REAL WORLD ENGLISH C1

FINAL EXAM 1

NAME: ____________________________________________________

(Listening 10 pts)

Listen to Gemma and choose the correct answer:

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1. Teenagers can have anger issues because…

A) Their hormones are out of control B) They lack impulse control

C) They aren’t adults yet D) They don’t know right from wrong

2. Gemma is affected most by…

A) Adolescents that don’t listen to her B) Rude people in the streets

C) Stories of violent behavior she reads in the papers D) The mailman being late

3. According to a recent article Gemma read, the father of a young child…

A) Beat his child for not eating her vegetables

B) Threatened his neighbors for listening to music too loudly

C) Refused to send his child to school

D) Ambushed his child’s teacher and beat him.

4. A 48 year old woman…

A) Beat up a teacher B) Threatened a group of teenagers for blocking access to the water fountain

C) Robbed a bank D) Caused alarm at an airport.

5. What is the main point Gemma is trying to make?

A) People are more violent that they used to be.

B) It is normal for teenagers to have anger management problems

C) Incidents involving anger are becoming alarmingly commonplace these days

D) It’s important to learn how to protect yourself these days

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

1. _________ people are sending letters to each other and they seem to forget the joy of receiving a real

letter.

A) Fewer and fewer

B) Less and less

C) More and more

D) Most and most

2. As far as I know, there are _________ similarities between Japanese and Turkish culture.

A) honorable

B) responsible

C) striking

D) courteous

3. Mr. Moriarty _________ for this company for 30 years when he _________ to retire last August.

A) had worked / used to decide

B) has been working / had decided

C) has had worked / decides

D) had been working / decided

4. My cousins _________ with us for the past few weeks and we are having a great time together.

A) had stayed
B) have been staying

C) are staying

D) had been staying

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

5. There has been a _________ increase in oil prices in our country.

A) tolerant

B) competitive

C) similar

D) significant

6. _________ the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave pace to modernization during his

presidency.

A) Having been founded

B) Having founded

C) Being founded

D) After he has founded

7. Why do you think many people have difficulty in _________ people’s names?

A) retrieving

B) reminding

C) recognising

D) recalling

8. _________ for more than 12 hours, Peter felt refreshed when he woke up.

A) Having been slept

B) Having slept

C) Having been sleeping

D) Sleeping

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

9. _________, Harry has more responsibilities.

A) Having been unemployed

B) Being a careless driver

C) Not fastening his seatbelt

D) Since he is a father now

10. _________ having poor eyesight, the giant African rat has a great sense of smell.

A) As a result of

B) Despite

C) Meanwhile

D) As long as

11. Has the current _________ crisis affected the economy of your country?

A) asylum

B) homeless

C) refugee

D) nation

12. I believe you misunderstood the point I made. _________, I was trying to support your idea.

A) As well as

B) On the contrary

C) Therefore

D) Unlike

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(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

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13. _________ did I get up early when I was on vacation.

A) Only when

B) Rarely

C) Always

D) Nowhere

14. Would you consider taking sleeping _________ if you had ongoing insomnia?

A) pills

B) wink

C) nap

D) snooze

15. The meal at the restaurant is _________.

A) reasonably cheaply

B) reasonably cheap

C) cheaply reasonable

D) too reasonably

16. After the accident, his car was _________ damaged.

A) badly

B) unnecessarily

C) notoriously

D) gradually

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

17. Smallpox is now a disease which has almost been _________.

A) alleviated

B) abused

C) distrascted

D) eradicated

18. Jack: I have never been abroad.

Matt: _________

A) So have I.

B) Neither did I.

C) Nor have I.

D) So I have not.

19. Did you say you have no money? Don’t worry! I _________ you some right away.

A) will give

B) am going to give

C) will have given

D) will be giving

20. By the time the bride _________ to the hairdresser’s, we _________ there.

A) got / will be getting

B) will get / will have arrived

C) gets / will have arrived

D) has got / will have beem arriving

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

21. A fully _________ car is still just a dream, but perhaps it is getting closer to become a reality day by day.

A) artificial

B) prototype

C) negligent

D) autonomous

22. Talih: What _________ we do tonight?

Jenny: Well, we _________ go downtown and take some photos.

A) will / don’t have to

B) shall / could

C) may / need to

D) should / have to

23. What a coincidence! I _________ you when you called me.

A) was about to call

B) should have called

C) may call

D) am going to call

24. Bolivia has stated that it is going to _________ illegal tree-cutting in five years’ time.

A) support

B) claim

C) eliminate

D) rise

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

25. Prof. Packard _________ the conference but he sent us an email as he had to stay in hospital for

2 more days.

