A 7 – NEW TOTAL ENGLISH (INTERMIDIATE) – FINAL EXAM

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1) Read the article and answer the questions: (8,0 points – 2,0 each)

3 ways to become more creative

Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are wrong. Everyone has imagination, but
most of us, once we become adults, forget how to access it. Creativity isn’t always connected with great works
of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time routinely think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe
you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three
techniques to help you.
This technique involves taking unrelated ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the
problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example a
candle. Write down all the ideas/words associated with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc.
Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ideas to the job you have to do. So imagine you
want to buy a friend an original present; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
Imagine that normal limitations don’t exist. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want.
Think about your goals and the new possibilities. If, for example, your goal is to learn to ski, you can now
practice skiing everyday of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now adapt this to reality.
Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Look at the situation from a different point of view. Good negotiators use this technique in business, and
so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are characters in their books. They ask questions: what does
this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? What does she
dream about? If your goal involves other people, put yourself ‘in their shoes’. The best fishermen think like
fish.

1. According to the article:

a. You must be an artist to be creative.
b. Only children are creative.
c. Everyone can be creative.
d. Once we become adults we lose our imagination.

2. The first technique consists in:

a. Being able to associate ideas to a candle.
b. Finding connections between ideas that are not related.
c. Buying an original present to a friend.
d. Helping you figure out how to buy tickets to a match.

3. Who is the second technique intended for?

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 a. Rich people.
b. Only people who can ski.
c. People with a lot of time to practice a sport.
d. Anyone who wants to be more creative.

4. What do you do in the third technique?

a. Learn how to think like a fish.
b. Learn how to buy shoes to other people.
c. Learn how to become a good negotiator.
d. Learn how to see things from another perspective.

2) Rewrite the sentences using a suitable modal verb (must, should or have to): (12,0 points – 3,0 each)
a. It's not a good idea to stay up so late every night. _____________________________________________

b. It's not allowed to park here. __________________________________________________

c. It's not necessary to pay for your tickets now. _____________________________________________

d. I think it's necessary for you to study harder. _____________________________________________

3) Complete the sentences with if, when or unless: (8,0 points – 2,0 each)
a. We'll soon be very rich _______________ something unexpectedly goes wrong.
b. Please call me ________________ you get home. You know how I worry.
c. How can we afford to move _______________ we don't have any money in the bank?
d. _______________ you shop around, you usually find good deals.

4) Circle the correct word: (8,0 points – 2,0 each)

a. Could I lend/borrow your iPod when I go on holiday?

b. The local bank was robbed/stolen yesterday
c. Please can you tell/say me how to get to the station.
d. I lost/missed the bus so I had to walk home.
e. Would you please remember/remind him to call me.

5) Answer the questions: (9,0 points – 3 each)

a) Which qualities are often associated with rich people? Do you have any of these qualities? Explain.
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 b) Are you good with money? Explain. (Make sure to include at least two of the following expressions in
your answer: impulse buy, food shopping, clothes shopping or shop around)
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c) Do you consider yourself a creative person? Why?

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6) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Choose between Present Perfect
Simple and Present Perfect Continuous: (12,0 points – 3,0 each)

go out – read – run – live

a. Lucy _________________ every day because she's training for the London Marathon.
b. Dan __________________ here all his life so he knows the area very well.
c. Jack and Hannah ___________________ together for a few months.
d. I __________________ any good books recently.

7) Complete the sentences. Make sure to use the correct form of the verb in brackets. (12,0 points – 3,0 each)

a. Eva has promised me (join) __________________________________________________.

b. Could you remind me (buy) __________________________________________________.
c. I can't stand (lose) ___________________________________________________________.
d. I really don't enjoy (watch)______________________________________________________.

8) Correct the sentences: (12,0 points – 3,0 each)

a. I’d like some informations about your aerobics class.

b. Can I have two breads and two cups of coffee please?

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 c. She was really helpful! She gave me two very good advices.

d. I am selling an old furniture, would you like to buy it?

9) What did you do in your free time when you were a child? What do you do today? Have your tastes
changed over time? How and why? Do you spend your time well? Could you improve the way you spend
your free time? Could you make it more productive? (11,0 points)

10) Listen and answer the questions: (Track 1.36 - Textbook) (8,0 points – 2,0 each)
1. What is behavioral advertising?
a. Advertising organized by specific behavioral categories.
b. Advertising based on people’s interests.
c. Advertising that changes the way people behave.
d. Advertising that helps people improve their living habits.

2. How do they know what people are interested in?

a. By asking people to fill out on-line surveys.
b. By monitoring the flights you have recently booked.
c. By monitoring your email account.
d. By observing your web habits.

3. In a recent poll, 95% of people asked:

a. Liked the idea.
b. Liked the idea, but would prefer having no advertising.
c. Didn’t like the idea.
d. Don’t mind behavioral advertising.
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4. According to the same survey:
a. Most people would prefer paying for TV programs and websites than having any advertising.
b. 20% of people asked said that they would rather have adverts than pay to watch TV programs
online.
c. Most people asked would prefer having adverts than paying to watch TV programs online.
d. Most people asked didn’t have a formed opinion about the subject.