Name ____________________________Class ____________________________4Grammar, Vocabulary, and PronunciationGRAMMAR1 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).Example: As far as meals are concerned, were planning on bringing our own food. concern are concerned concerned1 On the one hand, we need the rain for our garden to grow. On ________ hand, we want to sit in the garden and enjo the sunshine! other the other another" #lease be on time for the bus. ________ oull ma$e e%erone late for the concert. Other Other words Otherwise& ________ ou dont reall li$e our new job. Ob%ious to me Ob%iousl Ob%ious' ( dont understand the instructions for getting to the show. ________, ( dont e%en want to go. (ts beside )eside )esides* +ules is coming for the wee$end. ________ shes lea%ing her job to start her own business, and she wants our ad%ice. (ncidentall ) incident (ncident, A -o ou li$e cric$et.B As ________ of fact, ( lo%e it. matters if it mattered a matter/ ( thin$ ou should ta$e the da off tomorrow. ________, our brother doesnt %isit %eroften. After all After (ts after0 (ts going to rain tomorrow, or ________ thats what the forecast said. least at least leastl82 Underline the correct word(s).Example: 1an ( borrow 2 borrowed "3 euros until tomorrow as long as ou dont need it.1 #ro%ided 4el brought 2 brings his guitar tomorrow, were going to ha%e a sing5along." (f we have 2 had two more people, wed ha%e enough to pla a proper football match.& ( would phone 2 have phoned to sa ( was going to be late if ( hadnt lost m mobile.' Supposed 2 Supposing ou got lost and couldnt find our wa home. 6hat would oudo.* 7ad ( $nown it was our birthda, ( would have made 2 made a ca$e., (ll tell ou e%erthing as long as ou will promise 2 promise not to laugh at me.663 Complete the sentences with the gerund or the ininitive orm o the verbs in brac!ets.Example: (d li$e ou to phone 8phone9 m office and tell them (m ill.1 ( would hate him ________ 8thin$9 (m not interested in his project." 7e disli$es people ________ 8ma$e9 noise while hes studing.Name ____________________________Class ____________________________4Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation& 7es waiting for his train ________ 8arri%e9.' 4 uncle ad%ised me ________ 8%isit9 (tal before the weather gets too hot.* :hed better not $eep me ________ 8wait9. (m too bus to waste time sitting here., #lease let me ________ 8come9 with ou. ( am bored all on m own.66Grammar total 20VOCABULARY" Complete the words in the sentences.Example: A civilian is someone who is not a member of the armed forces or the police1 A s________ shoots at people from a hidden position." A r________ is a sudden, illegal, often %iolent change of go%ernment.& A t________ is a formal agreement between two or more countries.' #________ are people who are forced to lea%e their home because there is a war.* A person who has been injured in a war is called a c________., A c________ is when two armies agree to stop fighting temporaril.6$ Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).Example: (n the past, warriors used bows to shoot arrows at the enem. bullets bows shields1 :he soldier held his ________ tightl as he ran across the field shooting. cannon machine gun missile" :he tribe defended their %illage in the jungle b throwing ________ at the boats of the soldiers as the came up the ri%er. sieges troops spears& :he rebels ________ the bridge to stop the soldiers from getting supplies. surrendered blew up defeated' After the attac$ on the cit, all of the shops were ________ and almost e%erthing was stolen. o%erthrown declared looted* A ( reall lo%e war films.B ;eall. (m not particularl $een ________ them.on in with, :he $ing was %er proud ________ his soldiers for winning the battle. with of for66Name ____________________________Class ____________________________4Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation% Complete the sentences with one word.Example: :he stor of a film and the things the characters do is called the plot.1 :he final ________ at the end of a film list the names of all of the actors and other people who appeared in or wor$ed on the film." ( lo%ed Star Wars, but ( dont remember the details of the con%ersation between ader. -ialogue ________ arent as important as the action.