Action Scenes in Films (Use of English, FIRST)

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Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

Action Scenes in Films

Modern cinema audiences 1.___ to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films. These scenes, which are 2.____ as stunts, are usually 3.___ by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. 4.___ can crash a car, but if you're shooting a film, you have to be extremely 5.___, sometimes stopping 6.___ in front of the camera and film crew. At an early 7.___ in the production, an expert stuntman is 8.___ in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go 9.___ the wishes of the director, 10.___ he will usually only do this in the 11.___ of safety.

Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don't have to 12.___ in for the actors. Actors like to become 13.___ in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never 14.___ them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their 15.___. If they were to be hurt, the film would 16.___ to a sudden halt.



1. A. expect   B. count   C. claim   D. prepare
2. A. remarked   B. known   C. referred   D. named
3. A. performed   B. given   C. fulfilled   D. displayed
4. A. Everyone   B. Someone   C. Anyone   D.No-one
5. A. detailed   B. plain   C. straight   D. precise
6. A.right   B. exact   C. direct   D. strict
7. A.period   B. minute   C.part   D. stage
8. A. led   B. taken   C. drawn   D. called
9. A.over   B. against   C. through   D. across
10. A. despite   B. so   C. although   D. otherwise
11. A. interests   B. needs   C.purposes   D. regards
12. A. work   B. get   C. put   D. stand
13. A. connected   B. arranged   C. involved   D. affected
14. A. allow   B. let   C. permit   D. admit
15. A. limits   B. ends   C. frontiers   D. borders
16. A. come   B. fall   C. pull   D. go 

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