A Football Film Without a Stadium

B2 First Reading and Use of English — Part 1

Multiple-choice cloze

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example (0) A get B give C make D take

A Football Film Without a Stadium

When a local film club decided to (0) _____ a short film about women’s football, it couldn’t afford to hire a stadium. Instead, the director chose a school (1) _____ as the filming location. The players joined the cast, and a small (2) _____ from a nearby college took care of the cameras, sound and lighting.

The original (3) _____ included a scene in which the goalkeeper dived into the goalpost. To avoid the risk of (4) _____, the director replaced that moment with a close-up of the goalkeeper’s gloves as she caught the ball. The camera operator filmed the save from ground level so it would look convincing without any (5) _____.

For the (6) _____, a local musician mixed the sound of the crowd with a simple melody. At the first screening, some viewers said the match felt so real that they held their (7) _____ during the final penalty. The players, who had been nervous about appearing on camera, said the experience had given them the (8) _____ to take part in another film.

No.	A	B	C	D
1	court	stage	pitch	studio
2	audience	crew	orchestra	backing group
3	script	soundtrack	scenery	lighting
4	recovery	stretching	fitness	injury
5	live performances	special effects	reporting requirements	character roles
6	casting	plot	soundtrack	scenery
7	patience	breath	confidence	balance
8	confidence	likelihood	usage	performance