VERY IMPORTANT

FINAL REVIEW LEVEL C2 HIGH SCHOOL.
JUNE, 2010.
Miss Adriana Ruiz Flores


SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR FINAL EXAMS OF HIGH SCHOOL
THIS IS A LANGUAGE INTEGRATED SPECIAL ACTIVITY

IMPORTANT NOTES:

a) Please read carefully all the indications of this work. All of the questions and assignments are related to the articles and cultural notes you will be reading. These activities are divided in 3 blocks: reading comprehension, grammar & vocabulary, and writing, but they are going to be graded as a global of 20% of your 100% of the final exam. Which means, that your final exam will be graded over 80.

1. You will need
2. Hemispheres 4, Students Book,
3. A Dictionary
4. Internet (extra information, or data),
5. Your PC computer, if you want to bring it to the school, you can do it!
6. Your printed activities in order to do all of them.

b) Be careful with presentation: (Print, neatness, a folder, front page with the title, your full name and code, etc.) Your handwriting and your spelling will be graded, too.

c) You must print this work, and answer completely for Wednesday 16th. Of June, 2010. You must work during classes (Monday, while the final oral exam is done; Tuesday, and Wednesday). Or you can work at home, and bring it completely and correct, on Wednesday 16th.

PART I. READING COMPREHENSION.



A. PREREADING. SMILEY FACE.

The article refers to people’s “inner Smile Face”. The Smile Face is a yellow circle with two black dots for eyes and a curve line for a mouth. It has been famous all over the world since the 1970s. The trademark is held by Franklin Loufrani of London. There are, however, two other people who claim to have invented it. Digital versions of the smiley face are popular and several word-processing programs automatically transform the emoticon formed with a colon and a right parentheses into.



B. READING. Read the article form your Hemispheres book “Put it to the test” of page 120. Answer the next questions.

1. The first sentence of a summary of the article is given below. Complete this summary by selecting the three answer choices that express the most important ideas in the article.

Researchers in Canada have found a way to place a salary equivalent on certain job-satisfaction factors
a. If you want to be happy in life, be happy in your job.
b. A small increase in a person’s trust of management boosts happiness as much as a 36% raise.
c. The average worker was given a 3.2% salary increase last year.
d. Job variety, doing skilled work, and having enough time to finish a job were equivalent to raises of from 11% to 22%.
e. Every person has different requirements for job satisfaction.
f. Salary raises themselves do not increase happiness very much unless they are quite large.

2. The word that in the article refers to:
a. new boss b. a pay raise c) an increase in trust d) better management

3. The word it in the article refers to:
a. overall happiness b) the income scale c) a big raise d) moving to the top

C. EXPANSION ACTIVITY. Job Satisfactions Survey. Search in internet any “Job Satisfactions Survey”, can be from Mexico, or other countries, like Europe, or USA. The point is to mention 5 items that are important in a society, refer to their jobs satisfaction. Write them down using complete sentences. Be careful with capitalization, and punctuation.
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________

READING COMPREHENSION.


A. SECOND THOUGHTS: CHOOSING A NEW CAREER.

Last year, my husband and I left our jobs as librarians at a university to start the Blue mountains Dog Training Center. Our friends thought we were totally crazy! But they’ve been convinced of that ever since we got our first dog. Five years ago, we found Rowdy next to the highway. We took him home because we were afraid he would be killed. He’s big, more than 50 kgs, and we knew he needed a lot of training. We learned as much as we could, and then we started training other people’s dogs, and we realized that working with dogs was a lot nicer than working with people. We have a very important goal for our business. We want to make the world a better place –for dogs!- Tasha Beckworth.

1. What was the original job of Tasha Beckworth?
a. Librarian
b. Dog trainer
c. Writer
2. What is her new job?
a. Librarian
b. Dog trainer
c. Writer
3. Who is Rowdy?
a. Her husband
b. Her dog
c. Her cat
4. What is her opinion about dog training?
a. She believes she can make a change in dog’s lives
b. She believes dogs are happy as they are
c. She believes working with dogs was much nicer than working with people.
5. According to the text, what is the meaning of highway?
a. Street
b. A road that is really high
c. Like an avenue or freeway
6. Infer, why was Rowdy in danger?
a. Because it was doing drugs
b. Because it was running all alone on the highway
c. Because it is sick
7. If you had to choose a completely different life, what would you do? Explain: ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________


PART II. GRAMMAR STRUCTURE. THE CORRECT USE OF LANGUAGE.

1. Grammar. Complete the sentences with the phrase that contains the correct article..
Perhaps _____ of his failure-driven competitiveness . . .
A. the most popular
B. a most popular
2. Grammar. Complete the sentences with the phrase that contains the correct article..
In high school, he formed _____ but . . .
A. the rock band
B. a rock band

3. Grammar. Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the adjective clause.
Many small organizations have been formed to care for children, some of _____ displaced or orphaned.
A. whose have been
B. which have been
C. whom have been
D. who have been
4. Grammar. Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the adjective clause.
When we started, the movement gathered 2.7 million votes from children and youths _____ joined the organization.
A. whose had
B. whom had
C. which had
D. who had
5. Past Modals. I ___________________ Britney Spears CD! I don`t have enough money!!
A) Shouldn’t have bought
B) Shouldn’t had bought
6. Past Modals. She ______________________ a better job at her audition. She was wonderful!!
A) Couldn’t have done
B) Could have done
7. Subject-Verb Agreement. My mother bakes delicious apple pies.
a) Correct b) incorrect
8. Subject-Verb Agreement. Tim’s sunburn feel painful.
a) Correct b) incorrect
9. Subject-Verb Agreement. I has never visited our state capital.
a) Correct b) incorrect
10. Subject-Verb Agreement. We enjoy watching the sunset at the beach.
a) Correct b) incorrect
11. Using Correlative Conjunctions. ________ Jane ________ John like to go mountain bike riding.
A. both…and B. either...or
12. Using Correlative Conjunctions. You need to decide if ________ you want to go to the movies ________ to the park today.
A. either...or B. neither...nor
13. Conditionals. Choose the best description of the meaning of the unreal conditional sentence.
I should have taken fewer classes this semester.
A. I have fewer classes this semester.
B. I have too many classes this semester.
C. I have taken few classes this semester.
D. I should take few classes this semester.

14. Conditionals. Choose the best description of the meaning of the unreal conditional sentence.
And if college had to be as serious as you make it to be, there would be no attraction in it for the majority of the students.
A. College is as serious as you make it.
B. College must be serious.
C. College is not very serious.
D. College does not have to be serious.
15. Tag Questions. Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the tag question using the verb in parentheses.
You know you have great potential,_____(do)?
A. didn't you
B. did you
C. don't you
D. do you
16. Tag Questions. Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the tag question using the verb in parentheses Summer is always too short to do homework and play,_____(be)?
A. is it
B. isn't it
C. wasn't it
D. was it
17. Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, using Tag questions.
18. Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, using Past Modals.
19. Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, using Conditionals.
20. Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, then underline the subject, and circle the verb.
21. Write 4 pairs of related sentences, about the texts you read, and then connect them using Correlative Conjunctions (Both…and /either…or / neither… nor).
22. Write 4 pairs of related sentences, about the texts you read, and then connect them using Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns (Who/Whom – Which - That).


PART III. VOCABULARY. Match the word with its meaning.
1. Life-altering, means:
a) Small change in life b) big, life-changing
2. Executives, means:
a) Coworker b) people in high positions in business
3. Persisted, means:
a) Continued without stopping b) To quit
4. Gave in, means:
a) To quit, to accepted and offer b) persisted
5. Dedicated, means:
a) Extremely focus b) distract
6. Took off, means:
a) Not famous b) Famous, Increased in popularity or success
7. Hectic, means:
a) Fast-paced environment b) quiet, calm environment
8. Commitment, means:
a) Not caring, not important b) obligation, promise





PART IV. WRITING. BUILD VOCABULARY. Family Lifeline. Essay. Do a Lifeline of your family, then write an essay about your life. Use as many vocabulary words as you can. Make it wonderful!! This counts as your final writing exam grade, ok?

INSTRUCTIONS: Sit down with your parents over dinner, ask them about their lives before meeting each other, when they met, and got married, and how is their lives together since then. Ask questions about decision they made like when you were born, when they changed jobs, or something that made a life-altering for them together. If they are divorced or separated, ask them separately, and organized your writing.
NAME: _________________________________________
DATE:____________________ TITLE: “MY LIFE WITH MY FAMILY”
LINELIFE:
________________________________________________________