Exercise 3: Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
a. Andrew: That sounds delicious! Have you ever tried making pizza at home?
b. Lucas: I love Italian food, especially pizza and pasta.
c. Andrew: What’s your favorite type of food?
a. Kent: I love sushi! I’ll have to try it there. Did you visit any other cities?
b. Mon: Yes, I also went to Tokyo and Hiroshima. Tokyo is bustling, but Hiroshima was much quieter, with a very peaceful atmosphere.
c. Kent: Have you ever been to Japan? I’ve been thinking about going there next year.
d. Mon: Yes, I went last summer! It was an amazing experience. The temples in Kyoto were breathtaking, and the food in Osaka was incredible.
e. Kent: That sounds amazing! I’ve heard Japan is really good for food. What was your favorite dish?
f. Mon: Definitely sushi and ramen. The sushi there is unlike anything you can get anywhere else.
a. Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, I just wanted to take a moment to wish you a year filled with happiness, good health, and success.
b. Wishing you all the best for 2024, my dear friend. Let’s make this year unforgettable!
c. Looking back, I’m so thankful for the memories we’ve made together, and I’m excited about all the adventures, laughs, and good times that lie ahead.
d. You’ve been such a wonderful friend, and I’m looking forward to making even more memories with you in the coming year.
e. May this year bring you closer to your dreams and open new doors of opportunity.
f. I hope this New Year brings you plenty of reasons to smile and feel grateful. Here’s to a year full of growth, love, and joy!
a. In one study, researchers taught seven-month-old babies growing up in monolingual or bilingual homes that when they heard a tinkling sound, a puppet appeared on one side of a screen.
b. This suggests that for very young children, as well as for older people, navigating a multilingual environment imparts advantages that transfer far beyond language.
c. Halfway through the study, the puppet began appearing on the opposite side of the screen.
d. Furthermore, the benefits associated with bilingual experience seem to start very early.
e. In order to get a reward, the infants had to adjust the rule they’d learned; only the bilingual babies were able to successfully learn the new rule.
a. Firstly, It significantly increases the likelihood of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
b. In addition, it can negatively impact mental health, contributing to depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem.
c. Ultimately, obesity can shorten life expectancy and reduce a person's ability to enjoy daily activities.
d. Obesity poses several serious risks to health, both physically and mentally.
e. People with obesity are also more likely to suffer from sleep apnea, which can affect overall quality of life.
f. Obesity also places extra strain on joints, leading to conditions like arthritis and mobility issues.
Exercise 4: Read the following passage about.. and choose A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
Bullying behavior impacts the whole-school community. Bullying has detrimental effects on students' health, wellbeing and learning. It can make students feel lonely, unhappy and frightened. (18) _______. Most students say they don’t like seeing bullying in their school – it makes them feel worried and uncomfortable. Students (19)________.
Being bullied can affect everything about a child: how they see themselves, their friends, school, and their future. Students who are bullied often experience depression, low self-esteem that may last a lifetime, shyness, loneliness, physical illnesses, and threatened or attempted self-harm. Some students miss school, see their marks drop or even leave school altogether because they have been bullied. (20)_________.
Students who engage in bullying also risk poor long term outcomes, including leaving school early. Some students engage in bullying for a short time only and then stop either (21)________. A small group of students continue to bully others over many years. Parents and schools need to support those who bully others to learn more appropriate ways to get on with others and deal with conflict and social challenges.
Although most research in this area focuses on the impacts of bullying on initiators and targets, bullying may also have a negative impact on bystanders, those who witness bullying.(22) ________. No one can do well when they feel unsafe.
Addressing bullying effectively has benefits for the future of everyone.
Exercise 5: Read the following passage about endangered languages and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 23 to 30.
Young Beckham showed his own promise as a footballer, winning the coveted Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools National Skills competition at 11 years old. His talent soon caught the notice of Manchester United team officials, who asked him to try out for the club’s youth league. By age 16, Beckham had left home and was playing for United’s training division. Two years later, he made the club, and by 1995, he was a full-time starter.
Beckham wasted little time in making a splash on the English soccer landscape. The talented goal scorer was named the Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year in 1997. A year later, he was one of the leading faces of England’s World Cup team. In 1998, Beckham, who’d already signed a deal with Adidas, netted $13 million in endorsement deals.
In 1999, he led Manchester United to the Premier League title, the FA Cup championship, and the Champions League title. Thanks to a last-minute free kick against Greece in 2001, England qualified for the 2002 World Cup. That same year, Beckham signed a three-year $22 million contract to remain with Manchester United.
But Beckham’s time with United proved to be shorter than anyone thought. In 2003, he was acquired by Real Madrid in a stunning deal that brought to light Beckham’s growing rift with Manchester’s then-manager Alex Ferguson.
Spanish soccer fans were thrilled to have their archrival join their team. Americans, meanwhile, were just getting to know him with the release of the 2002 movie Bend It Like Beckham, which follows a young girl who bucks her family’s traditional ways in order to play soccer.
America’s fascination with Beckham and his decade of dominance culminated in 2007 when the soccer great moved across the Atlantic on a reported five-year, $250 million deal with the L.A. Galaxy. The relocation was as much about giving Victoria Beckham’s career a boost (she helped drive the decision to move to the States) as it was to give America’s MLS a shot in the arm. Within 48 hours of the signing, the Galaxy sold more than 5,000 season tickets.
Beckham’s career after moving to the United States, however, was a rocky one. He was beset by injuries, spraining a knee ligament his first season in Los Angeles, and later missed out on a chance to play in the 2010 World Cup because of an Achilles tendon injury.