Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 2e: Foundations Unit 2 Test

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VOCABULARY PRACTICE 1:

Complete the paragraph with the words in the box. There are two extra words.

achieve begin company dream earn

expensive interested in plan practice smart

1. We often wonder what our children will do one day. Are they smart enough to be
teachers or lawyers? Will they work for a big company and earn
lots of money? Perhaps their dream is to be a professional athlete or to start their
own business. Career advisors can help older children plan for the future. They
usually practice by asking the child what he or she is interesred in
. Then they give advice about how to achieve
success and happiness.

VOCABULARY PRACTICE 2:

Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Not all words are needed.

idea perhaps possible

return show soon together
travel

2. The dancers in the show were amazing.

3. The new team worked really well together .

4. I had a great time in Thailand. I'd like to return there one day.

5. The company isn't doing well right now, but sales should improve soon .

6. I have a great idea for a movie.

7. I got a bad grade in math, but perhaps I can do better next time.

8. We were excited to travel to Mexico for the first time.

READING REVIEW:

Read the two passages. Match each question to the correct person or people.

REACHING FOR THE SKY

In 2007, Barrington Irving became the youngest person to fly solo around the world. He was
just 23 years old - and he built the plane himself. How did he achieve this?

A PASSION FOR FLYING

Irving's interest in flying started when he was 15. He was working in his parents' bookstore in
Miami, Florida. One of the customers was a pilot, Gary Robinson. One day, Robinson asked
Irving if he was interested in flying. Irving didn't think he was smart enough. But the next day,
Robinson took Irving to an airport. He showed Irving inside the cockpit of a Boeing 777. That
experience changed Irving's life.

Irving really wanted to fly, but flight school was expensive. To achieve his dream, he worked
different jobs. He washed airplanes and cleaned swimming pools. At home, he practiced flying
on a video game. In the end, he earned enough money for flight school.

CIRCLING THE WORLD

At flight school, Irving achieved his dream of learning how to fly. But he wasn't finished. Next,
he planned to build his own plane and fly solo around the world.

Building the plane was difficult. Irving asked more than 50 companies for airplane parts. Most
said no, but he kept asking. Three years later, he had parts worth $300,000. Columbia, an
airplane company, agreed to build a plane using the parts. Soon, his airplane was ready to fly.

On March 23, 2007, Irving began his round-the-world trip. After 97 days - with 145 hours in
the air - he landed back in Miami. A cheering crowd of people was there to welcome him.

SHARING THE DREAM

Irving saw many young people in the crowd, and this had a powerful effect on him. He wanted
to use his experience to help other young people achieve their own dreams. "Everyone told me
what I couldn't do," says Irving. "They said I was too young, that I didn't have enough money.
[But] even if no one believes in your dream," he says, "you have to pursue it."
 LIFE IN THE RING

As a child, Emily Ainsworth loved the colorful world of traveling circuses. As she grew older,
she also became interested in other cultures. "England is a small country," she says. "I saved up
for years . . . so that I could afford to travel abroad."

Ainsworth had many different jobs to pay for her travels. When she was 16, she had earned
enough money to travel to Mexico. The experience changed her life. She fell in love with the
country and dreamed that perhaps she could return one day.

As a 22-year-old, Ainsworth got her chance. She entered a radio competition to think of an
interesting travel idea. The winner would go on the journey and make a documentary.
Ainsworth's idea was to go to Mexico to learn about the lives of circus workers. To her
surprise, she won the competition.

Mexico has many circuses. One of the smaller ones is Circo Padilla. Soon after arriving in
Mexico, Ainsworth met Padilla's ringmaster, Don Humberto. He invited her to visit his circus.

On her first day in Circo Padilla, one of the dancers could not take part in the show. Humberto
asked Ainsworth if she wanted to be a dancer. Five minutes later, Ainsworth says, she was
wearing dancer's clothes. It was, she says, "like a childhood dream come true."

As a circus dancer, Ainsworth and the other circus workers performed and lived together. She
also studied and took pictures of circus life. The days were quiet, but at night, the circus world
came alive.

Ainsworth now has a career as a journalist and photographer. She still has a love for Mexico
and returns there when she can. "I still feel like a part of that world," she says.

Her advice to young people is to follow their childhood dreams. "When you're eight years old,"
she says, "you know that anything is possible."

a. Barrington Irving
b. Emily Ainsworth
c. Both Barrington and Emily

A 9. Who achieved a childhood dream?

A 10. Who asked companies for help?
A 11. Who earned money from different jobs?

B 12. Who entered a competition and won?

B 13. Who loves returning to one country?
A 14. Who played games to develop skills?
A 15. Who traveled around the world?
A 16. Who has advice for young people?
 READING PRACTICE:

Read the passage. Then look at the statements and write:

TRUE if the statement is the same as information in the passage

FALSE if the statement is different to information in the passage
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage

A In the past, people spent years working for the same company, and they didn't change jobs
very often. It wasn't unusual to start a job after school or college, and stay there until you
retired. These days, however, it's more difficult to find this reliable kind of work. In fact, a
lot of young people regularly have to change their jobs and even their careers.
B
Because it's harder to find a safe job, people are thinking of smart new ways to make money.
One unusual new job is waiting in lines. Most people aren't interested in spending time at a
government office to get a new driver's license, or waiting to buy tickets for a music
concert. But these days you may not need to wait. A company in New York called SOLD
Inc. charges
$25 per hour to have somebody wait in line for you. It's an expensive service, but lots of
busy people are willing to pay for a "line-sitter." SOLD Inc. is very successful, and the man
C who started the business earns around $1000 a week.

