Контрольная работа № 10 «Что помогает вам наслаждаться жизнью»

 

I. READING COMPREHENSION

Put the paragraphs from the text into the right order and read the text

A MAN OF THE MOVIES

A. In 1920, while living in Kansas City, Missouri, he was lucky and got his first chance to work on a motion-picture cartoon. The result was successful and in 1923 he moved on to Hollywood where financial success ultimately permitted him to develop his talents and interests.

B. One of the leading pioneers of the film industry was neither an actor nor a director. Rather, he was a commercial artist who eventually created such popular and familiar cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. The man, of course, was Walter Disney.

C. Disney did not start out as a rich man; but he did have a wealth of ideas, which reflected his greatest assets – traits of imagination and creativity. Walt Disney began his career when he succeeded in borrowing three hundred dollars to set up a workshop in the rear of a small garage. Working long and hard, he managed to gain a respected reputation as a gifted cartoonist.

D. Beyond the realm of show business, Disney also undertook a vast project to construct a combination of a wonderland and an amusement park. The result can be witnessed today in Disneyland located in California. Disneyland quickly grew to be a popular success. Consequently, another immense project, Disney World, was later undertaken in Florida. It is a prominent tourist attraction too.

E. Although Walt Disney died in 1966, his creative genius and active mind still survive through the entertainment that he left as his legacy. His cartoons and full feature films forever commemorated his name. All in all Walter Disney got 29 Oscars.

F. Soon, he was producing feature-length animated cartoons, movies, and television shows. Some of Walt Disney’s most popular efforts are regarded as classics today. These include Fantasia and Snow White. He also produced nature documentaries and adventure films. In 1932 Walt Disney got his first Oscar for his Mickey Mouse.

 

II. For film reviews (1-5) write down the titles of the films (A-F). Use each letter only once. There is one extra title

 

A. The Aviator

B. Meet the Fockers

C. Darkness

D. The Phantom of the Opera

E. National Treasure

F. The Polar Express

1. _____ Believing in Santa Claus isn’t easy when all of your friends and family insist that he’s just make-believe. A boy’s faith is rewarded one Christmas Eve when he’s awakened by a steam train that pulls up in front of his house and takes him and other children to the North to meet Santa. It’s all CGI (Computer Generated Images), based upon live-action motion-capture actors.

 

2. _____ He is a masked man who roams around the Paris Opera House, haunts the actors and actresses. He falls for a young soprano named Christine (Emmy Rossum) and tutors her so well that she passes another soprano (Minnie Driver) as the city’s best. He is smitten and wants Christine for his own, but she still has feelings for a childhood love, Raoul (Patrick Wilson). Feeling betrayed, the Phantom kidnaps Christine with plans to make her his eternal bride.

 

3. _____ A teenage girl (Paquin) moves into a remote countryside house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.

 

4. _____ Having given permission to male nurse Greg (Stiller) to wed his daughter Pam (Polo), ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes (De Niro) and his wife (Danner) travel to Detroit to “meet the parents”, who this time around are Mr and Mrs Focker (Hoffman and Streisand), who are as different from them as can be.

 

5. _____ The film is directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan, tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric millionaire industrialists and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world’s most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s through the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircrafts he designed and created.

 

III. USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)

1. What does the audience think about it?

Write down exclamatory sentences (What (a) …! / How …!)

 

1. Craig Lukas is an outstanding playwright.

2. The actors are fantastic.

3. Norton Rene is a talented director.

4. It was a magnificent performance.

5. The play is very touching.

 

IV. People’s opinions of one and the same film can be different.

Read the opinions and use the word in capital letters to form the word that fits each space

 

1. I can’t say anything. It’s _____ (ABSOLUTE) fantastic!

2. How _____ (FRIGHT) the film is!

3. And I think that it is nothing to talk about. To my mind it is rather _____ (LOUSE).

4. The film is so _____ (DRAMA).

5. The film is so _____ (MYSTERY). It keeps you in suspense from the beginning up to the end.

6. It is a good _____ (HISTORY) film.

7. To my mind the film is _____ (EXCITE). I enjoy watching it.

8. It is really _____ (SENSATION). I’ve never thought it can be so interesting.

 

V. CULTURAL AWARENESS

1. What was the name of the first theatre in London?

2. What genres of films were the first ones shot in America?

3. What was the first film demonstrated to the audience about?

4. What are the biggest film corporations in the USA?

5. What categories are there in the MPAA rating system?