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19.02.2022 01:34 •  Английский язык

МЕНЯ! Read the text carefully and choose the correct word for each space from the table.

Burnt by the Sun (1) the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1995. When the (2) was announced, a man tossed a young girl over his shoulder and strode triumphantly to the podium. Not yet having seen the movie, I found this celebratory (3) somewhat inappropriate – a doting Russian father sharing his moment of Hollywood (4) with his little daughter. But once you have seen Burnt by the Sun you will recognise that there could have been no more (5) gesture. The film is about life during Stalin's reign of terror; but at its bitter-sweet, sentimental heart it is about that father and his daughter and their special love for each other. The father – well-known Russian film-maker Nikita Mikhalkov – wrote, directed, and had the (6) role of Colonel Kotov in Burnt by the Sun. And Mikhalkov's co-star and the inspiration for the film is his daughter Nadia. He explains: «I decided to play this role for the unique (7) of helping the performance of my daughter, Nadia ... certain scenes being especially delicate on an emotional level.» In several such scenes, father and daughter express and (8) their love for each other. Mikhalkov also made his daughter comfortable by calling her by her (9) name in the film, and Mikhalkov says: «I (10) this film very quickly because I wanted my six-year-old daughter to play the role. Children grow quickly and lose the tenderness, the simplicity, and the charm their youth carries.»

1. A got B took C won D received

2. A grant B award C reward D prize

3. A performance B scene C moment D show

4. A victory B glory C achievement D triumph

5. A fit B proper C suitable D appropriate

6. A leading B small C principal D basic

7. A plan B reason C fact D thing

8. A show B stress C demonstrate D emphasise

9. A Christian B last C real D second

10.A shot B did C made D wrote

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