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English Written test Name: ___________________________________________ Class : ___ No: ___
Read the following text carefully.
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Taking Taking a gap year before university is more popular than ever. Many school and college leavers feel they deserve a break from an increasingly stressful education system. It can be the perfect way to broaden your perspectives forget about e!ams and prove to yourself that you can cope with whatever life throws at you. If you can survive a solo trip around India the chances are you"ll be able to deal with student life. #e have all heard the argument argumentss against against taking taking a gap year$% &ou"re &ou"re too young%' (&ou (&ou can always travel later on%' (It"s self)indulgent.% *ut many employers favour graduates with a gap year behind them. + well well)st )stru ruct ctur ured ed gap gap year can impr improv ovee your your employmen employmentt prospects prospects indicating indicating that you are self)reliant self)reliant resourceful and able to solve problems. It is the ideal time to do something different. It gives students the space to think through what they want to do with their lives something they may not have had time for while studying. ,ead what *asher and +nnie +nnie say about their e!periences. -ineteen)year)old !ford student *asher /avage travelled around /outh +merica +ustralia and south)east +sia but far more rewarding for him were the four months he spent working as an assistant consultant with a hotdog company in Moscow. (If you"re going to do the gap year thing try to immerse yourself in another culture and learn the language% he advises. (#orking abroad changes you and helps you to grow. That"s why I tried working in a ,ussian company' I learned new skills and it was a good e!perience. +bove all I met nice people eager to know new things.% +nnie /mith wanted wanted to stay at home. /he volunteered at +- a day centre for the homeless homeless in -orthampton. (The e!perience has been a revelation. I"ve seen things I would never have dreamt of and built relationships with people in really rough situations. It has given me a much wider appreciation of homeless issues. +t first seeing people in such desperate straits broke my heart but it has helped me to mature and I feel like I can cope with anything now. I"ve gained confidence e!perience and skills. niversity holds no fears for me now.% #hatever you you decide to do make make the most most of this uniue opportunity. opportunity. &ou &ou won"t regret it. The 3uardian 4abridged and adapted
A – Say what/who the following words refer to .
1 6 they 4line 2 2 6 them 4line 12 7 6 their 4line 18 B - Gie the o!!osites of these words.
1 6 popular 4line 1
2 6 Many 4line 2
" – "om!lete this sentence according to the ideas of the text .
7 6 different 4line 19
1 6 Taking a year out helps students :::
# - $ind eidence in the text for the following .
1 6 Many companies and businesses value applicants with gap year e!perience. 2 6 + gap year allows students to reflect on what they want to do after they leave school.
% – &n a'out () words answer each of these *uestions using your own words.
1 6 +ccording to *asher what are the advantages of working abroad instead of simply travelling; 2 6 +fter taking her gap year +nnie feels that she has changed.
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What is a gap year? A gap year is constructive ( 1) ____________ - it can be anywhere, anytime, doing anything. You could be building a school in Chile, doing some ( ) ____________ e!perience, bas"ing on a beach in #i$i or simply wor"ing %or a year to save enough money %or ( &) ____________ or a new house - or even ta"ing time out to change your ( ') ____________. t is about living li%e to the %ullest and realising that there is a world o% ( ) ____________ out there $ust waiting to be e!plored... n the *+, a gap year was traditionally viewed as the activity o%
() ____________ time out be%ore university. he word
on the street was that it involved %ew and pretty much
(/) ____________ %or the wealthy
(0) ____________ %or the rest o% us.
owadays, however, all sorts o% people are ta"ing 2gaps3, doing a thousand di%%erent things. A gap year is now one o% the most tal"ed about
(4) ____________ o% this millennium. 5ith the baby-boomer
generation %ast approaching retirement,
(16) ____________ changing the nature o% society and
young people now heading into a li%e o% port%olio careers, ta"ing time out is now seen as a positive, rather than a negative thing.
(in www.gapyear.com)
G – Rewrite the sentences 'elow starting them as suggested and without changing their meaning.
1 ) (#orking abroad changes people and helps people to grow. That"s why I tried working in a ,ussian company.% *asher said :::: 2 6 +nnie volunteered at +-. /he built strong relationships with people in really rough situations. If +nnie hadn"t ::: 7 6 *asher"s brother wants to travel to the /+. *asher"s brother is interested in :::: = 6 (>on"t give up fighting for a better future?% +nnie"s mother advised ::: 5 6 +lthough +nnie"s mother has a very important @ob she isn"t very well)paid. In spite of ::: 9 6 Mary has been unemployed for more than a year. /he is my best friend. Mary A 6 I would be glad if I took a gap year. I would like ::: B ) *asher decided to take a year out. That year helped him to set his goals for the future. *asher decided to take a year out :::
+ 6 "hoose one of the following to!ics and write , words a'out it.
1 6 If you could take a gap year what would you do; #rite about taking a gap year and refer to$ ) countries you would like to stay in ) work you would like to do ) advantagesCdisadvantages 2 ) #rite a comment on the following statement$ (hoose a @ob you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.% onfucius 7 ) Think about one @ob you wouldn"t mind having and one @ob you would never do and state your reasons.
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+ 1 6 many school and college leavers 2 6 graduares 7 6 of *asher and +nnie * 4other opposites are possible 1 6 unpopular 2 6 few 7 6 similar 1 ) ...broaden their perspectives forget about e!ams and prove to themselves that they can cope with whatever life throws at them. > 1 6 (*ut many employers favour graduates with a gap year behind them%. 2 6 (It gives students the space to think through what they want to do with their lives 4:%. D 1 6 +ccording to *asher the advantages of working abroad instead of simply travelling are knowing another culture learning a new language as well as learning new skills. 2 6 -ow +nnie is sure to be more mature and she thinks she can deal with everything. /he has also gained confidence e!perience and skills. E 1 6 time out' 2 6 work' 7 6 university' = 6 career' 5 6 opportunity' 9 6 taking' A 6 travel' B 6 nothing' 8 6 phenomena' 10 6 globaliFation. 3 1 6 *asher said that working abroad changed people and helped people to grow and that was why he had tried working in a ,ussian company. 2 6 If +nnie hadn"t volunteered at +- she wouldn"t have built strong relationships with people in really rough situations. 7 ) *asher"s brother is interested in travelling to the /+. = ) +nnie"s mother advised her not to give up fighting for a better future. 5 ) In spite of having a very important @ob +nnie"s mother isn"t very well)paid. 9 ) Mary who is my best friend has been unemployed for more than a year. A ) I would like to take a gap year. B ) *asher decided to take a year out which helped him to set his goals for the future. < Gersonal answer.
