Unit Test 7 | Group A

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

LISTENING GRAMMAR
1 [Track 08] You will hear a conversation about a film 4 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
festival. Listen and decide if the statements 1−5 are 0 ‘Don’t watch this film, it’s scary,’ Sara told Anna.
true (T) or false (F). Sara warned Anna not to watch that film as it was
T F scary.
1 Rosie has worked for the Reel Life 1 ‘I binge-watched this box set last week,’ Pete told his
festival before. dad.
Pete confessed to his dad that __________________
2 The Art Council told Rosie the number
___________________________________________.
of documentaries to show.
2 ‘I’m watching a new DVD,’ Steve told me.
3 Film-makers were asked to apply for
Steve explained that __________________________
the festival online.
___________________________________________.
4 Rosie wanted to show films nobody
3 ‘You must tidy up all these books.’
had seen before.
She told us _________________________________
5 Ervin Rostami sent his film directly to
___________________________________________.
Rosie.
4 ‘I’ll call you later, I’m watching a film now.’
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He said that _________________________________
___________________________________________.
VOCABULARY 5 ‘Don’t forget to learn the lines for the audition next week.’
2 Choose the correct option to complete the She told me _________________________________
sentences. ___________________________________________.
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0 And tonight on Channel Seven, it’s the little- / long- /
well- awaited season finale of True Detective. 5 Report the questions.
1 Did you see that film last night? It was meaningful /
shocking / sophisticated how violent it was. 0 ‘Why didn’t you go to the cinema yesterday?’
2 She has a unique / viral / definitive talent – there’s Kate’s mum wanted to know why she hadn’t gone to
absolutely no-one else like her in the world. the cinema the day before.
3 He’s a good actor, his performance certainly leaves / 1 ‘Did you get the tickets?’
takes / speaks to me. They kept ___________________________________
4 She got her first bit / break / take playing a child in a ___________________________________________.
historical drama series. 2 ‘Where are you going tonight?’
5 I find her art very hard to understand – it’s profound / She wanted _________________________________
puzzling / realistic to me why she’s so popular. ___________________________________________.
___ / 5 3 ‘Can you tell me where the Opera House is, please?’
He asked ___________________________________
3 Complete the text with the missing words. The first ___________________________________________.
letters are given. 4 ‘When will the first episode be on the TV?’
They wanted ________________________________
We went to see an 0 eagerly awaited performance in our ___________________________________________.
college last night. Well, I must say I was extremely 5 ‘Have you told Mary about the exhibition tomorrow?’
impressed by the performance we saw. I don’t think I’ve He asked ___________________________________
ever seen such a young 1 c___________ of actors connect ___________________________________________.
with their audience like that. I know they have been working ___ / 5
very hard to prepare for the play and have had
2 r___________ almost every day. It was certainly worth all

that effort. I thought that Marco, who played the

3 p___________ of the father, was particularly good. He

managed to express a lot of emotion in what was quite a

challenging 4 r___________. I spoke to some of the actors
after they came off 5 s___________ at the end of their
performance – they said that they were very tired, but very
happy with how things had gone.

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USE OF ENGLISH READING
6 Complete the text with the correct form of the words 8 Read the article. For questions 1–5, choose
in the box. There is one extra word. the correct answer A, B, C or D.

