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Complete the sentences below with the correct word or phrase. Use each word or phrase once only.

in spite otv.

1    jAłfhSfiSk. my brother likes violent Computer games, he is not an aggressive person.

2    Mum only lets him play for one hour

each day,................all his protests.

However While,.’••

3    My friends hate the theatre. ...............I think it's great.

4    ................I can't afford to go to

the theatre very often, I often watch plays on the TV.

also too ‘ -•.

S We're going to see the new musical - are you Corning................?

■ 6 We're going to a museum tomorrow

and we're................hoping to visit

an art gallery, if we have time.

so as

7    The film had great reviews ................I decided to see it.

8    I courdńYfollow the plot very weU- -

................I'd missed the beginning

of the film.

neither either

9    ................ of my parents knows

much about modern art.

10    I don't think................of them

ever studied Art at school.

Despite Neverthelesś 37

11    The actors gave a great

performance................. the play

did not get very good revie\vs.

12    ................all their efforts, llie

actors could not stop the producer from dosing the theatre.

El Lexical dozę

Rcad the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fi ts each space. There Is an example at the beginning (0).

0 A lead B force C guide D make

MOVIEVlOLENCE -

Some people think that movies can (0) ,P. people violent. (1)___,

I don't agree. I just don't believe that nice people become villains

after (2)_a film. Have any of your friends changed (3) —

personality after watching a James Bond movie? I'm surę they haven'ł!

In the early dąys of the dnema, critics (4)____that movies were

immoral and that they would destróy society. Teachers used to

(S)_their students from watching gangster films. They said

the students would all become gangsters (6) — they stopped watching (7)__violent films immediately! .

Things haven't altered a (8)__deal sińce then; people still

be!ieve that movies make people violent (9) — months ago, our newspapers were fuli of (10)about a violent criminal.

This criminal (11) a .terrible crime. Some reporters said the

man had become violent (12)__of watching a video callcd

Rambo. But it was latef revealed that the man didn't own a video player and had probably never (13) — seen Rambo.

I agree we need rules about what can be shown in the cinema. But I hope th6 day never comes when we can (14) — longer see gangster movies and action films (15) — /ames Bond in our dnemas.    •

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1	A Despite	B Although	C However	O Even though
2	A looking	B glimpsing	C glancing	D watching
3	A a	B their	C the	D his
4	A said	B told	C nieant	D proposed
5	A discourage	B persuade	C insist	D ;deny
6	A unless	B provided	C if	D on condition
7	O (A <	B this	C such	O. such a
8	A large	B huge	C great	D big
9	A Some	B Few	C Little	O Much
10	A histories	B stories	C legends	D myths
11	A madę	B achieved	C acted	O commilted
12	A as a result	B owing	C due	O for
13	A just	B even	C only	D ańer
14	A any	B much	C not	O no
15	A as	B such	C similar	D like

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