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141 Read the text about the film The Matrix . Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–8). Put a cross (  ) in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 23 a M p. 55 Do you know the film? If so, do you think this is an accurate description of it? Why?/Why not? If you don’t know the film, would you like to see it now? Why?/Why not? Do you know any other films that deal with the topic of artificial intelligence? Is it shown in a positive or negative way? Use the text above as a model to write a similar description of a sci-fi film or book you have recently read. Don’t give away the ending though! b c WRITING 24 0 A this B that C what D who 1 A working B that’s being C is bored D that’s 2 A received B saw C had got D receiving 3 A tells him B says him C is telling him D warning him 4 A met B have met C meet D meeting 5 A however B secondly C despite that D differently 6 A is capturing B has captured C was captured D has been captured 7 A who’s B which C whose D their 8 A be killed B have killed C be killing D to die The Matrix – The Fight for the Future What if virtual reality wasn’t just for fun, but was being used to imprison you? That’s the dilemma (0) faces mild-mannered computer freak Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) in The Matrix . It’s the year 1999, and Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer (1) in an office, and by night he is a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. After (2) a mysterious message on his computer, Neo ends up in a nightclub where he is contacted by another hacker, Trinity (played by Carrie-Anne Moss). Trinity (3) about the mysterious Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and says that he should (4) him. When Neo is taken to see Morpheus, he learns the terrible truth: First of all, the year is actually closer to 2199, and (5) , the real world is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Most of humanity (6) by a race of machines that live off the humans’ body heat and electrochemical energy and imprison their minds within an artificial reality. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the matrix and confront the ‘Agents’: super-powerful computer programs (7) aim is to get rid of Neo and the entire human rebellion. Neo will (8) if they catch him, but Morpheus is convinced Neo is ‘The One’ who can crack open the matrix and bring his people to both physical and psychological freedom. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv