Listening:
1.Listen to an interview about time management. Check (✓) A, B, or C.

1.1. What does Margaret Cooper do?
A. She is a time management specialist with a university in the area.■
B. She helps students by scheduling their work and free time for them. C. She works at the local university helping students with their homework. ■

1.2. According to Margaret Cooper, what is the first step to good time management?                                

1. Knowing what your priorities are for how you spend your time. ■
   B. Keeping an organized planner or scheduler. ■
   C. Knowing how you spend your time now. ■

1.3. Where do many students find something to help them schedule their time?
A. In the back of their textbooks. ■
B. Right on their cell phones.   

1. c.In a journal or notebook where they record how they spend their time.

1.4. What is an example Cooper gives of something that should be higher priority on a student’s planner?
A. Dating ■
B. Parties ■
C. Work schedule ■

1.5. What does Cooper say is an added benefit of organizing one’s time?
A. Students were able to enjoy their social time more. ■
B. Students were able to enjoy their video games more. ■
C. Students were able to enjoy their homework more.

Grammar:

2. Choose the correct answer.

2.1. It’s ________ late. We should leave soon. 

2.2. My backache ________ every time I lie down.

2.3. I don’t think I’ll ever ________ to taking the subway.

2.4. Please be on time for the bus. ________ you’ll make everyone late for the concert.

2.5. ________ you don’t really like your new job.

2.6 I don’t understand the instructions for getting to the show. ________, I don’t even want to go.

2.7. Julie is coming for the weekend. ________ she’s  leaving her job to start her own business, and she
wants your advice.

3. Choose the correct word.

3.1. Anita …………. speak Chinese very well. She lived in Shanghai for ten years.

3.2. He …………… have been playing the piano for very long because he doesn’t play well at all.

3.3. I’m afraid Malek’s …………. to be here in time for the party.

3.4. Carrie …………… get a promotion next month.

4. Choose the correct answer.

4.1. Not only ________ late, you’re also not dressed properly.

4.2. ________ Arthur arrived than he and Evan started to fight.

4.3. Only when you watch someone make a basket ________ what an art it is.

4.4. Not until I see the money with my own eyes ________ that you have been paid.

5. Choose the correct word.

5.1. There are ……………. millions of species of insects in the world.

5.2. ……………… that the office is closed.

5.3. ………………. the newspaper, the economy is going to improve next year.

5.4. Pete is ………… have written a postcard from Paris.

5.5. Provided Mel ………… his guitar tomorrow, we’re going to have a sing-along.

5.6. I would ……….. to say I was going to be late if I hadn’t lost my cell phone.

5.7. …………… you got lost and couldn’t find your way home. What would you do?

Reading:

6. Read the article and check (✓) A, B, or C.

LOST IN TRANSLATION?

There’s a well-known story in the world of literary translators about the translator who was thrilled to see his work appear at great length in an article in a prestigious magazine. He had translated a number of novels by a little-known Scandinavian novelist, who he believed had been neglected and not received the attention or praise he deserved. He had dedicated much of his working life to trying to get this novelist some recognition. The article agreed with his assessment of the novelist’s work and illustrated its view of his worth by quoting long passages from the translations.

But something was missing. The translator searched in vain for a mention of his name. It didn’t appear anywhere. The translator’s joy at the coverage of his favorite author was considerably spoiled by this. He felt that he himself should have had some recognition in the article. The implication was that the translations had just appeared from nowhere, or even perhaps that the novelist had done them himself. It was as if the translator did not exist, and all the efforts he had made had never happened.

This incident raises a fundamental question about the status and function of the literary translator. Most people would agree that it was wrong of the magazine to omit any mention of the translator. However, it is also true that readers themselves operate in exactly the same way, and for them it is also as if the translator didn’t exist. When people read a translation of a novel, they want to feel they are reading what the novelist, and not someone else, wrote. They don’t want to be reminded that they are not reading, and would not be able to read, the original novel as created by the novelist. The translator has fulfilled a necessary function for them, but they do not wish to know who the translator was or pay any attention to what they have done. Readers are simply the receivers of what the translator does. So even though we might wish for direct contact with the novelist, we depend on the translator.

In this global age, translators have become even more important. More and more works of fiction are being translated into more and more languages. Readers are now able to experience and understand other cultures more than ever through the reading of translated novels. The works of more and more novelists are now accessible to people in other parts of the world. This applies not only to new novels but also to fresh translations of old classics. The adventurous reader can now enjoy novels from many eras and many cultures that previously they would not have been able to.

And central to this is the translator, working heroically to come up with the translation that captures exactly what is in the original work, and often poorly paid. Although readers may be happy for them to remain obscure, perhaps they should be getting the recognition they deserve.

6.1. What do we learn about the translator mentioned in the first paragraph?

6.2. When the translator looked closely at the article,  ________.

6.3. The writer says that the example of the article illustrates ________.

6.4. The writer says that readers of translated novels ________.

6.5. The writer says that the readers _________.

6.6. The writer says that translators have become even more important in this global age because

6.7. When talking about the global age, the writer emphasizes ________.

6.8. The writer uses the phrase “working heroically” in the last paragraph in order to ________.

6.9. What is the main topic of the article?

6.10. Which of the following does the writer express in the article as a whole?

Vocabulary:

7.Choose the correct answer.

7.1. When we went to Spain, Eric spent the …………. time in our hotel room.

7.2. I hope my cousin can get her act………… Right now, she’s got a lot of problems.

7.3. The best way to get …………. town is by bicycle.

7.4. I’m afraid you got the wrong end of the……….. We don’t want to buy the house, we want to sell it.

8. Choose the correct word.

8.1. The soldier held his ________ tightly as he ran across the field shooting.

8.2. The tribe defended their village in the jungle by throwing ________ at the boats of the soldiers as
they came up the river.

8.3. A I really love war films.
       B Really? I’m not particularly fond ________ them.

8.4. The king was very proud ________ his soldiers for winning the battle.

9. Choose the correct answer.

9.1. To move one’s head up and down to acknowledge someone or something is called a ________.

9.2. A trip to and from work is called a ________.

9.3. A legal agreement where a bank lends you money to buy a house is called a…….. .

Writing:

10. Write three paragraphs about how three of the areas below has changed in the last 20 years in your country and say whether you think the changes are positive or negative.

1 People’s work-life balance
2 Family life
3 How people spend their free time