Choose one quote and write an essay (250 words)
Final test
1 Underline the odd word or phrase and explain your choice (in English).
| 1. | attorney | prosecutor | suspect | character |
| The word doesn’t refer to crime. | ||||
| 2. | decline | dub | level off | top out |
| The word has the opposite meaning. | ||||
| 3. | pitch | sitcom | animation | soap |
| The word doesn’t refer to cinema. | ||||
| 4. | chapter | novel | character | captor |
| The word doesn’t refer to art. | ||||
| 5. | offender | fraud | stabilise | charge |
| The word doesn’t refer to crime. | ||||
| 6. | documentary | gripping | groundbreaking | incomparable |
| The word is not an adjective. | ||||
| 7. | genre | set | hostage | sequel |
The word doesn’t refer to cinema.
2 Complete the text with one or two words in the gaps.
The witness started by giving her name and promising 0_to tell__ the truth. The prosecutor asked the witness if 1___she had_______ seen the man before. She said that she had. She thought it had been two months 2 before. The prosecutor then asked the witness where. She told the prosecutor she 3 must have met him at the party in the victim’s house. The prosecutor suggested 4 looking at the suspect again. The prosecutor 5___wanted to_______ know how she could 6 have been sure he was the man. The witness replied that there had been a 7a lot of people at the party but only one man had one eye. Also, 8 none of the other people at the party wore glasses. She said if she had met another man in her life who had one eye and wore glasses, she was sure she 9 had remembered. At this point the lawyer for the defence decided 10_to declare a_________ protest but the judge advised the lawyer 11__to stay________ quiet.
3 Fill the gaps with a word to make phrasal verbs or word combinations.
0 This is a company with a long tradition. We’re over 150 years old you know.
1. Mr Eberhardt will take over__________ as manager next week.
2. Scientists cannot find a genetic link__________ between the two babies.
3. We must protect these insects before they die out__________.
4. I hope the idea catches on__________. He spent a lot of money on it.
5. Leaving the company was a career decision__________.
6. You have to slow down__________ or you’ll have a heart attack.
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7. My father and I have always had a close relationship__________.
8. Children who fail at school often believe they can’t do well and so continue to fail. It’s a vicious circle __________.
4 Add the missing words to the following idioms.
0 George always wants to hold centre stage_____.
1. Actions__________ speak louder than words.
2. She’s the life of the party__________.
3. I’ll have a quick__________ word with her.
4. I want to get straight__________ to the point.
5. I heard__________ it on the grapevine.
6. He burst__________ into laughter.
7. She couldn’t get a word__________ in edgeways.
8. You never run__________ out of things to say, do you?
5 Use the words from the box below to complete the passage.
| sense contact charisma listener |
There are many ways to communicate and not all of them need you to master the words, the 0vocabulary of a language. Often it is your 1_appearance_________, the way you look, that is the first form of communication. The second could be your 2_body_________ language. For example, are you sitting up straight or sitting with your feet up? Remember, even unspoken communication sends messages to the 3_listener_________. If you are a friendly person or someone with 4_charisma_________ then communication will always be easier for you. However, even the most comfortable speaker needs to be careful when speaking. A friend of mine loves speaking but he is a 5_rambler_________ and can never stay on the topic for very long. Another friend of mine does not maintain eye 6_contact_________ when speaking and so the person listening quickly loses interest. If you speak too fast, it can be very annoying, so also think about the 7_pace________ of your speech. Finally, even in the most serious conversation, try to show a good 8_sense_________ of humour. Everyone likes to laugh.
6 Fill in the blanks with the word in the brackets in the simple or continuous aspect (present or past).
0 What __are you doing_________ (you do)? It looks dangerous.
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1. Can you turn the sound down? I am talking________________________ (talk) on the phone.
2. The government is voting________________________(vote) on the law next Saturday.
3. She is always listening ________________________ (listen) to music when she’s studying.
4. Until the car is fixed, David is driving________________________(drive) me to work.
5. During the meeting, I _have heard_______________________(hear) a lot of people complaining.
6. These days, I am doing_______________________ (do) a four-mile run in the mornings.
7. Journalists report that more and more famous couples are separating_______________________ (separate).
8. The minister has just left________________________ (just leave) the building when the protesters started throwing stones.
7 Add one word to each sentence to correct it. Write the word in the space and mark where the word should go.
0 We * had a car since my sister crashed ours.
_haven’t__
1. We were a little late but the secretary told us Mr Smith * just left.
has__________
2. The cockroach * lived for millions of years.
has__________
3. I’m not trying again. I * tried it six times already.
have__________
4. They * appealed four times before the judge changed the sentence.
had__________
5. They couldn’t get in because the concert * already started
has__________
6. Historians * now decided that Richard was not a bad king.
have__________
7. As a result of high temperatures, we * run out of water.
have__________
8. Dr Ahren * taught Archaeology yet but plans to next semester.
hasn’t__________
8 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
I hate living in towns. People who talk about towns being lovely because they have a 0cosmopolitan atmosphere are unfortunately giving a 1_false ________ impression of what it is like to live in a city. They never talk about the high 2_crime_________ rates and the 3__mindless________ vandalism that you can see on every street. They do not talk about 4__traffic________ congestion and the horrors of 5_rush_________ hour. Instead they talk about the great 6_transport_________ connections from one part of town to another. Cities are also so ugly. I hate those identical grey concrete 7_apartment_________ blocks. Give me the country anytime, where there are wide 8_open_________ spaces and 9_stunning_________ views. What’s more, at a time when there is real fear of 10_global_________ warming and extreme 11__climate________ change, we should take advantage of the countryside while it is still there.
