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Advisor:

Gabriel Mrquez

SCORE:

Date: __________

Students name: ______________________________________________

Part A: Write down a brief definition of the following movie genres.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

(30%)

Comedy: ___________________________________________________________________
Romance: __________________________________________________________________
Science fiction: _____________________________________________________________
Horror: ____________________________________________________________________
Action: ____________________________________________________________________
Fantasy: ___________________________________________________________________

Part B: Rewrite these sentences into their correct order.

(20%)

1. is / Stephen / writes / writer / books / a / King / who / horror /. /

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2. series / TV / 25 years / has / it / that / Simpsons / on / is /. / been / TV / a / for /
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Part C: Write down a brief composition about a book you have read and explain what you liked so
much. (20%)
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Part D: Translate into Spanish the following utterances about three Hollywood stars and their movie
performance.

(30%)

1. Johnny Depp is known as a modern pirate, because of his role as Jack Sparrow in The Pirates
of the Caribbean._____________________________________________________________
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2. Kristen Steward the cutest vampire ever in her role as Bella Swan in Twilight. _____________
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3. Christian Bale a dark knight superhero as his role as Batman in The Batman Trilogy. ________
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Advisor:

Gabriel Mrquez

Date: __________

Students name: ______________________________________________

Part A: Multiple choice, circle the correct term of each definition.

(30%)

1. A story which is characterized by having supernatural beings, monsters, and royalty, also
magic is a common feature in these films or novels.
A) Science fiction
B) Comedy
C) Romance
D) Fantasy
2. A remarkable writer in the horror genre with Best Sellers such as: Under the Dome, The
Perfect Storm, and The Secret Window.
A) Stephen King
B) J.K. Rowling
C) Tom Clancy
D) J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Something that is no normal as it should be or expect is also called.
A) Odd
B) Terrible
C) Unusual
D) Ridiculous
Part B: Matching, link the words in column A with the correct synonym in column B, two are left.
(20%)
A

Fabulous
Horrible

Remarkable
Bizarre

Strange
Stupid

Outstanding
Perfect
Awful
Silly

Part C: Complete the following statements with the correct form of the participles as adjectives.
(20%)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Yesterdays soccer match was __________________.

Emma is _____________________ in taking a cooking course.
Im ______________________ by the new Transformers movie.
Uncle James thinks that racing cars are __________________.
Metal rock music is really __________________.

(boring / bored)
(interesting / interested)
(fascinating / fascinated)
(amusing / amused)
(annoying / annoyed

Part D: Read the following article then number the statements in chronological order from 1 (first
SCORE:
event) to 6 (last event).
(20%)

Angelina Jolie, born June 4, 1975), is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, and
author. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three
Golden Globe Awards. She has been cited as the world's "most beautiful" woman by various
media outlets.
Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get
Out (1982), but her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget
production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in the cyber-thriller
Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George
Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for
her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).
Jolie achieved wide fame after her portrayal of the video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
(2001), and established herself among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood with the sequel The Cradle
of Life (2003). She continued her action star career with Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010)
and The Tourist (2010), and had her biggest commercial success with the fantasy film Maleficent (2014).
Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie now lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a
relationship notable for fervent media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three biological children and three
adopted children.

She became in the portrayal of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Rider______
She won an academy award for Best Supporting Actress in the drama Girl, Interrupted____
She lives with the actor Brat Pitt and have six children______
She acted in the humble production Cyborg 2_______
She has her biggest commercial success with fantasy film Maleficent_______
she divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton _______

Part E: Complete the following text about a movie using the correct relative clause. (10%)
This story is about a man _______ is a musician during the WWII. His country is invaded by Nazis
_______ forced him to work, he managed to escape and see how the cities _________ were
destroyed by the army are ghost towns; he get hidden into a house where is helped by a man
________ is a Nazi but share with him food. At the end he is found by the Russian army _______ at
first confused him with a German and he now is able to return his home.
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Advisor:

Gabriel Mrquez

Date: __________

Students name: ______________________________________________

Part A: Read the following profiles and help people by recommending a good movie for them
according their preferences
(30%)
I recommend you to watch ___________________________
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I suggest____________________________________________
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Part B: Choose the correct response for each statement; more than one choice is suitable
so select more than one but no the incorrect ones. (25%)
1. Golf video games are too _______________ for playing.
A) Odd
B) Terrible
C) Accurate
D) Popular
2. Sitcoms are so _______________; for that reason they become popular.
A) Strange
B) Funny
C) Bizarre
D) Marvelous
3. J.R.R. Tolkien books are about ________________ medieval kingdoms.
A) Fantastic
B) Renascent
C) Magical
D) Exciting
4. Horror films get characterized for presenting ________________ scenarios.
A) Horrible
B) Dumb
C)Creepy
D) Silly
5. Jim Carrey became so popular for playing ________________ roles.
A) Disgusting
B) Silly
C) Unusual
D) Weird
Part C: Explain in a brief text what book you read and excited you, was totally destroyed in the big
screen and why, if you dont have a book use a carton, TV series, comic book or anyway .

(15%)

Name_________________________________________________
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Part D: Work with a partner and perform a scene or mini dialog of a movie and try to be as credible
as you can. Write the name of the characters and the utterances.
A) ___________________________________________________________________________

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Part E: You are given the name of the movie stars you will look for the movies played for that stars
and write down the name of the film next to the actor or actress then using your criteria assign the
genre of all the movies. (10%)
Z

Emma Watson
Chris Evans
Cameron Diaz
Amy Adams
Tom Cruise
Christian Bale