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3 The police knew all the facts.
aware The police ____________ the facts.
4 Even though she is famous, she leads a quiet life.
fame Despite ______________ a quiet life.
5 Let’s stay in and watch TV tonight?
staying What ____________ TV tonight?
6 My friend had not expected the film to be funny.
friend The film _____________ had expected.
7 Martin has to wear his glasses to read the newspaper.
without Martin _____________ wearing his glasses.
8 My father thinks that people who watch television are wasting their time.
a My father thinks watching television ___________ people’s time.
9 The press is speculating that the couple will soon get divorced.
speculation There is _______________ that the couple will soon get divorced.
10 They continue using those candid photos.
stop This ___________________ those candid photos.
20 Put the verbs in brackets in Present Simple, Present Continuous,
Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.
Images of Kate Middleton being doorstepped by the paparazzi (1) _____
(bring back) memories of the press hounding Princess Diana. Following requests
by Prince William (and her lawyers) for the paparazzi to stop harassing his
girlfriend, News International (2) _____ (ban) its newspapers, including the Sun
and the News of the World, from using paparazzi pictures of her. A similar, short-
lived ban (3) _____ (arise) after the death of Diana.
Ten years on, the Press Complaints Commission and the law offer more
redress for those who feel their privacy is being invaded, but the world of
paparazzi (4) _____ (change). The colourful origin of the term paparazzi (5)
_____ (lie) in the character of a photographer, Paparazzo, in Fellini’s film La
Dolce Vita. Fellini (6) _____ (liken) him to a mosquito – “a buzzing insect,
hovering, darting, stinging.” What we now know as the paparazzi (7) _____ (be)
photographers who pursue celebrities for unposed, unguarded pictures that they
hope will earn big money. For example, Mel Bouzad, after relentless pursuit of
Britney Spears, (8) _____ (earn) $120,000 for a single photograph. Besides, this
photograph (9) _____ (allow) little to get in his way of the “perfect” picture.
The royal family were first given the mantle of celebrity in the 70s, when
Prince Charles (10) _____ (date) Amanda Knatchbull and Lady Jane Wellesley.
They might object to press intrusion but even they, including most notably Diana,
(11) _____ (learn) to use the power of the press.
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