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The World of Art

Task 1. Put each of the following words or phrases in its place in the passage below.

Reviews performances audience rehearsals run flop director theatre-goers

first night auditions hit critics playwright matinees applause parts pieces cast

The person who directs the preparation of a play is the (1). Sometimes the (2), who wrote the play,
works with him. One of the first things to be done is to choose the (3), the actors and actresses. For this
purpose, (4) are held at which actors perform short (5) and the most suitable are chosen for the (6) in
the play. Before the play is performed in front of an (7) of hundreds of (8), of course there are a lot of
(9). At last, the (10)! When the curtain goes down at the end, will there be enthusiastic (11) or silence?
Will the newspaper (12) be good or bad? What will the (13) think? Everyone hopes for a (14) that will
(15) for months or, even years, but the play might be a (16) and only last a few days. It's hard work in
the theatre. There are evening (17) six nights a week and afternoon shows, called (18), once or twice as
well.

Task 2. Complete the description with the correct form of the word in brackets.

Hi Chris,
You asked how I got on with the auditions for the school 1) (player) - well, I got a part and we've
already started rehearsing. We're not doing a 2) (music) this year —just as well as I can't sing very
well! We're doing a comedy called Candida by the 3) (play) George Bernard Shaw. I think it s very
funny! Mrs. Dyer is the 4) (produce) and Mr. Cross is designing the set. Sally is one of the 5) (paint) -
she's working on the first set now and Jen is helping with the costumes. I don't know many of the other
6) (act) but they are all very friendly. I think it's going to be a great 7) (produce) because the 8) (act) is
excellent - everyone is great. The first 9) (perform) is on 4 April. Do you want to come? Let me know
and I can get tickets.

Task 3. Read the text “PAVEMENT ART LIVES ON” and think of the word which best fits
each space. Use only one word in each space.
Street art, which began in Italy, has 1) _____ seen throughout Europe since the 16th century. Artists
wandered from village 2) _____ village creating their masterpieces. For their efforts they were
often given small donations of food or coins by passerby. The images they painted were known 3)
_____ “Madonnari”, since many of their paintings were of Madonna.
Street painting has continued into the 21st century. Today, there are even competitions held for this
art form. In 1972, an International Street Рainting Competition 4) _____ held for the first time in a
small town called Grazie di Curtatone in Italy, 5) _____ was attended by those who were thought to
6) _____ the last of this kind of artist. The oldest competitors were already in their 90s, but younger
artists 7) _____ been drawn to this event as well.
One of the most famous artists to win the Grazie Competition is Kurt Wenner, 8) _____ work was
the subject of an award-winning National Geographic film called “Masterpieces in Chalk”. Today
Kurt’s work 9) ____ be seen in many cities around the world. It 10) ____ hoped that the interest
created 11) ____ the Grazie competition and work of people like Kurt will continue 12) ____ keep
this art form alive.
Task 4. Read the text "Opera by the bay”. Choose from sentences A-G to fill in each gap. One choice is
extra.

Sydney's rich artistic heritage is beyond doubt, stretching back to Aboriginal engravings and drawings. So
it seems only fitting that this city was chosen as the setting for the Australian Opera…1… Until the 20th
century this was a military site which then was used as a tram depot. As trams were phased out, the
building became redundant and was demolished in 1958 to make way for the Sydney Opera House. Eugene
Goossens, who in 1946 became the resident conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, was the first to
bring up the subject of building an Opera House. ..2.. In 1956, the government announced an international
competition for the design of two concert halls attracting 233 entries from all over the world. A young
Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, saw the competition advertised in a Swedish architectural magazine and sent
in his ten drawings. On 29 January 1957 he was declared the winner. ..3.. And this, unquestionably, has
happened. One of the most recognizable images in the world today, the Opera House is the ultimate symbol
of Sydney and Australia. The Opera House building, its unique shape resembling a ship at full sail, graces
Sydney's harbor. But it took years to construct. ..4.. .The works began in 1959 and it was 1961 before Utzon
worked out the problem of the roof. ..5.. Utzon said of his roof the "interplay is so important that together
with the sun, the light and the clouds, it makes a living thing. In order to express this liveliness, these roofs
are covered with glazed tiles". The final cost of the Sydney Opera House, excluding the organ, was $102
million. ..6.. The Opera House has four halls and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973.
a) The majority of the sum was raised by the specially created Opera House lottery.
b) His drawings were said to present a concept of an Opera House which was capable of becoming
one of the great buildings of the world.
c) In order to do so, he drew inspiration from nature, in particular the palm leaf and orange fruit.
d) It took over ten years for his dream to even have the chance of becoming a reality.
e) This was because, at the time of its design, the magnificent roof was, arguably, beyond the
capabilities of the engineers of the time.
f) He rightly believed the project would make him rich and famous.
g) Yet it was a long time before it became the home of music.

Task 5. In many lines in the following text there is one wrong word, which should not be there. Find
the wrong and write it at the end of the line. Some lines are correct. Tick the correct lines. There are
two examples in the beginning.

THE MYSTERY OF THE MONA LISA

0 German experts seem to have been solved the mystery of the Mona Lisa, _been_
00 probably the most famous painting by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. __ v __
1 What the academics offer is not a new theory but some convincing ______
2 evidence. They claim to the lady in the portrait is Lisa Gherardini, ______
3 the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant and not a lover, Leonardo’s mother ______
4 or the artist was himself as had all been put forward previously. ______
5 Dr Schtechter and his team were discovered some notes in the margin of ______
6 a book about Cicero by G. Vespucci, of an acquaintance of Leonardo’s. Vespucci ______
7 compared da Vinci to Apelles the Greek artist and has mentioned he was working ______
8 on three paintings, one of which was the portrait that became known ______
9 as the Mona Lisa. Although Dr Schlechter published his whole findings as soon ______
10 as the notes were unearthed by two years ago, his breakthrough discovery has ______
11 only recently been placed in the focus of attention after a German ______
12 television report was provided the publicity it has long deserved. ______