Read the following text. six extracts have been removed from it. choose from the options a-g the one which fits each gap (1-6). there is one extra option which you do not need to use. a who want to harm her b as does her horrible brother mikey c if not better d the most successful adaptation of them all e than her family does at home f which is what she decides to do g whose parents treat her terribly several of roald dahl’s children’s books, including james and the giant peach and charlie and the chocolate factory, have been made into successful films. the film matilda, directed by and starring comic actor danny devito, is based on the roald dahl’s book of the same name and is perhaps 1) mara wilson stars as matilda, a sweet and intelligent six-and-a-half-year-old girl 2) when they’re not ignoring her, they’re mean and rude to her, and make her life a misery, 3) matilda is desperate to go to school and eventually her parents send her to crunchem hall, where the evil headmistress mrs trunchball (brilliantly played by pam ferris) treats her worse, if that’s possible, 4) matilda has friends at school, though, including her kind teacher miss jenny honey (played by embeth davidtz), and she soon discovers she has some strange powers which enable her to fight back against the people 5 ) although matilda, which was originally released in 1996, is a highly amusing children’s movie, much of the humour will appeal to adults too and the film is extremely well directed and acted. as a director, devito manages to capture completely the tone and style of the original book. indeed, this is one of the rare occasions where the screen version of a book is equally good, 6 ) the screenplay was written by nicholas kazan, son of the famous film director elia kazan. the film is also known as roald dahl’s matilda in some countries.

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