ENGLISH TEST step by step

Module 3 • Test 1
Module 3 • Test 1

Name:___________________________________________ Year: _______ Class: _______ Number: _______ Mark:_______

Part A – Listening

You are going to listen to three teens giving their views on diversity. 8

You are going to listen twice. Read all the items first.

1. Who says what? Write D (Dania), M (Meaghan) or T (Tommy). [30 pontos]

Who
a. says we are all diverse? ___________T
D
b. is critical of older generations? ___________
D
c. has multicultural friends? ___________
d. thinks differences bring prosperity to a community? ___________
M
D
e. loves experiencing other cultures’ traditions? ___________
f. says the world is more colourful because of diversity? ___________
T
M
g. believes diversity increases empathy? ___________

2. Choose the correct option (A, B or C) to answer the questions according [2 x 5 pontos]
to what you hear.
2.1 About which of the aspects below do these teens have a different opinion?
(A) How respect can be taught.
(B) Why diversity is important.
(C) What diversity is.
2.2 Who has friends with different origins?
(A) Meaghan and Tommy.
(B) Dania and Meaghan.
(C) Dania and Tommy.

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Part B – Reading
You are going to read a text about teens and racial issues.

Teens attitudes towards race and diversity

NEW YORK – The most racially diverse generation in American history works hard to see race as
just another attribute, no more important than the cut of a friend’s clothes.
But the real world keeps intruding. “As a generation, we don’t acknowledge color, but we know
that the race problem is still there,” says 16-year-old Nailah Richards. Nailah’s generation is defined
5 by opinion surveys as racially open-minded and struggling to be "postracial”. “We don’t really care
if you’re purple, brown, black – it doesn’t even matter,” Nailah says. “If you’re a person, you are
who you are.” But, as their generation matures, these young people are recognizing just how much
race still matters to society. “I don’t think racism ever left,” says Izabelle Denize, 22. “I think, with
every decade, it transforms into something really different.” Esther agrees. She was born in Ghana
10 and now lives in the Bronx with her mother. Teachers at Esther’s school regularly tell her and her
classmates that they can be anything they want to be, but she isn’t so sure that all of the adults in
her life actually believe that.
Howard Ross, author of the book Everyday Bias, says young people are likely as surprised by
recent racially charged events as anyone. “This is a generation of people who are now saying, ‘Wait
15 a second, we thought this was over. We were told this was over. We thought we were moving
forward, and now we see the same old stuff happening.’”
In his book, Ross notes that humans are “consistently and profoundly biased”. The fact that we
are drawn towards each other is because our brain feels very comfortable with people like
ourselves, because we know what to expect. We can do this based on the music we listen to or the
20 clothes we wear. “That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but what’s troubling is when that’s the only

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connection we have,” Ross says.

Researcher Danah Boyd notes that, even though “teens do work to maintain cross-racial
friendships, they’re more likely to interact with people of the same race in class, in the lunchroom
and online.” When Boyd visited one Los Angeles high school, she recalled: “I was initially delighted
25 by how integrated the school appeared to be.” But during lunch and between classes, “the school’s
diversity dissolved as peers clustered along racial and ethnic lines.”
Moreover, social divisions, including racial ones, “are not disappearing simply because people
have access to technology,” Boyd says. “Tools that enable communication do not sweep away
distrust, hatred and prejudice.” The mere existence of new technology is not a silver bullet – it does
30 not solve problems. In fact, their construction typically reinforces existing social divisions.
https://eu.usatoday.com (adapted; accessed in December 2021)

1. Match the ideas on the left with the paragraph they refer to on the right. [5 pontos]
You don’t need to use all the paragraphs.
 paragraph 1
a. a biological explanation   paragraph 2
b. racism evolves with time   paragraph 3
c. caught off guard   paragraph 4
 paragraph 5

2. Find a phrase/sentence in the text that shows: [3 x 5 = 15 pontos]

a. teenagers today don’t look beyond the fact we are all humans.
b. as teenagers grow up, they are faced with the importance of racial issues.
c. some teenagers suspect adults don’t mean what they say.

3. Are the sentences below true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS) according [5 x 3 = 15 pontos]
to the text.
T F NS
a. For Howard Ross, the recent racial events were not a surprise.
b. According to Ross’s book, humans should not be limited in their experiences.
c. Danah Boyd realized that in LA races are truly integrated.
d. Boyd blames distrust, hatred and prejudice for racial division.
e. She defends technology should evolve in different ways.

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4. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to answer the questions about the text. [3 x 5 = 15 pontos]
4.1 What does the author mean by “But the real world keeps intruding” (line 3)?
(A) Disregarding racial issues is still a fantasy for teens.
(B) Society does not allow for real change to happen.
(C) Reality stops young people from accepting each other.
(D) Most people do not work towards racial equality.
4.2 Why does Danah Boyd use the auxiliary verb “do” (line 22)?
(A) To ask an implicit question.
(B) To express necessity.
(C) To present a contrast.
(D) To emphasize the idea.
4.3 What do Ross and Boyd have in common?
(A) They are both scientists.
(B) They believe teenagers are different.
(C) They found out diversity is hard to keep.
(D) They think equality will never happen.

5. Who or what do the following words refer to? [2 x 5 = 10 pontos]

a. there (line 4) _______________

b. this (line 15) _______________

Part C – Use of language

1. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. [4 x 2 = 8 pontos]

a. Racial issues are so / such a huge problem in some countries that we really need to address
them.
b. For some people, these issues are so / such hard to deal with that they prefer to ignore them.
c. Teenagers are so / such disappointed in the way things are evolving!
d. Integration has so / such an important role that governments should encourage it.

2. Complete the sentences with be about to or be likely to and the verbs in brackets.
Use the appropriate tenses. [3 x 2 = 6 pontos]

a. Hurry! The interview with Ross _______________ (start). I don’t want to miss it.
b. His book was so successful that I think he _______________ (write) a new one.
c. The problem of racism _______________ (continue) because people don’t take a stand..

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3. Rewrite the sentences using conditionals and starting them as suggested. [4 x 5 = 20 pontos]

a. Boyd got a different perspective because she watched teens during breaks.
If __________________________________________________________________________ .
b. Things will only change when people get involved.
Unless ______________________________________________________________________ .
c. My friends are not racist. That is why I can easily get along with them.
If my friends _________________________________________________________________ .
d. They told me they would publish my article but I had to change a few words.
They told me that unless________________________________________________________ .

4. Complete the sentences using the causative with have or get. [3 x 2 = 6 pontos]

a. Danah Boyd didn’t edit her article herself. She _______________.

b. After finishing writing, she hired an advertising firm to advertise her documentary.
She _______________online and on the radio.
c. She didn’t film it herself. She _______________.

Part D – Writing

Read the statement below written by a teenager. Write an opinion text (120–150 words) on it to
be posted on your class webpage.
Remember to:
• explain the meaning of the statement in your own words;
• write how you feel about it and justify it with reasons and examples.

“So often I look at the huge world problems and think: ‘What a shame, but I
don’t really have anything to do with that.’ But the truth is that the small things
we do really do add up to the big issues. I may not be the problem, but I must
be the solution.”

[60 pontos]

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