Do the personality quiz to discover what type of

person you are:

A. Write Y for Yes, N for No, S for Sometimes.

__ 1. Are you usually smiling and happy?

__ 2. Do you enjoy the company of other people?

__ 3. Do you find it difficult to meet new people?

__ 4. Is it important to you to succeed in your career?

__ 5. Does your mood change often and suddenly for no reason?

__ 6. Do you notice other people's feelings?

__ 7. Do you think the future will be good?

__ 8. Can your friends depend on you?

__ 9. Is your room often in a mess?

__ 10.Do you get annoyed if you have to wait for anyone or anything?

__ 11.Do you put off until tomorrow what you can do today?

__ 12.Do you work hard?

__ 13.Do you keep your feelings and ideas to yourself?

__ 14.Do you often give presents?

__ 15.Do you talk a lot?

__ 16.Are you usually calm and not worried by things?

B. Match these adjectives with the questions in the quiz:

a) untidy _9 i) lazy__

b) optimistic__ j) generous__

c) sociable__ k) moody__

d) talkative__ l) hard-working__

e) reserved__ m)easy-going__

f) shy__ n) reliable__

g) impatient__ o) cheerful__

h) ambitious__ p) sensitive__

17.*** A Teacher's Story

A. Read the first part of the following text:

Part 1

He was just another kid. Most teachers, understandably, might hope that he would transfer to another school or, at least, be assigned to another teacher. When Johnny (as we'll call him) came to his suburban school, he was seven and a half years old and had already attended school elsewhere. He came with his younger brother George, but because George was noticeably bigger and somewhat more settled in his behavior, everyone assumed that Johnny was the younger brother.

Johnny was small for his age. Perhaps, that was one of the reasons he became what in another age might have been called 'a troubled boy'. He was moody and impetuous, always at an extreme of temper, weeping one minute, laughing boisterously the next. And he fought - a lot. He had lived in a tough neighbourhood, where rough-and-tumble fighting was a way of life and a young scrapper was admired by his peers and elders. Perhaps, in this quiet, suburban school, fighting was the one way he felt he could make his mark. So, he provoked quarrels, finding insults almost as if he were looking for them. For example, he talked a lot about his uncle away in the Navy, exaggerating his rank and heroism and picking a fight with anyone who disputed these claims. Sometimes he would go into fits of rage so violent that the only one who could control him was his brother George, who, because he was heavier and stronger, pinned him down and sat on him until his tantrum wore itself out. Once, when he was thirteen, his younger brother Tommy had entered the school and suffered some injustice (or so it was thought). Johnny physically assaulted the offending teacher. No doubt about it, he was a problem.

"But what could you expect," one can almost hear teachers say to one another, "what with his family background and all". His father had been killed in an accident, returning home on a rainslick street in the early hours of morning after a night of eating and drinking. His mother, rumoured to be of questionable morals, may have abandoned her children to a relative's care after her husband's death. At any rate, just two months later she married a young man who just a little over a year after the marriage left his wife. Soon, according to local gossip, she was living with another man in a nearby community.

Johnny's grandmother soon took her grandchildren to live with her, but the three boys stayed in the same school. His mother finally returned when Johnny was about thirteen, but by then she was dying of the illness that was the scourge of the day.

Johnny was fourteen when she died. He heard the news at school.

But this is not John's story. Not really. It is the story of his school, and especially the story of one of its teachers. For the seven years Johnny had been at this school - a mostly indifferent pupil, often a disruptive one - it had been the most stable influence in his life. Schools often are, for troubled children. It was not an unusual school, but it wasn't ordinary, either. It was a liberal school. Its curriculum went well beyond the typical fare of public schools in the area, which was confined mostly to a recognized 'canon' of work. The principal, a Mr. Clarke, was a thoughtful, progressive educator, who encouraged students to pursue a wide variety of interests and brought intellectuals in as special guests.

Since Johnny was not much interested in reading or literature, he was set to work on a book about business, about making money. He had developed an interest in sports and become something of a class clown, but he was still touchy, combative, and unpredictable.

Mr. Clarke's son, Charles, had been an older student in the school when Johnny first enrolled; later he returned as a teacher. He befriended the bellicose youngster, directing him and joining him in a program of individualized reading. Perceiving Johnny's talents to lie in "some military capacity", he encouraged him to read a then-famous book about war.

B. Correct the false statements. Tick the statements that are true:

1.Johnny was a mostly indifferent pupil, but he never was a disruptive one.

2. Johnny was as tall as the other pupils of his age.

3. Unfortunately, Johnny was impetuous.

4. Despite his happy family background he was moody, always at an extreme of

temper.

5. There was nobody at school to control him.

6. Johnny’s grandmother took her grandchildren to live with her because she disliked

their tough neighbourhood.

7. Schools never have any influence on troubled children.

8. His was a liberal school.

9. The curriculum at Johnny’s school was confined to a recognized “canon” of work.

10.The principal never invited anybody interesting to his school.

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