SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
B2 Module 4
Worksheet 6
16th May, 2014
NAME:
PART I: LISTENING
PART I
A. Two people from England are discussing languages in schools. Listen and answer these
questions.
1. Who could spend more money to help language teaching?
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What will children need to be in the future?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
3. What else could children learn at school?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. What will cost more money?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
B. Listen again and complete the notes in the table below.
Arguments for
If you don't teach languages, they
(1)…………………..
…………………………………………………
…………….
…………………………………………………
…………..
Arguments against
There are more important subjects like
(4)……………………………………………
…………………
In the future, children will need to be bilingual
In order to
(2)……………………………………………
…………..
…………………………………………………
……………………………
…………………………………………………
……………
Language teaching in schools
(5)………………………….
…………………………………………………
…………………………..
…………………………………………………
…………………………..
You also learn about
(3)………………………………………..
…………………………………………………
…………………………..
Children don’t need other languages because
(6)……………………………………………
……………………………
…………………………………………………
When you learn another language.
……………………………
PART II
Listen to a news report on text messages. Write in the missing words.
New research figures show that (1)__________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
This figure was up (2)__________________________________________on May and beat the
previous monthly record of (3)_____________________________________________________.
One representative for the research company said that (4)________________________________
____________________________________________.
She also predicted that (5)_________________________________________________________
__________________________. That (6)___________________________up by nearly (7)_____
______________________________________________.
PART II READING
A. Choose the correct heading (i—x) from the list of headings on the
previous page.
Example
Answer
Paragraph A
1 Paragraph B ………………………… 4 Paragraph E …………………
2 Paragraph C………………………….5 Paragraph F …………………
3 Paragraph D………………………….6 Paragraph G…………………..
COLLEGE SERVICES
Essential information for students
A For many courses at our College, your marks will be based on two pieces of written work
so you need to develop your skills as a writer. You will also be asked to produce some
practical work to demonstrate your grasp of the subject. Most departments offer advice and
guidelines on how to present your work but the requirements may vary from one
department to another.
B There are two examination periods each year at the end of each semester. The first period is
in June and the second in November. Additionally, individual departments may have tests at
other times, using various methods such as "take-home" exams or assignments.
C If you feel your performance in an examination has been affected by illness or a personal
problem, you should talk to the Course Co-ordinator in your department and complete a
special form. Each case is judged on its own merits depending on individual circumstances.
D The College has arrangements with similar institutions in North America, Europe and
Asia. The schemes are open to all students and allow you to complete a semester or a year
of your course overseas. The results you gain are credited towards your final certificate.
This offers an exciting chance to broaden your horizons and enrich your learning
experience in a different environment and culture.
E Youth Allowance payments or government funding may be available to full-time students.
Reimbursement of travel costs may also be available in some cases. Scholarships are also on
offer, but these are competitive and the closing date for applications is 31 October in the year
before the one for which the funds are sought.
F Your student card, which you get on completion of enrolment, is proof that you are enrolled.
Please take special care of it and carry it with you when you are at the college. It is proof of
who you are and you may be asked to show it to staff at any time. This card is also your
discount card for the canteen as well as allowing you access to the library.
G The Students' Club provides opportunities for a wide range of activities, including the
production of fılms, plays and concerts, as well as art and photo exhibitions of work done
by the students. If you have a creative idea in mind, pick up a form from the offıce on
Level 3 of the Administration Building.
B. Read the text on the below again and answer questions 1-5 below.
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
1. In addition to written work, what must most students prepare in order to receive their
course marks?
……………………………………………………………………………………...........
2. At which time of the year are examinations held?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What expenses can some students claim back?
…………………………………………………………………………………………......
4. Where can you get reductions using your student card?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Which body organises displays of students' work?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
C. Read the text again and find words which have the same meaning as these definitions.
Example one of the sections of a school or college
department
1. a piece of work set by your teacher, often with a deadline______________
2. a set of rules which tell you how to do something________________
3. a division of the academic year______________
4. someone who organises a course_______________
5. money which is giyen back to you______________
6. a document proving who you are________________
7. to register at a college for a course______________
8. a reduction in price_____________
9 a display of artwork_______________
READING TEXT II
The Difference Between Men And Women
Although there is a great deal of variation within each gender, on the average men and women
discuss a surprisingly different range of topics. According to some studies, women and men
ranging in age from seventeen to eighty described the range of topics each discussed with friends
of the same sex. Certain topics were common to both men and women: work, movies, and
television proved to be frequent topics for both groups. The differences between men and women
were more striking than the similarities. Female friends spent much more time discussing
personal and domestic subjects, relationship problems, family, health and reproductive matters,
weight, food and clothing. Men, on the other hand, were more likely to discuss music, current
events, sports and business. Women were more likely to gossip about close friends and family.
