FINAL TEST – 5TH ADULTS

NAME: TOTAL:
DATE

1. READING COMPREHENSION ( ….../5)

VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES

For your parents’ generation, “community” means friends and neighbours, people at the shops and at
school. But for the younger “networked generation”, friendship and the idea of community is changing
all the time. These days, your best friends might be in LA, Madrid, London and Shanghai. What’s more,
using networking sites such as MySpace, you can talk to everybody in your community at the same time.
So, what does community mean these days?

To share music twenty years ago, people spent hours recording their favourite songs onto cassettes.
Today, you can simply upload your favourite music to your online space in just a few minutes. Some
sites have a DJ facility, and a lot of bands become famous online.

Sharing photos ten years ago wasn’t easy either. You took either 24 or 36 photos to finish the film. A
shop developed the film and you waited a few days to collect the photos. Then you could post or give
the best photos to your friends. Today, you can see digital photos as you take them.

Networking sites are revolutionizing the way we find new things and how we communicate. The sites
give you your own online space which you personalize with a profile, photos, music, and lists of your
favourite films, music, videos and books. And you can share your photos, songs and videos with your
friends. You browse to find other people who like the same things as you, and of course, you can chat.
The technology is amazing, but its effects on our “community” are even more significant. People who
live hundreds of kilometres from the nearest town never feel lonely again. They can have the same
friends and enjoy the same fashion as people who live in a big city. It doesn’t matter where you live; all
that matters is the online connection to your virtual community. People with specialized interests can
instantly meet others who share their hobby. Nobody can see or hear you, so shy people can
communicate with the same confidence as the most sociable people in the community, and the culture
of sharing and communicating has a positive effect on everybody.

The world gets smaller every day, while electronic communities grow. However, although virtual
communities are quick, easy and fun, we must never forget the importance of family, neighbours and
school. Communities could not exist if everybody was a hikikomori.

Glossary: a hikikomori is a person who stays in and lives a virtual life instead of a real one.

Read the article and decide if the statements are TRUE or FALSE
1. The Word “community” has changed its meaning through out the years. ………
2. Technology has dramatically changed communication. ………
3. On a networking site you can share music but not photos. ………
4. Networking is good for shy people. ………
5. Virtual communities should replace family and friends in the future. ………

2. CLOZE PASSAGE ( …../10)

Fill in the blanks with ONE suitable word ONLY.

Westerners are used to enjoying modern luxuries 1. ............................... as a TV. So it may come
2. ..................... a surprise that in the USA and Canada, there is a religious community
3................................... rejects cars, phones and even electricity.

About 300 years ago, the Amish moved to America to establish independent Christian communities with
an emphasis 4................................ religious contemplation. Today, the 200,000 Amish
5........................... live apart from modern Americans. Most Amish work on their own farms and their
children go to special schools. They speak an old-fashioned form of German, but they study English at
school.

Telephones are banned because 6........................... the Amish, meeting and talking face-to-face is
7................................. important. Most homes don’t have electricity, 8............................... the
distractions of TV and the internet don’t exist. They don’t drive or fly: they prefer horse-and-cart
buggies. Wearing colourful or fashionable clothes is considered frivolous. 9........................, Amish men
wear simple hats and dark clothes. Amish women try to look plain instead of glamorous, and they wear
10 ............................ made clothes.

as – for – home - instead – on – so – still – such – very - which

3. MULTIPLE CHOICE ( ….../5)

Schooling ends 1. (at / in) the age of fifteen. Between sixteen and twenty, the Amish have rumspringa,
when they taste the American way of life. They meet non- Amish adolescents. They watch TV and wear
jeans- they can even learn to drive. Then, after several years of rumspringa, they 2. (do / make) the
most difficult decision of their lives. They must choose either to stay with the Amish community and its
church and reject modern America 3. (also / or) they can decide to live forever as a non-Amish
American. If they decide to leave the community, they know that this decision is final and they cannot
go back.

You might 4. (expect / wait) young Amish to choose pop music and mobile phones, not the church and a
quiet family life, but they don’t. In fact, 80-90% of rumspringa adolescents decide to stay with their
community. Perhaps the Amish have a lesson for 5. (all / every) of us about living a happy life.
4. PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE (……. /10)

Dear Sabine,
Sorry I haven’t written for ages, but I 1. (have) …………………….………... a lot of work recently and I 2. (be)
…………………………..…... too exhausted to do anything in the evenings once I get home. Today is a bank
holiday though, so I 3. (write) .......................................... e-mails all day to try to catch up with all my
friends. Guess what! I 4. (move out) ......................................... . of my parents’ house! I 5.
(live) .................................................... in my new flat for a week now, and I love it. I 6. (already
/unpack) ............................................................... all my things and it’s beginning to feel like home.
You must come at once!!!
The bad news is that I 7. (split up) ............................................... with Sebastian. He 8.
(travel) ..................................................................... so much on business lately that we 9. (not /
manage) ................................................................ to see each other much and I 10.
(meet) ................................................... someone else. He’s called Carl and he’s a colleague from work.
Anyway, I must go. Please write soon and tell me all your news.
Love, Deborah.

