I. PRONUNCIATION ⇱
II. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each question. ⇱
14. Liam and Rosa are talking about their study.
Liam: “There’s not much time left to choose your last subject for final year. Have you made up your mind yet?”
Rosa: “I know. ______ whether to do business or art.”
III. Look at each sign or notice. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) that matches its meaning. ⇱
IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage. ⇱
It is often not easy to understand people who live an unusual lifestyle because it goes (17) ______ the grain, especially concerns about health. But Don Gorske is a (18) ______ example of one of those who lead a healthy but out-of-the-norms life. Don has eaten 2 Big Macs on a daily basis for over 50 years, and until now, he has consumed more than 30,000 Big Macs. For two decades, he has claimed the world record for the most Big Macs eaten, and has (19) ______ his record to a total of 34,128 Big Mac burgers. (20) ______ the considerable number of burgers he has eaten, he is still relatively healthy – thanks to his six-mile walks around his neighborhood and the (21) ______ of French fries from his order. (22) ______ about 86 kilograms, Don believes that the Big Mac is the reason for his healthy weight.
V. Read the following and do as directed. ⇱
Decision-making plays an important role in leading a happy and successful life. Good decisions can lead to benefits while poor choices can result in losses. For those who agonize over every possibility of their choices, they get exhausted from decision fatigue. Charles Darwin is a typical example. In 1838, the English naturalist was on the horns of dilemma – whether to get married or devote his life to science.
To facilitate the process, Darwin made a list of the expected pluses and minuses of marriage. On the left-hand side, he tried to imagine what marital life would be like (“having a constant companion”, and “the likelihood that children would be part of the package”). On the right-hand side, he tried to imagine what it would be like not to marry (“not forced to visit relatives and to bend in every trifle”). Most of Darwin’s list seemed to point him toward a life of staying single. Yet he decided to marry, seemingly putting his sober list of pluses and minuses aside.
Why did Darwin ignore the calm, rational calculus he laid out? Obviously, as social beings, we want to belong to something larger than ourselves. The decisions we made do not just lead to good days or bad days. They define us and determine who we are, who we might aspire to become and who we might come to be. Darwin accepted that daily happiness was less important how he thought he should live his life, and who and what he wanted to become.
From Darwin’s lesson, the advice is to spend less time trying to figure out the best path to get to where you want to go and spend more time thinking about where you want to go in the first place.
(Adapted from How to Make a Decision When There’s No “Right” One by Russ Roberts)
a. Decide whether the following sentences are True or False:
b. Choose the correct answer to each question:
VI. Supply the correct form of the word given in each sentence. ⇱
VII. Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that indicates the correct arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph/letter. ⇱
35. a. Jo has lived without cash since she quit her job as a community development officer in 2015.
b. She even wore unused clothes taken from the local charity.
c. At that time, she collected napkins from cafés to use as toilet paper and pieces of unwanted soap.
d. She also built a stove out of old bricks and used twigs for fuel.
e. When interviewed, she said that she saw the value in what others discarded.
36. a. All in all, the results indicate that different forms of assessment can be helpful in evaluating students’ abilities.
b. Those in favour said that it is helpful for students to go over what they have learned so that they can remember the lesson.
c. In contrast, those against commented that students are under a lot of study pressure when exams are coming, and teachers cannot assess all aspects of a student through a written exam.
d. In our survey at school, we asked people “Do students need school exams every year?”
e. Of the fifty students who participated, only 40% said ‘yes’ while the others said exams were unnecessary.
VIII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. ⇱
37. We last met each other at our last meeting in 2020. (TOGETHER)
> > We haven’t (37) in 2020.
38. Although the weather was bad, they tried to continue their plan for camping. (STICK)
> > Bad (38) their plan for camping.
39. He became keen on baking after attending a cake-making workshop although he wasn’t interested in cooking. (GOT INTO)
> > Despite his(39) baking after attending a cake-making workshop.
40. This is the first time I have postponed what I can do. (PUT)
> > Never (40) .
VIII. Look at the entry of the word “bother” in a dictionary. Use what you can get from the entry to complete the sentences with TWO or THREE words. ⇱
