Alfred Hitchcock - Test 4

B2 First · Word Formation · Cambridge B2 First 4, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

SUCCEED

PSYCHOLOGY

TENSE

FRIGHTEN

APPEAR

DISTRACT

EXAGGERATE

TRUE

One of the most (0) ___ filmmakers of the twentieth century was Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in England and had considerable (17) ___ making films there before he decided to move to the United States to work in Hollywood. Hitchcock is best remembered for his (18) ___ thrillers, such as Psycho. He had great skill in building up (19) ___ , which made his films extremely (20) ___ for audiences. Hitchcock liked to make a brief (21) ___ in most of his films – at times that were in no way essential to the plot. When he realised audiences were waiting eagerly for him to appear, he started to make sure that these moments occurred early in the films to avoid being a (22) ___ from the plot. It was sometimes said that Hitchcock had no great liking for actors. This was something of an (23) ___ , but there is certainly some (24) ___ in it as he did not enjoy working with actors who disagreed with the way he interpreted their parts.

Alfred Hitchcock

FAME

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