Sentence Completion

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Fill up the blanks, numbered [1] upto [5], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank. THE French film industry is more often given to __[1]__ agonising about American cultural imperialism or the tyranny of the market than to self-congratulation. But this year, __[2]__ triumph is in the air. It is not just that for the first time in 21 years the Cannes film festival jury, headed this time by Sean Penn, awarded its top prize, the Palme

d’Or, to a French film, Laurent Cantet’s “Entre les Murs” (“The Class”). Another homegrown movie, “Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis” (which will be remade for an American audience as “Welcome to the Sticks”), is set to overtake James Cameron’s Hollywood blockbuster, “Titanic”, as the country’s all-time top box-office hit. 1.

(1) cognitive (2) introspective (4) volatile (5) random

(3) perceptive

2.

(1) apologetic (2) significant (4) unapologetic (5) reluctant

(3) deliberative

Apart from their tiny budgets, these two films could scarcely differ more. The first is a __[3]__ documentary style classroom drama, filmed—like Nicolas Philibert’s charming 2002 film, “Etre et Avoir” (“To Be and To Have”) —with real pupils in a real school, this one in a multicultural quarter of Paris. It is adapted from a book by François Bégaudeau, based on his experience as a teacher (he plays a fictionalised version of himself in the film). The second is a slick, warm, __[4]__ comedy, written by and starring Dany Boon, a French comic, which overturns French prejudices about the beer-drinking, rain-soaked north. Since its release in February, “Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis” has notched up a __[5]__ 20m cinema tickets in France—just short of the 20.7m that “Titanic” secured— and over $157.6m in receipts.

3.

(1) boring (4) dreary

(2) egregious (5) morose

4.

(1) redemptive (4) dry

(2) tedious (5) listless

5.

(1) sparse (4)massive

(2) bare (5) laudatory

Answers : 1. 2 2. 4 3. 3 4. 1 5. 3

(3) gritty (3) unamenable (3) staggering