
B2 : Vanilla Sky Prelude to a Dream
Below is a B2 English listening task. Good luck

Vocabulary
Dream ---> a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
Fable ---> a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
​Folk ---> relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation.
Poem ---> a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.
Casting ---> the assigning of parts in a play, film, or other production to an actor or actors.
Crew --->
Mojo ---> a magic charm, talisman, or spell.
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Quiz 1.0
1 - What does the word "Prelude" mean?
a. feel intense dislike for.
b. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
c. very unpleasant; repulsive.
d. make (something) continue indefinitely.
e. the mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef.
f. None of the above
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2 - What is a dream?
a. a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal.
b. where you feel like you've woken up, but you are actually still dreaming
c. a frightening experience that usually awakens the sleeper
d. a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
e. a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.
f. None of the above
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3 - What does "Lucid" mean?
a. expressed clearly; easy to understand.
b. not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.
c. covered with or characterized by grime.
d. A liquidity substance that is sticky.
e. An adjective to describe someone who has a lot of fortune.
f. None of the above
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4 - At the beginning of the video the narrator states "In the summer of 1997 I saw a Spanish film called 'Abre Los Ojos', I couldn't get it out of my mind".
a. True
b. False
c. Did not say
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5 - The narrator stated "the movie felt like a __________ song to me".
a. Rap
b. Rock
c. Folk
d. R&B
e. Jazz
f. Pop
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6 - The narrator stated "Casting went quickly from the smallest parts to the leads. We all had to move fast".
What is "casting" or "a cast"?
a. cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
b. capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape).
c. a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
d. the assigning of parts in a play, film, or other production to an actor or actors.
e. cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally.
f. None of the Above
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7 - The narrator states in the video "as all movies do vanilla sky a title i thought had a kind of a musical quality acquired a driven adrenalized personality all its own". What does "adrenaline" or "adrenalized" mean?
a. collapse or cause to collapse violently inwards.
b. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
c. a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that increases rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and prepares muscles for exertion.
d. burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.
e. exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.
f. None of the above
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8 - Penelope Cruz was shown asking "What is your nickname?"
What is a "nickname"?
a. a name that describes someone's position or job.
b. a person's name placed after the first name and before the surname.
c. a personal name given to someone at birth or baptism and used before a family name.
d. a hereditary name passed down from one generation to another
e. A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
f. None of the above
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9 - The narrator is quoted saying "Much of the same crew worked had worked on 'Almost Famous', we made the movies back to back and they couldn't have been more beautifully dissimilar".
What does "crew" mean?
a. cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.
b. a pair of people or things, especially in music or entertainment.
c. a haircut that is trimmed very close to the head, in particular one in which the hair is shaved at the back and sides and left slightly longer at the front and top.
d. a group of people who work closely together.
e. be or seem to be equal or comparable to.
f. None of the above
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10 - The narrator stated "Much of the same crew worked had worked on 'Almost Famous', we made the movies back to back and they couldn't have been more beautifully dissimilar".
What does "Back to back" mean?
a. argue about petty and trivial matters.
b. marked or marred with blotches or irregular spots
c. to return to a simpler way of doing something or thinking about something
d. the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.
e. coming one after the other : consecutive. back-to-back.
f. None of the above
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11. The narrator states "Working with the Great John Toll was key".
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Answer Key
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1 b. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
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2 ​- d. a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
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3 - a. expressed clearly; easy to understand.
4 - a. True
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5 - c. Folk
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6 - d. the assigning of parts in a play, film, or other production to an actor or actors.
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7 - c. a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that increases rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and prepares muscles for exertion.
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8 - e. A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
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9 - d. a group of people who work closely together.
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10 - e. coming one after the other : consecutive. back-to-back.
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