Reading 1 Read the text quickly. Then check ( ) the correct words to complete the sentences. a. The main topic of the text is to present. ( ) a movie genre ( ) famous romantic comedies b. The text gives some examples of. ( ) genres ( ) movies / 0.4 point The Love Story film is defined as a genre where the plot revolves around the love between two protagonists. The Love Story genre normally contains a theme exploring an issue or issues within the love itself. Some examples are forbidden love, love triangles, sacrificial love, and love at first sight. [ ] The Love Story film s intent is to always evoke strong emotional reactions from its audience, whether the film ends happy or sad. Some examples of the Love Story film genre: TITANIC THE NOTEBOOK FORREST GUMP HER GONE WITH THE WIND BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN GHOST Subgenres of the Love Story film genre include [ ] Romantic Comedy film subgenre: this subgenre utilizes the combination of love and humor in order to capture the heart of its audience. The Romantic Comedy is usually light-hearted fare, placing the two protagonists in love in humorous situations that test their love for one another. This subgenre usually centers itself around a romantic ideal... True love. The endings of this subgenre almost always prove the romantic ideal wins out over whatever obstacles or situations the screenwriter threw in its way. Some examples of the Romantic Comedy film subgenre: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY KNOCKED UP FAILURE TO LAUNCH HITCH YOU VE GOT MAIL AS GOOD AS IT GETS Film Genres. Available at: <www.scriptmag.com/wp-content/uploads/film-genre-freemium.pdf>.
2 Read again the first column of the text. Then underline the correct words to complete the sentences about it. / 1 point a. Love stories involve two issues / protagonists. b. Love at first sight / Romantic comedy is an example of an issue in love stories. c. The objective of love stories is to stimulate the audience s emotions / intelligence. d. Love stories don t always have a happy ending / an obstacle. e. Titanic / A Night at the Museum is an example of a love story. 3 Read again the second column of the text. Then complete the sentences with words or phrases from the box. / 0.8 point happy ending love and humor test the protagonists love true love a. Romantic comedy movies combine. b. Situations in romantic comedies are funny, but they. c. The main topic of romantic comedies is. d. Romantic comedies usually have a. Vocabulary 4 Find six movie genres in the word search. Then complete the chart. / 0.6 point
5 Complete the definitions with the movie genres from Act. 4. / 0.6 point a. present imaginary future events and characters, often dealing with space travel and life on other planets. b. include lots of singing and dancing. c. present non-fictional stories or facts, about real people or events. d. scare the audience, with ghosts, monsters or evil people. e. make the audience laugh, with funny situations, stories and people. f. present exciting experiences in which dangerous or unusual things happen. 6 Match the columns / 0.7 point a. attend ( ) soccer b. dance ( ) an art exhibition c. go ( ) to a café d. hang out ( ) with friends e. play ( ) at the club f. visit ( ) a sporting event g. watch ( ) TV or a movie 7 Complete the text with the verbs from Act. 6. / 0.7 point Things to do in town this weekend Are you a teen? There are several things you and your friends can do in Greenville this weekend. Check them out! a. with your friends or just relax! (Where? Greenville Park. When? From 7 am 7pm. More info: www.greenpark.com) b. basketball with famous ex-nba players. (Where? Greenville Arena. When? Saturday, from 2 5 pm. Tickets: $15. More info: www.greenarena.com) c. at the Costume Party. (Where? Greenville Community Center. When? Friday, from 8 12 pm. Tickets: $9. More info: www.greenccenter.org) d. an international volleyball game: Brazil vs. USA. (Where? Greenville Stadium. When? Sunday, from 4 5:30 pm. Tickets: $75. More info: www.greenstadium.com) e. the new Adam Sandler movie. (Where? MovieMark. When? Consult the weekly session times. Tickets: $10. More info: www.moviemark.com) f. to the new Cometbuck s Café. (Where? Greenville Mall. When? From 10 am 10 pm. More info: www.cometbucks.com ) g. the Degas exhibition. (Where? Greenville Art Museum. When? Tue Sun, from 9 am 5 pm. Tickets: $5. More info: www.degasingreenville.org)
Grammar 8 Unscramble the letters to write adjectives. / 0.8 point a. D A S b. N Y U F N c. R A C Y S d. N F U e. F O C G N N I S U f. X T I G E N I C g. F L U W A h. G R O B I N 9 Complete the sentences with the adjectives from Act. 8. / 1.2 points a. The plot of that movie is. I couldn t understand it. b. That love story is so that it made me cry. c. I can t finish watching this movie. It s really. d. This movie is really bad. In fact, it s. e. I love to watch Ben Stiller s comedies! They re so. f. The Monster in the Lake is so I couldn t sleep after watching it. 10 Unscramble the words to write sentences. / 1.2 points a. book / story / is / love / a / this b. magazine / fun / is / really c. terrific / Cosmos / a / is / documentary d. like / to / I / movies / don t / watch / scary e. is / mom / horror / watching / movie / my / a f. like / friends / sci-fi / don t / movies / watch / my / to
Listening 11 Listen to a radio talk show about a book. Then circle T (true) or F (false). / 1 point a. Professor John Taylor talks about movies in the radio show. T F b. The story in Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is set in the past. T F c. Sadako is a Japanese girl from a city called Hiroshima. T F d. Sadako had a type of cancer called leukemia. T F e. The cancer was caused by folding papers. T F f. There is a Japanese legend related to folding origami cranes. T F g. People need to fold lots of origami cranes to be granted a wish. T F h. Sadako wanted to be cured and live. T F i. The story in the book is exciting. T F j. The book is based on a real story. T F Writing 12 Write a paragraph about a book or movie you like. / 1 point