School: Name: Date Unit4:
8th Grade
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Songs and Films
CLASSIFICATION:
Class:
Enc. Educação: _________________________ Teacher: Teacher: _________________________
I – Reading Comprehension Comprehension A. Read the text text care carefully fully..
Miranda Cosgrove
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Miran Miranda da Cosgr Cosgrov ovee is one one of TV’s TV’s most popula popular r actresses. She is best known for her starring role in the Nickelodeon Channel’s Channel’s sitcom iCarly. iCarly. She also has a sing singin ing g care career er and and rele releas ased ed her her first first stud studio io albu album, m, Sparks Fly, Fly, in pril, !"#". She considers education ver$ important and is currentl$ home schooled. Miran Miranda da was born born in %os ngeles ngeles,, Califo Californi rniaa on Ma$ #&, #''(. She grew up there and was discovered b$ a local talent agent at the age of three. She started out in television commercials and modelling. modelling. t the age of ten, she got her first acting role in the film School of Rock with with the actor )ack *lack. +t was a blockbuster and Miranda did a great ob portra$ing portra$ing the role of the band manager. fter fter that her ne-t maor role was as Megan arker, /rake’s $ounger sister, on the Nickelodeon kids’ TV show Drake show Drake and Josh. Josh. The show was successful and ran for four seasons. 0hen the show Drake show Drake and Josh ended, Josh ended, Miranda’s Miranda’s career didn’t stop. She alread$ had plans for her own Nickelodeon show called iCarly. iCarly. iCarly 1uickl$ iCarly 1uickl$ became one of the most popular teen shows on TV. 2n the show Miranda3s character, Carl$, hosts and produces her own online show where all sorts of funn$ stuff happens. She was also the voice of Margo in the animated film Despicable film Despicable Me Me. www.ducksters.com www.ducksters.com 4abridged and adapted5 4accessed in )anuar$ !"#65
B. Find the synonyms for the following between lines 13 and 18.
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1. successful film: ___________ _________________ ______ 2. important: ____ _______ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ___ 3. finished: 3. finished: ______ _________ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __
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C. Mar the statements !r"e #!$% False #F$ or Im&ossible to 'now #I'$. ("ote from the te)t to correct the false ones. (5x 2%=10)
1. Sparks Fly is a film.
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3. She lived in Los Angeles when she was young.
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4. Her father works in Hollywood.
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5. Her first film was School of Rock .
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*. +nswer the ,"estions abo"t the te)t. (4x 5%=20)
1. hat can Miranda do! ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. hen and how did she "egin her career! _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ 3. hat is iCarly ! _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ 4. #o you think it is easy for kids to "e actors! hy! 2
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II – Vocabulary Knowledge A. Com&lete the sentences with a s"itable word. (5x 2%=10)
1. A _____________________________ is a successful film. 2. A film a"out life in the future is a _____________________________ film. 3. Steven Spiel"erg is a very famous film _________________________ . He tells the actors what to do on the set. 4.
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______________________________ . 5. A ___________________________ actor is the person who has got the most important role in a film.
III – Grammar +. Com&lete the sentences with the correct modal -erbs according to the meaning in bracets. (5x 3%=15)
1. $he actress is speaking in %rench "ecause she _______________________ speak %rench &uite well. 'ability( 2. ________________________ it "e possi"le to have some more tea! ' polite request( 3. e ___________________________ make noise on a film set. 'prohibition( 4. $his ___________________________ "e Miranda)s mother* she looks e+actly like her, 'deduction( 5. hen he was young he ___________________________ participate in any casting "ecause he was really shy, ' ipossibility(
B. Com&lete these Conditional Sentences with the Present Simple or the Future. 3
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1. -f my friend ___________________ 'need( help for the casting* -)ll certainly help him. 2.
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I – Written Expression
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