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1 Leggi l’articolo su Tobey Maguire e decidi se le affermazioni (1–10) sono corrette o incorrette. Segna ü A (corretta) o û B (incorretta).
Tobey Maguire
The American actor, Tobey Maguire, was born in 1975 in California into a poor family. His Dad was a builder and his Mum was an office worker. Tobey didn’t like school and left at just 13. He wanted to be a chef, but his Mum loved the film industry and she took him to acting classes.
He hated being poor and in the 1990s, he worked a lot. “My ambition was…to make money,” he says. He had fun too: he went to lots of parties with acting friends like Leonardo DiCaprio. However, he wasn’t in many famous programmes. In 1992, he got a job in a sitcom, but it wasn’t popular and the show ended after five weeks. Then in 1995, he left work on a comedy film, because he felt frustrated with the work.
Then he went to an audition for a serious drama, the 1997 film The Ice Storm, by director Ang Lee. It was set in 1970s and was about two families with lots of problems. With his young face and big blue eyes, Tobey was perfect as an innocent teenager with a difficult life. The film was a flop in cinemas. But some critics liked the film and he soon found similar roles in more popular films like Pleasantville and Cider House Rules. Then in 2002, he got the role of hero, Peter Parker, in the action movie Spider-Man. With its great special effects, the film was a blockbuster and it changed his life – he got $4 million for it, moved into a mansion in Beverley Hills, and did two Spider-Man sequels.
Now, Tobey has a successful personal life, too. He is married to designer Jennifer Meyer, and has two children: Ruby was born in 2006, and Otis in 2009. He goes to some Hollywood parties, but he likes to live a healthy life. He regularly does yoga and is also a vegan: he doesn’t eat any meat, milk or cheese. But he says he sometimes has a piece of chocolate!
He sometimes meets his old friend Leonardo DiCaprio too – they worked in the 2013 film The Great Gatsby together. His character in the film enters a world of large houses, parties and money – it seems the perfect film for Tobey.
A correct ü B incorrect û
1 Tobey changed his secondary school when he was 13.
2 Tobey’s mum worked in the film industry.
3 Money was important to Tobey.
4 Before Tobey was famous, Leonardo DiCaprio was his friend.
5 Tobey worked with the director Ang Lee.
6 He acted in The Ice Storm in the 1970s.
7 Pleasantville was a flop.
8 Tobey has only got one child.
9 Tobey doesn’t usually eat dairy products.
10 Tobey likes to eat a little chocolate.
PROVE STRUTTURATE • VOCABULARY
1 Scegli l’alternativa corretta.
1 I never watch children’s endings/programmes/special effects.
2 I need to wrap up a balloon/fireworks/present.
3 Please give me salt and peppers/pepper/peas.
4 Don’t forget to send a card/speech/event.
5 I don’t like soaps – they’re usually very informative/realistic/formulaic.
6 We’re setting off the fireworks/the decorations/the crackers at midnight.
7 My favourite type of meat is aubergine/tuna/pork.
8 I never eat snacks like bread/cake/rice.
PROVE STRUTTURATE • GRAMMAR
1 Completa la seconda frase usando le parole fra parentesi in modo che il significato rimanga lo stesso.
1 The biscuits in this shop are delicious! (such)
This shop sells biscuits.
2 I think the film is frightening. (so)
I feel when I watch this film.
3 Could I have a kilo of bananas, please? (would like)
kilo of bananas, please.
4 I’ve got a a small piece of cheese in the fridge. (a little)
cheese in the fridge.
5 My parents left school in 1970. (many)
ago.
2 Completa le frasi con le parole date. Ci sono tre parole in più.
too much some many a few a lot of enough a little a much few
1 We need sugar. I’m making three big cakes.
2 Paul’s buying me small cup of coffee.
3 There aren’t cartons of yoghurt – only one or two.
4 I have homework to do, but not much!
5 There are only vegetables I don’t like – mushrooms, aubergine, and peas.
6 There’s milk in this tea – it’s horrible!
7 I haven’t got money, so I can’t buy it.
3 Scrivi le domande per queste risposte.
1 I wrote to Ella.
2 Yes, they were actors.
3 Er, I think the large present is Harvey’s.
4 Daniel Craig was born in Chester, I think.
5 No, he didn’t leave it on the shelf.
6 There was a lot of information.
4 Scrivi frasi complete usando il Past simple.
1 Clare/hear/music/when/she/arrive/at her house
2 they/not enjoy/the meal/but the dessert/be/nice
3 my Dad/not born/in the UK but he and his wife/live/there for two years
4 I/get/home late so I/not watch/TV
5 we read/the book in class but we/not see/the film
6 he/study/for the test? No
PROVE SEMI-STRUTTURATE • FLUENCY
1 Scrivi frasi complete con informazioni vere. Usa le parole date e aggiungi un’espressione di tempo passato in ogni frase.
1 I/have a good time at a party
2 a friend/give you a present
3 My friends and I/see a gripping film
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