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A VISIT TO THE CINEMA
Fiona and I went to the __1__ the other day to see ‘Devil’ at the
Odeon. The __2__ by the Daily Express __3__ was good, and we
decided to go to the 8 o’clock __4__ When I arrived, Fiona was waiting
for me in the __5__, looking at a __6__ for ‘Devil’ on the wall. We
went into the __7__ and sat down. I don’t like to be too close to the
__8__ and I usually sit in the back __9__ if possible, and I prefer a seat
on the __10__ so I can stretch my legs. Before the main film there was
a Mickey Mouse __11__ then a __12__ for the following week’s film.
‘Devil’ was a __13__ film and I was quite terrified, but Fiona thought
it was funny.
1.
A) cinema
B) pub
C) picnic
D) theater
2.
A) foyer
B) show
C) repetition
D) review
3.
A) yard
B) trailer
C) critic
D) performance
4.
A) film
B) action
C) critic
D) performance
5.
A) foyer
B) living room C) aisle
D) office
6.
A) picture
B) poster
C) screen
D) mirror
7.
A) office
B) home
C) auditorium
D) saloon
8.
A) foyer
B) screen
C) mirror
D) review
9.
A) row
B) sit
C) auditorium
D) yard
10. A) foyer
B) screen
C) aisle
D) review
11. A) cinema
B) cartoon
C) critic
D) film
12. A) trailer
B) repetition
C) show
D) artist
13. A) trailer
B) comedy
C) thriller
D) horror
A FILM REVIEW
Marlon Brando is a superb actor and in ‘On the Waterfront’ he
gave his finest __1__. It is his best-known __2__. The __3__ also
included Eva Marie Saint and Karl Maiden and the film’s __4__, Elia
Kazan, never made a better film. Parts of the film were shot in the
__5__ in Hollywood, but a lot was made on __6__ in the streets of
New York, which makes it at times like a __7__. The critics loved the
film but it was not only a __8__ success. It was a great __9__ success
as well, and made an enormous profit. The __10__ is about a young
man’s attempt to be a boxing champion.
1.
A) performance
B) action
C) critical
D) plot
2.
A) comedy
B) role
C) film
D) play
3.
A) performance
B) documentary
C) critics
D) cast
4.
A) player
B) actor
C) plot
D) director
5.
A) location
B) home office C) studio
D) box office
6.
A) location
B) role
C) studio
D) box office
7.
A) performance
B) documentary
C) critical
D) trailer
8.
A) perform
B) role
C) critical
D) cast
9.
A) location
B) auditorium
C) studio
D) box office
10. A) location
B) role
C) plot
D) director
MEDICAL STAFF AND PATIENTS
Match each of these people with the correct definition below.
1.
an ordinary doctor
2.
someone who looks after sick people in hospital
3.
person who helps people with mental problems
4.
sick person receiving treatment
5.
sick person who has to stay in hospital
6.
sick person who has to visit the hospital regularly for treatment
7.
someone who operates on sick people
8.
person badly injured in an accident, fire, war
9.
person who helps at the birth of a- baby
10. person who studies to be a doctor
11. person who specializes in one area of medical treatment
A) patient
B) psychiatrist
C) in-patient
D) specialist
E) casualty
F) out-patient
G) surgeon
H) nurse
I) midwife
J) medical student
K) general practitioner
DOCTORS’ SURGERIES AND HOSPITALS
When I go to the doctor, I tell the __1__ my name and take a seat
in the __2__ room. My doctor is very busy so I have to make a(an)
__3__ before I go to see him. He asks me what’s wrong with me, I tell
him the __4__ of my illness, for example high temperature, difficulty
in breathing, or pains, and then he will usually __5__ me. He’ll listen
to my heart with his __6__, he’ll hold my wrist to feel my __7__, he’ll
take my __8__ with his __9__. The problem is usually something
simple and he might give me a __10__ for some medicine, which I
take to the __11__. Of course, if I needed more serious __12__, I’d
have to go to hospital. There I’d be put in a bed in a(an) __13__ with
10 or 20 other people. If there were something seriously wrong with
me, I might need a(an) __14__.
1.
A) receptionist
B) chemist
C) ward
D) appointment
2.
A) operation
B) ward
C) waiting
D) examine
3.
A) agreement
B) attempt
C) speech
D) appointment
4.
A) treatments B) pulse
C) symptoms
D) prescription
5.
A) operate
B) bill
C) treat
D) examine
6.
A) periscope
B) pulse
C) symptom
D) stethoscope
7.
A) skin
B) pulse
C) symptoms
D) blood
8.
A) pulse
B) temperature C) blood
D) heart
9.
A) meter
B) barometer
C) thermometer
D) kilometer
10. A) prescription
B) bill
C) receipt
D) medicine
11. A) receptionist
B) chemist
C) biologist
D) therapist
12. A) treatment
B) threat
C) symptom
D) stethoscope
13. A) operation room
B) ward
C) waiting room
D) dormitory
14. A) operation
B) receipt
C) prescription D) examining
Book 2 Part B
Everyday Vocabulary
