PAU A psychological test

A psychological test

A friend of mine told me recently about a test designed to determine if a child is going to be successful in the adult world.  I'm not sure how scientific the test was intended to be or if my friend remembered the details accurately, but here goes.  four--,,ear-old child is in the psychologist’s office.  There is a delicious looking chocolate en the table.  The chocolate is easy for the child to see and is perfectly accessible.  The psychologist engages the child in conversation for a few minutes and then pretends that she has to leave the office.

          "If the chocolate is still there when I come back," she says, "I'11 give it to you and another one.  But if you eat that chocolate before 1 get back, there won't be another!

Well, most of the children apparently took a 'bird-in-the-hand' view and ate the chocolate while the psychologist was away.  A few, however, exercised self-control and left it well alone.  Ten years later, it seems, the children who didn't eat the chocolate were showing more signs of success in their studies.  Why The idea, it seems, is that instead of being subject to their immediate impulses, they are capable of sacrifice in the short term in order to gain in the long term.

 ( Comprehension (3 points: 1 per question)

Answer questions 1-3 according to the information given in the text.  Use your own words.

1.      What do the psychologist and the child do in the office?

2.      Why does the psychologist leave the office?

3.      Which students were less successful  in their studies?

LEXICON  (1 points: 0.5 points per question)

1.      Find one synonym in the text for "simulate".

2.      Find in the text the word which has the following definition :"easy to reach".

3.      Give one opposite of "gain" .

4.      Find one synonym in the text meaning "triumph".

GRAMMAR  (1 points: 0.5 points per question)

1.      Put the following sentence into the passive voice:  Most of the children ate the chocolate.

2.      Put the following sentence into reported speech:

The psychologist told the child, "Wait here for a moment."

3.      Rewrite the following sentence with no change in meaning:

The child was very hungry, so he ate the chocolate.

The child was so...  '.

4.      Provide a question for this answer: That's the psychologist's office.

 PRODUCTION  (3 points).

Write a composition (80-100words).Choose one of the following topics. Specify your option.

1.      Would you like to be a psychologist?  Why? Why not?

2.     ‘ Fast food is good for your health´ .Discuss