THE CHANGING FACE OF BOLLYWOOD
Bollywood is the name ( 0 ) …………. to popular Mumbai -based films . Bollywood films are generally musicals and ( 1 )……………… catchy song -and-dance numbers , and a film ‘ s success often depends on the quality of such musical numbers . Indeed , a film ’ s music is often ( 2 ) …………….. before the movie itself , as a way of generating advance publicity . Indian audiences ( 3 ) ……………….. value for money from their films , which must include a famous actor in the ( 4 )………
The ( 5 )…………… of bollywood films have tended to be melodramatic , employing formulaic ingredients such a sas star-crossed lovers , angry parents , family ( 6 )………….., corrupt politicians , and siblings ( 7 )…………….. by fate . There have always beenIndian films with more sophisticated stories , inside and outside the Bollywood tradition , but these often lose out at the box office to movies with more mass ( 8 )……… Bollywood conventions are changing , however .
Large Indian ( 9 )……………. in English -speaking countries and increased western influence at home have made Bollywood films more like Hollywood films . Plots often feature westernised urbanities dating and dancing in discos , rather than the traditional ( 10 )………….. marriages .
0 ) A handed |
B donated |
C given |
D conferred |
E impose |
1 ) A contain |
B hold |
C enclose |
D take |
E own |
2 ) A emitted |
B issued |
C announced |
D given |
E released |
3 ) A want |
B require |
C want |
D pretend |
E expect |
4 ) A crew |
B characters |
C team |
D cast |
E group |
5 ) A accounts |
B plots |
C scenes |
D plays |
E tracks |
6 ) A feuds |
B wars |
C hostilities |
D complaints |
E riots |
7 ) A segregated |
B separated |
C lost |
D detached |
E missed |
8 ) A popularity |
B appeal |
C attaction |
D lure |
E publicity |
9 ) A people |
B residents |
C populations |
D inhabitants |
E crowd |
10 ) A arranged |
B coordinated |
C orchestrated |
D set up |
E organized |
KEYS
1 ) |
C |
8 ) B |
2 ) |
A |
9 ) C |
3 ) |
E |
10 ) A |
4 ) |
E |
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5 ) |
D |
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6 ) |
B |
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7 ) |
A |
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8 ) |
C |
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