VIII. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

THE “UP” MOVIE

Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama buddy adventure film produced (1) ……. Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) and an earnest boy named Russell (Jordan Nagai). Carl and Ellie (2) ………. up, marry and live in the restored house. After Ellie suffers a miscarriage and they are told they cannot have a child, the couple remembers their childhood dream of (3) ……….Paradise Falls. They save for the trip, but (4) ………. have to spend the money on more pressing needs. Finally, the now elderly Carl arranges for the trip but Ellie suddenly falls ill, is hospitalized, and dies. Years later in the present day, Carl still lives in the house by stubbornly holding out while the neighborhood homes are torn down and replaced by skyscrapers. However, Carl resolves to keep his promise to Ellie by turning his house into a makeshift airship using thousands of helium (5) ………... The flying house encounters a cumulonimbus storm and ends up high above South America.

1. A. by                    B. with                        C. from                       D. at

2. A. grows              B. grew                       C. grow                       D. have grown

3. A. to visit             B. visiting                   C. visited                    D. to visiting

4. A. repeat              B. repeated                  C. repetition               D. repeatedly

5. A. roofs                B. balloons                 C. walls                       D. bricks