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ENGLISH DAILY TEST

A. Read the letter below and Identify its generic structure !

Dear Sir,

We are writing to complain about ads on TV. There are so many ads, especially during our favourite programs. We think
they should be stopped for a number of reasons.

First, ads are nuisance. They go for a long time and there are so many. Sometimes there seems to be more ads than
programs.

Second, ads are a bad influence on people. They try to encourage people to buy unhealthy food like beer, soft drink,
candy, and chips. And they make people want things they do not really need and cannot afford.

Finally, the people who make ads have too much say in what programs people watch. That is because they want to pull
all their ads on popular programs that a lot of people watch. Some programs which are not so popular get stopped because they
do not attract enough ads, even though those programs may be someone’s favourite.

For those reasons, we think your TV station should stop showing ads. They interrupt programs, are a bad influence on
people, and sometimes put a stop to people’s favourite shows. We are sick of ads, and now we mostly watch channel 2 ( ABC ).

Yours faithfully,

Adrian

B. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word !

1. I don’t have a pen, but if I……………………………………………. I would lend it to you.
2. He is busy right now, but if he ……………………………………., he would help us.
3. I didn’t vote in the last election, but if I ………………………, I would have voted for senator Anderson.
4. Helium is lighter than air. If it ………………………………., a helium-filled balloon wouldn’t float upward.
5. The weather is cold today, but if I ………………………………., I would go swimming.
6. She didn’t come, but if she ……………………………, she would have my brother.
7. I’m not a good cook, but if I ………………………………, I would make all of my own meals.
8. I have to go to class this afternoon, but if I ………………………………, I would go down town with you.
9. He didn’t go to a doctor, but if he ………………, the cut on his hand wouldn’t have gotten infected.
10. I always pay my bills, If I ……………………………., I would get in a lot of trouble.

Work and Careers

Sometimes we say that someone we know is “a square peg in around hole.” This simply means that the
person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a bookkeeper who really
wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes coking. Unfortunately many people in the world are
“square pegs”. They are not doing, for one reason or another. As a result they probably are not doing a
very good job and certainly they are not happy.

Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our life at our jobs. For that
reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through
aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study books in our field or interests.

There are many careers opened to each of us. Perhaps we like science. Then we might prepare ourselves
to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. May be our interest take us into the business world and such
work as accounting, personal management or public relations. Many persons find their places in the
government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering and many other fields offer
fascinating careers to person with talent and training.

C. Answer the following questions according to the text !

1.Why is it important for us to choose the right career ? Because……………
a. our career will determine our future
b. we spend most of our life at our jobs
c. the field of work provides us with various kinds of job
d. we must know what we are able to do well
e. there are many careers opened to us

2.The world “them” in paragraph 2 refers to ………………………..

a. careers
b. talents
c. jobs
d. reasons
e. life

3.The saying “a square peg in a hole” means……………………….

a. a person who really loves his / her job
b. a person whose dream comes true
c. a person who is not suitable for the job he has
d. a person who works too hard
e. a person who has a side job besides his main job

4.Most “square pegs” are not happy probably because ………………………

a. choosing the right career is very important
b. they don’t earn much money
c. they are not doing a very good job
d. their boos doesn’t really like them
e. they must work very hard

5.The world “their” in the last paragraph refers to ………………….

a. talent and training
b. many persons
c. chemist, physicist, biologist
d. accounting, personal manager, public relation
e. teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering