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Task 1. Read the first passage of the text. Translate orally the second passage. (Time for preparation – 5 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
An art film (also known as art movie, specialty film, art house film, or in the collective sense as art cinema) is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass marketaudience. Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an "art film" using a "...canon of films and those formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films", which includes, among other elements: a social realism style; an emphasis on the authorial expressivity of the director; and a focus on the thoughts and dreams of characters, rather than presenting a clear, goal-driven story. Film scholar David Bordwell claims that "art cinema itself is a film genre, with its own distinct conventions."
Furthermore, a certain degree of experience and intellect are required to understand or appreciate such films; one mid-1990s art film was called "largely a cerebral experience" which you enjoy "because of what you know about film". This contrasts sharply with mainstream "blockbuster" films, which are geared more towards escapism and pure entertainment. For promotion, art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics' reviews, discussion of their film by arts columnists, commentators and bloggers, and "word-of-mouth" promotion by audience members. Since art films have small initial investment costs, they only need to appeal to a small portion of the mainstream viewing audiences to become financially viable.
Task 2. Write suitable heading to each passage. (Time for preparation – 4 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
WRITING (10 min.)
Task 1. Write an essay to the given topic “The origin of American Nation”. (100 words) (Time for preparation -8 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
Card # 20
LISTENING (10 min.)
Task 1. Listen give T(true) and F (False) answers. (Time for listening -4 min., time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 1 min).
| TRUE | FALSE | ||
| Speaker A lost her sense of taste and smell for five month . | |||
| Speaker A couldn’t smell a thing at all. | |||
| Speaker B has used traditional medicine. | |||
| Speaker C went to a homeopath. | |||
| Speaker D used herbal sleeping pills. |
Task 2. Retell the main idea of the text. (Time for preparation – 2 min. Time for answer -2 min.)
SPEAKING (10min.)