First conditional If+Present Simple, Present Continuos



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Part A I. Comprehension

1. Classroom violence in England

  1. has caused parents to demonstrate

  2. has been caused by an old-fashioned school system

  3. has been a problem ever since

  4. has been fought successfully for some time

  5. has worried a lot of people for some time now

2. To master the problem

  1. teachers have been specially trained

  2. headmasters have asked the public for help

  3. walkie-talkies have been introduced into schools

  4. teachers have sent the pupils home

  5. radio messages have been broadcast every day

3. Often lessons are broken up by

  1. noisy trouble-makers

  2. two-way radios

  3. policemen looking for trouble-makers

  4. journalists interviewing pupils

  5. the passing London traffic

4. It's not easy

  1. to teach this kind of pupil

  2. to organize a discussion between teachers and pupils

  3. to hear the teachers speak during the lesson

  4. to speak to the vandals about their behaviour

  5. to contact the headmaster on the two-way radio

5. The vandals are aggressive because

  1. they hate school teachers

  2. they find nothing else to do

  3. they don't like the drinks at school

  4. they are taught to fight in their spare time

  5. they belong to a militant group

6. David Hargreaves sees one reason for the problems in

  1. the old-fashioned school system

  2. the different personality of teachers

  3. over-friendly attitudes of teachers

  4. the teachers' lack of power

  5. the too authoritarian way of teaching

7. In David Hargreave's opinion parents no longer

  1. have the right to influence their children

  2. blame school for their children's, behaviour

  3. are interested in school affairs

  4. dare to beat their children

  5. manage to discipline their children alone

8. Some parents complain about teachers and

  1. demand more control over the pupils

  2. want to teach their children themselves

  3. do not want to cooperate with them

  4. demand their teachers should be less strict

  5. ask for more rights for the pupils

9. Collapsing authority

  1. makes the pupils free and independent

  2. causes problems in the family and at school

  3. has never caused a crisis in the classroom

  4. causes the children to be more tired out after a day's work

  5. makes the pupils go on strike

10. For David Hargreaves a possible solution is

  1. to have more mixed schools

  2. to make the teacher's job mare attractive by better pay

  3. to organize a parents' meeting at school

  4. to have small teachers and big classrooms

  5. to get rid of large schools

II. Language

11. To commit violent acts mean (iine 3)

  1. to act in a violent play

  2. to call each other names

  3. to behave in a polite and friendly way

  4. to be panic-stricken

  5. to use force

12. Vandalism comes closest in meaning to (line 8)
a) hooliganism b) criticism

c) racialism d) nationalism

e) socialism



13. An outsider is a person who (line 10)

  1. plays in a team at a certain position

  2. lives outdoors

  3. commits criminal acts

  4. is not accepted by a social group

  5. like outings most of all

14. To interrupt does not mean (line 11)

a) to hinder b) to continue

c) to break into d) to stop
e) to pause

15. A synonym for disturbance is (line 13)

a) distrust b) alarm c) interruption



d) difficulty e) riot

16. To encourage in this context be replaced by (line 22)
a) to forbid b) to animate

c) to welcome d) to find it good '

e) to ask

17. You punish a person when you (line 24)
a) cheer him up b) praise him
c) ask for advice d) talk to him
e) give him a penalty

18 to support in this context has the same meaning as (line 27) a) to weaken b) to give help to c) to criticize d) to replace e) to transport



19. to put the blame on someone means (line 29)

  1. to knock someone down

  2. to say someone is guilty of something

  3. to make a fool of someone

  4. to ask someone for help

  5. to feel ashamed of something

20. to discipline strictly does not mean (line 30)

  1. to bring under control

  2. to punish severely

  3. to make pupils follow orders

  4. to teach law and order

  5. to let someone do what he wants

PART В II

1. Tenses

During a conversation with parents about the problems at school Mr Hargreaves says:

1)" you ever (think) of the rea­
sons for vandalism?

2) Vandalism started after parents (lose) a lot

of their traditional power.


  1. While teachers and pupils (work) in the class­
    rooms, outsiders swarm in the schools.

  2. Therefore teachers at Holland Park School

(to be given) two-way radios two weeks ago.

  1. They (call) their headmaster by radio dur­
    ing lessons several times now.

  2. The headmaster hopes that violence

(stop) soon."

