Exit test. Spotlight 11

How did you………… Stephen to help you with  the housework?

This time next week we ……………..at Sydney's  Bondi Beach.

Can you please stop complaining? It's really  …………..on my nerves!

The painter's amazing biography made quite  an impression……….. the art students.

Becky's teeth always start to…………. when she  stays out in the cold for too long.

The school…………. team reaches the finals will  enter the state championship.

This house is said…………. in the 1930s.

Paul …………..young children before, so he found  it quite demanding.

He recommended……. A burglar alarm to protect the house against thieves.

Joey always his ………..fists when he's angry.

Frank should see a doctor; that ………cough of his sounds bad.

The conman spent five years in prison after he  was …….of fraud.

Nick ………..on the project for hours; I'm sure  he's exhausted.

The teacher asked to see Brad  …….. to talking about his poor exam results.

Alan wanted to quit his studies, but his parents managed to ……..him.

Jane wasn't really hurt in the accident; she just her……. arm and her leg.

The parcel…… to you as soon as possible.

The ferry boat ……for the island an hour  later at weekends.

Albert's classmates often pick… him because he has bright red hair.

It was……. Terrible weather that there were  hardly any people out in the streets.

Their wedding invitation came as a surprise  we didn't even know they were …..!

Why ....the cheese? Has it gone off?

What I enjoy most about this ....city is the fact that I meet people from all corners of the  Earth. 

The company placed a big advert on the  ...page of the local newspaper.

All that food I ate.... to have filled me up but I'm still hungry! 

If I had known your car had broken down, ...you a lift to work. 

It wasn't fair of Jeff to talk to Helen like that;  he really.... her feelings. 

I remember ....my mobile phone with me  this morning, but now I can't seem to find it  anywhere. 

Harry told us he.... to the opera before. 

You ....have seen Will at the Metallica  concert! He can't stand heavy metal music. 

When Sean lost his parents during a tragic accident, he was placed with a(n)... family. 

Why don't you talk to the school counsellor?  It'll help you to get things off your .....

Patrick wishes he.... more ti me to devote to  his hobbies, but his work keeps him quite busy. 

The batteries in the torch were running lov so it was giving out a very weak ....of light

Peter couldn't find his reading glasses, so he asked me where ....

I'm sure the situation isn't that bad; you're  just getting things out of ....

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UK Kids say:

"We want to be famous"

Ask kids in Britain what they want to be when they grow up and many will give the same reply: "I want to be famous!" That, at least, is the finding of a recent survey in the UK which suggests that the cult of the celebrity in Britain has reached such a level that traditional childhood dreams of becoming a pilot, an astronaut, or a ballerina, have been firmly replaced by the desire to become a celebrity.

Of course there is nothing new in childhood dreams of fame. Young children have always wanted to be superheroes, princesses, and rock stars. Nor, indeed, is there anything wrong with children dreaming of fame and fortune 1) _______?

The problem today lies in British children's perceptions of the accessibility of fame. The rise of a new type of celebrity in the UK — one who has achieved fame, fortune and influence without doing anything of importance — has created a generation of children 2) _____, it is something that can be got for nothing.

Reality TV shows (such as Big Brother) are partly responsible for the rise in this new genre of British celebrity. In the early 2000s, reality TV saw an explosion in popularity in the UK. Magazine covers in Britain became dominated by men and women 3)_____ . Such was the media coverage afforded to these reality TV stars that by 2007, according to one survey, one in seven UK teenagers were hoping to achieve fame by appearing on a reality TV show.

Of course, of the hundreds of thousands of people 4) _____, few actually achieve it. Teachers in Britain worry that the ease with which reality show contestants find fame fails to get this message across to children.

British teachers are also very concerned that the obsession with celebrity is affecting both children's attitudes to study and their career aspirations. Children look at celebrities today 5) _____. Thus, they begin to see education as unnecessary for achieving success in life. It is very important not to fall into the trap of believing the path to fame and fortune is easy. If it was, everyone would be rich and famous! Very few people will achieve fame from appearing on reality TV, 6)____. Still, the good news for kids today is that regardless of whether or not they achieve fame, there are more job options open to them than ever before. Most kids can still grow up to be anything they want to be!

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