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Summative assessment for the unit «Different Ways of Living»

Reading
Task 1. Read the following text carefully and for questions a – l put the words from the box in the right
places.

increases Labour Shift

equal rosy Counterparts

Globalisation has made the planet more (a) ___________________1. As communication gets cheaper and
transport gets faster, developing countries have closed the gap with their richworld counterparts. But
within many developing economies, the story is less (b)___________________1: inequality has
worsened. Basic theory predicts that inequality falls when developing countries enter global markets. The
theory of comparative advantage is found in every introductory textbook. It says that poor countries
produce goods requiring large amounts of unskilled (c) ___________________1. Rich countries focus on
things requiring skilled workers. Thailand is a big rice exporter, for example, while America is the world's
largest exporter of financial services. As global trade (d)___________________1, the theory says,
unskilled workers in poor countries are high in demand; skilled workers in those same countries are less
coveted. With more employers clamouring for their services, unskilled workers in developing countries get
wage boosts, whereas their skilled (e) ___________________1 don’t. The result is that inequality falls.
But the high inequality seen today in poor countries is prompting new theories. One emphasises
outsourcing—when rich countries (f) ___________________1 parts of the production process to poor
countries. Contrary to popular belief, multinationals in poor countries often employ skilled workers and
pay high wages. A report from the OECD found that average wages paid by foreign multinationals are
40% higher than wages paid by local firms. What is more, those skilled workers often get to work with
managers from rich countries, or might have to meet the deadlines of an efficient rich-world company.
That may boost their productivity. Higher productivity means they can demand even higher wages. By
contrast, unskilled workers, or poor ones in rural areas, tend not to have such opportunities. Their
productivity does not rise. For these reasons lobalization can boost the wages of skilled workers, while
crimping those of the unskilled.
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Speaking
Task 2. Work with your partner by asking and answering complex questions on topic ‘Different ways of
living’. You will have 1 minute to think and 2-3 minutes to talk.
The following words can be used as a prompt:

HAPPINESS MONEY JOB FREELANCING DOWNSHIFTING

You should: You can use vocabulary:

 Ask your partner complex questions
on topic
 Answer your partners questions
 Comment on your partner’s answer
 Use appropriate vocabulary and
grammar
 To be a material asset.
 To revolve one’s life around
money.
 (Not) to equal happiness.
 To be a source of short-term
happiness.
 To give pleasure.

(Not) to give happiness or joy.

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Total: ____/10
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Learning objectives
10.4.3 Skim a range of lengthy texts with speed to identify
content meriting closer reading on a range of general and
curricular topics
10.3.2 Ask and respond to complex questions to get information
about a wide range of general and curricular topics

Assessment criteria  Identify the main points of a text on familiar and

unfamiliar topics in speed reading
 Ask and answer to complex questions on topic

Level of thinking skills Knowledge and comprehension

Higher order thinking skills

Duration 20 minutes

Task Descriptor
Assessment criteria Mark
№ A learner
Skim the text and A. writes equal 1
identify the main points B. writes rosy 1
of a text on familiar and C. writes labour 1
unfamiliar topics 1
D. writes increases 1
E. writes counterparts 1
F. writes shift 1
Ask and answer asks complex questions to partner; 1
complex questions on answers to partners’ questions; 1
topic 2
uses appropriate grammar structures; 1
uses appropriate vocabulary. 1
Total marks 10