Name: ………………………………………………… the 6th of

December 2010
Class: XI B

TERM PAPER
School year 2010-2011

SUBJECT I (20 points)

Read the text below and solve the tasks that follow.
The last word: Money can buy happiness
Money can’t buy happiness, right? Wrong. John Silveira argues that happiness is up for grabs - if you can afford it.

The results are in: money can buy happiness, but it doesn't come cheap. Not only that, the amount of
happiness your money can buy can be measured. I know this runs contrary to everything we've ever heard
(1) … - "It can't buy happiness, it can't buy health, and it can't buy love." But the facts don't support this.
First, according to surveys, the well-off are more optimistic about their lives. Optimism is a major
factor in happiness. Second, medical evidence shows those with more money live longer, healthier lives (2)
… . There are always the stories featuring the loaded uncle (3) … while living the high life, but on average, the
affluent live longer and healthier lives. Not only that, but despite all the food they can buy with their loot, the
rich tend to be thinner than the poor - another sign of good health.
In the Whitehall Survey, (4) … , 17,000 civil servants were followed. All are well educated and have
the same access to health care. Yet the clerks at the bottom of the income scale have triple the mortality rate
as those at the top. A U.S. study involving 300,000 men, called the Multiple Risk Intervention Factor,
discovered every income class was healthier (5) … and more sick than the ones above.
Third, a 1998 survey conducted by the magazine Town & Country shows that the well-to-do tend to
have better marriages, are happier with the friends they make, and find their jobs more interesting. I know
we've been told different. But it just isn't true. Sorry!

1. Five phrases have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate phrase for each gap in the
text. There is one extra phrase which you do not need to use. 5 points
A. than those with less
B. who discovered they were miserable
C. than the classes below them
D. since childhood about money
E. conducted at University College London
F. who had a heart attack

2. Explain the following words/phrases. 5 points

A. runs contrary to =
B. mortality rate =
C. survey =
D. well-to-do =
E. at the bottom of the income scale =

3. Finish the following idioms. 5 points

1. have the world ………………………
2. rub someone up …………………….
3. sweep somebody ……………………..
4. be down in ……………………..
5. keep up with ……………………

4. Explain/Find synonyms for the following phrasal verbs. 5 points

1. put off =
2. put up with =
3. stand for =
4. set off =
5. carry out =

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SUBJECT II (30 points)

1. Choose the correct answer and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next to the
number indicating each sentence. 5 points

1. I really regretted my mistake. It was one that I …

A. mustn’t make B. shouldn’t have made C. ought not to make D. ought not to have done
2. Thank you for letting me … your son for a walk.
A. taking B. taken C. to take D. take
3. I can sell you some books but only …
A. little B. few C. a little D. a few
4. You certainly wouldn't like … in such bad company.
A. to be seeing B. to be seen C. to have seen D. to see
5. By the time they reached their destination, their house ... into.
A. will have been broken B. has been broken C. was broken D. had been broken

2. Complete each space with a word formed from the word in capitals. 5 points

1. You can ......................... your coffee with honey instead of sugar. SWEET
2. You need to ...................... the final point of the essay. It's rather confusing. CLEAR
3. The play turned out to be a big .............. . It was really quite boring. DISAPPOINT
4. The ......................... between the two football teams is often quite fierce. RIVAL
5. Marion has just won a ........................... to a world-renowned university. SCOLAR

3.Fill in the gaps with only one word, so that the text makes sense. 10 points

An old church is a wonderful link with the past. It was built centuries (1) …………………… and it has seen
all historical changes. It (2) ……………………… been used day after day, week after week year after year
without a change (3) ………………………… shape and (4) ………………………… stones were as familiar to
people who lived long ago (5) ………………..……… they are to us today.

4. Read the text below. Some of the lines are correct but others contain an unnecessary word. If a line
is correct put a tick (√) at the end of the line. If the line has a word which should not be there, write the
word at the end of the line. There are two examples done for you at the beginning (0) and (00).
5 points
A two-year-old girl has taken to hospital with a broken right leg had her left 0 has
leg put in plaster. Sam Smith was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital 00 _√ ____
after her mother noticed her own right leg was swollen. Sam’s father said 1 ______
that the mistake which was discovered only when the family returned 2 ______
home. “We looked at one another in disbelief when we realized they 3 ______
had plastered the wrong leg. We would like complain officially, but they are 4 ______
so disorganized they would probably file the complaint in the only wrong tray.” 5 ______

5. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
5 points
1. I’m sorry I couldn’t answer your question.
I wish………………………………………….
2. It’s impossible for her to be sleeping now.
She……………………………………………..
3. She doesn’t usually drink tea in the morning.
Rarely……………………………………………
4. This is the most difficult answer I have ever given.
I have ………………………………………….
5. This car was cleaned a week ago.
This car ………………………………………..

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III. You recently passed an examination after a great deal of hard work and were horrified to see the
following report in a national newspaper. You have now decided to write to the editor of the
newspaper expressing your views and detailing what you had to do in order to achieve your success.
Read the extract below and write your letter. (250 words)
30 points

The success rate in this year’s examination leaves me with one very clear
message – standards are falling. How else would so many students have
passed? In days gone by, passing an exam was something that happened
after a lot of hard work and no small amount of luck. Nowadays, you neither
need that hard work nor the luck – you just have to turn up on the day and
you will pass. So, with thousands of students celebrating their
“achievement”, I have to ask just what they have done to make them feel so
proud of themselves.

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LISTENING
10 points
Listen to five people talking about special moments in their lives and do the following two tasks.
Task 1
For questions 1-5, choose from the list A-H the person who is speaking.

A. A nurse
B. A lawyer 1. ………………..
C. A school leaver 2. ………………..
D. A fitness instructor 3. ………………..
E. A teacher 4. ………………..
F. A sibling 5. ………………..
G. A pensioner .
H. An actor

Task 2
For questions 6-10, choose from the list A-H what topic each speaker is talking about.

A. Getting a job
B. Publishing a book
1. ……………….
C. Watching a play
2. ……………….
D. Passing an exam
3. ……………….
E. Watching a prize-giving
4. ……………….
F. Having a baby
5. ……………….
G. Finishing a university
H. Climbing a mountain