& ( ha%e ?uite a ________ friends who ha%e ta$en a gap ear.' 4 dad just bought a second5________ car. 7e saw an ad%ert in the paper, and thought the price was much better than buing a new car.* 4 grandmother is a lo%el person, but can be %er ________5minded and intolerant. =he thin$s ( should stop studing and get married as soon as possible., 4 cousin and his wife are great parents. :heir $ids are three and fi%e, but there so ______5beha%ed, we all actuall enjo going out to restaurants together. / 6hen ( was wor$ing as a tour guide, ( got ________ on international tra%el. (t ga%e me an enormous high, and if ( didnt get on a plane for a wee$ or two, ( became edg and tense.0 (m completel fed up ________ the ad%erts at the cinema. :he last at least &3 minutes, and the film is onl @3 minutes long.8Vocabulary total 20PRONUNCIATION& 'atch the words with the same sound. couphigh5mindedbesiegedgambling hang uprefugeeExample: troops coup1 dialogue ________, ________" edg ________, ________& short5sighted ________5( Underline the stressed s)llable. Example: composer1 re%iew" substance& anxious' become* harmless5Pronunciation total 10Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50Name ____________________________Class ____________________________4Grammar, Vocabulary, and PronunciationName ____________________________Class ____________________________4Radin! and "ritin!R#A$ING#ead the article and tic! () A* B* or C.%#LP YOURL'In the last coule o! decades, sel!"hel boo#s ha$e been a ublishin% henomenon,o!ten toin% the bestseller lists& 'eaders ha$e laed u their ad$ice on ho( to doa(ide$arietyo! thin%s, !rombecomin%success!ul andrichtoimro$in%theirrelationshis& I! you)re !acin% a articular roblem in your li!e, there)s a host o! sel!"hel boo#s !or you& I! you ha$e the idea that you (ant to imro$e yoursel! in some(ay, there are any number o! sel!"hel titles *ust (aitin% to ad$ise you& I! you (ant asuccess!ul career, no roblem + ste"by"ste %uides (ill tell you e,actly (hat to do&-ut, desite their enormous success, there)s a .uestion many eole as#/ do theseboo#s actually do (hat they claim to0 1b$iously, as in any !ield o! ublishin%, some sel!"hel boo#s are better than others&2ome may be based on actual research and case studies + there)s some substanceto them that su%%ests they can, at least to some e,tent, be ta#en seriously& 1thers,ho(e$er, amount to little more than sychobabble + emty nonsense dressed u asserioussycholo%ical insi%ht& 3heseboo#sbombardthereader (ithamasso!meanin%less *ar%on, dis%uisin% the !act that they ha$e nothin% to say beyond theob$ious that you (ould not need to buy a boo# to #no(& It)s the latter cate%ory thathas %i$en sel!"hel boo#s a bad name amon% critics o! the %enre& 3he #ind o! ad$ice %i$en in sel!"hel boo#s is o!ten more or less the same& 4hatreally amount to retty standard statements are made in many o! them, but does thisad$ice stand u to scrutiny0 Psycholo%ists (ho ha$e studied a ran%e o! sel!"helboo#s connected (ith hainess say the ans(er to this is 5not al(ays)& 3hey saythat althou%h the emhasis the boo#s lace on aimin% !or %ood relationshis (ith!amilies, !riends and collea%ues has, in some (ays, some scienti!ic basis in terms o!