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END OF COURSE TEST (Units 8–14)

Section A: Listening (Tapescript 48)

Listen to Helen East talking about storytelling and complete sentences 1 to 9 with a
maximum of three words. (9 marks)

(1) Helen has lived in cultures with a strong ___________________.

(2) Traditionally there were professional and _______________ storytellers.
(3) Nowadays, everything is covered by ___________________.
(4) You use stories to teach behaviour and complex __________________ issues.
(5) She used to tell stories to her ___________________.
(6) She became a professional storyteller by ___________________.
(7) She thinks the appeal of stories is ___________________.
(8) An urban myth is a ________________, often with a humorous element.
(9) The story of the vanishing hitchhiker originated in _________________.

Section B: Vocabulary
i) For questions 10 to 15, read the text below. Use the word at the end of some of the
lines to form an appropriate word to fit in the space on the same line. (6 marks)

In the months immediately (10) priority

________ to the (11) ________ of the commence
finals, there were many who had been
extremely (12) ________ about the doubt
coach’s decision to include Paolo in the
side. In particular, (13) ________ sports prominence
commentators wondered whether he
would be able to (14) ________ his great fulfilling
potential; or had the world’s greatest
football (15) ________ come too early compete
for him?

ii) For questions 16 to 19, think of one word only that can fit in all three sentences
and write it in. (4 marks)
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(16) I don’t know what you see in aromatherapy. It just doesn’t ________ to
me.
You’ll have to _______ to his sense of fairness to get your job back.
My lawyers have advised me to _______ against the sentence.

(17) Much of the _____ we are suffering is due to the pace of modern life.
The bridge has to withstand a great deal of ______ throughout the
year.
In most cases, the _____ is on the first syllable.

(18) She’s appearing on the front cover of the latest ______ of Click magazine.
The biggest ______ of the moment is security and how to maintain it.
The service was a bit slow but I decided not to make an ______
out of it.

(19) He’s aiming to ______ the record which has stood for thirty years.
OK, everybody. Let’s _______ for five minutes for coffee.
If you keep playing with that bracelet you’re going to ______it.

Section C: Structure
i) Choose the best word or phrase, (a, b or c) to complete sentences 20 to 26.
(7 marks)

(20) I’m told they ________ the bridge by the weekend.

a) have repaired
b) will have repaired
c) will have been repaired

(21) He _________ out when I called. It was only 8 am!

a) can’t be
b) couldn’t have been
c) couldn’t be

(22) You’re in your thirties. It’s about time ________.

a) to get a job
b) you got a job
c) you get a job

(23) It’s not going to look good, _____ you explain it.
a) wherever
b) whichever
c) however

(24) You ______ your assignment yesterday.

a) shouldn’t have submit
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b) should have submitted

c) shouldn’t submit

(25) I had the garage ______ the engine.

a) checking
b) checked
c) check

(26) Most people like the new office space. _______, I preferred the old one.
a) however
b) whereas
c) but

ii) In sentences 27 to 33, there are underlined words/phrases, marked (A), (B), and
(C). Circle the word/phrase which is grammatically incorrect. (7 marks)

(27) I’d rather you (B) wouldn’t tell everyone until I (C) have made an official
announcement.
(28) Planners have failed to point out that the houses will (B) be completed
well before the highway (C) has finished.
(29) So exhausted (A) was she when she (B) got back to the flat (C) than she
went straight to bed.
(30) He (A) mustn’t have been at home. Otherwise, he (B) would have picked
up the phone when I (C) rang.
(31) She’s (A) rather unpopular, to be honest. (B) Whereas, her brother is liked
(C) wherever he goes.
(32) It’s time you (A) thought about your future and (B) look for a job. (C)
After all, you are nearly thirty.
(33) Actually, by far the (B) great mistake would be (C) to ignore the problem
altogether.

iii) Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using a
phrase which includes the word in brackets. You must not change the word.
(4 marks)

(34) He insists on telling us what we can and can’t do in the office.

He’s always _______________________________________in the office.
(law)

(35) He knows everything there is to know about newspapers.

He has _____________________________________of newspapers.
(firsthand)
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(36) It’s difficult for me to express my anger.

I can’t _____________________________________how angry I feel.
(words)

(37) I don’t understand why the program keeps crashing.

I can’t _______________________________________________.(figure)

iv) Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning remains the same. (5 marks)

(38) He took up acting at university.

University
_______________________________________________.

(39) They were so tired after the journey that they slept for twelve hours.
So________________________________________________
____.

(40) I think you should become a vet because you enjoy working with animals.
Since
__________________________________________________.

(41) I don’t really want to discuss this right now, if you don’t mind.
I’d rather
______________________________________________.

(42) Somebody’s going to look at the central heating for me today.

I’m ____________________________________________.