By contrast, men spent more time gossiping about sports figures and media personalities. These
differences can lead to frustration when men and women try to converse with one another.
1. It is stated in the passage that women ----.
A) are unwilling to discuss personal subjects
B) are more interested in discussing relationship problems than are men
C) never talk about other men and women
D) don't like gossiping about anything
E) discuss more important issues than men
2. According to the passage, men ----.
A) need to learn to communicate better
B) like talking about movies and television as much as women do
C) are not likely to gossip on anything
D) have no common topics with women
E) get frustrated more whenever they try to converse with women
3. The passage mainly discusses ----.
A) what women's conversational topics are
B) why men don't like conversing with women
C) the topics men like discussing
D) why women talk more than men
E) the conversational topics of men and women
PART III: VOCABULARY
A. Match the words with the correct definitions.
____1. Creative (adj)
a) a typical quality or an important part of something
____2. Consistency (n)
b) the desire to know about something
____3. Feature (n)
c) to only affect a limited area, group, etc.
____4. Dimension (n)
d) the need or desire that people have for particular
goods and services.
____5. Curiosity (n)
e) producing or using original and unusual ideas
____6. Conventional (adj)
f) a part or way of considering something
____7. Restricted (adj)
g) the quality of always being the same, doing things
in the same way, having the same standards, etc.
____8. Demand (n)
h) traditional and ordinary
B. Fill in the blanks with the following words:
*consistency(n)
*feature (n)
*creative (adj)
*curiosity (n)
*restricted (adj)
*demand (n)
*dimension (n)
*conventional (adj)
1. There is a huge…………………. for new cars in Turkey now.
2. The most distinctive……………….. of the dinosaurs was their size.
3. There is a spiritual………………. to her poetry.
4. The referee behaved with ……………………..throughout the match.
5. Her natural ……………… led her to ask more questions.
6. While microwaves heat up food more quickly, most food tastes better when it is cooked in
a ………………… oven.
7. The growth of television exports is ………………..to 10 % a year.
8. You're so ………………..! I could never make my own clothes.
PART IV: USE OF ENGLISH
A. Rewrite the sentences by using Noun Clauses.
EXAMPLE: Who wants to leave now? I don't know who wants to leave now.
1. What is your e-mail address? I don’t know.
I _______________________________________________________________
2. What kind of movies does he like? I asked my friend.
I asked ___________________________________________________________
3. When will we have the final exam?
I need to know___________________________________________________________.
4. How many lessons are we going to finish?
Can you tell me ___________________________________________________________.
5. Where is the teacher from?
I wonder _______________________________________________________________.
B. Read the following article and underline noun clauses.
DAY CARE
Working parents of ten put their kids in day care. While most parents interviewed say they’re satisfied
with the day care they use, experts believe that only about 12 percent of children receive high quality care.
Many parents really don't know how good their day care service is.
When choosing a day care center, of course parents want to know how much it costs. But there are
many other questions parents should ask and observations they should make. Parents need to know if the
caregiver loves and responds to the child's needs. Does the caregiver hug the child, talk to the child, smile
at the child, play with the child?
It is also important to know if the day care center is clean and safe. A parent should find out how the
caregiver takes care of sick children. Is there a nurse or doctor available to help with medical care? Do
caregivers know first aid?
Parents should ask how many caregivers there are per child. One caregiver for a group of eight fouror five-year-olds may be enough, but babies need much more attention one caregiver for three babies is
recommended.
Experts believe that parents should not put their babies in child care for the first four months. During
this time, it is important for babies to form an attachment to their mothers.
C. Change the wording to a that-clause as the subject of the sentence.
1. His hair loss is upsetting.
……………………………………….is upsetting.
