Give a brief summary of the plot.
Paragraph 3: Discuss the film’s strengths and
weaknesses.
Paragraph 4: Give your overall verdict and
recommendation.
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Total /60

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