Grammatical competence - From"Inside Out"(HEINEMANN) Part I

The following extracts come from the 'Culture' section of The Sunday Times. Read the extracts and choose the best answer.

The Straight Story

When 73-year-old Alvin Straight discovers that the brother he ____1____isn't speakinghasn't been spokenhasn't spoken todoesn't speak in ten years is ill, he decides ____2____payingto paydoingto do him a visit. This is David Lynch's true-life tale of ____3____any---theone man's 300-mile trip across America ____4____withonbyin his lawnmower. It's got humour and heart and not a weirdo in sight. Good old-fashioned entertainment for all the family ____5____enjoyenjoyingto enjoyenjoys .

The Lady in the Van

Maggie Smith brings all her cunning artistry to bear on the bag lady who lived ____6____forduring---since years in an old van in Alan Bennet's garden. His play, beautifully directed by Nicholas Hytner, is ____7____eitheralsobothneither a homage and a confession of guilt by a writer ____8____whichwhom---who needs to exploit the company he keeps.

The Story of Time

An epic, spectacularly designed and thought-provoking exhibition. More ____9____ofthanoverthat 500 items from around the world reflect changing concepts of time. Archaeological and ethnographic objects ____10____to be joinedjoiningjoinare joined by photographs of deep space ____11____realisedmadetakendone by the Hubble telescope and, more conventionally, ____12____byinwithto all kinds of clocks and other measuring instruments. ____13____AlthoughButHoweverDespite there's art, ____14____tooas well asalsoof course , in the shape of paintings with time-related subjects by, among ____15____otherothersanotherthese , Poussin, Blake, Hogarth, Constable and Turner. A perfect day out for the holidays. (The critical list in The Sunday Times, 'Culture' section, 2 January 2000).

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