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Young actors are always asking me for tips on how to succeed in Vocabulary
Hollywood. I usually give them three. The main thing is that you
need to keep developing your skills. Just because you’ve inished achieve, carry out and devote; stay, spend and pass;
drama school, it doesn’t mean your training is over. You never know make, cause and have
what you’re going to be cast in as an actor and you have to be ready
for anything. If you’re well-prepared, you’ll be less nervous. 1
Take regular acting classes, learn languages, learn to ride a horse, 1 spending 2 stay 3 spend 4 stay 5 passed 6 spend
learn to ight, familiarise yourself with the most recent novels. 2
Secondly, you have to bear in mind that the best actor doesn’t 1 f 2 a 3 d 4 e 5 c 6 b
always get the job, so selling yourself well is the irst step. By selling
yourself, I mean not just showing that you’re talented when you 3
audition, but that you’re a team player and can get on well with achieve carry out devote
people. Most importantly, however, you have to show that you
are lexible when the need arises. The most successful Hollywood an ambition an improvement energy to
actors are the least demanding. That’s no coincidence. Casting an objective an instruction one’s life to
directors give jobs to people who are going to make their lives success an objective time to
easier and not cause problems. an order
The third suggestion is to make the most of your promotional research
materials. Don’t get your photographs taken by a friend – go to a test
a professional. Amateur-looking photos create a terrible irst a threat
impression. Keep your biography up to date. Ater you have an
audition, the people in casting will look at your social media.
Does it represent the sort of person a ilm or TV production Reading and Use of English Part 4
would want to hire?
So if your agent gives you advice, take it. It’s in their interest to ind 1 can’t | be switched 4 warned me | not to go
you work, so trust what they say. They know the business. 2 I came | across 5 will go on | until
3 is much | tastier than 6 shouldn’t | have borrowed
Reading and Use of English Part 7
Listening Part 1
1 C 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 A 7 D 8 C 9 B 10 A
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 A 7 B 8 C
Reading and Use of English Part 1 Track 10
Narrator: One. You hear a man talking about drinking cofee.
1 B 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 C 6 A 7 C 8 D
Man: One of the great pleasures in my life is my irst cofee of the day. I’m PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
quite fussy about it. Of course, it can’t be instant cofee – in fact, I’m
Writing Part 1 (An essay) not very keen on any cofee I make myself. I’ve experimented with
most home gadgets and machines, and found that nothing comes
1 One of the main reasons is 2 Because of this 3 for this reason close to what a café cofee machine can produce. Luckily, there’s a
4 Because / Since 5 That is why 6 because / since café in my street that I can go to every morning. If I want to it in a
cofee before work, it has the added beneit of making me get up
and get dressed on time.
Unit 9 The power of the mind
Narrator: Two. You hear a father talking to his son.
Father: Wake up, Jack! It’s ten o’clock already and it’s a beautiful
Grammar day outside.
Modal verbs to express certainty and possibility Son: Aaagh … Dad, it’s Sunday – let me sleep in. It’s the only day
I can do it.
1 Father: I think you’re wasting the day. I know you have to study a lot, but
2 She might/could/may be out with her friends. why waste the free time you do have lying in bed?
3 He might not/may not speak English. Son: This is the only day I’ve got that’s truly mine. I love sleeping in…
4 That must be fun. Father: I’ve been up since six. I’ve already taken the dog for a walk and done
5 It can’t be him driving that car. a load of washing. You’ve lost half the day already.
6 Her parents must have been very proud of her. Son: Come on, Dad! I’m sure you loved sleeping in when you
7 They can’t have bought another one. were my age.
8 My mother might have/may have/could have cooked it for me when
I was young. Narrator: Three. You hear a woman talking about doing yoga.
9 She can’t have been able to write. Woman: When I tell people how much I love yoga, I always get the feeling
10 They might/may/could have thought I couldn’t aford it. they think it’s some kind of passive relaxation therapy. The reality
2 is that the hour I spend twice a week in my yoga class really pushes
1 can’t 2 might/could 3 can’t 4 could 5 must 6 may/might my body to the limit – it calls for a lot of energy and movement.
Everyone knows that all that stretching releases chemicals in the
body called endorphins that have a real calming efect. But the
body reacts in this way for a reason: it needs to balance out the
stress that it undergoes when you hold a yoga position for a
long time.

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