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B2+ Unit 8
Entertain me
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The film was ................. from a book by the same name. | adapted |
| Everyone waited in a................. for Helena. (looking forward to it) | anticipation |
| When he finished his speech, everyone a................ | applauded |
| It’s not true that everyone with money .... their .f.............. can be successful. | at.... fingertips |
| The teacher asked students questions ..... r................. (aleatoreamente) | at random |
| You can’t dance to this song – the b.................... is too fast. | beat |
| This year’s b .................... is another superhero film. | blockbuster |
| The next episode will be b..................... at the same time next week. | broadcast |
| This song’s so c............... it keeps going around in my head. | catchy |
| The head teacher greeted me with a c.............. smile. | clinical |
| Your argument isn’t very c.................... | convincing |
| These days a games creator can c................ a game to get the funding they need. | crowdfund |
| Some people think technology is resulting in the d...................... of society. | dehumanisation |
| I like films that d.............. heroic stories I’ve never heard of. | depict |
| The d...................... of getting the bus is the traffic. | disadvantage |
| The story is so d.................. it’s hard to follow. | disconnected |
| The brand will d.................. their slowest-selling product from next week. | discontinue |
| Certain technology companies have a clear d.................. in the industry. | dominance |
| I prefer to watch foreign films that have been d.............. and not subtitled. | dubbed |
| The course got more difficult in the e................. lessons. | ensuing |
| The e................ of mobile phone technology has been fairly quick. | evolution |
| The man had to f.............. .......... the aggressive dog. | fend off |
| My favourite film f............. at the cinema but I still love it. | flopped |
| Since their first album, the band has gone f........... s........... to s.............. | from strength .... strength |
| For your homework, write about life at school from your p.............. | perspective |
| I watch all kinds of film g............... with my parents. | genres |
| I’ve got two tickets to a g..... tonight if you want to come. | gig |
| I g............... the door to stop myself from falling. | grabbed |
| Some people think it’s i.......... to spend £200,000 on a car when there are people with nothing. | immoral |
| My English might be i............. but it’s improved a lot. | imperfect |
| I’m not sure what’s wrong with Mark but he’s definitely .... a m......... | in .... mood |
| The photo’s not ..... f.........., so I can’t see who’s in it. | in focus |
| I imagined the film would be good but .... r.......... it was rubbish. | in reality |
| Sam can’t sing .... t......... at all. | in tune |
| If you chose option C, you chose i........... | incorrectly |
| My successes are i............ compared to some people’s. | insignificant |
| The buses leave at i............ times, so I normally walk. | irregular |
| Your point is i.............. to the argument. | irrelevant |
| My bike’s i................. I don’t know what I’d do without it. | irreplaceable |
| I thought I heard a car horn but I must have been m............... | mistaken |
| Don’t m................. me – I liked it but I didn’t love it. | misunderstand |
| ...... the t,,,,,, of my ......., I’d say there are about fifty people there. | Off .... top ..... head |
| I watch TV .... d............ these days. | on demand |
| ..... .... f....... ..... ...., it’s a good idea but let’s see. | On the face of it |
| The album’s not perfect but .... ..... w.......... I enjoyed it. | on the whole |
| Don’t shout the answer o.... l..... | out loud |
| The piano’s o..... .... t......., so it sounds awful. | out of tune |
| In the film, Smith p............. the lead character as a weak and lonely man.} | portrays |
| P............. TV is on at around 8 p.m. | Primetime |
| The school sports centre is pretty p............. these days. | primitive |
| The r............. were so bad for series 4 of the show that it’s been cancelled. | ratings |
| I hope our band get signed to a r........... l.............. soon. | record label |
| Let’s r............. that song again until we get it right. | rehearse |
| Apparently, there’s a director who wants to r............ the film Casablanca. | remake |
| The r............ between our school and the school in the next town has gone on for decades. | rivalry |
| She’s a well-known fiction writer who’s recently written a s......... | screenplay |
| Who watches DVDs these days when you can just s........... everything online? | stream |
| The music festival will be t........... live on the BBC. | televised |
| There’s a lot of u.............. about whether the play will be cancelled or not. | uncertainty |
| Richard’s und........... a clever man. | undeniably |
| Whether the story is true or not is u............ ; it’s still great. | unimportant |
| I have turned to other forms of entertainment i... .... b.... .... satisfy my craving for something more creative. | in a bid to |
| I think there’ll be a rapid a............ in the virtual reality market. | acceleration |
| And a lot more people will be using VR and a.......... r..........., so like holographics and things like that. | augmented reality |
| The country’s economy is .... ..... p......... of collapse. | on the point |
| I’d say video games are ...... ...... v......... of taking over from film as the more effective narrative form. | on the verge |
| Today’s video games are far from simplistic, and the quality of the narratives is s....... ...... improve further. | set to |
| Film companies are continuing to invest millions into c.......... superhero films because they continue to attract an audience. | clichéd |
| In this scene, the film reaches its dramatic c........... when the adversaries come together for a final show-down. | climax |
| Film-viewers passively rely on characters’ lines or c......-,,,,,,,, to highlight what is important for them to know or see. | close-ups |
| People are c........... f..... something more engaging than books. | craving for |
| Viewers left the cinema feeling d......... and confused. | dazed |
| I don’t think that the stories that we enjoy or, you know, the types of things that keep us g........... are going to change. | gripped |
| What makes video games so much more exciting as a storytelling form is the fact that a player can im.......... themselves in a story for hours and hours. | immerse |
| Although cinema is still considered by most to be the most popular means of storytelling, it is crucial to ask whether it m........ this reputation. | merits |
| I think we’re just at the point of cutting out everyone in our v............ | vicinity |
| If the camera p.......... across to a particular object, you can be sure that the object is due to appear again later. | pans |
| ‘The Phantom Menace’ is a p............ to ‘Star Wars’. | prequel |
| As a bonus the p............is improved by the use of well-known actors. | publicity |
| If newspapers are written like academic essays, it p....... readers ....... | puts ..... off |
| By the middle of the century we may have created intelligent machines that m.... us ............ | make .... redundant |
| She’s writing a s............ to her first novel. | sequel |
| Cinema, it seems, is currently s............. ...... a whirlwind of big action films with scene after scene of incredible special effects that wow the audience. | stuck in |
| It is up to Europe to t....... ..... ...... m......... of leadership in environmental issues. | take on the mantle |
| Recently many people have t...... t..... video games. | turned to |
| In storytelling, a monotonous voice is pretty un.......... | unappealing |
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shirley jaldin
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