MiniMatura Unit 7

Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
Total: ___/50

LISTENING 3 You shouldn’t blame yourself for the

failure of the new play.
1 TRACK 8 Listen to five speakers. For
sentences A–F choose speaker 1–5. You shouldn’t b____________
Put a [X] in the right place in the
y____________ u____________
table. There is one extra sentence.
because the new play failed.
A The speaker is surprised by the
popularity of online videos. 4 The main guitar player of the group has
B The speaker saves time by watching
decided to quit.
online videos.
C The speaker needs to watch online The l____________ g____________ of
videos for their job.
the group has decided to quit.
D The speaker wishes they didn’t watch
so many online videos.
5 That film was so scary that I couldn’t
E The speaker comments on other
people’s online behaviour. stop being afraid for hours.
F The speaker admits that they
That film was so scary that it took hours for the
sometimes steal ideas from online
videos. fear to w____________ o____________.
_____/5
3 Complete the sentences with the
words in the box. There are three
_____/5 extra words.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR reviews part connected
fiancé imagination identical
2 Complete the second sentence so
attention ridiculous cast
that it has a similar meaning to the
first. The first letters have been Although the film had great reviews, it
given. wasn’t very popular with the public.
We plan to enrol in a service which 1 The ___________ of the play included
offers discounts on cinema tickets.
several very famous actors.
We plan to sign up for a service which
offers discounts on cinema tickets. 2 My great aunt never married after

1 If you hope to begin working as an her____________ died in the war.

actor, you should go to a lot of 3 This show is ideal for people with a

auditions. short ____________ span because it’s

If you plan to s_________ o__________ as an made up of two-minute skits.

actor, you should go to a lot of auditions. 4 This novel leaves a lot to the
_____________. It doesn’t explain why
2 How many people watched the final
or how everything happened.
episode of the show?
How many v____________ did the first 5 The young actor is nervous about
playing the ____________ of Hamlet in
episode of the show have? the new production.
_____/5

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MiniMatura Unit 7
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Total: ___/50

4 Complete the sentences with one Annie asked me __________________

word in each gap. Use Reported
a film to watch with her boyfriend.
Speech.
5 “Has your father used that product
Helen pointed out that I was wrong.
before?” the man asked Hank.
1 Betty was very surprised when Ivan told
___________ that she was the winner. The man asked Hank ______________
2 The couple explained to the press that ________________that product before.
they ___________ going to move to a
bigger house in Hollywood. _____/5

3 Angie claimed that she ___________ USE OF ENGLISH

never been to the USA before.
4 Ann suggested organising a party the 6 Complete the text with the correct
___________ weekend as she had no form of the words in the box. There
other plans. are two extra words.

5 Patrick said that he ___________ play encourage entertain distract

the trumpet well. Then he added he enhance permit create memory
was a talented guitarist, too.
_____/5 AUDITIONS
If you are a major star in the entertainment
5 Complete the second sentence so
that it has a similar meaning to the industry, you probably get a lot of offers to
first. Use Reported Speech. appear in films and plays. If you aren't a
“Who do you want to be in the future?” star, you will have to go to auditions.
the teacher asked us.
The teacher asked us who we wanted Going to an audition is like having a job
to be in the future. interview, so be professional. If you have a
1 “Will you sing in the school concert?” I copy of the script, you could
asked Monica. 1
_______________ the lines you are
I asked Monica ___________________ going to say so everyone knows you are
______________in the school concert. prepared. Don't be late, and bring your CV
2 “Mum, please don't change channels!” and a few photos.
Mike said. Try to ignore all of the 2______________
Mike asked his mum ______________ around you like noises, changing lights
_______________________ channels. and other people talking, and just
3 “Where did you all meet on Monday concentrate on your role.
evening?” my brother asked.
Don't be afraid to ask for 3_____________
My brother asked me _____________
to start again if you mess up or get totally
_______________ on Monday evening.
lost. Don’t expect any 4______________
4 “Please help me choose a film to watch
from those who are watching your
with my boyfriend,” Annie asked me.
audition. You’ll find out what they

