2nd course Final Exam June 17th, 2021

ReadingRead the article and check A, B, or C. 1 The media argue that younger people aren’t as intelligent as they used to be are statistically more likely to be less intelligent are as intelligent as the rest of society 2. The writer believes young people are probably better at using statistics cleverer than young people 50 years ago happier using new technology than older people 3. The research in the US only looked at older people proved that young people are less intelligent only focused on newspaper reading habits 4. The US research argues that all Americans read the same newspapers older Americans read different newspapers to young Americans young Americans don’t read newspapers every day 5. The writer doesn’t understand why people are less interested in the news the researchers think they have discovered something new people’s reading habits have changed 6. The writer believes reading a daily newspaper is something people do when they’re older needs to be planned in advance takes too much time for young people 7. The writer thinks that in the future fewer people will read newspapers newspapers will be very popular with older people newspapers will be too expensive 8. The American research says that online news is more popular than television news the Internet provides the most current news newspapers haven’t changed since the 1950s 9. Regarding newspapers and helping people to remember the news, the writer thinks they are no better than the Internet doesn’t think that enough research has been done wouldn’t be surprised if they were better 10. In the final paragraph, the writer says that it’s a problem that this research can be used to criticize young people the research was a waste of time society is now worrying about young people GrammarOrder the words to make sentences 1 Mark / homework / let / to / I / refused / copy / my2 driving / airport / the / Jane / on / insisted / me / to3 doing / homework / not / I / for / apologized / my4 me / Ben / convinced / up / football / playing / to / not / give5. to / she/ station/ me/ the/ offered/ take/ to Complete with the correct form of: used to, be used to , got used to 1 I didn’t use to like fish, but now I eat it two or three times a week.2 I’ve lived in six different countries. I am used to learning new languages.3 I used to play the piano, but now I play the drums.4. Marcos didn't used tobe good at English, but now he speaks it really well.5. After a year in Britain I’ve finally got used to driving on the left. VocabularyComplete with the correct vocabulary (sleep) 1 My aunt suffers from insomnia. She stays awake for hours every night.2 When it’s very hot, I just sleep under a sheet. 3 If I eat late at night, it will keep me awake.4. People who travel through time zones are often jet-lagged.5. My parents have a nap in the afternoon, but I prefer not to sleep. The media Write the word next to the definitions 1. The first page of a newspaper is called... front 2. Somebody whose job is to give his / her opinion about a play, film, book, etc. critic 3. If you want to sell something, you might write about it in the.........section small ads 4. The person who describes a sports event while it’s happening on TV or on the radio. commentator