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LANGUAGE AND SK1LLS TEST 2 A UNITS 3-4

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READING SKILLS

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Put the sentences (A-H) in the gaps 1-8 in the text. There is one extra sentence.    (8 points)

In the past, gender roi os were cloarly defined.

¹_The top ł)ox Office success of 1987

was TUrcc. Men and a Babi;, a eomedy aboul, the men trying to lock after a baby. Being men, they had no idea of what to do. Eveiyone laughed

heca use it. was t.ruc to life. -_Or have

roles changed so much that the idea of a inan not being able to ehange a nappy is as unlikely as that of a woman not being able to ehange a tire on a car.

Ho w did attiludes ehange so much? Herc are sonie people who have helpcd us to see tliat our roles need not be so cloarly defined.

Krom the ago of 10, John Lennon was invołved in making musie. Ile was always the most. pub!iely aggressice member of his group, The Beatles.^:i    However, in 1909 he married

his second wife, Yoko Ono. She madę him aware of a different way of life. In 197G, he deeided he’d had enough of tłie musie business and became a house husband. He stayed at home, looking aft er his baby and making bread while Yoko continued with her work.⁴ Howecer, in interviews, he said that these were the happiest years of his life. David Beckham, another superstar, has also shown his feminine side. In 2002, he wore a sarong, a Malaysian dress, to a nightclub. Was he making a statement about sexual eąuaHty? Perhaps it was just another clever photo opportunity.⁵__

Marga ret Thatcher was another person w :io recersed roles. She was the first woman Prime

Minister of Great Britain. People often said that

she acted morę like a man than some of her małe colleagues 3_Perhabs someone couiu repeat ner suceess now out without sacrificing their fe mini ni ty.

Howecer, some things never ehange. Mikę Newell, the Luton Town football manager, is no stranger to controversy. In 200G he became famous for criticising the assistant referee -niatch his team were playing in.⁷    i ne

assistant was a woman. He madę it verv elear

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that, in his opinion, a womans place was not on a football piteh. Or anywhere near one!

Perhaps bcforc att.itudes can ehange completely, our Royal Family needs to become moro modem. Prince Charles is the Queen’s oldest child and so, will become King when the Qucen dies. No surprises there. Imagine, thougłi, if something happened to Charles, William and Harry.⁸    The Queen’s second oldest

child? No, lier third oldest. Why? Because the second oldest child is Annę. She’s a woman and she comes after the men. Surely, in the 21st cen tury, this can’t be right.

A We will probably never know.

B His first marriage was a very traditional one.

C Fortunateiy, most people no longer think like this.

D This is qtiit.e common behaviour but in this ease there was anot her fael.or.

E The man went out to work, the woman stayed at. home to look after the children.

F Who would tako over?

G Friends couldnT believe he could just. abandon his carecr.

H hi the małe domiuated world of the late 1970’s, there was no room for femalos but women could still succeed.

I Would it. work now, (.wenty years later?

C0MMUNICATI0N

1 Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.

(7 points)

A I "think programmes like Grimewalch where tłiey tell you about real crimes are great.

B I couldn’t ¹__r__m___. They really teach

vou to be careful.

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A - _ _ s _ 1_____! I’ve leamed so much about

persona! security from watching them.

C I³_o_a'*y__s_g___with you. They

pretend to be serious but they tum crime and \lctims into entertainment. TheyTe horrible. When you watch them you think: This actually

happened to someone.

A ⁴ That__y be__u _ but when they act out

the crimes they’re trying to help people remember so that they can tell the police

what they saw. It wouldn't work if you didn't

see u.

B That’s a⁵__o____n_. It’s like the quote:

A picture’s worth a thousand words.

C I’m ⁶ _ f___dl can’t agree with you. And

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another thing, they make you believe that we live in a really dangerous country when it's not true

A Yes, I agree with you ⁷__to a___n _ but I

still think they scrve a useful purpose.

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