English Theses for 11th form

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SECTION I. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (30 points)

Read the text and do the tasks below the text.

‘Mental Risk’ of the Facebook Teens

A generation that is growing up using social network websites, such as Facebook and Myspace,
is less likely to form lasting relationship and is more likely to act without thinking, an expert has
warned.
The annual meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrist was informed about the fact that many
people who were born in 1990 or later have only a world with Internet, so they could grow up
with an unrealistic view of the world and themselves. Moreover, while social networking sites
offer great benefits, there are potential problems.
Dr. HimanshuTyagi, a psychiatrist , says social networking sites have encouraged the idea that
friendship and relationship can be formed and ended quickly and easily. He says, “ It’s a world
where everything moves fast and change all time, where relationships are ended at the click of
mouse. Online, you can delete your profile and change who you are in few seconds.” He explains
that because everything happens so quickly on social networking sites, people may start to find
the real world boring.
Moreover, Dr. HimanshuTyagi says teenagers who socialize online are more likely to make
quick decisions without thinking about the consequences of their action. The might not pay
attention to their ‘real world’ selves, and might find it difficult to form relationships in the real
world as they don’t learn about their body language, tone of voice and facial expressions online.
He says that if you can see someone’s face or body language or hear the changes in their voices;
these will influence your understanding of what’s going on. He added that friendship means
something very different to ‘internet generation’.
However, there are also benefits. When you’re online, you often don’t know the wealth, race or
gender of the person you’re communicating with. Br. Tyage added, “No one is a stranger on the
net. It may not be the best way to make tasting friendship, but it does make everyone equal. ”
Graham Jones, a psychologist with an interest in the influence of the internet, said: “For every
new generation, the experience they have of the world is different one. When the printing press
was first invented, I am sure there were thousands of people saying it was a bad think.” Jones
added that people who tended to be more active on sites such as Facebook were those who were
the most socially active anyway.
So, the scientists’ points of view on the impact of social networking sites are divided and it is
up to each parent and teenager to make a safe choice.
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SECTION II. THE ASSESSMENT OF LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE ( 20 points)
Choose the correct word from those given in brackets. Fill in the gaps with the suitable article
and preposition. Write the correct form of the words in brackets.

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1- When I was a child, my mother advised me to study. She did not want me to A
10 lose out on a quality education. ( Therefore, Although, Nevertheless) 0
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Instead, she would tell me to practice ______________________ piano. 6
I absolutely hated when my mother made me ( to play)___________________it. 8
So, while most of my friends were busy chatting online with each other, I ( to 10
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Well, today I ( had better/must/ may) ______________________ thank her. As a 14
well-know pianist who travels around the world, I am happy that she convinced 16
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I am now today without her focus on education and practice. Nowadays, besides 20
giving concerts, I mentor children. When I am asked about the person who
motivated me to pursue my career, I tell them it was my mother. She was the one
person who believed in my talent. It was one of the many things that ( to give)
_______________________ to me and I simply did not ignore it. Today I am
looking forward ________________________ the new gifts that will be given to
me and be sure this time (nobody/anybody/somebody)_____________________
Needs to motivate me. I will jump on opportunity to work hard and to be the
best.

SECTION III. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRAGMATIC AND CULTURAL

COMPETENCES(20 points)

Write a 75-80 word coherent text responding to the situation below.

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(30pionts)

Write a coherent 200 words text expressing your attitude on the given topic.

Some people think that it is better for children to grow up in villages. Do you A
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 English Thesis
For 10th form
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1. Read the text attentively and be ready to accomplish the post-reading activities.

A POOR BOY MAKES GOOD

Besides walking in the woods with his sister and playing make-believe games, Charles
Dickens loved to read and make up stories. When Charles Dickens was nine, his father
moved his family to the slums of London, where he started a business that failed. Since
people who could not pay their debts were put into prison in those days, Mr. Dickens
went to prison. His wife and six of the children moved to prison, too. A sister stayed with
another family, and eleven-year-old Charles was on his own.
Charles worked at a blacking establishment. He had earned money before by blacking
boots, but here he made covers for blacking pots and put labels on them. He earned little
money and was often hungry. Little did the lonely boy realize as he roamed the streets of
London that he was being prepared for his life’s work of writing.
Finally Mr. Charles was released from prison. The family moved to 13 Johnson Street,
and Charles was sent to school, where he became known as an excellent storyteller.
At fifteen, Charles went to work again, first as a helper in a law office, and then as a
reporter. He studied hard to learn shorthand so that he could take down any speech for
newspaper. He copied speeches on the palm of his hand, by the dim of light of a lantern,
while travelling in a horse-drawn vehicle, and while standing in pouring rain.
Charles Dickens distinguished himself as a reporter when he wrote the serial “
Pickwick Paper”, a humorous story that revealed ordinary people of England to
themselves.

Answer the following questions:( 10 points)

1. How did Charles Dickens earn money for his living?

2. How old was Charles Dickens when he started working?
3. What happened to Charles’s father when he moved his family to London?
4. How many children were there in his family?
5. What for did Charles Dickens learn shorthand?
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2. Fill in the gaps of the sentences with the correct tense of the verb (30 points)
1. I ________ for seven hours last night.( to sleep)
2. I ________ that you were here.( not/know)
3. When I came to this city, I ________ anyone.( not/know)
4. You know where I live. I ________ in the same place for the past
three years.( to live)
5. You ________ my brother, have you?( to see)
6. Where ________ last night?( to go)
7. I ________ in bed when I heard the accident outside.( to lie)
8. Did you just _________ me a liar?( to call)
9. She is a mean person. I don't like ________ to her.( to talk)
10. I don't know how ________.( to dance)
11. I never ________ you that I loved her. I only said that I liked her. (to tell)
12. I ________ to Greece until Sally and I went there last summer. (to be)
13. By the time I'm 50, I ________ a million dollars. (to make)
14. I want ________ the exercises for advanced students. (to try)
15. Hey, you ________ at the computer all day. You should really take a
break. (to sit)
16. He claimed that he had never seen that man, but I know that ________. (to see)
17. What ________ to her about last night? (to speak)

18. What have you been doing all day? _________ TV? (to watch)
19. She ________ lunch when someone rang the doorbell. (to prepare)
20. She never ________ when someone leaves her a message. (to call back)

Change the sentences from active into passive Voice and vice versa. (10 points)
1. They broke the window last week.
2. The light has not yet been turned off.
3. They did not invite her to the party.
4. By three o’clock everything had been prepared.
5. Betty often took her younger brother for a walk.
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Fill in the blanks with the missing prepositions. (5 points)
1. I received a lot of presents ____________my birthday.
2. Because we have no car, we go everywhere _________ foot.
3. Because of its importance, we studied the report _________ detail.
4. All clothes sold in that store were made________ hand.
5. They came back_______ sunset, tired and hungry.

Change the following sentences from direct into Indirect Speech and vice versa. (5 points)
1. The man told us to have our passport ready.
2. He said: “ We have forgotten to take the ball!”
3. He told us to pass up the gangway.
4. I said:” How long will it take you to get there?”
5. I said to Boris: “ Does your friend live in London?”
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3.Essay writing. ( 30 points)

Does travel help to promote understanding and communication between countries?

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