1. Assignment:
Grammar test
Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.
1. Sport is always/has always been/was always an important part of the modern way of life.
2. The winter Olympics in South Korea are just finished/were just finished/have just finished/have just been finishing.
3. Although I didn’t manage/haven’t managed/hadn’t managed to watch much of the Olympics on TV, I have/am/had always looked up to the athletes who compete at the highest levels of competition.
4. Professional sportspeople who represent their country try their hardest, and sometimes when they are failed/fail/had failed to win a medal, they understandably feel they have let their fans down/been letting down their fans/were let down their fans.
5. There is a message here. If you are choosing/choose/have been choosing to be a top athlete, you have to learn to deal with all sorts of stress.
6. In case/Provided/Unless you can figure up/out/with how to manage that degree of stress, it is probably better not to want to be a professional.
7. In addition, as long as/when/provided you are competing at the top international level, you can’t get up/off/away with mistakes because they are having/have/have been having serious consequences – and they are seen/have been seen/were seen by millions on TV.
8. That’s why, even though I ski/skied/have been skiing/ for over ten years now,
I would never dream of getting involve/involved/involving in any sort of competition.
2. Assignment:
Grammar test
Add the missing word to these sentences.
1. One of my dreams is to leave my current job and set my own company.
2. I’ve working in my present company for well over ten years and I think it’s time to make a change.
3. My friends are always going at me to start a business that offers computer training, because they know I’m really into computers and have a background
in training.
4. It’s a big risk, however. You really have to believe what you are doing when you decide to quit a safe job with a good salary to become your own boss.
5. I must admit however that this is something I been thinking about for a long time now.
6. I left school when I was 18 and I already built three computers for friends of mine before that, so you could say that computers are in my blood.
3. Assignment:
Vocabulary test
Match the two parts of these sentences.
1. I read something that
2. I was surprised because I managed to
3. Every time I add up the figures I
4. I think it’s important to be honest, so I prefer when people
5. Things are changing so quickly these days, it’s impossible to
6. John and Pam are good friends so it doesn’t matter if I
7. She’s an exceptional player so she’s sure to
8. I know it’s important but I don’t think
9. When you’re brilliant at what you do, job offers
10. For many people, the office is the natural habitat where they
11. In many companies, independent thinkers are at risk and
12. In sport and business as in life in general, success means trying to
I can face the thought of doing it today.
turn up a little late.
live and struggle to survive.
pick up Spanish quite quickly.
need protection, like endangered animals.
be picked to play for the club.
made my face fall.
come quite quickly.
get a different answer.
reach your full potential.
say things to my face.
keep up.
4. Assignment:
Text production
Choose one of the following options:
Option 1 Text-based composition
Look again at the text ‘Learning to learn’ on pages 32 and 33 in your course book.
“We’ve all had the experience of trying to learn something new, only to find that we’re not very good at it. We look around at other people we’re learning with and they seem so much more talented and are doing so much better. It seems to come naturally to them.” (Opening sentences of text c: a Question of talent? on page 33).
Explain the quote above in relation to the whole text of Learning to learn and comment on how schools and companies could make best use of the insights about learning.
Write about 300 words.
Option 2 Composition
“We live in a society where people want rapid results, but in everything important like protecting the environment and achieving one’s personal goals, success generally comes after making a considerable effort.” Discuss.
Write about 300 words.
5. Assignment:
Listening
You will hear a radio lecture on the topic of biomimetics.
Audio A.1: Biomimetics
Answer the questions.
1. What examples of current problems facing us are given?
2. What is biomimetics?
3. How could it help solve problems facing us?
4. How was the design of the bullet train influenced by nature?
5. What was the original problem the bullet train had, and what additional benefits did the design provide?
6. What was the origin of Velcro?
7. Which other fields are mentioned where biomimetics has been used?
8. How does the speaker feel about the future?
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