II. Look at the sentences below about a man called Mo Park, who likes collecting things. Read the text
to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write A. If it is not correct, write B.
9. Mo bought a film in its metal container at a local antiques shop.
10. Mo was very keen to open the parcel with the film in it.
11. Mo believed that the person who sold him the film had little idea what was inside.
12. When Mo looked at the film he recognised the person in it.
13. One of Mo's friends had the special equipment Mo needed in order to watch the film.
14. Mo had lots of problems trying to find any information about the film.
15. Mo got some information about the film from an organisation called the British Film
Institute.
16. Mo stopped working so that he could concentrate on researching the film.
17. The film, Zepped, was made at the same time as the film Mary Poppins.
18. Mo is unsure about what he is going to do with the film.
Mo Park
Collector
Mo Park loves collecting things. He often goes to antique sales to buy old pottery, silver and boxes. He is
fascinated by old things, so when he was online one evening and saw an old metal film container for sale, he
had to buy it. He was attracted by the film container because it looked so old and interesting. The price was at
£3, so he typed in £3.20 and won the auction. When it was delivered by post a couple of days later he had
forgotten all about it. When he did eventually open it, the container was indeed as knocked around as it had
looked in the photograph. Mo was pretty sure that whoever had sold it to him didn't know anything about the
film within it.
When Mo took the film out and held it up to the light he could see a familiar figure. It was the famous actor,
Charlie Chaplin. About two weeks later, Mo and some friends watched the whole film. To do this Mo had to
look in the phone book and find someone with a specialised machine to show it on. As they watched they all
got a shock. The film was called Zepped but none of the audience had ever heard of it.
Mo decided to find out all he could about it. He looked online but there was nothing. He read biographies
of Chaplin but there was no mention of the film. He even contacted the British Film Institute but with no success.
Then he got lucky. On a research trip to the British Library's newspaper archive he discovered a reference to
Zepped. He found a poster and an article that explained that the film was released in England in 1916. It was a
short comedy shown to British soldiers during the First World War but it had disappeared after that.