2. If-clauses

Two pupils discuss what measures they would take after they have read an article about the school in the local newspaper.



1) If I were a pupil at that school i (try)

To talk to the trouble-makers.




  1. If the school had been built properly, the trouble makers
    (never find) it so easy to smash things up.

  1. If the police want to make a better job of looking after

our school, they (have to) Patrol the grounds

more often.



4)+5) If the parents (have) more control

over the children, they (never behave)

in the way they do.



3. Reported Speech.

The mother of a 15-year-old son said to a teacher: 1)1 must ask my son to do his homework a hundred times before he finally sits down to do it.

  1. When he was small he often helped me in the household,
    but he has not done that for quite a while now.

  2. My son has always been a friendly child, but now I often
    ask what I have done wrong.

The teacher told the staff about the mother's complaints.

1) She complained that

2)


3)

II

1. Find the corresponding noun or verb or adjective, please!



2. Gap-text

A newspaper article

Manchester: A new case of (I) Has been

reported from Manchester Comprehensive School. Early in the



morning the general assembly was (2) by about 10

youngsters who broke into the assembly hall and started to (3)

the furniture Some teachers and older pupj|s



tried to talk to the (4) , but did not manage to

(5) them. The youngsters behaved in a (6)

way. In the end the police were called in order to (7)

Them. How long are we going to endure such a behaviour?
There is no use complaining about the (8) Par­
ents or blaming the teachers. We think we must (9)
those vandals more strictly and above all try-
to lead them back to (10)

3. Ask questions.

After a vandal's attack on a school the headmaster had to answer many questions at the parents' meeting.



Ask the questions, please. Here are the answers.




Questions

Answers

1}




"There is actually no







chance to protect ourselves

2)




against the vandals."




"They rushed into the class-







room, swung sticks, flicked







open their knives, and

3)-




threatened the teacher."




"Oh, Mr Smith the teacher.







He did a marvellous job. He







was able to calm the van-







dals down, so that they only

4)




smashed the furniture.




"Well, I don't know. Maybe







they were bored. They have







no special reason, I m







afraid."

5)




"That's difficult to answer.







I'm afraid we can't do more







about it than what we already do."

Ш

1. Defective dialogue.

One boy whom the pupils and teachers thought was one of the major vandals was taken down to Holland Centra! Park Police Station.

Sergeant Smith' Well, you know what you are here for Win­dows and Samps have been completely smashed, table legs broken and doors damaged. I have to write down some details. What's your name, address and age?

l.The young offender:

Sergeant Smith: Hmm, well, you had better try and tell me what you have to say for yourself. You're in bad enough trouble as it is. Why did you get mixed in that sort of nonsense?

2 The young Offender-



Sergeant Smith: How many of you take part in breaking up

the furniture at school? Quite a lot of damage has been done. You can't be the only vandal.

3 The young offender:



Sergeant -Smith: My word, there must be better ways to

spend one's free time surely. What do you think your parents are going to say? You can't keep this from them, you know. Even the -local newspaper have got wind of the story.

4 The young offender:



Sergeant Smith: Well, I wouldn't like to be in your shoes.

What do you think the judge will tell you.



5.The young offender:

Sergeant Smith: Well, all I can say is, just try and think of your

future. It's a shame to go and spoil it, the way you are doing.



6.The young offender:

Sergeant Smith: Well, it's your life. We'll meet again at the

juvenile court. If I were You, I would think positive and act

positive. That's my motto in life.

2. What are the reasons of growing violence in our schools? Discuss the following arguments, please!


  1. Children watch too much TV and see too many violent
    films.

  2. Teachers are too authoritarian You can't talk to them.




с) A lot of children don't know what to do with their spare time.

d)Too many children grow up in broken families.



  1. Punishment for vandals is not effective enough.

  2. In large schools teachers can't control their pupils.
    g)A lot of children think they have "no future".

h) Teachers should be specially trained to fight violence at school.

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

f)

g)

h)

IV

Holland Park School tries to fight vandalism. Parents, pu­pils and teachers are invited to a meeting.



Write this letter, please. Don't forget the beginning and ending of the letter.

Write about:

  1. reason for the letter, what happened at the school

  2. the reactions of the teachers, the pupils, the parents

  3. what could be done to fight vandalism

  4. why it is important that many people help to fight the
    problem.


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