Colegio Altamira English Department

Name:_____________________________ 12th ____ August ____, 2012.

ENGLISH TEST LISTENING

Listen to the first stanza of the song and fill in the blanks (10 points). My name is Luka I _________ on the second __________ I ________ _____________ from you Yes I think you've ________ me _____________ If you _________ something late at ___________ Some kind of ___________. some kind of __________ Just don't ask me what it was (x 3) II Listen to the second part of the song. Circle and correct the mistaken word(s) in every verse (10 points). I know it's because I'm clumsy I try not to work too hard Maybe it's because I'm better I try not to attack too down They only hear until you try And after that you don't say when You just don't argue anymore (x 3) III Listen to third stanza of the song and right in the correct order the verses (6 points). ____ nothing thrown ____ your business anyway ____ Yes I think ____ the door again ____ I'd like to be alone ____ I'm okay ____ I walked into ____ Well, if you ask ____ And it's not ____ I guess ____ With nothing broken, ____ that's what I'll say Just don't ask me how I am (x3) First stanza and part of the second repeat. and :______________ :______________ ___________________ :______________ :______________ ___________________ :______________ ___________________ :______________ ___________________

IV Answer the following questions as completely and profoundly as possible (4 points each).

1.- Who is Luka? Give a complete description of the speaker of the poem. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2.- What is his problem? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3.- If you could help him, how would you do it? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4.- According to what you know, which are some possible reasons to have a problem like this? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

READING

Living in the moment really does make people happier

Psychologists have found that people are distracted from the task at hand nearly half of the time, and this daydreaming consistently makes them less happy (1) Happiness is found by living in the now, particularly if the now involves having sex, according to a major study into mental wellbeing. But the study also found that people spend nearly half their time (46.7%) thinking about something other than what they are actually doing. (2) The benefits of living in the moment are extolled by many philosophical and religious traditions, but until now there has been scant scientific evidence to support the advice. Psychologists at Harvard University collected information on the daily activities, thoughts and feelings of 2,250 volunteers to find out how often they were focused on what they were doing, and what made them most happy. They found that people were happiest when having sex, exercising or in conversation, and least happy when working, resting or using a home computer. And although subjects minds were wandering nearly half of the time, this consistently made them less happy. (3) The team concluded that reminiscing, thinking ahead and daydreaming tend to make people more miserable, even when they are thinking about something pleasant. Even the most engaging tasks failed to hold peoples full attention. Volunteers admitted to thinking about something else at least 30% of the time while performing these tasks, except when they were having sex, when people typically had their mind on the job around 90% of the time. (4) Human beings have this unique ability to focus on things that arent happening right now. That allows them to reflect on the past and learn from it; it allows them to anticipate and plan for the future; and it allows them to imagine things that might never occur, said Matthew Killingsworth, a doctoral student in psychology and lead author of the study. At the same time, it seems that human beings often use this ability in ways that are not productive and, furthermore, can be destructive to our happiness, he added. (5) For the study, Killingsworth and his supervisor, Daniel Gilbert, author of the 2006 book Stumbling on Happiness, developed a web application for the iPhone that contacted participants at random times during their waking hours. When they received a message, those taking part had to respond with information about what they were doing, by selecting from a list of 22 activities, such as doing housework, shopping, or watching TV. They went on to rate their happiness on a scale from zero to 100, and said whether they were focused, or daydreaming about something positive, negative or neutral. (6) The results showed that happiness was more affected by how often people drifted off, and where they went in their imagination, than by the activity they were doing at the time. The researchers say theyre confident that being distracted was the cause of unhappiness, rather than the other way round. (7) The authors write in the Science journal: A human mind is a wandering mind and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost. Asked why people seemed to be particularly focused during sex, Killingsworth observed: If you were messaged while you were having sex it probably wouldnt turn out so well if you whipped out your iPhone. Sex is one of the few broad categories of activity that requires and perhaps benefits from our full attention. (8) More than 5,000 people have signed up for the happiness study and the researchers hope to attract more so they can look at mental wellbeing in different geographical regions and between the sexes with greater accuracy. Hopefully we will get a lot of new participants from all over the world and will be able to answer questions weve not really been able to ask before, because weve never had this kind of data on peoples experiences, Killingsworth said.

I Fill in the gaps with words from the text (10 points) drift off cognitive wellbeing reminisce anticipate random distracted focused consistently engaging 1.- If you are _______________________, you are not able to concentrate on something. 2.- If something happens _______________________, it happens regularly and in the same way. 3.- A persons _______________________ is the satisfactory state that they should be in, especially as regards their health and security.

4.- If you are _______________________, you are concentrating on a particular aim and you are not wasting time or energy on other things. 5.- If you _______________________, you talk or think about enjoyable experiences in your past. 6.- If a task is _______________________, it is interesting and keeps your attention. 7.- If you _______________________ something, you think that it will probably happen. 8.- If something is _______________________, it is chosen or it happens without any particular method, pattern or purpose. 9.- If you _______________________, you either stop concentrating on something or you fall asleep. 10.- _______________________ processes are those that are connected with recognizing and understanding things. II Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) (5 points). 1.- ______ People spend more than half their time thinking about something other than what they are actually doing. 2.- ______ If your mind wanders, this will make you less happy. 3.- ______ Being distracted is a cause of happiness. 4.- ______ People are happiest when they are having sex, exercising or in conversation. 5.- _______People are very happy when using a home computer. III Choose the best answer according to the text (4 points). 1. Humans unique ability to focus on things that arent happening right now a) can be a major cause of unhappiness. b) allows them to predict the future.. c) requires their full attention. 2. Reminiscing, thinking ahead or daydreaming about something pleasant a) makes people happier. b) makes people less happy. c) fails to hold peoples full attention. 3. Why does the research require greater accuracy? a) because only men have been involved in the research so far b) because the number of people involved in the research was too small to draw accurate conclusions about differences between the sexes c) because it only involved people at Harvard University 4. When were the participants in the study contacted? a) at random times during the night. b) at regular times during the day. c) at random times during the day. IV Find the following words and phrases in the text (16 points). 1.- a four-word expression meaning 1. living for the present moment (para 1) _______________________________________________________ 2.- a verb meaning to praise something in a very enthusiastic way (para 2): ____________________________ 3.- an adjective meaning very little or not enough (para 2) :______________________________ 4.- a two-word phrasal verb meaning to concentrate on something and pay particular attention to it (para 4) :_______________________________________ 5.- a two-word expression meaning all the time that you are awake (para 5) :__________________________________ 6.- a four-word expression meaning vice-versa (para 6) :_____________________________________________________________

7.- a four-word expression meaning to have a negative consequence (para 7) :____________________________________________________________ 8.- a two-word phrasal verb meaning. to take something out very fast (para 7) :_____________________________________________________________