READING:
Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D, best fits each space.
THE HISTORY OF FILM
The world first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumiere. Although it only
(1) of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films have (2) popular ever since. The first films were silent,
with titles on the screen to
(3) the story.
Soon the public had (4) favourite actors and actresses and, in this (5) the first film stars
appeared. In 1927, the first "talkie", a film with sound, was shown and from then on, the public
this kind of film.
Further improvements continued, particularly in American,
television in the 1950s,
(8) people went to see films, but in
More countries have started to produce films that influence film-making and there are currently
film industries.
1. A. consisted
2. A. gone
3. A. join
4. A. your
5. A. reason
6. A. should
7. A. who
8. A. other
9. A. recent
B. contained
B. been
B. read
B. his
B. way
B. would
B. where
B. each
B. now
C. belonged
C. made
C. explain
C. our
(6) only accept
(7) produced 95% of all films. With the arrival of
(9) years cinema audiences have grown again.
(10) national
C. method
C. might
C. when
C. fewer
C. modern
D. held
D. kept
D. perform
D. their
D. result
D. will
D. which
D. any
D. present