One thing is for sure: better machines and new technologies will mean fewer people
working in the jobs their parents did. At the same time, we'll always have to pay bills and
support our families. What does this all mean? We can probably expect lots of new,
different, and unusual jobs like line-sitting in the future.

17. Young people change jobs more often than their parents did. NOT GIVEN

18. The author says it used to be more difficult to find a reliable job. TRUE

19. SOLD Inc. has more than 1000 employees. NOT GIVEN

20. SOLD Inc. line sitters know the best places to get concert tickets. NOT GIVEN

21. The author thinks $25 per hour is cheap for a line sitter. FALSE

22. The man who started SOLD Inc. earns about $4000 a month. FALSE

23. In the future, new technology will help people to find jobs. NOT GIVEN
 READING SKILL REVIEW - SKIMMING:

Skim the passage and answer the questions.

A In the past, people spent years working for the same company, and they didn't change jobs
very often. It wasn't unusual to start a job after school or college, and stay there until you
retired. These days, however, it's more difficult to find this reliable kind of work. In fact, a
lot of young people regularly have to change their jobs and even their careers.
B
Because it's harder to find a safe job, people are thinking of smart new ways to make
money. One unusual new job is waiting in lines. Most people aren't interested in spending
time at a
government office to get a new driver's license, or waiting to buy tickets for a music
concert. But these days you may not need to wait. A company in New York called SOLD
Inc. charges
$25 per hour to have somebody wait in line for you. It's an expensive service, but lots of
busy people are willing to pay for a "line-sitter." SOLD Inc. is very successful, and the man
C who started the business earns around $1000 a week.

One thing is for sure: better machines and new technologies will mean fewer people
working in the jobs their parents did. At the same time, we'll always have to pay bills and
support our families. What does this all mean? We can probably expect lots of new,
different, and unusual jobs like line-sitting in the future.

24. What is the best title for this passage?

a. Reliable but Boring Jobs
b. Jobs of the Past
c. New and Unusual Jobs
25. What is the main idea of paragraph A?
a. Young people don't want to stay in the same job.
b. There are good reasons to stay with one
company.
c. It's not common to stay in one job these days.

26. Where does the author talk about an interesting new business?
a. Paragraph A
b. Paragraph B
c. Paragraph C

27. Where does the author say why jobs will change in the future?
a. Paragraph A
b. Paragraph B
c. Paragraph C
28. Where does the author give an example of a new kind of job?
a. Paragraph A
b. Paragraph B
c. Paragraph C
 LANGUAGE FOR WRITING PRACTICE - VERBS PLUS INFINITIVES

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. There are two extra

answers. hope / save plan / work want / travel

need / learn need / get plan / return

29. John plans to work in sales after graduating.

30. You need to get a license before you buy a car.

31. I hope to save $1000 a month when I start working.

32. Sue want to travel around Mexico in the summer.

LANGUAGE FOR WRITING PRACTICE - VERB + NOUN COLLOCATIONS

Choose the words that go together with the verbs. There are two correct answers for each.
A ,B 33. go
a. a trip
b. to college
c. on holiday
d. a friend

A,C 34. finish

a. an exam
b. some ideas
c. a course
d. the piano

A,C 35. learn

a. a computer
b. the piano
c. Spanish
d. work

A,C 36. take

a. a class
b. a good choice
c. a vacation
d. university

A,D 37. start

a. a new job
b. to Europe
c. the guitar
d. school
 WRITING PRACTICE 1:

Find one mistake in each sentence. The kind of mistake is in parentheses.

Rewrite the sentence and correct the mistakes. Use the example as a guide.

Example I need get good grades this semester. (missing word)

38. We hope to finishing the project by Friday. (incorrect verb form)

We hope to finish the project by Friday.

39. We're going to make a trip to Hawaii next year. (incorrect verb + noun collocation)
We go to a trip to Hawaii next year.

40. My cousin is a teacher, but he really wants to a farmer. (missing word)

My cousin is a teacher, but he really wants to be a farmer.

41. Mitsuru plans to returns to university for his graduation. (incorrect verb form)
Mitsuru plans to return ersity for his graduation.

42. You should start Mandarin if you want to live in China. (incorrect verb + noun collocation)
You should start Mandarin if you go to live in China.

WRITING PRACTICE 2:

Write sentences to answer each question below in your own words. Use the example as a guide.

1. What place do you hope to visit someday? Why?

2. What was your childhood dream?
3. What was the best course you took? Why?
4. What's something you need to learn? Why?
5. What advice do you have for young people?

Example What place do you hope to visit someday? Why?

43. Write answers to each question in full sentences. Make sure each sentence has a subject, verb, and
punctuation.
 1. What place do you hope to visit someday? Why?

I hope to visit Japan someday, because I want to visit all traditional place and study
their cultures.

2. What was your childhood dream?

My childhood dream is to be a doctor.

3. What was the best course you took? Why?

The best course I took was English level 5, and because in this course starts to write my
ideas in English and talk English with my classmates.

4. What's something you need to learn? Why?

Actually I want to learn about web application developing skills, and because a lot of jobs
and opportunities are waiting me when I learned that.

5. What advice do you have for young people?

They should learn new things and improve their skills for future.