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Unit Test 8: Mentoring
Unit Test 8: Mentoring
Unit Test 8
1 Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
Mentoring
Many adults in America and increasing numbers elsewhere (1) ...... part in mentoring
schemes. A mentor is an adult who provides support and friendship to a young person.
There are (2) ...... different (3) ...... of mentoring: passing on skills, sharing experiences,
offering guidance. Sometimes the most (4) ...... thing to do is just listen. Mentoring is
open to anybody no particular (5) ...... experience is required, just a desire to make a
(6) ...... to the life of a young person who needs help. This may seem a difficult thing at
first, but many people find they have a real (7) ...... for it.
The support of a mentor can play an important (8) ...... in a childs development and can
often make up (9) ...... a lack of guidance in a young persons life. It can also improve
young peoples (10) ...... towards society and build up their (11) ...... in dealing with lifes
challenges. For the mentor, it can be incredibly rewarding to know that they have had a
significant (12) ...... on a child and helped to give them the best possible (13) ...... in life.
Indeed, it is not only adults who are (14) ...... of taking on this role. There is now an
increasing (15) ...... for teenagers to mentor younger children, for example by helping
them with reading or other school work.
1 Weve been driving for three hours Im sure it mustnt/cant be much further.
2 This could not/may not be the right thing to do, but Im going to do it anyway.
3 Should/Ought we bring some warm clothes in case the weather changes?
4 I must/should have gone to work this morning, but I was too tired.
5 The teacher suggested/advised that we finish the discussion after school.
6 We always suggest/recommend people to read our brochure before booking a course.
7 You re better/d better ask your brother if you want to borrow his bike.
8 They should/may well decide to move if he gets a new job.
9 Im sure/likely Ruby has dyed her hair it used to be much darker.
9
2
1 youll have to/you should
2 You are not allowed to
3 I must remember to/I mustnt forget to
4 make us go
5 You dont have to
6 Carl didnt need to
7 could already read
8 get Jim to help you
9 no need to pay
3
1 cant
2 may not
3 Should
4 should
5 suggested
6 recommend
7 d better
8 may
9 sure
4
1 down
2 away
3 up
4 out
5 with
6 in
7 of
8 of