art atmosphere criticism exhibit install politics Choose what you view
worth Nowadays entertainment is everywhere – from subscription
streaming services and YouTube to huge numbers of
This week I went with my colleague Joe to see an terrestrial and satellite TV stations. There are more choices
0 exhibition of modern art. There were a number of than ever before about what we watch and how we watch it.
paintings on, all of which were by little-known artists rather 24 hours a day we can find big-budget blockbuster movies,
than anyone famous. Joe is a professional art a box-set to binge-watch or little-known but hilarious
1 ___________ and he showed me a collection of paintings comedies. On-demand content means that we can go online
by an artist he admired. He told me that the 2 ___________ and download every eagerly-awaited award-winning series
skills needed to create some of the paintings was amazing. in a matter of seconds. But what if we could actually make
In addition, through the subject matter, the artist had made choices about the contents of those programmes, not just
a number of serious 3 ___________ points. I then saw a how we consume them? What if we could watch a drama
painting I liked and asked Joe what he thought about it. He and decide what happens next? We wouldn’t just be
wasn’t impressed. He told me that it was basically viewers; we would interact with story as it went on. That’s
4
___________ and, although it looked quite nice, the style the ideas behind interactive TV, which is a concept that’s
was simple, and the painting was boring and not at all becoming more and more popular on streaming services
creative. I was quite shocked. I thought it was rather such as Netflix.
5 ___________ and would look nice on my living room wall. Programme makers have realised that the viewing audience
want their drama to be more thought-provoking. They have
___ / 5 also realised that fans have very strong feelings about how
the stories progress. Nowadays many people use social
7 Complete the second sentence using the word in media to comment on TV programmes. They mainly do this
bold so that it means the same as the first one. Do by offering criticism in real-time on Twitter, or posting
not change the word in bold. Use no more than five spoilers after watching a new episode of a popular series. In
words including the word in bold. some situations, viewers go online to demand that whole
0 ‘And another thing – I think this book is awful!’, Paul episodes or series are remade because they didn’t like what
said. happened!
ADDED Some programme makers have decided to use the same
Paul added that he thought the book was awful. forms of technology to help them to tell the stories that
1 I don’t really think his career will develop much. viewers want to watch. By tapping a touchscreen or swiping
NOTHING a smartphone, viewers of modern interactive TV
I think his career will ________________________, programmes can choose different options which affect the
unfortunately. outcome of a plot. For example, deciding where a character
2 This art project is a huge flop. We have to start again. sits on a train could mean that they meet the love of their
SQUARE life, or in another version end up losing their job. While this
This art project is a huge flop. We have to creativity appeals to many viewers, there are those who
________________________ one. question how effective it is in telling a story. Deciding on the
3 ‘I can’t believe there are so many spoilers in this review,’ next outcome sounds like fun, but it can mean that
the boy said. entertainment becomes more like hard work. It’s certainly
COMPLAINED harder to work out what going on when a programme
The boy ________________________ so many spoilers constantly stops and starts.
in the review. However, it seems like we will soon see a lot more
4 ‘I think the film will be terrible,’ said Emma. interactive programming on our screens. Interactive TV in its
PREDICTED basic form – where viewers can choose what happens next
Emma ________________________ be terrible. via phone voting – has been around for several decades.
5 This piece of art really makes you think. The difference with modern technology is that it has cut
GETS down the amount of time it takes to adapt content. Changes
This piece of art really ________________________. can happen in real-time, as a programme is broadcast live.
___ / 5 Streaming also allows for this interactivity in a way
traditional broadcasters couldn’t make possible. Also, most
viewers have mobile screens in their hands making the
whole process seem more spontaneous.

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So, why the sudden interest from TV companies? Making
an interactive drama takes longer, and costs more money
because the cast have to act out all the possible parallel
choices. But viewers are likely to watch a programme more
than once to see if they can reveal different endings. And
that means more money from advertisers. Interestingly
enough there are also some critics who point out that it is
the viewers themselves who might be controlled. They claim
that, as you make choices within a story, it will give your
streaming service lots of personal information – your
preferences in music, clothing and products. In the end, it
could be the viewer who is on display.

1 In the first paragraph, the writer

A suggests that viewers spend more time watching TV.
B TV programmes are more expensive to make.
C TV programmes are better quality than in the past.
D people want to help change the programmes they
watch.
2 In paragraph two, the author is
A explaining why people reveal the endings of films
online.
B describing how fans can change the plots of films.
C explaining how viewers engage with TV.
D presenting the effect of social media on programme
making.
3 What does the author think about interactive TV and
storylines?
A Viewers often don’t understand how the process
works.
B Viewers prefer it when choices are limited.
C Viewers might feel that the plot is hard to follow.
D Viewers are likely to stop watching after a while.
4 How have changes to streaming technology helped
interactive TV become popular?
A It has become easier and faster.
B It allows people to comment on content.
C It allows for more live TV programmes.
D It has allowed for more choice of programmes.
5 Why do some people think that interactive TV isn’t such
a positive thing?
A It affects the creativity of TV companies.
B It’s being used to collect data about the viewers.
C It has more advertising than other TV.
D It takes longer to watch.
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WRITING
9 Do the exam task.

Napisz artykuł z recenzją filmu lub serialu telewizyjnego,

który opowiada o życiu młodych ludzi. Przedstaw jego
fabułę i wyraź opinię na temat gry aktorskiej.

Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów i spełniać

wszystkie wymogi typowe dla formy wskazanej w poleceniu.

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TOTAL ___ / 50

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