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An ESL / EFL Online Gap-Fill Quiz on The Avengers

Marvel Entertainment's The Avengers is a 2012 American film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is scripted and by Joss Whedon and an ensemble that includes Robert Downey, Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson. In The Avengers, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor to a team that must stop Thor's adoptive brother Loki from the Earth. The film includes all the usual and spills expected from a superhero movie.

The Avengers in April 2012 in Hollywood, California. The film received positive from most film critics and set numerous box records, including the biggest weekend in North America. It tied the record for the fastest film to $1 billion worldwide and became the third-highest grossing film ever. The website Rotten Tomatoes wrote: "With a that never forgets its heroes' humanity, and no shortage of super-powered set pieces, The Avengers lives up to its .” Associated Press writer Christy Lemire said: “The script "sparkles as brightly as the special ; these people may be wearing ridiculous costumes but they're well fleshed-out underneath."