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Read the passage and write T (True), F (False) or NM (Not Mentioned).

But the Desks are Too Small
One of the most important changes in education is the effort to educate adults in school who
didnt have the opportunity to go to school at all. Governments are starting education programmes to
teach them how to read and write, how to farm, how to be healthier, etc... The basic belief behind
these programmes is that a country will be economically and politically stronger if its people are
educated.
Adult education faces many obstacles. For one thing, adults are not accustomed to attending
school. Also, many adults are ashamed or afraid to go back to school. They often think that they will
appear to be unintelligent or that they will fail. In addition, adults often have little time for education.
They have jobs and families and cannot take six or more hours every day to go to school, so school
must go to the adults. On the other hand, adults have some advantages in education. As they have
already accumulated a wealth of experience of life in general which helps them in learning, they know
what knowledge will be useful and what will not.
F 0. Governments want to educate adults so that adults will become rich.

1. Governments are starting programmes to teach adults how to cook.

2. The basic belief behind the adult education programme is to make an economically and

politically strong country.

3. Adults are often afraid to go to school, or they do not have enough time for school.

4. Most villages in Turkey have adult education programmes.

5. Adults are often more experienced, and their experience helps them become better learners.

Fill in the blanks with the given words.

costumes
script

released
cast

soundtrack
dubbed

flashbacks
blockbuster

0. The new film will be ...............

released into the market next week.

1. His incurable illness made him write his biography, which was used as a ................. later.
2. Leonardo Di Caprio heads the ................. in that film.
3. The ................. of this soap opera was composed by Kra.
4. Most of the foreign films have been ................. into Turkish.
5. The events which took place before the murder are shown as a series of ................. in the film.
6. The dancers in the film were all in their national ................. .
7. Her latest novel has become a major ................. and has been on sale for weeks.

a. Fill in the table.

Verb

Noun

Adjective

appear

.........................

.........................

communication

.........................

.........................

.........................

creative

educate

.........................

.........................

.........................

experience

.........................

express

.........................

.........................

invest

.........................

.........................

.........................

participatory

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b. Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the words from the table.
0. Deaf people use sign language for ..........................
communication.
1. The little girl had a disappointed ............................... on her face after the exam. The questions
were very difficult for her.
2. How many rivals will ............................... in the competition tomorrow?
3. Due to the economic crisis, the university had to change its ............................... strategies.
4. She has to have enough teaching ............................... to get this job as a teacher.
5. His casual clothes ............................... a bad impression during the interview at university.
6. All the students stood up when the lecturer ............................... at the door.

Put the verbs in brackets into Simple Past, Past Continuous or Past Perfect. Passive is possible.
Interviewer : Today, we are going to interview Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butthead.
Where were you born?
Mike Judge : I (0) was (be) born in Ecuador in 1962 and (1) ................... (bring up) in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Interviewer : Did you like watching cartoons when you were a child?
Mike Judge : Yes, I (2) ................... (love) watching them. Sometimes I (3) ................... (spend) hours
watching them on TV.
Interviewer : Did you have any part-time jobs before becoming a cartoonist?
Mike Judge : I (4) ................ (work) part-time as a paper boy and at drugstore before I (5) ..................
(become) a cartoonist. While I (6) ................... (work) at a fast food restaurant,
I (7) ................... (sack) for eating too many French fries.
Interviewer : What about your educational life?
Mike Judge : After I (8) ................... (move) to San Diego, I (9) ................... (study) physics and
received my bachelors degree.
Interviewer : Did you live in San Diego for many years?
Mike Judge : No, I didnt. While I was working as an electronics engineer for a company, I decided
to

move back to Texas.

Interviewer : When was your first contact with animation?

Mike Judge : While I (10) ................... (visit) an animation festival at a Dallas theatre, I (11) ...............
(so / impress) by it that I went directly to the local library and read numerous books
about drawing cartoons. My initial attempts produced cartoons such as Huh?, Frog
Baseball and Office Space. After a few months, I (12) ................... (offer) a show by
Abby Terkuhle, executive producer at Sun TV.
Interviewer : We have learned a lot about Mike Judge today, a self-made cartoonist with two
daughters, a fast car and whatever else is part of the American dream. Whatever his
future plans might be, there is no doubt that his work will have worldwide appeal.

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