A serious actress - Module 6

B2 First · Word Formation · First Expert Coursebook, Pearson Education

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.

RECOGNISE

GLAMOUR

BELIEVE

ABLE

DISAPPOINT

PERFORM

STRONG

ORGANISE

Penélope Cruz's career in movies has been (0) ___ successful, although she feels she has always had to struggle for (1) ___ as an actress because of her looks. As she says, 'Once you are seen as (2) ___ , you get called 'the pretty woman' and no one takes you seriously.' Nevertheless, in the best films she has made in her native Spain, she managed to play some well-rounded, (3) ___ characters that people could identify with. In 2000, Cruz was (4) ___ to resist the call of Hollywood and early on appeared in a couple of very (5) ___ films there, such as All the Pretty Horses. Now she is an international performer who appears in both Spanish and English-language films and many regard her (6) ___ in Pirates of the Caribbean as one of her best later English-language films. In it, she plays a dangerous pirate who not only looks good but also has great (7) ___ of character. Not just a talented actress, Cruz gives generously to charitable work and has spent a lot of time in Uganda as a (8) ___ .

A serious actress

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