MASTER IN ENGLISH 1

MASTER IN ENGLISH 1 SCORE

FINAL TEST
FINAL TEST Reading and
Use of English ________
Listening ________
Name: _________________________________________________________________
Writing ________
Teacher’s name: _________________ Group: ____________ Date: _____________ TOTAL ________

READING AND USE OF ENGLISH

1. For questions 1 to 6, read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. You can
only use one word for each gap.
(Total: 3 points, 0,5 point each correct answer)

METAL FANS ARE HAPPIER THAN EVERYONE ELSE

“Metal health will drive you mad” insisted Quiet Riot on the title track of the first heavy metal album to top the
Billboard charts, 1. __________________ in 1983. It turns 2. __________________ they were completely wrong.
A new study has found that the 80s metalheads were significantly happier in their youth, and better adjusted
when compared to their peers and current college students.

The research – published in the journal Self and Identity – found that while metal enthusiasts (or metalheads)
did experience risky ‘sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll’ lives, the metalhead identity also served as a protective
factor 3. __________________ negative outcomes. The study looked at 377 adults: 154 who had been metal
fans, musicians or groupies in the eighties, 80 who listened to different music at the time, and 153 California
college students.

It turned out that the metalheads reported higher levels of youthful happiness than the other groups and they
were also less 4. __________________ to have any regrets about things they had done in their youth. The key
to the metal fans progressing to happy adulthood, the paper suggests, is their sense of community. “Social
support is a crucial protective factor for troubled youth,” the researchers wrote. Fans and musicians created a
strong sense of community that allowed 5. __________________ to experience strong emotions with people who
shared and understood their passions.

The irony is that metal was considered to 6. __________________ corrosive to moral values and social integration
in the 1980s. Judas Priest even found themselves in court, after accusations that their album Stained Class
contained subliminal messages that led two young men to kill themselves in 1985.

Adapted from theguardian.com

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 2. For questions 7 to 14, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence. You must use the word given.
(Total: 4 points, 0,5 point each correct answer)

Our manager is responsible

It’s ___________________________________
7. for getting us a deal with the UP
get us a deal with the record label.
record label.

I had nothing to do with it, but Markus _______________________________

8. Markus thinks I’m the one who ME giving away his stuff even though I had
gave away his stuff. nothing to do with it.

The other team has improved a The other team has really ______________
9. lot. We’ll have to work hard to BAR ___________________________ . We’ll have
beat them. to work hard to beat them.

I don’t like the taste of this _____________________________________.

10. milk. We’d better not use it.
FUNNY
We’d better not use it.

I don’t know if I like musicals or I _____________________________________

11. not. Don’t you prefer to see a MIXED when it comes to musicals. Don’t you
comedy? prefer to see a comedy?

According to the band, their The band accused their manager of

12. manager stole all their money OFF ______________________________________
from the last tour. with all their money from the last tour.
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There’s no point in denying. I

There’s no point in denying. I ___________
know you told Mary about our
13. plans. I was there the whole
HEARD ________________________________ about
our plans.
time.

We should close the deal. Items We should close the deal. Items like
14. like these are difficult to find COME these are _____________________________
and the price seems fair. and the price seems fair.

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3. Read this article about hoarding. Six sentences have been removed from it. For questions 15 to 20,
choose from the sentences (A – G) the one which best fits each gap. There is one extra sentence
you do not need to use.
(Total: 3 points, 0,5 point each correct answer)

INSIDE THE LIFE OF A HOARDER: TRAUMA, LONELINESS

AND THE SECRET POWER OF THINGS
Hoarding looks weird and is often cruelly parodied on television, where such shows suggest that the solution
to a compulsive desire to keep stuff is simply to heroically throw it all out. 15. _____ It’s a bit like trying to help
someone with depression by asking them to simply smile and get better.
Hoarding isn’t just about keeping things. Consider the way humans acquire things. 16. _____ Consumerism is
part of our culture; you are what is in your wardrobe. All of this is fine if you can discard stuff at around the
same rate as you acquire. But what if you don’t – or can’t – discard anything? Not even when it starts affecting
your life in some way, such as inhibiting free movement around your home? Something has clearly gone wrong.
But what?
Some of this is down to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which is driven by a desire to avoid causing
harm to others. Those with OCD who hoard often report having worries that their rubbish will contaminate or
otherwise harm others. 17. _____
The experience of having nothing, or losing everything, seems to be a possible trigger that causes the problem.
One good example of such loss can be found in refugees, who can suddenly go from a comfortable life to
having nothing but their clothes. Less obvious examples include some hoarders who vividly recall coming home
from school to find all their toys had been sold or thrown away – an experience that clearly affected them deeply.
18. _____ For these people, holding on to possessions can provide insurance against future deprivation or
losses.
Most people reading this article will have special precious possessions: your father’s watch, your mother’s
pearls, your children’s first shoes. 19. _____ You wouldn’t throw anything away, of course.
20. _____ With this we intend to establish better help for someone who has become overwhelmed by their
possessions – and to help that person find a way out of a situation in which they can quite literally be trapped
by what they own.
Adapted from theguardian.com

A Others have experienced a parent becoming unemployed, which caused them to lose their family
home.
B What we know is that different motivations to hoard need different approaches, and that any
attempt to help must begin with understanding and care.
C But for those of us studying and working with people who hoard, it’s clear that for most of them this
isn’t enough – not even close.
D What if everything that came into your possession had similar meaning?
E After all, hoarding is quite simply having so much stuff that you can’t use your living space for, well,
living.
F Another common cause of concern is that throwing away a possession connected to somebody will
cause something bad to happen to that person.
G Not only is accumulating more “stuff” than you need very common, but acquisition has come to be
associated with high status, is much praised, and can be very diverting.
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 LISTENING

Listen to people talking in five different situations. Choose the best answer (A, B or C) for each
question.
(Total: 5 points, 1 point each correct answer)

1. You hear a couple talking. What does the man accuse the woman of doing?
a. Spoiling his party.
b. Planning a birthday party against his will.
c. Lying about a family reunion.

2. You hear friends at an antique shop. What is the woman thinking of buying?
a. An antique Louis XV set.
b. A pair of armchairs.
c. A couch.

3. You hear two people negotiating. What is the final price?

a. US$ 150.
b. US$ 175.
c. US$ 250.

4. You hear part of a radio show. The next attraction is…

a. A live interview.
b. A band’s new album.
c. The new single of a famous band.

5. You hear two people talking about a band. The woman thinks their music is...
a. Very 80s.
b. One of a kind.
c. Similar to other bands from the period.
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WRITING

You see this announcement at an English-language website.

(Total: 5 points)

ARTICLES WANTED

MOVIES THAT TOUCH

What makes people connect emotionally with a movie?
Can you have touching, beautiful moments even in a comedy or animation?
What movie really touched you and why?

Write us an article answering these questions.

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