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1 Congratulations on ... all your exams!

2 No one likes ... an exam . I hope she will do better next time .

3 When are you ... your English exam, in May or June?

4 Maria is ... her English exam so hard, she doesn't go out at all!

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5 Do you think it is possible to ... everything that we have studied during the year in two days before the exam?

6 My friend has a very good memory, she can ... a long poem easily.

7 If you want to master foreign pronunciation , you should have enough patience to ... phrases after the tape for many times in a row.

8 No matter how hard he tried , he couldn't ... the list of irregular verbs the teacher gave in class .

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How people learn... There aren't any handouts, I'm afraid, but anyway ... One theory is the VARK system. V-A-R-K means V or visual, A for auditory, like hearing, R for reading and K for, I don't

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know how to pronounce this ... kinaesthetic? Yes, that's it. Kinaesthetic. That

means things like touch, movement and stuff. Anyway, according to the VARK system, depending on your learning style, you learn in different ways. If you're a visual learner, then you need to use charts and pictures, use colour highlighting in your notes, and stuff. If you're an auditory learner, then reading aloud and listening will help you learn. Reading is just reading, of course. You learn by reading. Kinaesthetic learners need to move around while they learn. You're a kind of hands-on person if you're that kind of a

learner, so you should revise while standing up and walking around the room, for example. Anyway, that's just one theory. There are lots of others, too.

So, to conclude then, personally I think that we all have our own learning styles and we are not just one type or another. In other words, we are probably a blend of lots of styles. I don't think any of the learning styles I've told you about is better than any other. I think the problem is that we all learn in different ways, and try to find a system to fit in all the different ways

we learn. We are too creative to be boxed in like that. Not everything about the human brain can be mapped and predicted. How we learn is different for each person , so the point I'm making is I don't know how useful it is to try to categorise everyone into types .

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(1) People who take a year out before going to university and use that time to gain more skills are more attractive candidates for jobs than those who go straight from school to university, according to research for the Department for Education. The research says that employersare particularly interested in the skills

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year agency, says, "It's a brilliant thing to

do. If you're focus ing on getting ahead , employers love it: it shows character, confidence,achieving goals and persistence. "

(3) School-leavers can choose from a wide range of activities for their gap year. They can take part in an adventure project, like an expedition to

some remotecorner of the earth, which can be really exciting and it has the

advantage of travelling as part of a group and making some life-long friends . They can work ona conservation or environmental project, like

conductingan underwater surveyof a coral reef or

monitoring an endangered species . They can do temporary or seasonal work abroad and this way get insightinto a very different way of life. They can join a humanitarian project, such as doing social work with people in need. Or they can join a structured work experience programme and gain valuableexperience and practical skills in their chosen field . Mr Underwood says, "I maturedduring my gap year. I grew up. You come back with a real sense of achievement and a new perspective on life."

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(4) But some locations aren't for the faint-hearted .Voluntary work can be tough.You may be out in the middle of nowhere, feeling isolatedand having trouble coping with the complete culture shock . So it's important to research the opportunities fully and take time to read what other 'gappers' have to say about their experience of volunteering overseas .And it's also important to plan the year properly. According to the research of the

Department for Education and Skills, too many students fail to plan properly and do not take advantage of the opportunities on offer. This can turn the gap into a blank hole. As Mr Underwood says , "There's a great difference between doing a structured placement and going on an extendedholiday

in some exotic place. Students who are doing volunteering get an awful lot of good experiences. Employers are falling over themselves for

those maturing skills , which they think universities don't give ."

G) Read the article again paying attention to the words in bold and consulting a dictionary if necessary. Decide which of the following messages (a-g) is not included in it.

c Many students use their gap year to pay for their university education . dVoluntary work in another culture can broaden your view of the world. eSome students can have negative gap year experiences.

fA number of students do not use their gap year well.

gSome students find it difficult to adjust to further education after a gap year.

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c carrying out (research, a survey) effort or are easily

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dcarefully watching a situation to see how it changes- ... (3)

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something, especially something complicated- ... (3)

9in a remote place- ... (4)

hbeing very eager for something- ... (4)

6 Look for five types of gap year activities in paragraph 3 of the article.

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