DATE:

ENGLISH TEST
NAME:
FORM: MARK : / 20
COMMENTS:

 TEST YOUR VOCABULARY!

A- Read the clues and complete this quotation about people
being together with the missing words.

“ We need to give ...................................................... the space to grow, to be

....................................., to exercise our diversity. We need to give
............................................. space so that we may ................. give and receive
such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy and healing. “

B- Fill in these “getting to know you activities “with the missing

words.

 To help people to get to know ............................................ let everyone say three

things about
............................................ .

 This is a good activity to know ................................................ in a large group

and in a very short time.

Divide the group into pairs and then give .......................... pair a piece of paper and
pen. Give them a questionnaire, which they should ask
.............................................. . Finally, .................... one should introduce their
partners to the entire group, based on the things that they learnt from the
questions.

C-Give your Own definition for the following words .

 SPEED-
DATER : ................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................... .

 MATCH-
MAKER: ...................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................... .
MATCHCARD: ..........................................................................................................................
.........
................................................................................................................................... .

 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

 Anticipate.

 Before you watch the video, match the following words with their
synonyms.

a degree   to take part

stilettos   to correspond
to enrol   a diploma
a rate   a small object a child can play with
to match   high-heeled shoes
a toy   a percentage

 GENERAL COMPREHENSION

 Identify the nature of the document .

.......................................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................................
Information about the setting.
.......................................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................................

 Who are the “candidates” ?Tick the correct answer and explain.

 Petty scholars’ eagles  Particular singles

.......................................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................................

 Circle the 3 criteria which the candidates have mentioned among the following
possibilities.

beauty - age – intelligence – strength – occupation –

height – hobbies - humour

 DETAILED COMPREHENSION

 Focus on the female organizer talking about a very special event.Fill in the
blanks with what she says.
 Jill : “ We’ve just launched a ................. Boy Special Dating ...................... .
This came about due to
................................. from ............................ in their late thirties and
..........................
wanting to meet younger .......................... .
We then did an ......................... of the data base and actually found there
were a lot of .......................... in
their................................. and ............................... , in fact .................... % of men
who had indicated they were happy to ........................ women ........................
to fifteen years ........................ .”

 A woman called Jill is being interviewed about those “Toy Boy Dating Events
”in Australia . Say in a few words what she finds attractive about such events.
.......................................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................................

 3 more women are interviewed . Fill in the grid with all the information you can
get.

Name INTERVIEWEE  INTERVIEWEE  INTERVIEWEE 

...................................... ........................................ .........................................
.

General/Pers
onal
information

Her criterion

Her
justification

 A young man called James gives his impressions. Fill in the blanks with what
he says .

James : “ Time is the biggest thing that my.............................................. and I

have little of, so these events are a ................................. way to
.................................. a bunch of people all ......................................
in expanding their ............................................. network.”

 The interviewee, Anna Saunders, gives explanations about these events.

Circle the words she uses; then tick  the sentences
 which express the same ideas.

events/eveni
“ We’ve found special in particular / in a

have a higher
mushroom / because peoplefilter
have/
narrowed the
match rate field

and said : “You knowwentwhat /? I younger / to meet

men or I only like tall men or blonder
European men. So the rate /
match is very
high “.

 On these special occasions, the candidates are selected according to a

particular characteristic.
 The candidates have greater chances of finding someone they like.
 It is more difficult for them to find someone they like because they are
looking for special characteristics.

 The reporter, Majella Wiemers uses two adjectives to describe what people
may think about her .
Circle them in the following list .

old - servile – conservative – concerned –

old-fashioned

What is her last question ?

“ .................................................................................................................................. “?