5. CHOOSE THE REPORTING VERB IN THE CORRECT TENSE TO COMPLETE

THE SENTENCE GIVEN BELOW. (…../10)

invite apologise ask beg deny

order suggest offer promise refuse

1. “Would you like to come to our house for dinner on Friday?”

He ....................................................... them to come to dinner on Friday.

2. Well I'm not washing up. I did it last time." Mary said

She ......................................... to do the washing-up.

3. "I'm sorry I didn't get to the meeting." Paul said.

Paul .................................................... for not going to the meeting

4. "It's not true." “I’m not having an affair with my research assistant” said the politician

The politician ............................................. having an affair with his research assistant – they

were just working late.

 5. "Can you come and help me with this box?"

John .............................................. me to help him with the box.

6. "This is an exam Mr. Black!! Stop talking, now!!!"

The headmaster ........................................................ Mr. Black to stop talking.

7. “I can come and look after the children tomorrow night." Jane said

Jane ...................................................... to come and look after the children the following day

8. “Mummy, buy me that toy, please, please,” the kid said

The kid ..................................................... her Mum to buy him a toy

9. “I will help you, Susan, for sure”, Mrs Brown said

Mrs. Brown ……………………………….............. to help Susan.

10. “Why don’t we go to the cinema?” he said

He …………………………………………………………going to the cinema

6. REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING A PASSIVE FORM (……./10)

1. They have grown oranges in Valencia for centuries..

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2. Mr. Smith offered my sister over £400,000 for her house, but she didn't want to sell it.

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3. They opened the museum to the public last week after extensive refurbishment.

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4. They are building a lot of new flats at the moment to house the people moving to the
city.

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5. They will open the new metro linking the city to the airport in three years’ time.

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6. People with a history of stomach disorders should not take aspirin.

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7. The school authorities sent pupils home this morning when they found that the storm
had damaged the roof.

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8. Did the headmaster call Tom’s mother yesterday?

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7. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING YOUR OWN IDEAS. (……/10)

1. I think you were very rude to her. If I were you ……………………………………………………….

2. Sorry, she's not here at the moment. If I see her ………………………………………………………………..
3. If you do that again, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She would never have come to Argentina if ……………………………………………………………………….
5. You would find it much easier to get up in the morning if
………………………………………...............................................................................
6. If it had started raining…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. We wouldn’t have missed the train if ……………………………………………………………………………………
8. If she doesn’t find a job soon ………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. PARAPHRASE ( ……./10)
Rewrite the sentences using the word given.

1. In2009 I went to Shanghai and I will never forget it. REMEMBER

I ………………………………………………………………………………………….………………... to Shanghai in 2009.

2. Burglars broke into our house while we were away on holiday. BY

Our house …………………………………………………………………………………………. while we were on holiday.

3. It is possible that we go to Spain for our holidays next summer. MIGHT

We ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. next summer.

4. I have decided that in the future I’m not going to eat chocolate. GIVE
I’ve decided that I’m going to ……………………………………………………………………………… chocolate.

5. “Did you see that film on Friday night?” Sean asked me. SEEN

Sean wanted to know ………………………………………………………………………….. that film on Friday night.

6. You’re not old enough to travel abroad on your own. TOO

You’re ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… .. by yourself.

7. Have they repaired your computer yet? HAD

Have you …………………………………………………………………………………………………... yet?

8. It’s been along time since I last ate fish. EATEN

I . …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….a long time.

9. I love those shoes but I cannot buy them because I don’t have money. WOULD

If I …………………………………………………………………………………………………. buy those shoes I love.

10. Fruit is not as fattening as ice-cream. THAN

Ice cream is .......................................................................................................... fruit.

6. LISTENING COMPREHENSION ( …../5)

Answer the following questions about the interview.

1) Vivian recently took a train to _______.
a) Indianapolis
b) Metropolis
c) Minneapolis

2) Recently Vivian has ridden a train _______ times.

a) 3 or 4
b) several
c) many

3) When she was younger, on long routes people ate _______.

a) at their seats
b) after they arrived
c) in the dining car
4) Vivian returned _____ from her trip.
a) halfway
b) today
c) yesterday

5) Vivian thought the food on the train was _______.

a) fantastic
b) plain
c) packaged

5TH ADULTS - FINAL EXAM WRITING PAPER

Choose one of the following topics and write about it. (120 – 150 words)

Computers will eventually replace books. Do you agree?

What is your favourite film? Write a review about it.

Write a story beginning: “What happened to me took me completely by surprise.”