2. Which branch of the arts do you think these people are talking about?

Example: “It was a strong cast but the play itself is weak.” Theatre

1. “It's called Peace. It stands in the main square.”

2. “Animation doesn't have to be just Disney, you know.”

3. “It was just pure movement, with very exciting rhythms.”

4. “It doesn't have to rhyme to be good.”

5. “Oils to me don't have the delicacy of water-colours.”

6. “Her design for the new shopping centre won an award.”

7. “I read them and imagine what they'd be like on stage.”

8. “The first chapter was boring but it got better later.”

9. “I was falling asleep by the second act.”

3. Definite article or not? Fill the gap with the if necessary.

1. The government doesn't give enough money to _____ arts.

2. She’s got a diploma in _____ dance from the Performing Arts Academy.

3. I’ve got some tickets for____ ballet. Interested?

4.____ art of writing a short story is to interest the reader from the very

first line.

5. I can't stand_____ modern poetry; it's so pretentious.

6. I was no good at_____ art at school. What about you?

4. ART. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.

galleries works dealers professional sculptor creative sculpture painter amateur reproductions

One of the most (a) _______things anyone can do is to make a work of art, whether it’s a (b) _________making a (c)_________ or a (d) _______ painting pictures. (e) ________ do it for their own satisfaction and pleasure, but (f) ________ artists have to make a living from their art and they are dependent on (g)_______ to sell their (h) ________in city (i) _______ . I myself have three Picassos, a Botticelli and a Van Gogh. They're (j) _______ not originals, but they're all I can afford.

5. Fame. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

interviews bodyguards break-up privacy in the public eye autographs celebrity pressures entourage fans

Being famous, being a (a) can mean wealth, recognition and being surrounded by an (b)_______ of helpers, secretaries and agents. It can mean giving (c)________ to admiring (d) _______ and (e) _________ to the press. But being (f) ______- also has its disadvantages. Famous entertainers suffer from a lack of (g) _________. They need (h) _______ to protect them. The constant (i) ____ on them can lead to the (j) ______ of their marriages. This is the price of tame.

6. Art & entertaintment. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

Until the early part of this century there was certainly a distinction between popular music, the songs and dance (1) ________ of the masses, and what we have come to call (2) _________ music. Up to that point, however, there were at least some points of contact (3) _________ the two, and perhaps general recognition of what made a good voice, or a good song. With the development of (4) __________ entertainment, popular music split away and has gradually (5) ___________ a stronger life of its (6) ________ to the point where it has become incompatible with (7) _________classics. In some respects, it is now dominated by the (8) _________ of youth culture, so that a concert by Elton John is just as much a fashion (9) __________ and other artists may be promoting dance styles, or social (10) ___________ . For this reason, it is impossible to talk about popular music as if it were a unified art. The kind of music you like may (11) _________ on what kind of person you are. Curiously, there are now classical musicians and operatic singers who have (12) _______ the status of rock stars, and have been marketed in the same way. This seems to suggest that many young people enjoy classical music but do not wish to be associated with the (13) _________ of those who are traditionally supposed to enjoy it. Or it may simply be that recording companies have discovered that there is an insatiable (14) ________ for “sounds”, and that classical music is beginning to sound exciting to a generation (15) _________ on rock but now settling into affluent middle-age.

1	A halls	B tunes	C musicians	D artists
2	A rock	B modern	C underground	D classical
3	A with	B between	C by	D of
4	A mass	B live	C recorded	D the
5	A founded	B lived	C developed	D suggested
6	A supporters	B self	C fans	D own
7	A other	B the	C some	D further
8	A promotion	B discovery	C tendency	D survival
9	A as	B however	C event	D design
10	A service	B grace	C protest	D science
11	A depend	B identify	C suppose	D be
12	A lost	B admired	C penetrated	D achieved
13	A number	B dislike	C lifestyle	D meaning
14	A desire	B sale	C interest	D outlet
15	A raised	B carrying	C dependent	D listening

SECTION III