2020 - 1st Integration Teens VI Use of English

SEMI-OPEN CLOZE - Read and fill in the gaps with one suitable word from the box on the right. There are some extra words in the box. Albert Finney was born 1) on 9 May 1936, in Salford, Manchester, England in a working-class household to Alice (née Hobson) and Albert Finney, Sr. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. 2) In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory 3)where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. 4) A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Finney understudied Laurence Olivier at Stratford-upon-Avon, eventually acquiring a reputation as 'the new Olivier'. He first came to critical attention 5) by creating the title role in Keith Waterhouse's "Billy Liar" on the London stage. His film debut soon followed with The Entertainer (1960) by Tony Richardson with whom he 6)had earlier worked in the theatre. His exuberant defining role, however, was in the bawdy period romp Tom Jones (1963) in 7)which Finney revealed a substantial talent for comedy.By 1965, Finney had branched out into production, setting up Memorial Enterprises in conjunction with Michael Medwin. In 1968, he directed 8)himself in Charlie Bubbles (1968) and three years later produced the Chandleresque homage Gumshoe (1971), in which he also starred as Eddie Ginley, a bingo-caller 9)who dreams of becoming a private eye. His roles 10)have ranged from Ebenezer Scrooge in the musical version of Scrooge (1970) and Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (1974) to a totally believable Winston Churchill in the acclaimed The gathering storm (2002). 11)His final movie credit was in the James Bond thriller Skyfall (2012).Finney never won the Academy Award for Best Actor, 12)despite being nominated for it almost as many times as Leonardo DiCaprio. He won two BAFTA Awards in 1961 and 2004. True to his working-class roots, he rejected a knighthood in 2000, explaining his decision by stating 13)that the 'Sir thing' "slightly perpetuates one of our diseases in England, 14)which is snobbery". Albert Finney 15)was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2011. He died on February 7 2019 at a London hospital from a chest infection at the age of 82. Upon his death, John Cleese described him as "our greatest actor".- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis MULTIPLE-CHOICE CLOZE. Read and write according to the most appropriate answer. Sophie’s top 3 favorite movies:One of my favorite movies is “The Long Way Up”. The movie is about 1) an ambitious girl who lives in Nebraska and is interested in acting, so she leaves her house to travel to San Francisco, where she wants to 2) follow a career in cinema. At the end of the movie, she gets a 3) role in a movie that is a success in the 4) box office. The movie is well directed and the 5) screenplay is excellent.Another one of my favorite movies is “The Man Who Knew Too Much”. This one is about a man who one day is doing the shopping and he hears a man talking on his phone about a drug deal. He becomes so interested that he follows him outside. Strange and horrible revelations take place. The movie is based on a 6) page-turner by a famous Canadian writer which I also recommend.My favorite movie, however, is “Put your Pencil Down”. The movie is about a teacher who makes all his students angry by making 7) tactless jokes that nobody likes. The students 8) make the decision to do a prank on their teacher to get revenge. The teacher then has to 9) attend a course on racism and sexism. At the end of the movie the teacher becomes more 10) open-minded and has a better relationship with his students.Update:During this quarantine, I have watched Uncut Gems. The 11) castwas promising because Adam Sandler was part of it, but don't waste your time! It's the story of 12) an arrogant and bad-tempered jewish guy who constantly breaks the law, gets annoyed because his customers break the rules and never owns his mistakes. Mind you, nothing ever happens.However, yesterday I watched Lost Bullet. It's a French movie - my first one. The movie is about a genius mechanic with a criminal past who is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is murdered by dirty cops. Lino - the protagonist - shows how 13) determined he is by transforming cars, investigating by himself and risking his life in order to find justice. Certainly a 14) gripping story! I just couldn't stop watching! 1) an ambitious a pushy a patient 2) follow chase purchase 3) screenplay role gig 4) turnout blockbuster box-office 5) screenplay blockbuster cast 6) blockbuster page-turner turnout 7) easy going tactless assertive 8) do get make 9) sit attend do 10) big-headed stubborn open-minded 11. cast screenplay blockbuster 12. a down-to-earth a gifted and narrow-minded an arrogant and bad-tempered 13. pushy determined self-confident 14. spectacular realistic gripping