Read the text below. For questions (23 - 34) choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell

Maxwell BBC2 Friday

There's a 'you couldn't make it up' quality to the life story of newspaper bajon Robert Maxwell.
He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23)­­­­__ he arrived in this country (24) ___the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ___of English. Yet he (26) ___to become a war hero, fighting (27) ___a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile - and controversial - business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ___the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

'He (29) ___nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,' says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

'Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ___ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ___he was desperate to have influence.'

David (32) ___hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

'Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ___power of the man,' he says. 'That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power – from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) ___your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.'

23 A when B for C while D as

24 A in B of C at D on

25 A sound B word C phrase D speech

26 A went up B went for C went in D went on

27 A like B as if C with D as

28 A says B tells C speaks D talks

29 A rose from B rose above C rose in D rose out

30 A confident B positive C sure D self-assured

31 A though B when C that's why D because

32 A investigated B studied C shot D learned

33 A sheer B clean C sincere D transparent
34 A bend B crack C click D clap

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