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Unit 4 test 40 marks

Generations of risk

Global listening (5 marks)

Listen and number the five main points in the order you
hear them.
a Adventurous and unsupervised activities are not allowed now as much as
in the past.
b Childhood now is very different from childhood in the past.
c Children face a problem with today’s lack of risk in childhood.
d Children’s relationships with adults are being increasingly
negatively
impacted.
e The unsupervised games of the past were better than the screen-based
games of today.

Critical thinking skills

Using illustrative examples to support an argument (5 marks)

Listen and match the main points from the Global listening
exercise to the questions and illustrative examples. Write a,
b, c, d, or e next to the questions and examples. You can use
each main point up to three times.
1 How does their childhood compare with yours?
2 Climbing trees, spending whole days out in the countryside, and
building hideouts…
3 They involved playing outside, unsupervised by adults…
4 …by overprotecting little Johnny or little Juan…
5 So, hands up—who’s ever fallen out of a tree?
6 …50% of children between seven and 12 are not allowed to climb a
tree… without adult supervision.
7 …43% of adults saying they are uncomfortable with the idea of children
playing outside with no supervision.
8 …the climbing, jumping, and risk-taking of today’s childhood last only
as long as the computer game does.
9 Going all day unsupervised, being expected to organize your own food…
10 Talking to strangers face-to-face, or listening and taking advice from a
guiding adult, is becoming rarer and rarer.

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Language development 1
Nominalization (5 marks)
Change the words in bold to nouns. Rewrite the sentences so
they mean the same thing.
1 They were very disappointed with the company’s performance.

2 The way the project was organized benefitted everyone.

3 The management team decided to continue expanding the company.

4 Many parents are very worried about whether their children are safe.

5 It is difficult to measure the true effects of risk in childhood.

6 The number of books on good parenting has exploded in recent years.

7 A healthy childhood should include a certain amount of risk.

8 Parents need to approach raising their children in an intelligent way.

9 Researchers have highlighted how serious the issue is.

10 Parents often feel insecure about the correct way to raise children.

Language development 2
Possible, probable, and hypothetical future
predictions (5 marks)
Complete the sentences with the best words.
1 Unless / Even if / In the event of people understood the risks, they would still be unhappy with the situation.
2 There probably / doubtful / providing won’t be any problems, but you should still take care.
3 In the event of / Unless / Definitely a fire alarm, please follow the correct procedures.
4 Possibly / Unlikely / As long as the team follows instructions, there will be no problems whatsoever.
5 Definitely / Inconceivable / Suppose we take the machine apart? Then we would get a better idea of
the problem.
6 There definitely / suppose / as long as won’t be a repeat of the problems we had to deal with last time.
7 Likely / Unless / Probably you are in very good shape, you shouldn’t attempt this particular activity.
8 Providing / Suppose / Even if you have full insurance, then you are free to participate in all activities.
9 It ’s h i ghl y l i k e l y t ha t / U n le ss / In t he e ve n t of this kind of behavior will lead to problems in the future.
10 P roba b l y / P rovi d i n g / It ’s d oub t fu l t h a t there will be any positive outcome from the situation.
Speaking skill
Managing conversation (5 marks)

Complete the dialogues with the phrases in the boxes.

Incidentally Changing the subject completely Can I just finish this point

A: …about risk and

childhood. , have you done any reading
B: 1
on urban development? We’re looking at that next week.
A: 2 ? We still need to discuss the
assignment. , the other
3

groups’ professor said their assignments were the best yet.

just one more thing before we change the

subject I could add something to that reminds
me

A: …is the greatest

risk. , I think parents need to
B: If 4
keep up to date with the latest information on the reality of the risks their children
face.
A: That , have you seen the report
5

that came out today? It’s been in all the papers. Why don’t we all read up on
it, and then we can discuss this issue tomorrow.
B: Yes, but 6 . As I said, the parents
of today’s children need
to…

return to my previous point I could just go back to what I was saying

before move onto the next point point on this subject would be

A: Another 7 about the issue of

parental
responsibility. , as it does relate to this.
B: Yes, to 8
I think parents need to accept their own responsibility in this particular issue.
A: But if , I think parents
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sometimes have too much responsibility. The government also needs to create an
environment where everyone feels safe.
C: I’m sorry. We’re running out of time. Let’s
10 …

Speaking task
Talking about risk (15 marks)
1 Do you like taking risks? Why or why not?
2 What activities in modern life have a certain amount of risk?
3 What can we learn from taking risks?
4 Why are some people attracted to risk?
5 What would a world with no risk be like?