UNIT 6
A The Honesty Questionnaire
Read the questionnaire and answer the questions as honestly as you can. Then work out your score and see what it tells you about yourself.
You are spending the weekend at a friend's house. While you are doing the washing up, you accidentally crack what was clearly an expensive wine glass. Would you:
A  hide the glass in the dustbin and hope that no one noticed? B   explain what had happened and perhaps offer to buy a new
put the glass in the cupboard and not mention it? say that someone else had broken it?
You are with a small group of people on holiday. Someone expresses some strong political views on a subject, which you disagree with violently. Would you: A  say that you thought they were right ? B   tell them quite bluntly that you thought they were talking rubbish?
C   suggest tactfully that there were other ways of looking at
the question? D  try and change the subject?
You are a member of a team playing a tennis match. At an important point in the game, your opponent hits the ball, which lands very near the line, and he/she asks you if the ball was in. You saw clearly that it was. Would you:
A  play fair and say that the ball was in and give your opponent the point?
B   cheat and say the ball was out and take the point yourself? C  say it would be best to play the point again ? D  say you were not sure?
You and your boyfriend/girlfriend have been invited to a party, but you know your partner doesn't really want to go. You want to go because you know that someone you are very attracted to will be there. Would you:
A  try and discourage your partner from going with you? B   be open and tell your partner why you really want to go? C   not go to the party at all?
D  leave your partner to decide by himself/herself whether or not to go with you?
You work in a dress shop and you get paid commission on the dresses you sell. A woman is interested in a dress which does not suit her and asks you what you think of it. Would you: A  say it looks lovely but that you have seen something that
might look even nicer? B   say only that you have seen another dress that might suit
her more?
C   tell her bluntly that it doesn't suit her?
D  tell her that it looks very nice and is an excellent choice?
You have just found out that the boyfriend/girlfriend of a very close friend of yours has been seeing someone else. Your friend, who suspects something, asks if you know anything. Would you: A  beat about the bush and say that you weren't sure either way?
B   be frank and tell them what you have heard? C   deny that you know anything?
D suggest that he/she should talk to their partner about it because it might be true?
'   You are selling your car because it has been very unreliable and has been very difficult to start, especially in the mornings. Someone from a town a long way away wants to buy it and has just asked you if it is reliable when starting. Would you:
A   say that you have never had any serious problems with it?
B   say that you are selling it because it is so bad at starting? C   try and cheat them by saying that it was particularly good at starting?
D  say that it has been giving a bit of trouble recently but that the problem can be fixed easily?
!   Some people you know but find a bit boring have invited you to dinner at their house. Would you: A say that you didn't want to go and why? B   accept and say that you were looking forward to it? C   say that you couldn't go because you were going to be busy?
D  say you'd love to go, and then not turn up?
9   A friend of yours at school took a teacher's motorbike for fun, but had a crash and damaged the bike before returning it. The teacher has just asked you if you know anything about it. Would you:
A  tell the teacher you think somebody completely different did it?
B   say you know nothing about it? C   tell the teacher that your friend was responsible? D  tell a white lie and then try and persuade your friend to tell the teacher himself?
10   Someone you know has had her hair done. She looks awful, but the haircut cost a lot of money. Would you: A  not mention her haircut at all? B   tell her it suits her wonderfully? C  say it will take time to get used to it? D  ask her if she has had a fight with a hair dryer?
Now use the table below to add up your points, and see how honest you are.
1 A-2	B-4	C-3	D-l	6	A-2	B-4	C-l	D-3
2 A-l	B-4	C-3	D-2	7	A-2	B-4	C-l	D-3
3 A-4	B-l	C-3	D-2	8	A-4	B-2	C-3	D-l
4 A-l	B-4	C-3	D-2	9	A-l	B-2	C-4	D-3
5 A-2	B-3	C-4	D-l	10	A-2	B-l	C-3	D-4
Score:								
10-16 You are not really the sort of person who would make a good friend. You lie, cheat and deceive people (including yourself) all the time. At times your dishonesty could almost be criminal. You had better learn to tell the truth, because you will never have any real friends if you carry on like this.
