Choose the correct word in each of the pairs in italics
Exercise 8. Choose the correct word in each of the pairs in italics.
Jackie Chan is a (1.) true/truly action movie great. He has appeared in dozens of movies and is a screen (2.) legendary / legend. He had a simple beginning (3.) was/as a Chinese refugee in Hong Kong. His early years were, perhaps, a sign of things to come. His parents nicknamed him 'Pao-Pao', which means cannonball, because he had so much (4.) energy / energetic.Chan enrolled in the China Drama Academy (5.) to / for study opera while still in his teens. He spent ten years there and worked part-time (6.) as / was a stuntman in the kung fu movie industry. He soon earned the reputation (7.) was/as Hong Kong's most fearless stuntman. He moved into acting, but his first two films were both flops. He (8.) quit/quiet the movie business and moved to Australia.
Several years (9.) later / lately, director Ng Than Chan asked Jackie to appear in the movies 'Snake in Eagle's Shadow' and 'Drunken Master'. Both were (10.) smash / smashed hits at the box office and Jackie Chan was now a star in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, a (11.) farmer /former director tried to tie Chan to an old contract. He sent the Hong Kong mafia to Chan's movie sets to (12.) frighten/afraid him. Chan moved to Hollywood.
He was not successful in Hollywood, so he returned to Hong Kong. He learnt a (13.) lot/many about movie-making while in America and used (14.) these/this knowledge to make many successful movies for the Chinese (15.) market/bazaar. He also became a pop star. He returned to Hollywood and made the movie 'Rush Hour' in 1998. It (16.) made/did him a worldwide star.
Jackie Chan is a (1.) true/truly action movie great. He has appeared in dozens of movies and is a screen (2.) legendary / legend. He had a simple beginning (3.) was/as a Chinese refugee in Hong Kong. His early years were, perhaps, a sign of things to come. His parents nicknamed him 'Pao-Pao', which means cannonball, because he had so much (4.) energy / energetic.Chan enrolled in the China Drama Academy (5.) to / for study opera while still in his teens. He spent ten years there and worked part-time (6.) as / was a stuntman in the kung fu movie industry. He soon earned the reputation (7.) was/as Hong Kong's most fearless stuntman. He moved into acting, but his first two films were both flops. He (8.) quit/quiet the movie business and moved to Australia.
Several years (9.) later / lately, director Ng Than Chan asked Jackie to appear in the movies 'Snake in Eagle's Shadow' and 'Drunken Master'. Both were (10.) smash / smashed hits at the box office and Jackie Chan was now a star in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, a (11.) farmer /former director tried to tie Chan to an old contract. He sent the Hong Kong mafia to Chan's movie sets to (12.) frighten/afraid him. Chan moved to Hollywood.
He was not successful in Hollywood, so he returned to Hong Kong. He learnt a (13.) lot/many about movie-making while in America and used (14.) these/this knowledge to make many successful movies for the Chinese (15.) market/bazaar. He also became a pop star. He returned to Hollywood and made the movie 'Rush Hour' in 1998. It (16.) made/did him a worldwide star.