(hat does actually lead to ersonalhainess, in other (ays the ad$ice %i$en isactually !alse& 6or e,amle, the boo#s commonly tell you that it is %ood to e,ress your an%er7 thesycholo%ists say this simly causes you to remain an%ry& 8ou are o!ten told to try tothin# hay thou%hts (hen you are sad7 the sycholo%ists say that attemtin% to dothissimlyemhasi9esyour unhainess!or you& 3heboo#stell youto!ocusentirely on your aims in li!e, loo#in% only at the desired outcome7 sycholo%ists sayyou need to !ocus *ust as much on the roblems you ha$e to o$ercome in order toreachyour %oals& 3heboo#stell youto#eeraisin%yoursel! toincreaseandmaintain a hi%h le$elo! sel!"belie!7 the sycholo%ists say that actually this doesn)t(or#becauseyouneedraise!romothereoleinordertoincreaseyoursel!"esteem& Perhas the #ey .uestion on sel!"hel boo#s is/ do they (or#0 :o eole !eel theyha$e directly heled them0 4hate$er critics may say, do the eole (ho buy andread them %et realresults !rom them0 3he ans(er to this .uestion aears to be5sometimes)& 'esearch indicates that the #ind o! boo# that deals (ith a articularroblemcanbee!!ecti$einhelin%eole(iththat roblem, articularlyi! theroblem in .uestion isn)t a se$ere one, !or e,amle mild deression or an,iety& 3heName ____________________________Class ____________________________4Radin! and "ritin!situationislessclear (ithboo#sdealin%(ithersonal %ro(thor de$eloment&2omeeoledosaythat theseboo#sha$eheledthembut it isbynomeanscertain, and hard to measure, (hether this is really the case& 4hat is clear about all sel!"hel boo#s, ho(e$er, is that they o!!er eole hoe& 3heactual ad$ice they %i$e and (hether or not this is accurate or e!!ecti$e is robablyless imortant than the !act that they tellthe reader that chan%e is ossible, thatthereishoeo! abetterli!e, that eolecano$ercomedi!!icultiesandimro$ethemsel$esandtheirsituation& 4hilethismaysoundli#ea%oodthin%, thereis,ho(e$er, ado(nsidetoit& 3o%et eoletobuythem, theseboo#so!tenma#ee,a%%erated claims about (hat they (illdo !or eole& 3hey can raise unrealistice,ectations in the reader, su%%estin% that a better li!e can .uite easily be achie$ed,that anyone can %et (hat they (ant out o! li!e& 3he truth is o! course that chan%in%yoursel! and your li!e may be $ery di!!icult indeed and re.uire an immense amounto! e!!ort, i! it is e$en achie$able at all& 2o sel!"hel boo#s are oen to the claim thatthey resent a !alse icture that can only lead to disaointment in the end& 1 (n the first paragraph, what does the writer emphasiAe about self5help boo$s. A:he fact that one person might bu man of them.)7ow ?uic$l the genre became popular.1:he number of them a%ailable." (n the second paragraph, the writer expresses a preference for self5help boo$s which ________. Adont use an jargon at all)explain technical terms in a clear wa 1gi%e examples to support their ad%ice& :he writer sas that self5help boo$s containing a lot of Bpschobabble ________. Aare seldom popular with readers)ha%e affected the reputation of all self5help boo$s1exist in greater numbers than other $inds of self5help boo$' 6hat does the writer sa about self5help boo$s connected with happiness. A:here is e%idence to support some of the ad%ice the gi%e.):he %ar more than other $inds of self5help boo$.1:he are the most popular $ind of self5help boo$.* #schologists sa that some ad%ice in boo$s about happiness ________. Acould produce different bad feelings in people )could ma$e people feel worse than the did1is too hard for people to carr out, 6hich of the following do pschologists belie%e. ACou wont ha%e greater self5confidence unless other people praise ou. )Docusing on problems is more important than focusing on goals. 1:hin$ing onl about aims can result in greater unhappiness. / ;esearch into whether self5help boo$s reall help people suggests that ________. Athose dealing with personal growth and de%elopment are the least useful )people want to belie%e that the ha%e helped them a lot 1the are not %er useful for serious problems0 6hat do all self5help boo$s ha%e in common, according to the writer. A:he all contain some useful ad%ice.):he all ha%e the same basic message.1:he all smpathiAe with the reader.