Final Test – Summer Semester, 2020

                          English For Directors and Dramaturgs, 1st year


Name:

Date:                                    NOTE! Any exam sent to us after 8 pm will receive an F ☹


FUTURE TENSE
 1. Write a short phrase using will, be going to or present simple on the line to complete each
sentence. If more than one form is correct, write all possibilities.

a)    (I / come) into the office on Saturday morning if you like, Pete.




b)    What (wear / you) at the party tonight?


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c)    From the look of things, (it / snow) later today.


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d)   (Jenny / find) a job easily when she graduates?


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e)    It looks like (some people / make) redundant quite soon.


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f)     What time (the train / leave) on Saturday?


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g)    Look out! (You/crash) into that car.



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h)   A: Where (we/spend) the night? B: Cardiff. I´ve already booked a hotel room.


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i)     We´re lost. (I/stop) and ask the way.


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j)      What does a blonde say when she sees a banana skin lying several metres in front of her? –
Oh, dear! I (slip)!




READING COMPREHENSION

Sick Cities
 1. What helps a disease to spread in a city nowadays?

(l. 25-43, 1st page of the text)




 2. What does the number 788 refer to? According to the text. (pg.1)



 3. What is legionnaires' disease? (1st paragraph, pg.3)



 4. Find a word in the text for:


-          “a person or a thing responsible for a problem or crime.“ (l. 30 – 42, pg. 3) =
____________


-          “likely to be affected by something“(l. 10 – 20, pg. 1) = _________



-          “an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as
in a town or city.“ (l. 0-10, pg. 4) = __________







Eroticism – Anne Bogart

1.       Why didn´t Anne Bogart see the other paintings in the museum? (pg. 1)



2. According to James Joyce, what is the difference between static and kinetic art? (pg. 2, l.
12-25)



3. What does the author mean by the “call to adventure“ (last paragraph, pg.2)


4. Find a word in the text for:



“a distant view or prospect, especially  one seen through some opening, avenue or a passage/ a
far-reaching mental view.“ (pg. 2, l. 0-10) ___________- in plural


“something that is predictable and cannot be avoided“ (l. 5-10, pg.3) - ______________


“fight or struggle“ (l. 5-11, pg.2)  - ___________


Casting

1.       What does the author mean by “Do not antagonize any of them.“ (pg. 2 – “Rejections“)




2.       Why are “social considerations“ important when casting? (pg. 1 –“Is casting important?“)




3.       What are the cons of typecasting? (pg. 1 - “Typecasting“)




4.       Find a word in the text for:


“ a premonition or suspiscion; guess“ (page 2 – “Making your choice“) - _____________


“to withstand, strive against, or oppose“ (pg.1 – “Deciding what you want“)

–_____________


“in the same way, each to the other“ (pg.2, l. 15-22) - ____________