SHORT TEST 12 A Unit 12

1 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are more words than you need.

gallery admission fence radical misunderstood factory urban property entertainment centre dull

0 They've just opened a new art gallery in my town.

1 So-called graffiti artists break the law when they spray paint other people's private ________________.

2 Some politicians prefer to sit on the ________________ on such controversial issues as artistic merit of graffiti.

3 I didn't pay anything to get in. The ________________ was free.

4 Critics say that the exhibition was ________________ and didn't offer anything creative.

5 The only place where I tolerate graffiti are old ________________ walls and other buildings which are not in use.

6 I know that many great artists were ________________ by the public but I still think that graffiti isn't art.

7 Our local government has spent so much money on the new ________________ trains and look, they're all covered in ugly graffiti.

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2 Complete the sentences with the synonyms of the words from brackets. The lines show you how many letters you need to use.

0 It was the best t h r i l l e r (a film that tells an exciting story about a crime) I've seen in years.

1 Do you really want to see that film? Have you read the v (a newspaper article giving opinions about, for example, a new film)?

2 The o (conversations in a film) in his latest film is terrible.

3 Who r (played) in that film?

4 I must say that the c (people that actors play in a film) were completely predictable.

5 That Hollywood p (a film telling the story of someone's life) earned $25 million during the first week.

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capital letters.

0 There are five musicians in the band. MUSIC

1 That concert was _____________________. We still remember every detail of that evening. FORGET

2 Why on earth did I decide to go and see that film? It was completely _____________________ and I couldn't understand the ending. INTEREST

3 I loved the exhibition in that museum. It was so _____________________ and cleverly organised. IMAGINE

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4 Complete the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original sentences.

0 `I'm an opera fan.' The boy said that he was an opera fan .

1 `None of my friends have seen the play.'
My mother said ______________________________________________________.

2 `Our son goes to the cinema very often.'
My neighbours told us ______________________________________________________.

3 `They filmed the western in Texas.'
The film critic said ______________________________________________________.

4 `We're showing the documentary only in small cinemas.'
The producers said ______________________________________________________.

5 `The artists will come to our school on Monday.'
The teacher told them ______________________________________________________.

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