Fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.
THE BIRTH OF THE T-SHIRT
The T-shirt, or at least the T-shirt as we know it, was born in the theatre. When Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Oesire opened in New York in December 1947, a young actor (61)________ Marlon Brando went (62)________ stage wearing a (63)________ of blue jeans and a bright, white, capped-sleeve T-shirt. It was the first time the T-shirt had been seen publicly as anything (64)________ an item of underwear and it set a fashion trend that was to last through (65)________ the end of the century. The idea for the T-shirt came (66)________ Brando himself. He had worn one at rehearsals for the play. The director was so impressed by the look that was created that he asked Brando to wear the shirt in the play itself. Brando may have seen the shirt being advertised by the American company Sears Roebuck. They had decided to market the shirt (67)________ a fashionable garment in its (68)________ right, rather than just something to be worn (69)________ warmth beneath a denim work shirt (70)________ an army uniform. It was Brando, however, who popularized it, especially with the release of the film version of Streetcar in 1951. A short leather jacket completed the look that was to be adopted by teenage rebels in many countries for decades afterwards.
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Mick thought that we were married.
→ Mick was under ________________________________________.
Do all the washing, please!
→ Let ______________________________________________________.Read the sentences carefully and choose the best answers to make complete ones.
From 1949 onward, the artist Georgia O’keeffe made New Mexico_________.
Malnutrition is a major cause of death in those countries where the cultivation of rice have been impeded by recurrent drought.
I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.
→ I wish ___________________________________________________.Read the text & decide which word best fits each space by choosing A, B, C or D.
Action scenes in films
Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films. These scenes, which are (51)_________ as stunts, are usually performed by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. (52) ________ can crash a car, but if you are shooting a film, you have to be extremely (53)_________ sometimes stopping right in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (54)_________ in the production, an expert stuntman is (55)_________ in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go (56)__________ the wishes of the director, although he will usually only do this in the (57)_________ of safety.
Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to (58)________ in for the actors. Actors like to become (59)________ in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never let them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (60)_________.If they were to be hurt, the film would come to a sudden halt.
