One Life, Live It --- VOCABULARY

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the text.

The last two films I have seen at the cinema couldn’t have been more different. The first was a breathtaking natural disaster movie about a tsunami. We sat in the front row and the (1) __________  sound of the crashing waves practically

deafened us. 

Watching the buildings being swept away by vast amounts of water and seeing the helicopter rescue of the main characters was quite (2) __________ .

I was literally on the edge of my seat. The other film was a romantic

comedy, called She’s the One. The opening scene was a bicycle chase between two twin sisters; they are racing at (3) _____ speed through the streets, when one of them is knocked over by another cyclist. 

 For one (4) _________  moment we think she may have been badly hurt.

However, she isn’t injured at all, and in fact becomes close friends with the other cyclist. I won’t tell you any more but as you can guess it’s a really (5) ____ story.