1.

For questions 1-15, select the most appropriate word (A, B, C or D) to

complete each gap.
PEER PRESSURE
One of the 0) B influences on children today is that of their peers. What their
classmates think- how they dress and how they act in class and out of it 1).........the
behaviour of nearly every child at school. In their 2)..........not to be different some
children go so 3)...........as to hide their intelligence and ability in case they are made
4)....... of. Generally, children do not want to stand out from the 5).............They want
to 6).......... in, to be accepted. In psychological 7)...........the importance of peer
pressure cannot be overemphasised. There is a lot of evidence that it has great
8)..........on all aspects of children's lives, from the clothes they wear, the music they
listen to and their 9).........to study to their ambitions in life, their relationships and
their 10).........of self-worth. However, as children grow up into adolescents,
individuality becomes more acceptable, 11) .......... even, and in their 12)..........for their
own personal style, the teenager and young adult will begin to experiment and be more
willing to 13).........the risk of rejection by the group. Concern about intellectual
prowess and 14) .......... good exam results can dominate as the atmosphere of
competition develops and worries about the future 15)..........any fears of appearing too
brainy. ^
0 A hardest B strongest C heaviest D fattest
1 A affect B result C impress D vary
2 A actions B steps C measures D efforts
3 A long B distant C far D much
4 A joke B laugh C fun D ridicule
5 A party B crowd C circle D band
6 A set B fall C get D fit
7 A terms B words C points D means
8 A running B bearing C meaning D standing
9 A opinion B view C attitude D consideration
10 A reaction B sense C impression D awareness
11 A desirable B bearable C tolerable D likeable
12 A hunt B chase C course D search
13 A carry B run C bring D cope
14 A succeeding B achieving C earning D winning
15 A overthrow B overflow C overbalance D override

2. Complete the gaps in the text with a word formed from the word given in the
margin. Four of the words you need to write begin with out. The first one has
been done as an example.
Childhood self-esteem can overwhelm academic disadvantage or
social (0) deprivation in determining future earnings power, DEPRIVE
according to major new research.

There is now clear evidence that the earnings of people who had
higher self-esteem at age ten (1)..................those of their peers whose STRIP
academic performance was better at the same age. Bright
children often have higher self-esteem, as do some from more
affluent (2)........But the study compared children from similar GROUND
families and still found that those who were psychologically well-
balanced at ten were now (3)........................their peers. PERFORM

The research also found, surprisingly, that it is not unusual for

children ACHIEVE
to have high academic (4)....................and low self-esteem, leading to PERFORM
significant later (5)....................in the jobs market. A spokesman for COURAGE
the British Associaiion for Counselling said: '(6)....................for
children doesn’t come only from crude parental hostility at home: it RESENT
can just be (7)....................or the constant feeling that they're making PRIVILEGE
you tired. Children pick that up. Nor is it only (8) ...................
children who suffer. All too often you can ask affluent parents who
the important people in their child's life are - teachers, friends and so
on - and they haven’t a clue.'

Bearing out the findings of this research, many (9) ................. STAND
successful entrepreneurs, such as Richadd Branso, were
(10).......................academically when they were at school but had the SHINE
advantage of supportive families.

3.Make up the sentences with the following expressions:

 to keep anger under control,

 to cause enormous damage,
 to avoid labeling children (stupid, silly, foolish),
 to offend smb’s self-respect,
 to concentrate on a child’s strength and not his weakness,
 to scream and yell at,
 to be bound to lose,
 to live up to smb’s expectation,
 to do smth on purpose,
 to be encouraged to ask questions,
 to be curious and inquisitive