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| 0 | a climate | b cosmopolitan | c mindless | d open |
| 1. | a significant | b stunning | c false | d global |
| 2. | a traffic | b noise | c transport | d crime |
| 3. | a mindless | b rush | c false | d abandoned |
| 4. | a crime | b traffic | c apartment | d climate |
| 5. | a rush | b scientific | c mindless | d stunning |
| 6. | a global | b transport | c noise | d satellite |
| 7. | a false | b detached | c apartment | d scientific |
| 8. | a abandoned | b false | c open | d significant |
| 9. | a detached | b stunning | c global | d mindless |
| 10. | a significant | b detached | c climate | d global |
| 11. | a transport | b climate | c traffic | d global |
9 Put the correct present form (perfect, continuous or simple) of the verb in the brackets in the blanks.
0 The officers _have finished_(finish) their inspection and will now write up their report.
1. She _has written________________ (write) six novels since 1999.
2. Have you been attending________________ (you attend) the extra lessons that Dr Smith is giving?
3. I know the film is showing at the cinema because I have seen_________________(see) it.
4. Have you thought ________________________(you think) of resigning recently?
5. I haven’t seen________________________ (not see) him for years.
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6. ‘How long have you been waiting________________________ (you wait)?’ ‘For ages!’
7. This is the third time that they have won_________________ (win) the election.
8. ‘Can I collect my car?’ ‘Yes, we have checked_________________ (check) it and it seems to be fine’.
9. They have been investigating _________________ (investigate) all week but haven’t found a single clue.
10. Over the last six months, companies have been making________________ (make) huge profits.
10 Read the text. In which paragraph can you find out:
1 The name of the actor who played Buffy. c_d_________
2 What has happened to the other actors since Buffy. d__________
3 How many series were made. c__________
4 How Buffy came to TV. b__________
5 The future for Buffy. f__________
6 The director’s feelings towards TV and film companies. e__________
| 5 YEARS LATER ... WHERE’S BUFFY NOW? a) In 2003, if you didn’t know who Buffy was, you obviously didn’t live on this planet. All of us were loving or hating the most surprising and, possibly, most financially successful series in TV history. b) A 1992 film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for those of you living on that other planet, ‘vampires’ are dead people who drink the blood of the living) was a failure so the creator, Joss Whedon took the idea for a TV series and pitched it to Warner Bros. What did they see? ‘Buffy’ was a mix of horror, soap opera and sitcom, directed towards teenagers and twenty-somethings. It was a completely untried new genre. Most people would have laughed but Warner didn’t. They gave Whedon the chance and the rest is history. c) This groundbreaking TV series ran for seven series with a total of 144 episodes. It would have gone to an eighth series if Sarah Michelle Geller, who played Buffy, hadn’t decided she had had enough. Was that the right career decision? d) The truth is that actors and actresses have found out that life after Buffy has not been as successful as they had expected. Ms Geller has made a few films but nothing as big as Buffy. Two or three of the other actors and actresses have been in films but have done little. The only successful actor has been David Boreanaz, who had his own successful TV series and is now starring in a successful crime series called ‘Bones’. For everyone else it’s all been a little disappointing. e) Joss Whedon must have thought that he had a big future. It hasn’t quite happened for him. The other series he did for Boreanaz, ‘Angel’ was quite successful but his next series ‘Firefly’ failed. The critics loved it but the TV channels didn’t buy into the idea. Since then, however, ‘Firefly’ has been turned into a film which has been very successful. Nevertheless, Joss has felt that he is still not properly understood by the big media companies. f) However, although Buffy can no longer be seen on TV, she is still very much alive. A comic book series is very successful. There are still plans for films and a TV series connected to Buffy and the DVDs still sell very well. The World of Buffy is still with us and Joss Whedon is still very popular in TV land. | |
Writing
Choose one quote and write an essay (250 words)
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
In this essay I would like to discuss the problems of crime and the reasons, why people break the law and therefore become criminals. This question is important today as never before, as unfortunately criminal cases become more and more common in our society. Furthermore, this is one of the most vital issues, which is definitely worth discussing.
To begin with, people commit crimes for personal, social, economic and cultural reasons, which involve an individual in doing criminal activities. The combination of these factors is behind a person who commits crimes. But most often people become criminals, because they do not have an opportunity to live a life they want. And, unfortunately, it may be referred to any sphere of our life. But do we all deserve to live the life we believe in?
Firstly, among social reasons are poor parenting skills, which may include neglect and abuse, peer pressure, drugs and alcohol addiction, and education failure. Very often alcohol and drugs can make people do stupid things that they will later regret in life or make them do things that they never wanted to do, but the outcome of it is irreversible. As a result, they commit different kinds of crimes and are often taken to prison. Secondly, lack of education is one more reason of an anti-social development as well as high rate of unemployment. According to the statistics, after being imprisoned these people are likely to re-offend, so as we can seee, there is no other choice for them except to continue a life of a criminal.
In addition to social reasons there are also economic reasons for people to commit crime. Some of these reasons are poverty and lack of job as a result of education failure. Some people have a large family, but do not have enough money to support it. It also makes people to take the wrong direction. There are also some people who cannot find jobs due to various reasons, which may drive them to steal. People that commit these crimes usually end up in prison.
Nevertheless, imprisonment does not help criminals to realize what positive values in life are, and they are likely to commit a crime again. So, in my opinion, such people should be kept in prison, because imprisonment has already become their lifestyle.
Finally, I can say that it is great to have the right to live the life we believe in. But we may only have this right if our aims, our lifestyle and our beliefs are not dangerous and destructive for other people.
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