2. He doesn't need hair to be handsome.
…………………………………………is untrue.
3. He feels bad about it, which is normal.
………………………………………..is normal.
4. Famous athletes shave their heads, so it is cool.
…………………………………………………makes it cool.
5. Losing hair as we age is common knowledge.
…………………………………………………….is well-known.
D. Complete each sentence with a properly formed noun clause:
1. I don't know ________________.
1. how many children he has
2. how many children does he have
2. ________________ was sad.
1. What did she say
2. What she said
3. We are not responsible for ________________.
1. what our children say
2. what do our children say
4. I'm not going to tell you ________________.
1. what should you do
2. what you should do
5. I wonder if ________________ from Germany.
1. is he
2. he is
6. The teacher told us ________________ our finished exams.
1. where we should leave
2. where should we leave
E. Complete each sentence with what or that. In this particular exercise, what is used for noun
clauses and that is used for relative adjective clauses:
1. ………………………………..he said is not important.
2. The book…………………………….. I'm reading is very interesting.
3. I'm not responsible for ………………………………… you do.
4. P1: Do you believe……………………………… he told us? P2: Yes, I think he was telling
the truth.
5. The world needs more people ………………………………………help animals.
6. Tom's parents care about …………………………. he watches.
7. Many of the people ………………………………… saw that movie were disappointed.
8. You have to let me know …………………………………….you plan to do.
9. The coffee……………………………………you made is very strong.
10. We loved the story …………………………………… you told in class.
F. Read the text and circle the appropriate words for the gaps:
Environmental Concerns
Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (1) ... human
activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (2) ... on consuming twothirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (3) ... to stay alive we
are rapidly destroying the (4) ... resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper.
Everywhere fertile soil is (5) ... built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are
exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (6) ... We discharge pollutants into the
atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (7) ... the planet's ability to support
people is being (8) ... at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (9) ...
increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth's (10) ... resources are there for us to use. We need
food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (11) ... us fed, comfortable,
healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (12) ... indefinitely.
But if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.
Multiple Choice Cloze
Gap 1
Although / Still / Yet / Despite
Gap 2
continues / repeats / carries / follows
Gap 3
already / just / for / entirely
Gap 4
alone / individual / lone / only
Gap 5
sooner / neither / either / rather
Gap 6
quite / greatly / utterly / completely
Gap 7
development / result / reaction / product
Gap 8
stopped / narrowed / reduced / cut
Gap 9
doing / having / taking / making
Gap 10
natural / real / living / genuine
Gap 11
hold / maintain / stay / keep
Gap 12
last / stand / go / remain
PART IV: CLOZE TEST
In the later part of the Middle Ages, cities created asylums to cope with the mentally ill. These
systems were simply prisons; the inmates were kept on chains in dark, filthy cells and were
treated more as animals (1)—as human beings. It (2)—until 1792, when Philippe Pinel was
placed in charge of an asylum in Paris, that some improvements were made. As an experiment,
Pinel removed the chains that (3)—the inmates. Much (4)—the amazement of skeptics, who
thought Pinel was mad to unchain such “animals”, the experiment was a success. When placed in
clean, sunny rooms, and treated kindly, many people who for years (5)—hopelessly insane
improved enough to leave the asylum.
1) a. than
b. like c. such
d. so
e. much
2) a. has not been
b. had not been
c. was not
d. would not be
e. would not have been
3) a. compelled b. restrained
c. overloaded
4) a. to b. of
e. at
c. with d. for
d. withdrew e. sustained
5) a. will be considered
b. have been considered
c. were being considered
d. had been considered
e. are considered
The portrait, as it is known today, was born in the Renaissance. In fact, portraits (6)—before the
Renaissance, of course: (7)—think of the Pharaohs with their colossal statues, or the busts of the
Roman emperors, (8)—those figures seemed very (9)--. Renaissance artists, by contrast, sought
to create not just a likeness of their subjects, but also (10) –of their spirit.
6) a. exist
b. would exist
c. have existed
d. would have existed
e. had existed
7) a. just
b. already
c. always
d. usually
e. previously
8) a. whenever
b. when
c. but
d. while
e. so far as
9) a. principal
b. prospective
c. enthusiastic
d.recent
e. remote
10) a. many
b. anything
c. something
d. any
e. few