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MiniMatura Unit 7
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
Total: ___/50

thought when you learn whether or not E Watch your favourite programmes
anytime
you got the role. So when you have
F Lots of programmes – nothing worth
finished, just thank everyone, go home watching
and wait for news. Maybe it will be the THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION
big break you’ve been waiting for! 1 _____
Television has changed a lot since the
_____/4
days when there were only two or three
7 Translate the phrases in brackets. channels to choose from. People were
Use no more than six words. happy with that because there was
I need a new (parę okularów) pair of nothing else but, with the introduction of
videos and later, the Internet, television
glasses.
needed to offer something better. At
1 Pauline asked her agent (czy wygrała) first, this was done by satellite or cable
companies offering hundreds of
_____________________ the audition.
channels for a monthly fee.
2 I tried to do some research about that Unfortunately, many of these were poorly
made and often more time was spent
actor, but it turns out that (informacje
changing channels trying to find
były błędne) _____________________. something interesting to watch than
actually watching something.
3 His mum told Stephen (aby nie włączał)
_______________________ TV before 2 _____
dinner. So, what does the future hold for
television? Firstly, more and more people
4 Sylvia (odpowiedziała, że była) are now buying smart TVs which are
______________________ too tired to linked to the Internet. This will allow a
number of new ideas to be introduced.
walk home. One idea is for the television to
5 I enjoy watching historical dramas, but remember what you have watched and,
when you next switch on, it will tell you
that new (serial kryminalny jest)
about programmes that you might be
______________________ exactly interested in. We will also be able to link
our televisions to our friends’ televisions
what I like.
and find out what they are watching so we
6 (Czy masz coś przeciwko) can watch the same.
______________________ if we take a
3 _____
few photos of your house? This idea, though, still assumes that
_____/6 television will work as it does now, with
programmes appearing at a certain time
READING each week. Many companies offer a
8 Read the text. Match sentences A–F catch-up service where you can watch
with texts 1–5. There is one extra programmes from the previous week that
sentence. you have missed but do we need to miss
programmes at all? There are now online
A A television that gets to know you.
television providers who allow you to
B A failure to keep up with technology.
watch what you like, when you like. You
C The importance of price
can watch a whole series in one night.
D Good for those with minority tastes

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This is great for people who hate waiting _______________________________

to find out what is going to happen next.
_______________________________
4 _____ _______________________________
A big advantage of not having specific _______________________________
times for programmes is that no-one can
complain that ‘there’s nothing worth _______________________________
watching this evening’. Just because _______________________________
some of the programmes aren’t for you, it
doesn’t prevent you from watching what _______________________________
you want. This means that television _______________________________
companies can show programmes for
everyone, from popular series to _______________________________
documentaries that only a handful of _______________________________
people will be interested in. So, there will
_______________________________
always be something to watch, whoever
you are. _______________________________
_______________________________
5 _____
One big problem faced by all television _______________________________
channels is the rise of so many free video _______________________________
channels on the Internet. Why should
people pay to watch television when _______________________________
they can spend their evenings watching _______________________________
almost anything for free? This means
that, if the service is too expensive, no- _______________________________
one will sign up for it. Of course, if it is _______________________________
too cheap, the company won’t be able to
afford to buy or make enough _______________________________
programmes. It is, perhaps, a bigger _______________________________
problem for television companies than
_______________________________
keeping up with the latest technological
advances. _______________________________
_____/5
_______________________________
WRITING
_______________________________
9 Do the exam task.
_______________________________
Niedawno obejrzałeś/obejrzałaś _______________________________
finałowy odcinek popularnego reality
_______________________________
show. Napisz do szkolnej gazetki
artykuł, w którym ocenisz przebieg _______________________________
odcinka oraz zaproponujesz nowe _______________________________
pomysły, które producenci programu
mogliby wykorzystać w przyszłości. _____/10

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