What is said about each of these subjects studied on a social studies course?
Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-H next to Questions 25-30.
A. This will focus on how each generation learns about its own culture.
B. This necessarily includes a study of physics and chemistry.
C. This is studied from the point of view of human behaviour.
D. This will only be covered in terms of its theory.
E. This also covers the distribution of wealth.
F. This includes the study of archaeology.
G. This has received criticism for not being scientific enough.
H. This includes some work on urban planning.
25 Anthropology _____________________
26 Economics _____________________
27 Education_____________________
28 Geography_____________________
29 Law_____________________
30 Sociology and social work_____________________
SECTION 4 Questions 31 -40
Questions 31-37
Choose the correct letter. A, B or C.
31 Students should complete their work on the 1950s
A. if they want to be allowed to continue attending lectures.
B. because they will appreciate the information about the 1960s more.
C. otherwise they face the possibility of being failed for their coursework.
32 According to the lecturer, the ‘baby boom’ happened
A. because of relaxed attitudes in the sixties.
B. during a time of war.
C. because people felt more secure.
33 In the sixties, the USA had 70 million
A. teenagers.
B. babies.
C. adults.
34 According to the lecturer, compared to the 1950s, the 1960s were
A. less conservative.
B. more conservative.
C. just as conservative.
35 According to the lecturer, literature changed the way women
A. over 40 were treated by society.
B. viewed issues of race in society.
C felt about their roles in society.
36 The rate of crime in the sixties
A. rose nine per cent during the decade.
B. was nine times higher than in the fifties.
C. was nine times lower than in the fifties.
37 What happened at the start of the 1960s?
A. the first heart transplant
B. the introduction of the internet
C. the invention of lasers
Questions 38 – 40
Complete the summary letter
Write no more than two words for each answer.
In October 1962, US President Kennedy met advisers to discuss 38_____________which proved that the Cubans were installing nuclear missiles, presumably to use against the US. Kennedy was faced with three choices: to try to resolve the crisis diplomatically; to block the delivery of further weapons into Cuba; or to attack Cuba. Kennedy chose 39__________option, which prevented the build-up of more missiles and led to the withdrawal of the existing ones. Most are agreed that a 40_______________was narrowly avoided by Kennedy’s decision.
10. A – Because the woman says: ‘its £30 a head … times 50 … so that’s £1,500. Fifty per cent of that would be £700 now, with the balance due – another £750 – on the day,’ and the man replies, ‘Great, f 11 call in tomorrow if that’s okay. I can pay you the deposit then.’
SECTION 2
11 B. – because she says: “The East Front, which is the part we see from the road, was added as part of the work done by Queen Victoria and was completed in 1850.’
12. C – because she says: ‘The last major changes to the structure were made by King George the Fifth who, in 1913, had the East Front redesigned.’
13 C – because she says: ‘the palace was bombed seven times during the Second World War, most seriously in 1940.’
14 A – because she says: ‘It was George the Fourth who turned it into a palace, doubling its size, when he became king in 1820.’
15 A – because she says: ‘King George the Third who, in 1761, had become the first royal owner of the building, though it was still not used as the home of the royal family – just as a private home for Queen Charlotte. It was known as The Queen’s House at that time.’
16 A – because she says: ‘in 1834, he offered it as a new home for Parliament after the Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire’
17 B – because she says: ‘in 1837, when Victoria became Queen’, ‘Victoria was also responsible for moving the Marble Arch’ and ‘Victoria died in 1901’.
18 8,000/8000/eight thousand
19 350
20 state rooms
SECTION 3
21 (our) past mistakes
22 what they thought
23 in a job
24 flexible and adaptable
25 F because she says: ‘The first one was anthropology, which he said would cover pre-history and archaeology as well’.
26 C – because she says: ‘this was not meant to mean that we will spend all our time looking at economic theory, but more that we need to see how humans behave’.
27 A – because she says: ‘we’ll be looking at how cultural information is handed down from one generation to the next through teaching children’.
28 H – because she says: ‘in relation to urban planning’.
29 E – because he says: ‘laws affect the way wealth is distributed’.
30 G – because he says: ‘In sociology and social work, and in social science generally, they can only study patterns of behaviour and observe. If you compare that to the way scientists work in physics or chemistry, it’s very different because they use specific experiments that can be tested and which give concrete answers. Social studies is often accused of being unscientific.’
SECTION 4
31 B – because he says: ‘if for no other reason than it will help make sense of the next series of lectures’.
32 C – because he says: ‘the post-war baby boom. With the end of the Second World War in 1945, there began in the USA an era of perceived prosperity and security. In short, people started to feel that that the world was a much better and safer place to bring up children.
33 A – because he says: seventy million in the USA alone – were teenagers’
34 A – because he says: ‘the more conservative atmosphere of the preceding decade’.
35 C – because he says: ‘The role of women changed and, uh, equality for women.. .well, lets just say that once certain books were published, women were no longer going to be satisfied with their roles as devoted wives and mothers’.
36 B – because he says: ‘The crime rate rose to nine times what it was in the fifties’.
37 C – because he says: ‘lasers being invented at the start of the decade’.
A. advises environmentally responsible companies and consumers
B. helps such companies educate consumers
C. advises consumers to buy green products
Question 25
Write ONE WORD for your answer.
What type of pollutant does Joan say is found at high levels in two Arctic animals?
________________
Questions 26 and 27
Choose TWO letters, A-E,
Why did John and Joan buy a new fridge?
A. Their old one was not working well,
B. Their old one was too large,
C. To save energy
D. They didn’t like the old one,
E. To save money on electricity bills
Questions 28 – 30
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
28. What are POPs?
29. What type of illness does Joan mention?
30. Where do John and Joan get most of their vegetables from?
SECTION 4 Questions 31-40 Questions 31 and 32
Complete the following sentence. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
The professor says studying properly uses our 31. ________________and gives us 32. ________________
Questions 33 and 34
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
What two things does the professor say can be challenged by crosswords and computer games?
33. ________________
34. ________________
Questions 35 – 37
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
What two immediate benefits of physical exercise does the professor mention?
35. ________________
36. ________________ and memory
37. The professor says we do things better when we do them in places that we ________________ a particular activity.
Question 38
Choose the correct letter, A-C.
The professor says it is good to study in a library because of
A. the quiet
B. the academic atmosphere
C. the relaxing environment
Questions 39 and 40
Complete the sentence with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
The professor says questions raised before you start studying are like 39. ________________ and every forty or fifty minutes you should think back and 40. ________________
