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| publicity | figures | posthumous | legendary |
| popularity | cowardice | recognition | best-seller |
| defeats | villain | notorious | status |
| champion | whizz-kid | renowned | prodigy |
| failure | outstanding | illustrious | beating |
| eminence |
1. Ned Kelly was a(n)....................nineteenth-century Australian bandit.
2. Alan Sugar, the founder of Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc, is regarded as a(n)....................in financial circles.
3. Membership of the Royal Society is restricted to scientist who have achieved....................in their chosen field.
4. Jerez in southern Spain is.................... for sherry, and
Kalalamata in Greece for olives.
5. Winston Churchill came from a(n).................... family,
being descended from John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough,
6. Robert Browning had to wait many years for
....................as a major poet, whereas his contemporary, Alfred
Tennyson, achieved....................with the public and critics early
in his career.
7. Mozart was an infant.................... who continued to
demonstrate his genius as he grew up.
8. Admiral Byng was accused of....................in the face of
the enemy, court-martialled, and executed in 1757.
9. Politicians are regarded as public.................... and can
expect their private lives to be subject to scrutiny.
10. Emily Dickinson was virtually unpublished in her lifetime. Her fame as a poet is entirely.....................
11. In England, unlike many other countries, being a waiter is not a job with high.....................
12. In Shakespeare's play «Othello», much of the interest is focused on the...................., Iago, whose lies and malice lead to
tragedy.
13. The famous novelist, Jeffrey Archer, paid off his huge debts by writing a(n).....................
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14. Simon Bolivar suffered several.................... before his
great victory at Carabobo in 1821.
15. Pat Cash won the 1987 Wimbledon final,....................
Ivan Lendl.
16. The World Chess...................., Victor Korchnoy, retained his title in 1987 against the challenge of Anatoly Karpov.
17. Most film stars regard it as natural to spend their lives in the glare of.....................
18. Although Eddie «The Eagle» Edwards always came last in me ski-jump competitions, nobody regarded him as a(n) …………….
19. Even in her lifetime, Maria Callas was a(n)
figure, because of a unique combination of acting and vocal skills.....
20. Mark Spitz gave a(n)....................performance at the 1972
Olympics, when he won more gold than had ever been won before.
| aspiring | pressure | rewards | craft |
| fan | agent | stardom | talented |
| drop out | lured | achieve | in the public eye |
| invasion | dedicated | precarious | a big break |
| autograph | role | ruthless | negative aspects |
B. Complete the text using the words and phrases given.
Fame
Fame is a very successful American TV series. Set in a New York theatre school, it charts the ups and downs in the daily lives of
a group of....................(1) performers as they learn about their
.................... (2). All are.................... (3) and ambitious,
.................... (4) to their future profession. A few are
....................(5) and will go to any lengths to....................(6)
their ambitions,
We see the students rehearsing, preparing for auditions, putting on their own shows. Occasionally, one of the lucky ones gets
....................(7)-is spotted by a leading....................(8) or is
offered a(n).................... (9) in a film. Some students find the
.................... (10) too much and.................... (П). But the
majority are....................(12) by the bright lights, and complete
the course, ready to enter a(n)....................(13) profession where
... (14) can be great - wealth, glamour,
.................... (15), a life....................06). Few at this time
think of failure, or even of the.................... (17) of success
................. (18) of privacy, constant recognition and mobbing
by...................(19) hunters and....................(20) andevery
action under public scrutiny. It's a time of hope.
