i-iiti~Teïm Paper N°2 'Subjec::t: Engiish

Level: Final vear' iecondarv Time: 1 Hour

Name: --------------------------..---
Feb 2012 Grade: --------- 1 20
Number : ---------------------------
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He's an anti-poverty crusader. He doesn't ----------------------------- in handouts, a free-

market disciple who says for-profit businesses should pursue social goals and the latest
recipient of an -------------------------- that has gone to Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela
and Martin Luther King. , .
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was an economics professor in Bangladesh when
he launched the Grameen Bank in 1983. Since then, the -------------------------bank has made
small loans to aJmost 7 million of the poorest people in one of the world's poorest countries.
Grameen's "micro" loans, usually totaling ------------------------ than $100, go to people with
no collateral. Borrowers (almost ail are women) use the money to start small village
businesses. Grameen, ----------------------- is profitable, has a repayment rate of nearly 99%.
-------------------------------- wealthy borrowers, the poor know that if they default on one
loan, they'lI never get another, Yunus says. The micro credit ------------------------- has
spread to more than 100 countries, including the USA. Now, Yunus, 66, seeks to rally support
for --------------------------- poverty in this century.

21 Supply the appropriate tense/form of the verbs in brackets. (4)

The Open University is probably the best known name in distance learning, with 256,000
students worldwide, but it is not the only institution to offer degrees that can (complete)
------------------------------ at home. Most campus universities now offer at least sorne
element of distance learning on a selection of courses, while others, such as the University of
Liverpool, have developed postgraduate courses that involve no face-to-face (interact)
------------------------------ at ail.
"We are at the stage now where we are a serious player in total online learning," says Alan
Southern, director of e-Iearning at the University of Liverpool. "On sorne courses we have
introduced sorne face-to-face contact, but our courses are (predominate) ---------------------
built on the premise they are 100% online."
Further education opportunities are also available via distance learning, most notably from e-
learning organisation Learn Direct but also from organisations such as Montessori, which
(recently1 launch) ------------------------------- a distance learning website for those
wanting to train to be a teacher.
"We wanted to make our teacher training (access) --------------------------- for more people,"
says Montessori's Amanda Gilchrist. "We get a lot of mums who discover Montessori through
their own children but we also get quite a lot of people who want to change career from things
such as the law or banking, because they want to give something back." The idea of "giving
something back" is a typical (motivate) ------------------------ for those returning to
education. Christina Lloyd, director of teaching and learner support at the Open University,
says that over the years there (be) ----------------------------- a noticeable trend towards
people using the university's courses for a change in career or career progression, rather than
(study) ------------------------ for personal development or interest.
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Most secondary school pupils prefer to be grôtipecrby ability so teachers can pitch lessons at
()~h~rTght level, according to a study published today.(Therefore,1 However,1 Sesldes,):
···'chifdren in mixed-abillty classes tend to be (happy 1 happierl the happiest) at school than
those divided into top or bottom "sets", the research from the Institute of Education, in
London, suggests.
Pupils (whose 1 whom/who) were placed irt bottom sets because they struggled in a
particular subject felt the practice stigmatised them as "thick". The researchers suggest that
·~,.~jld..en couJd be taught in mixed-(aged 1 age lageing) classes, across school years,
instead of traditional sets.
.fr!«:.~urvey of 5,000 13 to 14-year-olds in English secàndary schools found that 62% preferred
ta be in ability groups - as long as they were in top or middle sets.
The report says: "The overwhelming reason given for the majority of pupfls preferring setting
was that it enabled teachers (match 1 matching 1 to match) work to pupil needs."
But the report, published in the British Educational Research Journal, warns that it is "not
uncommon" for children to be placed in the wrong sets for their ability.
Such placements risk "serious consequences for a chi/d's life chances" because pupils rarety
move out of their sets once (assigned 1 allocated 1 initiated).
Susan Hallam, who led the project, said: "The research demonstrates that young people are
mainly concerned (with 1 for 1 to) being able to learn."This is more important to them th~m
being with their friends. (Unless IIf1 F'rther) work is too easy or too difficult, the extent to
which learning ean take place is timited.
"Schools need to find ways te ensure work is set at the appropriate 1eve 1."
A spokesman for the Department for Education and Skills said: "Effective grouping of pupils by
ability can (arise 1 set 1 boost) standards and better engage pupils in their own learning.

II. WRITING (8 ,Marks)

Your best friénd spends many hours a day playing videogames. He neglected his
family, friends and studies.
Wtite a letter to advise him 1 her to ct down on videogames. Insist on the risks of
addictioti tasuch ga mes.
(No more than 15 Unes.)
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