Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known as Tom Cruise, was born on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York. Cruise's mother was an actress and schoolteacher, and his father was an electrical engineer. His career started with the musical film Guys and Dolls.

In 1992, Cruise proved once more that he could hold his own position when film A Few Good Men earned more than $15 million its first weekend, and earned Cruise a Golden Globe nomination. He continued to demonstrate his chops as a leading man with The Firm (1993) and Interview with a Vampire (1994), which co-starred Brad Pitt.

Next, Cruise hit the big screen with two huge hits— Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry McGuire(1996), directed by Cameron Crowe. For the latter, Cruise earned a second Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe for Best Actor. Cruise then starred in the long-awaited smash hit Mission: Impossible 2 in 2000, alongside Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton and Ving Rhames. However his most successful film is The Last Samurai, which earned him another Golden Globe nomination.

1. When and where was Tom Cruise  born?

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2. What did he get in the year 1992?

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3. Who starred with him  in Interview with the Vampire?

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Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; July 3, 1962) is an American actor and filmmaker. Cruise has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. He started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film Endless Love. After portraying supporting roles in Taps (1981) and The Outsiders (1983), his first leading role was in the romantic comedy Risky Business, released in August 1983.

Cruise became a full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the action drama Top Gun (1986). One of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood, Cruise starred in several more successful films in the 1980s, including the dramas The Color of Money (1986), Cocktail (1988), Rain Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989).

In the 1990s, he starred in a number of hit films, including the romance Far and Away (1992), the drama A Few Good Men (1992), the legal thriller The Firm (1993), the romantic horror film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), the romantic comedydrama sports film Jerry Maguire (1996), the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut, and the drama Magnolia (both 1999). In 1996, Cruise was well known for his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series, whose most recent film, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, was released in 2015.

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Did you read that ___________ of The Chainsaw Massacre at Halloween? It said the film was so gripping!

Vanilla Sky ___________ Tom Cruise, Pénelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz.

I like the film very much! The characters are unforgettable and the ___________ is gripping.

The film was so boring. ___________, Jack saw it from beginning to end.

In spite of having a happy ___________, the film begins with a terrible disaster.

I'm sure you'll find the film ___________.

Avatar is a 3D big hit - the special ___________ are amazing.

– 'Do you feel like seeing a film?' – '___________ '

If you want to know which films are on at the cinemas, you should look at the film ___________ of this newspaper.

It stars Marlon Brandon as the Godfather. He won an Oscar for his ___________ as the boss.

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Where was Marie born?

Read the text about Kirsten Dunst and answer the questions that follow.

Kirsten Dunst was born in New Jersey , USA, in 1982. Her acting career began at the age of three when she appeared in her first TV advert. She made her film debut with a small part in Woody Allen’s New York Stories (1989).

In 1994, she got her big break in Interview with the Vampire, performing with famous megastars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Her performance as a creepy kid earned her Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn award for Best Young actress.

Over the next few years, she started in more hit movies including Little Women (1994), Jumanji (1995), the romantic Get Over It (2001) and Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts (2003). However, her most successful films are the Spider-Man film (2002-2004) with Tobey Maguire, where she plays the parts of superhero Spider-Man’s girlfriend, Mary Jane.

Question: When and where was Kirsten Dunst born?

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Read the text about Kirsten Dunst and answer the questions that follow.

Kirsten Dunst was born in New Jersey , USA, in 1982. Her acting career began at the age of three when she appeared in her first TV advert. She made her film debut with a small part in Woody Allen’s New York Stories (1989).

In 1994, she got her big break in Interview with the Vampire, performing with famous megastars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Her performance as a creepy kid earned her Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn award for Best Young actress.

Over the next few years, she started in more hit movies including Little Women (1994), Jumanji (1995), the romantic Get Over It (2001) and Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts (2003). However, her most successful films are the Spider-Man film (2002-2004) with Tobey Maguire, where she plays the parts of superhero Spider-Man’s girlfriend, Mary Jane.

Question: What was the first film?

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Read the text about Kirsten Dunst and answer the questions that follow.

Kirsten Dunst was born in New Jersey , USA, in 1982. Her acting career began at the age of three when she appeared in her first TV advert. She made her film debut with a small part in Woody Allen’s New York Stories (1989).

In 1994, she got her big break in Interview with the Vampire, performing with famous megastars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Her performance as a creepy kid earned her Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn award for Best Young actress.

Over the next few years, she started in more hit movies including Little Women (1994), Jumanji (1995), the romantic Get Over It (2001) and Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts (2003). However, her most successful films are the Spider-Man film (2002-2004) with Tobey Maguire, where she plays the parts of superhero Spider-Man’s girlfriend, Mary Jane.

Question: What are her most successful films?

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Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

          Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. He worked 16 out of every 24 hours.Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.

           Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that

improved the quality of life all over the world.

 1. Thomas Edison was ___. A.  a discoverer B. a teacher  C. an explorer  D. an inventor

2.     In 1854 Edison’s family ______.

A.  moved to Port Huron, Michigan                     B. bought a new house in Milan, Ohio

C.  decided to settle in Milan, Ohio            D. sent him to a school in New Jersey

3.     The word “self-educated” in the passage mostly means ______.

A.  “having been well taught”                     B. “having had good schooling”

C.  “having taught himself”                            D. “having had a high education”

4.    Edison died at the age of ______. A.  76      B. 84           C. 47           D. 74

5.    Which of following statements is NOT true about Edison?

A.  He invented the motion picture camera.                   B. He didn’t go to school at all.

C.  He made numerous inventions.                      D. He worked very hard.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

      The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system.

      In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience.

29. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Thomas Edison’s invention.

B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph

C. The History of Menlo Park

D. An accidental invention

30. In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?

A. 1876                                                                         B. 1877                             

C. 1878                                                                         D. the article does not say

31. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?

A. A telegraph repeater                                               B. A telegraph diaphragm

C. A telephone repeater                                               D. A telephone diaphragm

32. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?

A. He made improvements to the machine.               B. He used a carbon transmitter.

C. He read a children’s rhyme.           D. He produced the audience voice