Read the text below. For each of the empty spaces (1-12) choose the
correct answer (A, B, C or D).
Michael Moore is an award-winning American director, author and political
commentator. He has spent over a decade1) controversial
movie documentaries about the problems in American society. He was
especially critical of the presidency of George W. Bush. He 2)
also globalization and large corporations, gun ownership and American health
care system.
Moore is the director and the producer of the top five money-making
documentaries of all time. “Fahrenheit 9/11” 3) the political
climate after the 2001 attacks; “Sicko” 4) the ills of American
healthcare; and “Bowling for Columbine” explored America’s widespread gun
culture and its relation to violence. He usually 5) a mixture of
hard-hitting facts and humour in all of his works.
Moore 6) famous in 1989 for his film “Roger and Me”. It
closed its car factories there and opened new ones in Mexico. “Roger” is
Roger B. Smith, former CEO of General Motors. The film established Moore
as a teller of 8) truths about his nation and a serious
investigative journalist and film-maker.
9) 2005 “Time” magazine named him one of the world’s 100
most influential people. His appetite for making movies and writing about
society 10 as strong as ever. So by now he 11)
a reputation as being 12) most fearless social
critic. He will surely make more movies on the major issues of our time and at
the same time he will fight for the small man.
1) A. make B. to make C. made D. making
2) A. criticize B. criticized C. has criticized D. have
criticized
3) A. examine B. examined C. to examine D. examining
4) A. highlight B. highlighted C. highlights D. highlighting
5) A. uses B. use C. will use D. using
6) A. become B. became C. had become D. will
become
7) A. is B. was C. were D. been
8) A. paint B. painting C. painful D. painfully
9) A. In B. At C. On D. For
10) A. seem B. seems C. seemed D. will seem
11) A. earn B. will earn C. will learn D. earning
12) Americans B. America’s C. Americas’ D. America
III. Grammar
Complete the sentences with whose, who, which, or where.
1) Tom, __ sister is a teacher, is in my class.
2) The White House, __ the US president lives, is in Washington.
3) My brother, __ works in Warsaw, earns a lot of money.
4) Venice, __ is in Italy, is a very old city.