Module 1 Test B

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So What Do You Want to Be

When You Grow Up?
If you’re about to finish school, the best way to answer this question is also the most honest one:
I don’t know because I’m not a grown-up yet.

Somewhere along the way, people got into their heads that 22 year-olds should finish school
with a clear idea of what they want to do for a living. And nowadays, most parents are worried
sick their children graduate and don’t immediately find jobs that are lucrative, or jobs that don’t
sound impressive when they tell other parents about them at cocktail parties.

But how on earth can you possibly know what you want to do with your life when all you’ve
ever done is go to school? Sure, summer jobs or part-time jobs help, but they don’t last long
enough to give you a true feel for what it would be like to work for that company or in that
industry for years.

Your first job will have little to do with your last job. Taking a job is not an irreversible trip
down a one-way career path. In fact, for many 22 year-olds, the function of a first job is merely
to help them figure out what they don’t want to do. It’s an experiment, but in some ways less
important. After all, you have much longer than four years to figure out what you want to be
when you grow up.
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/articles/grads/bestEntry.asp (shortened and adapted.)

READING COMPREHENSION

A. Match the phrases on the left to their definitions on the right.

1. worried sick a. won’t be very similar

2. will have little to do b. discover
3. one-way career path c. very much concerned
4. figure out d. a job choice that lasts forever

B. Find the opposites to the following words in the text.

1. insincere (adj.)
2. child (n.)
3. vulgar (adj.)
4. changeable (adj.)
C. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Quote from the text to support your answer.
1. Many teenagers leave school and don’t know which job to choose.
2. Parents aren’t interested in their children finding a job right away.
3. Part-time jobs provide them with the necessary experience for their first job.
4. You can change jobs and careers throughout your life.

D. Answer the questions.

1. What do most teenagers say when they finish school?
2. What do their parents want to say about their children in cocktail parties?
3. What is the function of a first job?
4. Why is this first experience not so important?

GRAMMAR
A. Choose the correct pronoun in each sentence.
e.g. My Maths teacher is very nice.
a. me b. she c. her

1. Where is your house?

a. it b. her c. him
2. Sam and Nelly are coming to the party.
a. them b. he c. they
3. My friend Maggie doesn’t like dogs.
a. it b. its c. them
4. Are you coming with John and me?
a. us b. we c. him
5. Susan has a brand new car.
a. it b. she c. her

B. Order the following adjectives correctly.

e.g. classroom: old, small, grey small old grey classroom

1. friend: nice, young, Japanese ______________________________________________________

2. computer: new, fast, pink _________________________________________________________
3. city: ancient, Italian, small _________________________________________________________
4. shoes: brown, comfortable, walking _________________________________________________

C. Put the subject in the correct place of the following indirect questions.
e.g. Could you tell me where is ? the metro station

1. Do you know when is coming? she 3. Can you tell me what time is ? it
2. Can you remember why couldn’t enter? they 4. Do you know where is ? the party
D. Complete the conversation with the present simple or the present continuous of the verbs in brackets.
Monica: What are you doing (you / do) in my bedroom, Jeremy? Get out!
Jeremy: Sorry! I (1) (check) my e-mail in your computer because mine (2) (not / work).
Monica: Really? That’s because you (3) (use) it 24 hours a day non-stop! You should be more
careful.
Jeremy: I (4) (not / use) it that much! The problem is this week I (5) (have) four projects
to hand in and I really need the computer.

WRITING
A. Do you know what you want to be when you grow-up? Write a text about your ambitions in the
professional world.
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TEST SPECIFICATION

Reading Comprehension Grammar Writing

A. 4 x 5 = 20 A. 5 x 4 = 20 40
B. 4 x 5 = 20 B. 4 x 5 = 20
C. 4 x 5 = 20 C. 4 x 5 = 20 Total
D. 4 x 5 = 20 D. 4 x 5 = 20 200