Test 2 A: Benedict Cumberbatch

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When I (1) a. have been watching b. watch c. am watching d. was watching Benedict Cumberbatch in 12 Years a Slave, it suddenly struck me how little I (2) a. didn't know b. have known c. knew d. knows about this British-born actor.

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Who (3) a. is b. was c. had d. were his parents? Actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, says Wikipedia. Cumberbatch (4) a. grew b. grow c. were growing d. have grown up in Chelsea, London, after his birth in Hammersmith in 1976. Cumberbatch's ancestors (5) a. includes b. are included c. include d. has included a consul general to Turkey, a decorated submarine officer and other members of high society.

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I (6) a. had always been feeling b. have always felt c. were always feeling d. always feels sorry for little boys who (7) a. have b. has c. having d. has had to go away from home to boarding schools at an early age. Cumberbatch (8) a. started b. has started c. were starting d. starts attending a boarding school when he was eight. While at Harrow, his drama teacher said he was "the best schoolboy actor" he (9) a. has ever worked b. will ever work c. had ever worked d. is ever working with.

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After school, Cumberbatch (10) a. taking b. taken c. takes d. took a gap year to teach English at a Tibetan monastery. Did you (11) a. knew b. known c. knows d. know this about him? At school, he (12) a. has been b. is c. was d. were good at painting oil canvasses and playing rugby.

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Since 2001, Cumberbatch (13) a. have had b. has been c. has had d. had had major roles in a dozen classic plays at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, Almeida Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. In 2011, he (14) a. achieved b. achieves c. has achieved d. will achieve the "Triple Crown of London Theatre": the Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his performance in Frankenstein. I'm sure we (15) a. have seen b. saw c. are seeing d. will see him in many great theatre production in days to come.

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Many of us (16) a. remembers b. remember c. have remembered d. remembering Cumberbatch playing the role of Sherlock Holmes on television. Before his role as Holmes, he (17) a. had starred b. is starring c. has starred d. were starring as Stepthen Hawking in Hawking, winning the Golden Nymph for Television Films - Best Performance by an Actor, and in many, many other roles.

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Cumberbatch (18) a. is reading b. will have read c. was reading d. has read many audio books and done many radio productions for the BBC. What about the film industry? Here (19) a. have we b. is c. are d. have been some of his films: Amazing Grace, Atonement, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Whistleblower, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Fifth Estate, 12 Years a Slave and August: Osage County.

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"The most eligible bachelor in the United Kingdom", "the sexiest man alive, Benedict Cumberbatch (20) a. has survived b. will survive c. survives d. is surviving a violent carjacking and at another time being tied and thrown into a boot of a car at gunpoint - in real life, not in movies. Keep your fingers crossed for him!

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