SMKA SPM Trial 2022 - Reading Test (Part 2)

It took eleven-year-old actor Daniel Radcliffe eight months and many auditions to win the role that would ___ him a star.

• cause

• make

• drive

• force

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Nowadays, it would be hard to

imagine ___ else as Hogwarts’s favourite young wizard, Harry Potter.

• everyone

• nobody

• no one

• anyone

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His​ (a)   in David Copperfield drew the attention of producer David Heyman, who was searching for the perfect actor to play the boy wizard.

• role
• function
• post
• duty

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With filming for the Harry Potter series set to take place in Los Angeles, USA, Daniel’s parents turned ​ (a)   the role at first.

• down
• off
• up
• over

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released in 2001 to spellbound ___ .

• readers

• spectators

• audiences

• onlookers

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​ (a)   , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the final film in the series, became ​ (b)   the highest-earning Harry Potter movie but also one of only thirty films ever to earn over $1 billion ​ (c)   the box office.

• In fact
• not only
• at
• However
• aside from
• on
• Meanwhile
• as well
• in

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___ his enormous success, Daniel never took his fame for granted.

• Although

• Despite

• While

• Regardless

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Since then, he ___ in a range of films while has also won several awards for his theatre work.

• star

• stars

• starred

• starring

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