QUICKie 6

BOMBAY BLOCKBUSTERS

1. India has a busy and exciting movie industry. It produces more than 300 three-

2. hour blockbusters every year. The Indian people love the “big screen”. “We give

3. the people dreams” says Anupam Kishani, one of India’s great actors. “When

4. they watch our films, they can escape from their lives for a time”.

5. Satish Arnad is a movie director. He is working on a new, big, and expensive

6. blockbuster in the studios of Bombay’s “film city”, the home of India’s movie

7. industry.

8. “This movie has all the right ingredients,” he says. “There are songs, dances,

9. fights, love scenes, and a good story. We have two of India’s great stars in it, too.”

10. In the studio, the day’s work is starting. Hundreds of people are ______ around;

11. everyone is doing their job: carrying equipment, making tea, checking cameras,

12. talking to the producer or one of the actresses. There is a lot of noise. Suddenly it

13. stops. The actress is in front of the camera; she is looking at a pice of paper...

14. Satish Arnard calls “action!”... and the cameras start. Another Bombay blockbuster,

15. Deewana, is nearly ready for the movie theathers of India.

1. What sort of text is it?

a) a letter b) an article c) a movie script d) a menu

2. Where is it from?

a) an encyclopedia b) a cookbook c) a magazine d) a diary

3. What do you think the topic is?

a) cooking b) advertising c) theme parks d)movie-making

4. Na linha de número 10 uma palavra foi omitida, troque pela alternativa correta:

a) run b) runs c) running d) runing e) ran

5. Se a expressao “and the cameras start” (linha 14) estivesse no singular deveria ficar assim:

a) and the camera starts

b) and a camera start

c) and one camera start

d) and a camera is starting

e) and the camera is startting