MODULE 5

1-Complete the text with 8 words chosen from the set below.
- disabled – online – saves – access – traditional – require –
enjoying – assignments – attend – enroll
There are numerous distance learning benefits which you ought to
consider. To start with, distance learning doesn't …………….
commuting. This ……………….you money and time that you would
otherwise spend on gas driving back and forth to school. Added to
this, online classes address physical accessibility issues that some
…………………..persons encounter when taking ………………..
classes. You don't have to worry about gaining ………………..to a
classroom or sitting on uncomfortable desks. Instead, you can use
your comfortable furniture in your home while ………………free
movement. Last but not least, you can review the ………………. and
do your homework at your convenience since you don’t have to
…………….. classes at a particular time and place
2- Put the bracketed words in the right form and circle the right
alternative.
Behavior and discipline are difficult areas for both families and
schools. In the past, adults often focused ( at – on – in ) what to do if
a child behaved ( bad ) ……………… Punishments could be severe:
slapping and beating children was considered ( effect )
………………….and acceptable.
Today, corporal punishment such as caning and smacking are ( not
legal ) …………………in school and at home. Schools now aim at
encouraging and (reward) ………………..good work rather than
trying to (fright) ……………..children into obeying the teacher. In
this way, teachers work to build up a positive working atmosphere in
the class, ( when – which – where ) children get attention for
trying hard and behaving (good)………………..
3- Complete the paragraph below
- focus – frighten – illegal – enjoy - praise -
rewarding
Today, corporal punishment such as caning and smacking are
…………….in school and at home. Schools now ……………on
encouraging and ……………..good work and behavior rather than
trying to …………….. children into obeying the teacher. Many
teachers now use what is known as positive behavior. This involves
using lots of ……………….to reinforce the message that good
behavior will help children to learn and …………….school.
4- Fill in the blanks with 8 words chosen from the following set.
- traveling – worry – involved –flexibility- save – leave –
learner - option – through – handicaps -
Distance learning has opened the doors for people to reach their
education potential. To start with, without the need to ………………
your home, you can ……………on transportation, housing, and food
costs. Added to this, you can continue to work because you don't have
to ……………….about fitting your classes around your job schedule.
Besides, online learning is a great …………… to those students with
physical ………………., which may prevent them from
……………..to a traditional campus. Last but not least, both the
instructors and students ………………in distance learning may
interact ……………. e-mail and videos.
5- Fill in the blanks with the missing relative pronouns.
Lord Brown,…………….many people looked on as the best prime
minister of the century, and …………….memoirs caused a scandal,
got married today to a woman …………he met fifty-five years ago,
……… they were both at school together.
5- Choose the correct alternative
In the 20th century, education was revolutionized in many countries.
New methods of (teach – teacher – teaching) were applied and new
school systems and disciplines were introduced. Children schools and
kindergartens depended (in – on – at) the theory of "learn through
play", (who – which – when) allowed kids to enjoy more playing than
learning from books. Children were set free from (those - this – that)
uncomfortable desks arranged in fixed rows. They were no more
(oblige - obliged – obliging) to learn lessons by heart nor punished
corporally for the (tiny – tinier - tiniest) mistakes. Instead, they were
encouraged to play with coloured toys, to draw, to paint and to
discover their world by (their – them – themselves). This system
really helped all children to integrate in the society easily even those
kids who had physical and mental (difficulty - difficulties – difficult
6- Put words between parentheses in the right tense or form :
I (leave)--------------------- school when I was sixteen. I didn't have any
qualifications. I didn't mind (be) ------------------------- a blue-collar
worker. I got a job in a car- (produce) ------------------------- factory.
But then they got robots to do my job so I found (me)
------------------------- out of work. It was terrible being jobless. So, I
was thinking (serious) ------------------------- to join night classes to get
some extra (train) -------------------------. At first, the idea seemed so
(interest) ------------------------- that all my friends and family
encouraged me to go (far) -------------------------. I really did. Now, I'm
thirty five and I got my high degree from the polytechnics. I 'm
running my own business.
7- Fill in the blanks with 8 words from the list below. There are 2
extra words.)
slate _ effectively _ discipline unruly _ focus _strengthen _ cope
__ _ between _ serious
Teachers in some secondary schools in Britain are worried that they
can no longer 1____________ with the ever-increasing pressures in
their jobs. They think that if specialists don’t move to action,
2
____________ can’t be regained in classrooms. In large cities, a
small minority of 3____________ teenage pupils disrupt lessons.
Thus, teachers find themselves unable to teach their pupils
4
____________. Modern teaching methods appear to 5____________
on personal enjoyment at the expense of 6____________ work.
Perhaps the 7____________ can be solved by better cooperation
8
____________ the schools and the parents.
8-Circle the correct answer.
"Since the ninth grade I knew I wanted to work in the U.N.," says
Mayra Alejandro, 40, a United Nations political affairs officer (which
_ who _ whom) helps schedule and (organized _ to organize _
organizing) the work of the General Assembly. "I knew I wanted to
do something (that _ who _ whose) would help make this a better
world, and to me, the U.N. was a place (when _ that _ where) things
were done for the good of humanity." After 15 years, that sense of
mission still 5(strengthens _ experiences _ weakens) her. "Most
people I know work to earn a (life _ living _ liver). When I wake up,
I'm ready to go to work -- and I'm ready to stay there until I (finished
– finish – will finish) the job. I really like my job because it is
(prestigious _embarrassing _ competent), financially-rewarding and
fun."
9-Put the bracketed verbs /words in the right tense /form.
There are no limits for students who want to get (know)
1
____________ and high grades. Some of them study hard all the time
to do well on the tests, but some choose an easier way—cheating.
There are so many ways to cheat that a huge book on this theme could
be (write) 2____________.
Some students are very creative in (cheat) 3____________ under
the professor's nose. While a student, I saw one boy (that - whom –
whose) had a tiny headphone in his ear. His friends who were
outdoors were able to hear the teacher's questions through their
headphones. They (look) 4____________ up answers in the books and
telling that student (inform) 5____________ he needed. ( On - At –
In ) that day, the professor was (surprise) 6____________ at the high
knowledge of the boy.

10 – Complete the text below with 7 words chosen from the

following set.
- data - exciting - allowing – efficient - electronic – enabled
– affect –difficult – likely
Thanks to computerization in schools, students today learn quite
differently from in the past. Computers help teachers instruct in the
classroom, ……………… students to get a clearer idea about what is
being taught. Another point is that the large storage capacity of
computers provides students with immense ……………….resources
that can be retrieved by simple mouse-clicks. Thus, computerization
has already ……………….school students to learn in faster, easier
and more ………………..ways.
The process, however, has only just began and it is ……………….. to
predict how computerization will ……………….education in the
future. One thing is certain; it will be an ………………..and
challenging time for both students and teachers.