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Cumulative Skills Test Units 1–10 Test A Answer

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In politics, there was no mention of left or
Everyday English right-wing political parties, elections or
constituencies. Rather, the majority of
1 children were very compassionate and
1 a simply wished for a better world in the
2 a future where humanity will be living without
war or crime. I used to think the same when
3 c I was a child as well. Inevitably, at some
point, as you grow up, you realize that the
4 b
harsh reality is that this will probably never
5 b happen. Imagine if world leaders were
actually able to cling onto this ideal though.
It’s reassuring to think that young people
Listening are still idealistic, in spite of what goes on
in the world.
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Next we move on to careers. Only one in ten
1 discipline of those who answered the survey, a
2 idealistic surprisingly small fraction of children,
expect to have a fun, well-paid job.
Perhaps we quickly face up to the fact, as
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children, that many adults are far from
1 d happy in their work, and that it is something
2 b which they have to do rather than enjoy
doing. However, when questioned about
3 d what their dream job would be, you might
feel that being in the limelight as a rich
4 c
football player, famous actor or
5 b international pop star would come high on
the list. You couldn’t be more wrong:
6 a dancer, doctor and vet shared the number
7 c one spot. It’s touching to think that the
young generation want to help the sick and
8 c vulnerable in society.
This leads us onto medicine. According to
Audio Script those questioned, in the future we will be
able to eradicate certain illnesses and this
Teacher OK, well, as you know we carried will result in an increased life expectancy
out a survey of what European children for us all. Although how this will be
thought the future might hold for them and achieved was uncertain.
then broke the results down into various
categories. All our results are based on the
responses the children gave.
Now, as you might imagine, kids today, who
have grown up with technology as part of
their everyday life, were quite predictably
most interested in technological advances
in the future. Robots and flying cars came
top of the list, ahead of any advances in
computers. It was suggested that robots
could make life simpler, such as a robot to
take away the burden of everyday tasks, or
a robot babysitter, for example.
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Finally, onto a subject parents might feel less
self-confident about, fearing they’ll be out of Speaking
favour with their sons and daughters. It’s
the subject of discipline. Children are aware 6
of who wears the trousers and appear to be Students’ own answers
quite content with it that way. Every child is
bound to dig their heels in and want to get
their own way from time to time. Despite Challenge!
this, always being able to do what they
liked confused them and was unwelcome. 7
Having boundaries on eating sweets, 1 b
playing games or meeting friends also
enabled them to look up to and respect 2 c
their parents. From my point of view that 3 d
was quite a surprise.
Overall, the results are very positive. As we 4 b
expected, there is an obvious emphasis on 5 a
technology with children today, but along
with this it is encouraging that they appear 6 c
to know what is ethically and morally 7 c
important.
8 a
Reading
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1 F
2 F
3 T
4 T
5 F
6 F
7 F
8 T
9 F
10 F

Writing
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Students’ own answers

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