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TEENS FOUR FINAL EXAM Paper 1 (L)
Time allowed: 2 hs
SECTION A: Reading Comprehension
Read the text and circle the correct option, true (T) or false (F).
The ‘Flow’ of Happiness
A lot of people in the world today are used to working, going on holiday, and having money-
but many of them aren’t happy. Yet other people seem to be really happy, even if they are poor, or
have no job, or are surrounded by problems. Why?
Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, from the University of Chicago, has interviewed thousands
of people who have a happy life to find out how they do it. ‘I’ve been studying happiness for over 30
years’, says Csikszentmihalyi. ‘My interest in the subject came from my own experience as a child
during World War ll, when I saw many adults destroyed by the terrible events. But there were always a
few who kept their courage, helped others, and were able to give a sense of purpose and meaning to
their lives. I wanted to find out how a person could build a fulfilling and enjoyable life’.
In general, his research showed that people were unhappy doing nothing. The professor
stresses that happy people don’t waste time, either at work or when they’re free. ‘Many people feel
that the time they spend at work or at school is wasted. But often their free time is also wasted. Many
people are used to doing passive things- watching television, for example- without using any skills. As
a result, life goes past in a series of boring experiences’.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. The professor has found that people are happy when they
get into something he calls ‘flow’. When people get very involved in a task that they have chosen, and
which is well-defined and challenging, they experience ‘flow’, a state where they don’t notice time
passing.
They also experience enjoyment. Professor Csikszentmihalyi makes a contrast between
enjoyment and pleasure. ‘I used to think they were the same thing- but they’re not! Pleasure is a big
bowl of ice cream, or taking a hot bath on a cold day- nothing bad at all! But enjoyment is about doing
something and achieving something. It isn’t really important what we do, it’s more important to do
something, and feel positive about it and to try to do it well.’
People who are not used to happiness can learn how to be happy, says the professor, if they
constantly get into ‘flow’ states. Is happiness as easy as that? Perhaps it is.
Adapted from English in Mind – Cambridge

1. Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has been interested in happiness from a very young age. T/F
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2. He thinks that many people use their free time well. T/F only

3. We can experience ‘flow’ when we do things that are impossible for us. T/F 1st
4. People in ‘flow’ can easily lose track of time. T/F
5. It’s possible that happiness is not as difficult as we think. T/F 2nd

SECTION B: Language in Use 3rd

I. Choose the most suitable alternative.

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1. We _____ go to South Africa for holidays but we haven’t decided yet.

a) might b) are going to c) will

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2. That’s the hotel _________ we always stay. only
a) that b) where c) which
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3. I didn’t ______ vegetables when I was a kid.
a) use to like b) used to like c) used to liking
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4. I want to keep it a secret. ___________ you see Joey, don’t tell him anything .
a) As soon as b) If c) Unless
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5. They offered _________ me with my homework.
a) help b) to help c) helping
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II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
No one knows why they’re there
The world is full of wonderful places, both natural and man-made. What is more, some man-
made places are so incredible that no one can 1) __________ (explain) them like in the case of
Easter Island.
Easter Island, about halfway between Chile and Tahiti, 2) __________ (be) one of the world’s most
mysterious islands. 3) __________ (discover) in 1722 by a Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, the
island is famous for the Moai: hundreds of strange statues 4) __________ (make) from the island’s
volcanic rock, with faces that either look out to sea, or towards the local villages. Many
5)__________ (fall) over through the years; some are incomplete. No one really 6) __________ AACI use
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(understand) why they are there or who made them. One explanation is that they were made
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7)__________ (honour) the leader of the tribe or other important people that were gone.
People still wonder how the statues 8) __________ (move) from where they were constructed to 2nd

their present positions on the island. A writer called Erich von Däniken has suggested that aliens
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9)_________ (build) and moved the Moai. There are several other theories, but nobody
10)__________ (find) the answer yet. R

(Adapted from English in Mind- Cambridge)

III. Complete each of the following sentences using the word given so that it means the same as
the original sentence.
1. We are not going skiing because it isn’t snowing. WOULD

If ____________________________________________________________________________.

2. My sister wants to be a musician. She plays the violin WHO

My sister, ______________________________________________________________________.

3. I’m pretty sure this photo is a fake because of the shadows. BE

This photo_____________________________________________________________________.

4. Last Saturday, my parents forced me to go shopping with them. MADE

Last Saturday, my parents ________________________________________________________.

5. Ashlee didn’t do her make-up. Somebody did it for her. DONE

Ashlee ________________________________________________________________________.

6. He’ll get to the tennis final but he probably won’t win. LIKELY

He _______________________________________________________________ the tennis final.

7. “Are you enjoying the party?”, Jill asked Paul ASKED

Jill ___________________________________________________________________________.
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8. He’s nervous because he never speaks in public. USED only

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He’s nervous because____________________________________________________________.

9. Everybody left the party before they arrived. HAD 2nd

When they_____________________________________________________________________.
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10. “We will buy you a bike for your birthday”, my parents said. PROMISED
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My parents ____________________________________________________________________.
SECTION C: Writing
Choose one of the following tasks. Write between 100- 120 words.
1. You have decided to enter a short story competition. The competition rules say that your story
must begin or end with the following sentence:
“Mike was very tired, but he felt he had achieved something really important”
Write your story.

2. Here’s part of an e-mail you have received from a friend.

I have been thinking about learning a new language and I know you are the right person to help me
with that. Do you think it’s a good idea? Which one should I learn and why? Why do you think people
say that learning a new language is important? Write back to me back whenever you can!
Write an email.

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