ELEMENTARY TEST
A. READING
Learning is Brain Change
Everybody has a brain, but not many people know how the brain works.
Some people believe that the brain is like the hard disk of a computer. We use it to
restore files – images, language (words, texts, sounds) and other data. Others
compare the brain to a huge container or cupboard with lots of little drawers,
shelves and boxes in it. We put information into these boxes and hope to find it
again later.
The brain is not a computer disk, and it isn’t a container. Look at the picture
here. It looks a bit like weeds in a garden, doesn’t it? The picture actually shows a
child’s neocortex – a part of the brain. You can guess what happen – more ‘weeds’
grow as the child gets older. Scientists call these neuronal networks, the networks
grow around our neurons or nerve cells. What makes them grow? Learning!
‘Learning is brain change’ says Professor James Zull from Case Western
University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. ‘Without learning, nothing changes in the
brain. For every new word you learn in your English lesson, every puzzle you
solve in maths, every new song you learn to sing, a neuronal network grows in
your brain and the brain changes.’
The more neuronal networks are grown, the better we can think and the
better we remember. You may wonder if there is anything you can do to make the
networks in your brain grow better. Professor Zull says yes, there is. He says that
brain change is strongest when a.) you are interested in and like what you are
learning. b.) you are in control of what you learn and c.) you get challenging tasks
that make you think hard and concentrate. Understanding a challenging task make
you feel good and develops your brain!
1. Do the people trust that the brain is like the hard disk of the file?
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2. What is the brain used?
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3. What do the scientists call to the what happen- - more “weeds” grow as the
child gets olders?
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4. What do make the networks grow around our neurons?
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5. When the brain change is the strongest?
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B. GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY
I. Complete the sentence with some or any!
1. There are _______ pineapples in the fridge.
2. I’d like _______ tomatoes for making juice.
3. No, I don’t want ______ fruits.
4. There isn’t ______ coffee.
5. Do you have ______ apple?
6. I don’t have .............. money.
7. I need ………….books to learn English.
8. Does she have …………..brothers?
9. My mother buys …………… vegetables for cooking.
10. She does like watching …………..movies.
II. Complete the sentences with a, an, the or -!
1) ___ Sun rises in ___ east.
2) I need ___ new notebook.
3) Tom will go to ___ cinema with Elise.
4) My family went to ___ beach for our holiday.
5) Could you hand me ___ pen? Any color is fine.
6) Rose is ___ most beautiful flower.
7) The trip to ___ beach took us ___ hour.
8) I bought ___ bag full of cherries.
9) Ana found ___ unique item while shopping.
10) My brother went to ___ university in Singapore.
11) Do you know that dolphin is ___ mammal?
12) Can you bring ___ small box please?
13) She is ___ class president.
14) Where is ___ English dictionary?
15) Please give Ben ___ white hat. ___ black one is too small.
III. Choose the correct answer!
1. The answer for the Maths test was so difficult, I had to think/ guess for a long
time.
2. If you don’t know the correct answer, you must guess/imagine one!
3. Please believe/think that you will get best score for the English Test.
4. I am exhausted. I don’t think/ realise that I can do the Science Practice.
5. Can you imagine/ concentrate in your Interview Test?
C. WRITING
I. Complete tables by writing sentences using much or many!
No Much Many
a.
b.
c.
II. Make three examples of using for and since!
No for since
a.
b.
c.
II. Make three examples of using the past simple and the present perfect of each
verbs!
No Verbs Simple Past Present Perfect
.
a. Meet
b. Visit
c. Sign
D. SPEAKING
E. LISTENING
