Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. ⇱
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. ⇱
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. ⇱
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen is one of the world’s most famous clothes designers. He started ___(25)___ in an expensive clothes shop in London where he made clothes for people like Prince Charles and the Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ___(26)___ the 1990s, he decided to work on his own and he opened his own fashion business.
___(27)___ rich and famous people became his customers and the clothes ___(28)___ he made for them were often unusual. Magazines and newspapers liked to write articles about his clothes and about him. However, he wasn’t always pleasant to journalists so they didn’t always write nice things about him. But McQueen never cared what anyone said about him. Unfortunately, he ___(29)___ in 2010 when he was only 41 years old.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. ⇱
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If you have decided to be a doctor or an engineer, it’s easy to get information about how to become one. It’s more difficult if you want to be an actor. Nobody can say, “First you do this, then you do that, and one day you’re an actor”. But I can tell you some things that will help.
Learning to be an actor usually starts at school. Drama lessons and clubs can teach students many things, including different ways of acting and how to write their own plays. Writing helps you understand a lot about acting. But even more important is learning to work in a group with other actors.
However, school lessons and clubs are only one part of learning about being an actor. Find small theatre groups near where you live - and don’t worry about being the star! It doesn’t matter if you only have one word to say in a play, it will still help you improve. You need to be on stage as much as possible, in a variety of different types of plays.
When you finish school, you should think about studying at university. Of course, it’s possible to be an actor without going to university, but doing a theatre course is a good idea for some people. These courses may improve your acting, and also help you learn about a variety of subjects, such as business, history, music and dance.