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Try It a Different Way

Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough working-class neighbourhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he ___16___ have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted ___17___. Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a ___18___ actor, but I had a driving need to do something ___19___ with my life,” he said.

He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his ___20___. But he didn’t make ___21___. For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, ___22___ at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his ___23___ career.

In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his ___24___ neighbourhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was ___25___ to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s ___26___ and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer ___27___ to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.

His ___28___ grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was ___29___ out of work and out of cash ___30___ he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio ___31___ it down. Moresco believed so ___32___ in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.

The movie, Crash, ___33___ into the theatres in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards---Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.

At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an ___34___ success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the ___35___ to get it done.”

16. A. must              B. should          C. can                     D. need

17. A. over                 B. far                          C. out                         D. up

18. A. simple                    B. strict                      C. firm                       D. good

19. A. different         B. impressive          C. effective                      D. special

20. A. occasion             B. treasure                      C. fortune                 D. possibility

21. A. it                            B. one                       C. this                       D. that

22. A. communicating    B. entertaining         C. practicing           D. volunteering

23. A. afforded          B. chosen                  C. respected                    D. offered

24. A. early                B. worn                      C. old                         D. passed

25. A. turned                    B. pointed                 C. belonged                     D. related

26. A. arresting         B. injuring                  C. killing                           D. shooting

27. A. advised                 B. happened                    C. intended               D. planned

28. A. influence         B. ambition               C. success                D. reputation

29. A. again                   B. even                      C. finally                            D. still

30. A. before                    B. when                            C. since                            D. while

31. A. let                           B. looked                   C. took                       D. turned

32. A. strongly           B. hardly                           C. deeply                          D. bravely

33. A. moved                   B. slipped                  C. fell                         D. put

34. A. effortless        B. enjoyable                     C. overnight                     D. optimistic

35. A. ways                    B. lines                      C. manners               D. actions

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