Section D: Reading
i) For questions 43 to 47, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C, D) fills
the gap. (5 marks)

I now live a (43) _______ existence in a small cottage at the side of a lake.
I used to have a(n) (44) __________ position in a legal firm in the city. But two years
ago I noticed I was becoming (45) _______ towards my junior colleagues, and I was
starting to have (46) _______ sleeping. I went to the doctor, who told me I was showing
the classic signs of (47) _________. Cutting down on my hours wasn’t going to solve
this. ‘It won’t work,’ said the doctor. The only alternative was early retirement.
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(43) A) solo B) solitary C) individual D) isolated

(44) A) chief B) conspicuous C) noticeable D) prominent
(45) A) unacceptable B) aggressive C) hateful D) difficult
(46) A) difficulty B) disturbance C) bother D) agitation
(47) A) demand B) oppression C) stress D) force

ii) Read the following passages about the effects of video games on young people
and choose the best answer (A), (B), (C) or (D) for questions 48 to 55. (8 marks)

Violent Effects and Limiting Conditions

The US Surgeon General C Everett Koop once claimed that arcade and home video
games are among the top three causes of family violence. Although there have been
many studies, there is no real consensus on the effects of violent video games on players.
But it is still important to look for a possible relationship. In order to assess this
relationship, limiting factors such as age, gender and class/level of education must be
taken into account.
Gender
The gender bias associated with video games has existed since the initial phase of video
game activity in the early 1980s, with young males being the targeted market.
This raises the question of whether video has a different impact on males than on
females.
A number of studies have examined the changes in children’s behaviour during free play
after playing aggressive video games. In one study, Cooper and Mackie (1986) examined
forty-four boys and forty girls from fourth and fifth grade. These children were randomly
paired and assigned to either the aggressive video game group, the little aggression video
game group or the control group which comprised of a non-video maze solving game.
The result of the study found that there were measurable effects on girls’ behaviour.
Playing the more aggressive game increased their activity and made them more likely to
play with aggressive toys. Conversely, playing the less aggressive game mildly decreased
activity and mildly increased their passive play. These effects occurred as a consequence
of both playing and watching peers play with aggressive and non-aggressive games. On
the other hand, the boys’ behaviour was not affected by the playing of any of the video
games. Their tendency to choose the aggressive toy was higher than that of the girls to
begin with and did not change after playing or observing an aggressive video game.
The study suggested that girls, who are exposed less to violence in general and who are
less experienced with violent video games, are more aroused than boys are, making
aggressive behaviour more likely.
Though further research is needed to look into the causes of differential effects of video
and computer games on gender, it is clear that gender should be taken into consideration
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when interpreting results from other studies since females seem to show a greater
influence from video game violence than do males.
Age
It is also of interest to see whether or not the relation between video game violence and
player behaviour is affected by age. The studies are broken into two major categories:
children who are in grade school and high school and students who are undergraduates at
colleges and universities. In most cases, however, the studies were not done with both
age categories at the same time. Also no studies were found that looked at players who
are working and no longer in an academic environment.
If age were to be a factor one would expect to find that older players show more or less
of an effect from video games than younger ones. This was not the case. Studies showed
that there was increased aggression in both young and old players. The difference,
however, was in how it manifested itself. The younger ones expressed the aggression
through physically violent behaviour during play, the older ones through, for example,
hostility on a test or increased heart rate. Perhaps the reason for this is older player’s
knowledge of and compliance with social standards, and the unacceptability of such
behaviour.
Economic Status and Education Level
Other external factors that may affect the influence of video games on players are
economic status and education levels. Unfortunately neither of these are dealt
with sufficiently in the literature. Since all of the studies are performed on
students it is not possible to determine whether or not level of education is a
limiting factor.
Economic status has also not really been looked at in the literature. The majority of the
studies are looking at whether or not there is any effect of video games on players. Until
this is proven conclusively, looking at economic status and its relation to the effect is
obviously not a priority to researchers. The one study found that did look at economic
status found that working-class families tended to rent and purchase more of the
graphically violent games then middle-class families. From this one can conclude that, if
video games do have an effect on players, then players in working-class families would
be more affected.
(48) The link between video games and violence
a) is clear.
b) is very likely.
c) is not established.
d) has been disproved.

(49) Video games have

a) not affected girls.

b) not been aimed at girls.

c) not been liked by girls.
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d) not been bought by girls.

(50) According to the study, after watching videos girls were

a) more aggressive than boys.
b) less active than boys.
c) unaffected.
d) more affected than boys.

(51) The girls’ reactions are explained by

a) a liking for aggressive behaviour.
b) a lack of exposure to violence.
c) less sensitivity to violence.
d) a greater tendency for violence.

(52) Most studies

a) looked at age groups separately.
b) compared age groups.
c) looked at employees.
d) compared high school and grade school children.

(53) Older students didn’t show aggression because

a) they were less affected by the games.
b) they are naturally less aggressive.
c) they play less.
d) they are more socially aware.

(54) Economic status

a) has not been studied.
b) is difficult to assess.
c) is of secondary importance to researchers.
d) isn’t an influencing factor.

(55) ‘conclusively’ is closest in meaning to

a) certainly
b) definitely
c) finally
d) obviously