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UNIT TEST (Unit 9)

Section 1: Listening (Tapescript 35, scenes 2 & 3)
Listen to this part of an episode of a soap opera. Complete sentences 1 to 6 with a
word or short phrase.
(1)

Mara and Ella had been to a ____________ .

(2)

Charlie was supposed to be at a big ____________ competition.

(3)

Ella thinks it is wrong for married people to ________________ .

(4)

Charlie doesnt want to go on ____________ with Mara and Ellie.

(5)

Mara wants to __________ Charlie to go with them.

Section 2: Grammar and Vocabulary

Complete each sentence using reported speech.
(6)

Peter will be back soon, Tom said.

Tom said that ___________________ back soon.

(7)

Do you live far away? asked Fiona.

Fiona asked me _________________ far away.

(8)

Simon likes you a lot, said Roz.

Roz told me ____________________ a lot.

(9)

I have never been to Mexico, said Toni.

Toni said ____________________ to Mexico

(10)

I think Sheilas working at home, said Graham.

Graham thought that ______________________ at home.

Put the verb in parentheses into the correct future form.

(11)

Darling, _______ you _______ (marry) me?

Yes, of course.

(12)

Great, its vacation time. This time tomorrow I ____________ (sit) on a beach.

(13)

Tell Derek I _____________ (finish) painting his room by three oclock at the

latest.
(14)

If you drink this, you __________ (feel) better in no time.

Read the dialogue below. Choose the word from the box that best fits each space.
Use each word once only.
dare

business

hurt

matter

right

get

up

care

idea

Derby:

Are you okay?

Quartz:

Leave me alone.

Derby:

Whats the (15)_______?

Quartz:

Mind your own (16)_______!

Derby:

Have I done something wrong?

Quartz:

How (17)_______ you ask? You dont love me anymore.

Derby

You know thats not true. Youve (18)_______ my feelings.

Quartz

Serves you (19)_______.

Derby

I have no (20)_______ what you are talking about.

Quartz

I know you are (21)_______ to something.

Derby:

Look, I really dont know what you (22)_______ .

Quartz:

I know youre in love with Shania!

Derby

Shania? You know I dont (23)_______ about her.

Quartz

Well she loves you.

Derby:

Well, shell have to (24)_______ over it. I only want to be with you!

mean

Section 3: Reading
Read the article below about the soap opera Dallas. For questions 25 to 30 choose
the best answer (AG). There is one letter that you do not need to use.
A JR Ewing
B Bobby Ewing

C Pamela
D Miss Ellie

E Cliff Barnes
F Gary

According to the article, which character

(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)

was desperately unhappy?

never appeared very often?
was seen less and less?
set a high standard for similar characters?
underwent a big transformation?
had to make unsatisfactory compromises?

_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____

G Sue Ellen

DALLAS KING OF THE SOAPS

My favourite soap opera by far is none other than Dallas. Dallas left its mark on a
generation of television viewers like no other soap before it or since. First shown in
1978 as a five-part mini-series on the CBS television network, it was so successful that
it continued to be made for more than a decade, with the final episode being aired in
1991.
Dallas was in essence the story of a struggle for power and influence between and
among two feuding families, the Ewings and the Barnes. Always melodramatic and
occasionally absurd, the real strength of the series lay in the excellence of the characters
and (for the most part) the actors who played them.
The character that stood out above all others was JR Ewing, played by Larry Hagman.
JR was the villain that all other soap opera villains have to measure themselves against.
Unscrupulous, manipulative and scheming, JR was the man the audience loved to hate.
Bobby, his younger brother, played by Patrick Duffy, could not have been more
different. Until he was killed off, Bobby was a one-dimensional, too-good-to-be-true
character. On his return from death, however, he had lightened up, become more laidback and even learned to enjoy a joke or two.
Bobbys wife Pamela was played by the beautiful but hardly enigmatic Victoria
Principal. As a Barnes among the Ewings, Pamela was inevitably torn between the two
camps, caught in the middle, never able to satisfy either side. It was Pammy who had a
year-long dream during which Bobby was murdered and she married someone else.
When she eventually woke up, Bobby was back and her new husband had gone.
Ridiculous!!
Miss Ellie had the task of holding together a family which often seemed to be bursting
at the seams. As played by Barbara Bel Geddes, this was a wonderful character, but one
season she fell ill and had to be replaced by Donna Reed. In her own way, Reed was as
good an actress as Bel Geddes, but she was simply wrong for the part. Thankfully Bel
Geddes returned for the following season. However, as the series continued her
declining health meant that her appearances on screen became more infrequent towards
the end.
Cliff Barnes was the local Assistant District Attorney and he always sought to expose
JRs corrupt practices. He later set up a rival oil company called Barnes-Wentworth and
this led to further feuding with the Ewings. Cliff Barnes was played with great selfassurance by Ken Kercheval.
The third brother was Gary though his appearances were sporadic. He spent most of
his time in another soap, Knots Landing. Gary was played originally by David Ackroyd
but later more notably by Ted Shackleford. It was also later revealed that the head
rancher at Southfork was also a half brother. He was Ray Krebbs (played by Steve
Kanaly).
The storyline for which Dallas became most famous was when JR was shot and we

were all kept guessing before finally discovering it was his wife Sue Ellens sister
Kristin who did it. Sue Ellen was a former Miss Texas who becomes a hopeless drunk
after marrying JR. Sue Ellen was played by Linda Gray, Kristin by Mary Crosby.
The programme was at one time immensely enjoyable but the later series were
increasingly ridiculous and the acting suffered. But Ill always remember those early
years when Dallas was the best thing on television and JR ruled not just Dallas but the
world.