A) was likely to attend

B) could have attended

C) was going to attend

D) is expected to attend

26. Would you be _________ to ride on a driverless bus?

A) serious

B) willing

C) kidding

D) judicious

27. I _________ the mail to the company as soon as I _________ typing it.
A) will have sent / finished

B) will be sending / will finish

C) have sent / will have finished

D) will send / have finished

28. Sue _________ open the store at 8 prompt; however, she was delayed due to traffic jam.

A) might

B) was supposed to

C) could

D) is bound to

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Vocabulary- Grammar 60 pts)

Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

29. _________ the end of this year, our currency is estimated to lose 0.5% against the American dollar.

A) When

B) By the time

C) As soon as

D) By

30. _________ Why didn’t you call and say you would be late?

A) You can’t send her a text message.

B) You can prepare an invitation card.

C) You were supposed to inform me.

D) You will have finished the task by now.

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Reading 10 pts)

ANGER: THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD EMOTION?

People are angry these days. A recent survey carried out by Esquire in America reported that ap-
proximately half the Americans being questioned reported feeling even angrier than they did one year ago.
It’s a fact that can’t be avoided. Turn on the television news, or check out the news online and you will see
daily reports of unfathomable acts of rage. Teenagers slaughtering their parents, elderly people killing the
neighbor’s dog and employees exploding with feelings of injustice and anger. It’s a fact that the police are
regularly called to deal with disturbances of the peace resulting from people being served large instead of
small fries, or pickles instead of mayo!
Anger is commonly misunderstood, mismanaged, suppressed and denied, but is this much-maligned
human emotion all bad? Yes, anger often does lead to conflict, aggression and violence, but does it not also
play an important role in life? Consider for example justifiable anger at the abuse of the vulnerable, or at the
deplorable working conditions in sweat factories abroad or at the lack of access to clean drinking water in a
number of African countries. The role that this emotion often plays in this type of scenario is that it becomes
the trigger needed to bring about change. Throughout the history of man, justifiable anger has effected so-
cial change and empowered and given a voice to those unrepresented in society. So anger often does act as a
catalyst for change and development.
With regard to health on the other hand, stress and anger have been shown to be detrimental to
health. However, getting moderately angry can actually relieve stress. So, the often-told advice that venting
anger is healthy is actually founded in truth.
It is, however, important to distinguish between justifiable anger and dissatisfaction. Whereas an-
ger provoked by injustice can be a positive force in society, anger resulting from feelings of dissatisfaction
is more likely to be injurious and polarizing in effect. In today’s highly materialistic society, people have
come to worship the fallacy of entitlement. How this works is that we feel entitled to all that life has to offer,
despite never having earned it. Our seemingly unlimited expectations then lead to disproportionate levels of
anger when we don’t have the same social status, belongings and wealth as our neighbors. Too many people
feel affronted by, and respond in violence to what most other people would view as being utterly trivial
incidents. As a result, aggressive acts proliferate and invade our society.
It is not anger per se that is the problem, but rather the mismanagement of that anger. Anger and
conflict will always be present in our society, so it is vital that we acquire effective strategies to deal with
them. With more pressures than ever before, it is vital that we address this issue at ground level. Rather than
just teaching academics at school, it is imperative that our schools provide effective training in the life skills
of assertiveness, stress management and anger management. We must teach our children not to suppress or
mismanage their anger, but to develop the skills of negotiation, assertion and conflict resolution. If not ad-
dressed immediately, our children’s children will grow up thinking that it is normal and acceptable behavior
to beat the delivery man for being late.
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FINAL EXAM 1
(Reading 10 pts)

Choose the correct option.

1. According to the text in what way can anger be a positive thing?

A) It acts as a catalyst for social change
B) It can cause old people to kill their neighbors’ dog
C) It increases violence
D) It motivates people

2. According to the text in what way can moderate levels of anger be healthy for the human body?
A) It motivates us to workout.
B) It increases stress levels
C)It helps us relieve stress
D) It causes us to suppress emotions

3. According to the text the materialistic nature of modern life has caused…
A) People to have unlimited expectations that they will never be able to fulfill.
D) A greater importance being given to acquiring commodities
C) People to work very hard to earn money
D) An increase of violence among teenagers

4.To ensure future generations do not participate in violence we must…

A) Teach children martial arts so they can defend themselves
B) Help children understand the cause of their anger and how to deal with it
C) Show children that violence is natural
D) Ignore the negative consequences anger causes

5. According to the text it’s not necessarily anger that is the problem but…
A) It is normal to behave in a violent manner.
B) Talking angrily with people
C) Driving in heavy traffic
D) Not being able to manage anger

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FINAL EXAM 1
(Writing 20 pts)

Write about possible coping mechanisms when dealing with anger issues. Is anger management a problem
in your country / city? Is anger only a negative emotion? In what way can anger be a positive thing?

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