Bài tập & Lời giải
1. Read the text. Match paragraphs A-D with the headings below.
[ B ] Basics
1. [ ] Early career
2. [ ] Achievements
3. [ ] Why he is still popular
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2. Complete the text with the words.
born, buy, died, eventually, exciting, first, history, love, sold
A. People around the world love lan Fleming's works because the stories are always (1) .... Films with his James Bond character are still popular today.
B. lan Fleming was a British writer. He was (2) ... in England in 1908 and he (3) ... there in 1964,
C. lan Fleming (4) ... became one of the most popular writers of spy novels in (5) ... He wrote twelve James Bond novels and he (6) ... over 100 million books.
D. He (7) ... started writing in 1952 when he was forty-four and his James Bond novel Casino Royale was published in 1953. Not many people bought this first book. However, he wrote more novels and people started to (8) ... them. The first James Bond film was Dr. No in 1962.
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3. First write the questions for each paragraph title below in the correct place in the text. Then read the notes and complete the text.
When did he first start writing?
What were his achievements?
Who was Arthur Conan-Deyte?
Why is he still popular today?
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4. Think of a writer, film director, actor or singer from the past who is still popular today. Write an article about this person for a school magazine. Use the text in exercise 3 to help you.