Evaluation Test on Unit 2

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A. Read the text and do the tasks associated with it.

If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules

Life has often been compared to a game. Unfortunately, we are never told the rules, nor given any instruc-tions about how to
play. We simply begin at “Go” and make our way around the board, hoping we play it right.
We don’t exactly know the objective of playing, nor what it means to actually win. Therefore, what life is about, is rules.
These are the guidelines to playing the game we call life, but they are also much more than that. Such rules can provide you with a
basic spiritual primer for what it means to be a human. They are universal truths that everyone knows, but has forgotten
somewhere along the way. They form the foundation of how we live a fulfilling, meaningful life.
The first rule is that “there are no mistakes, only lessons”; the growth of a human is a process of experimen-tation, a series of
trials, errors and occasional victories. Just remember that failed experiments ultimately prove to be valuable lessons for the future.
Another rule of great importance is that “learning does not end”. There is not a part of life that does not contain lessons that
are to be learned. While your wisdom grows and your capacity to deal with challenges expands, new lessons will present
themselves. So, one must embrace the role as a perpetual student of life. "What you make of your life is up to you” says a rule
which tests people’s responsibility, courage, power and taste for adventure. Every person creates his or her own reality and
designs it according to his or her own authentic choices and desires, and by accepting the consequences of every deed, word and
thought.
Each rule presents its own challenge, which in turn provides certain lessons we all need to learn. Some of the rules we are
given are to be settled by us, and their purpose is to give us a “road map” to follow during our “game of life”.
So, follow the rules which teach you how to conquer life’s challenges, and manage its unpredictable ups and downs.
B. Fulfill the following tasks. 7 Rules of Life
1. Make peace with your past so it won’t
1. According to the text, life is about:
screw up the present.
a. problems b. love c. rules 2. What others think of you is none of your
2. Find in the text: business.
3. Time heals almost everything, give it time.
a. a synonym of the word ‘goal’
4. Don’t compare your life to others and don’t
b. a noun corresponding to the definition ‘lasting forever; eternal’
judge them. You have no idea what their
c. an antonym of the word ‘a lie’
journey is all about.
3. Form: 5. Stop thinking too much, it’s alright not to
a. a noun from the verb ‘to fail’ know the answers. They will come to you
when you least expect it.
b. an adjective from the noun ‘hope’
6. No one is in charge of your happiness,
c. a verb from the the noun ‘choice’
except you.
d. a noun from the adjective ‘authentic’
7. Smile. You don’t own all the problems in
the world! Whisper of the heart

4. What does each of the rules teach us?

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5. In your own words, explain the statement ‘learning does not end’.
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6. Are the following statements from the text true (T) or false (F)?
”Failed experiments ultimately don’t prove to be valuable lessons for the future”.
“So, one must embrace the role as a perpetual student of life”.
7. In about 120 words, express your opinion on the following statement: “What we make of our life is up to us”.
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C. Vocabulary and Grammar

1. Encircle the correct variant.
All the (passer-bys, passers-by) gathered at the place of the accident. 2) (Is, are) scabies an infectious dis-ease? 3) We have
got very (few; little) money. We won’t be able to buy that cake. 4) He is (so; such a) smart boy. He won’t (do; make) a fool
of himself like that. 5) I don’t like the soup. It doesn’t taste (well; delicious).
How sorry he is! He wishes he (didn’t insult; hadn’t insulted) his sister. 7) What (an, the, -) useful advice I have got! 8) The
book (which, whose, who) cover is blue is mine. 9) Have you spent your vacation in (the, -) Carpaţi?. 10) (The, a, -) more you
exercise, (the gooder, the better, the best) the results. 11) We will come to see you (no matter, though, as) how busy she is.

2. Write either a synonym or an antonym for each of the words below.

To ignore; strength; failure; thoughtless; effect; difference; to pick up; laziness; valuable; aimless; efficient; selfish; empty;
optimistic; feeble; to occur.
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3. Use the following phrases in sentences or short situations of your own.

A wide range of; to avoid doing something; to adapt to; to lose interest in; to be unwilling to; to weigh options; to be
hopeless; to cause trouble for; to be popular; to win a victory.
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4. Fill in the necessary prepositions.

Who is running ahead ... us? 2) The last score I am aware ... is 3 ... 5. 3) He keeps fit ... eating a lot ... vegetables and taking
long walks ... weekends. 4) How could they have got stuck ... the elevator? 5) We should never give ...... the face ...
difficulties! 6) Although the hail had no impact ... people, it brought damage ... many plants. 7) It is rather difficult to do away
... so many diseases. 8) She couldn’t account ... the missing funds. 9) I was nearl ... the risk ... being ridiculed. 10) The girl
burst ... tears when she heard she was not accepted to participate ... the conference. She had devoted two months ... writing
the report.
5. Use the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.
1) They would help us, if we (ask) them to. 3) Who (look) after the house, if you go to the country?

2) She will succeed, if she (study) more. 4) If I were you, I (not to give up) on my dreams so easily.

6. Match a word from column A with one from column B to form compound nouns.
A. B.
1) girl 6) out a. lace f. craft
2) friend 7) self b. store g. ship
3) drug 8) neck c. control h. hood
4) rush 9) well d. being i. water
5) drinking 10) witch e. hour j. put

7. Choose the best variant.

1) The (moral, morale) … of this story is that one must see the progressive decline in the (moral, morale) … of the people at
present. 2) He could (site, cite) (none, nun) of the web (sites, cites) he had used information from in his report. 3) An (efficient,
effective) management leads to (efficient, effective) results. 4) Accidents (arouse, arise) from carelessness thus they should
(arouse, arise) people’s responsibility and awareness. 5) Lying and cruelty are (vices, vises) that (effect, affect) people’s morality.
6) One can’t (protect, prevent) the inevitable, but one can (protect, prevent) himself from being totally affected by it. 7) Why not
(lay, lie) aside your knitting and (lay, lie) down for a while? 8) Her first view of Taj Mahal filled her with (awe, owe). 9) I think
that you (awe.owe) your success more to luck than to your ability.