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Level 1 test Unit 04
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1﴿ Akira Kurosawa
Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo in 1910 and was the
youngest of eight. He was the youngest of four brothers, but by his early 20s he was
the only one still living. His father was enthusiastic about western culture and took his
family to see movies, which at the time were beginning to appear in Japanese theaters.
His father was the director of a high school and he believed that movies had a positive
effect on education.
Kurosawa started working as an assistant director but was soon known as a very good
director himself. Rashomon was the movie that made him internationally famous when
it won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
Kurosawa used techniques that gave his movies a unique style. He liked having the
camera far away from the actors and so used a telephoto lens. He believed that this
made the actors relax more. He liked using a number of cameras so that he could film
scenes from different positions. He wanted his movies to be perfect and he spent a
huge amount of time and money on them. In Rashomon, he dyed the rainwater black
so that it looked heavier and dirtier.
Some people say that Kurosawa’s movies are too western, but Japanese theater also
influenced his work. Throne of Blood is almost a Noh drama. His movies had a big
influence on western movies. Seven Samurai was remade in Hollywood as The
Magnificent Seven. Ran retells the story of Shakespeare’s King Lear and is thought to
be one of the greatest movies ever made. Kurosawa died in Tokyo when he was 88.
Answer the following questions about the text yes or no.
Are Akira Kurosawa’s movies known outside Japan?
Yes
No
2﴿ Answer the following questions about the text yes or no.
Are the names of four of Kurosawa’s movies mentioned in the text?
Yes
No
3﴿ Match the key ideas to the correct paragraph.
How Akira Kurosawa became a movie director.
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
paragraph 4
4﴿ Match the key ideas to the correct paragraph.
Akira Kurosawa’s early life.
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
paragraph 4
5﴿ Decide if the following statement is true or false.
Throne of Blood has a Japanese style.
True
False
6﴿ Decide if the following statement is true or false.
Most of Akira Kurosawa’s movies were cheap to make.
True
False
7﴿ Choose the correct answer from the choices.
The movie ’Rashomon’ ________.
was about a lion.
made Kurosawa known around the world.
was filmed in Venice.
8﴿ Choose the correct answer from the choices.
Akira Kurosawa had________ brothers and sisters.
three
four
seven
9﴿ Answer the question with one word only.Write one word not number.
What is the name of the movie that retells King Lear?
10﴿ Answer the question with one word only. Write one word not number.
What did Kurosawa use to make the rain black in Rashomon?
11﴿ Use a key word from the text to complete the sentence.
His father believed that watching movies helped a child's ______
12﴿ Use a key word from the text to complete the sentence. When he was young, Akira
Kurosawa went to see _______ with his father.
13﴿ Complete the sentence with one of the following words.
fewer, famous, close, heavy, expensive, far, good, big, more, bad
Akira Kurosawa's father believed that watching movies was _______ for children.
14﴿ Complete the sentence with one of the following words.
fewer famous close heavy expensive far good big more bad
Kurosawa thought that actors couldn't relax if the cameras were too _____
15﴿ Match the words with the definitions.
culture______
16﴿ theater______
17﴿ relax_______
18﴿ techniques______
19﴿ film______
20﴿ ink ______
21﴿ Choose the correct definition.
Dyed ﴾paragraph 3﴿ means changed ____.
the color.
the taste.
the price.
22﴿ Choose the correct definition.
Influenced ﴾paragraph 4﴿ means ______.
was the same as something else.
created something new.
had an effect on something.
23﴿ Choose the correct answer from the choices.
Award ﴾paragraph 2﴿ is___________.
a noun.
a verb.
an adjective.
24﴿ Choose the correct answer from the choices.
Influence ﴾paragraph 4﴿ is_________.
a noun.
a verb.
an adjective.