@ 6hen as$ing whether self5help boo$s wor$, the writer suggests that ________. Name ____________________________Class ____________________________4Radin! and "ritin!Athis ma be more important than whether the ad%ice is correct )not enough attention has been paid to this1readers ma not be honest about this13 :he writer concludes in that last paragraph that self5help boo$s ________. Aare more influential than is generall thought)ma actuall be harmful to people1are onl ta$en seriousl b certain $inds of person'eadin% total 10"RITINGChoose one o the essa) titles below and write about the pros and cons in appro+imatel) 2$, words-1 Eadgets ma$e dail life easier F or do the." :he success of a compan depends on the happiness of its emploees.& =elf5help boo$s can do more harm than good.4ritin% total 10'eadin% and 4ritin% total 20Name ____________________________Class ____________________________4Li(tnin! and &)a*in!LI&T#NING1 .isten to ive people tal!ing about various historical ilms. 'atch the spea!ers(1/$) to what the) sa) about the ilms (A/0).=pea$er 1=pea$er "=pea$er &=pea$er '=pea$er *A (t was different from what ( had expected before ( saw it.) (t has a personal connection for me. 1 4ost people remember one particular scene from it.- ( li$ed it so much that ( saw it o%er and o%er again. E ( remained affected b it for some time after (d seen it. D One particular scene affected me emotionall a great deal. E :he acting is the most impressi%e aspect of it. 7 ( found elements of it unrealistic.52 .isten to an interview about computer addiction. 1ic! () A* B* or C.1 6hat does the inter%iewer sa about computer addiction in his introduction. A(t causes disagreement among experts.)(t affects a great man people.1(t is unli$el that it reall exists." 1olin sas that one reason wh computer addiction is a difficult subject is that ________. Ait is eas for people to be addicted to computers without realiAing it )people dont want to thin$ that it is similar to common addictions 1reasons wh people use computers for a long time %ar considerabl & 6hat is 1olins point about hobbies. A4an people spend longer doing hobbies than using computers.)#eople dont usuall thin$ that a hobb can be an addiction.1:he can be just as addicti%e as computer use.' 6hat does 1olin sa about computer5game addiction. AOfficial bodies are li$el to accept that it exists in the future. )(t is something that man people might notice.1Experts cannot agree on a clear definition of it. * 6hat is 1olins personal opinion on computer addiction. A=ome people thin$ the ha%e an addiction but the dont.)4ore people will belie%e that computer use can become an addiction.11ertain beha%iour probabl indicates the existence of an addiction.5;istenin% total 10&P#A+INGStudent AName ____________________________Class ____________________________4Li(tnin! and &)a*in!1 As! )our partner these 2uestions.1 6hich historical films ha%e ou seen and enjoed." 6hat ha%e ou recentl tried to persuade someone to do.& 6h are self5help boo$s so popular.' 6hat $ind of addictions are caused b modern gadgets.* 6hich gadgets do ou alwas ha%e with ou when ou go out.2 3ow answer )our partner4s 2uestions.3 3ow tal! about one o these statements* sa)ing i )ou agree or disagree. 5ive reasons.1 B(t does not matter if a historical film is factuall inaccurate." BAd%ertising is harmful to a lot of people.& BAddictions are the greatest problem in societ toda." 3ow listen to )our partner. 6o )ou agree with him7 her82ea#in% total 15;istenin% and 2ea#in% total 25Student B1 Answer )our partner4s 2uestions.2 3ow as! )our partner these 2uestions.1 6hich recent historical films ha%e been %er popular. " 7ow eas is it for people to persuade ou to do something. & (f ou bought a self5help boo$, what would it be about.' 6hat $ind of problems cause people to bu self5help boo$s.* 6hat $ind of things are people in our societ obsessed with.3 .isten to )our partner. 6o )ou agree with him7 her8" 3ow tal! about one o these statements* sa)ing i )ou agree or disagree. 5ive reasons.1 B7istorical films are a good wa for people to learn about histor." B:here is no point in anone reading a self5help boo$.& BAn obsession is not necessaril a bad thing.2ea#in% total 15;istenin% and 2ea#in% total 25