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=>ANSWER: E

1. The attraction of actors in films Keywords: attraction, actors

The actor who holds attraction for audiences, or “star”, is mentioned in paragraph G: ” The „star‟ was another natural consequence of cinema….Film personalities have such an immediate presence that, inevitably, they become super-real”.

+ actors~stars~film personalities

=>ANSWER: G

Questions 6-9: YES/NO/NOT GIVEN

1. It is important to understand how the first audience reacted to the cinema.

Keywords: first audience, understand, reacted.

In paragraph B, the writer says that “¼But it is worth trying, for to understand the initial shock of those images is to understand the extraordinary power and magic of cinema¼.”

“The initial shock of those images” refers to “how the first audience reacted to the cinema”. So the given statement agrees with the view of the writer.

+ important = worth trying

+first = initial

=>ANSWER: YES

1. The Lumiere Brothers‟ film about the train was one of the greatest films ever made

Keywords: Lumiere Brothers‟ film, train, greatest films

Scan the keyword in capitals “Lumiere Brothers” then find it in paragraph C: “One of the Lumiere Brothers‟ earliest films was a 30 second piece which showed a section of a railway platform flooded with sunshine.

A train appears …. Yet the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, one of the greatest of all film artists described the film as a „work of genius‟.” The writer only says the director Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the greatest of all film artists. Only the opinion of this director is mentioned, so we are not told if this film was one of the greatest films ever made.

=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN

1. 
   Cinema presents a biased view of other countries Keywords: a biased view, other countries
   

All the information about the cinema‟s presentation of other countries is in paragraph E. Because of the influence of the American film industry: “American imagery – the cars, the cities, the cowboys – became the primary imagery of film. Film carried American life and values around the globe.” Thus, we are only told that most cinema audiences watched images of American life. We do not know if the cinema presents a biased view of other countries.