Reading and Use Of English 1
JoinInC1 English Reading and Use Of English Part 1
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is
an example at the beginning (O).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
A) thoughts B) ideas C) wits D) emotions
Asnwer: C
Why do we lave horror films?
Why will some people pay good money to be scared out of their (O)
As someone
who has seen just one
horror film in their life, this never ceases to (1)
me. You can keep your
horror; to be (2)
I would rather have surgery without anaesthetic. But according to
psychologists, the fear we (3)
is safe: we know that when the film ends, we'lI be unharmed.
Horror films make our hearts (4)
and that's part of what (5)
to us: if our lives are
uneventful, weseek
excitement - in fact , it's good for our nervous system .
A study carried out in 1995 showed that the higher people (6)
on a scale that measures
sensation-seeking,
the more likely they are to be fans of horror films. People in their teens
and twenties tend to seek out (7)
experiences , and this makes them the biggest
audience for horror films. That usually (8)
with age: maybe we
start to realise that real
life is scary enough.
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