17-27 You don't tell the truth all the time, do you? You perhaps try to tell yourself that you lie to protect other people's feelings, but there is a little more to it than that. You are secretive, unreliable and a little untrustworthy. Try and be a little more open with your friends and the people you love, and don't try and avoid serious problems by lying.
28-35 You would be a good person to have as a friend. You can be trusted and don't delight in making people feel bad for no reason. You are the sort of person who can keep a promise and you don't run away from problems that need to be talked about. The only real lies you would tell are white lies as you are tactful and caring.
36-40 You must be very difficult to live with. You say exactly what you think. You like to think you are straight and honest, but you are often very blunt and rude, and hurt people's feelings for no reason. You are extremely open, and when someone asks you for an opinion, they know they will get the truth. But are you sure that the absolute truth is really what they always want to hear?
B  Vocabulary 1
D Use of English 1
Choose a word or phrase from the questionnaire that means the opposite of the word or phrase in the table below. There is an example at the beginning (0).
honesty	0 dishonesty
1	tactlessly
2	to cheat
3	to be secretive
reliable	4
to tell the truth	5 _
6	to break a promise
C Language study 1
Rewrite these sentences using wish and if only. Use the word in bold.
Example:
I'm so tired of listening to your complaints, would
I wish you would stop complaining.
1 It's such a shame Peter isn't here, wish
I_here.
2 I hate having so few friends, only
If_friends.
3 I would be so happy if the weather was warmer, wish
I_warmer.
4 It's such a shame we can't be friends, only
If_friends.
5 Do you ever regret not being famous? wish
Do you_famous?
6 It's such a pity I'm so bad at maths, better
If_maths.
Read these descriptions of two TV programmes. Decide which word, A, B, C or D, best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Film: Wall Street (C4, 10.25 p.m.)
'Greed is good,' (0) saYs Gecko (Michael Douglas), a
1980s businessman who (1)_a fortune from
buying companies and selling them off. He (2)_
together with an ambitious youngster (Charlie Sheen)
and (3)_out a plan for an even bigger take-over.
However, it (4)_out that the young man's father
will (5)_his job if Gecko (6)_to bring the
deal (7)_. The action (8)_place in New York,
where the director's father was a broker, and the bitter view seems to be based on personal experience. (Dir. Oliver Stone, 1987)
Film: Abandoned (BBC1, 11.15 p.m.)
This tense TV thriller tells the (9)_of Mary Bligh
(Elizabeth Dow), who (10)_money from a London
gang so that she can feed her family. When they
realize that she will never be able to (11)_back
the money they have (12)_her, they force her to
take part in their (13)_activities. She runs away
and several members of her family are killed. When
she later (14)_a fortune on the Lottery, she
returns to take (15)_on the criminals.
(Dir. Harry Benson, 1996)
0	A tells	B says	C speaks	D talks
1	A pays	B earns	C deals	D does
2	A works	B meets	C comes	D gets
3	A works	B takes	C puts	D makes
4	A turns	B comes	C ends	D happens
5	A sack	Bfire	C miss	D lose
6	A realizes	B succeeds	C achieves	D manages
7	A off	Bup	C over	D out
8	A takes	Bhas	C holds	D finds
9	A plot	B events	C story	D plan
10	A borrows	B lends	C gains	D pays
11	A pay	Bbuy	Clend	D owe
12	A lent	B borrowed	C owed	D bought
13	A thief	B crook	C criminal	D gangster
14	A gains	B wins	C earns	D has
15	A attack	B revenge	C repayment	D return
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E   Language study 2
Complete the letter from a TV viewer to the programme Viewpoint. Use the correct form of the words in capitals. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Dear Viewpoint,
I am becoming increasingly (0) worried about the quality of programmes on television. I have therefore
decided to write to say how (1)_I am that
you cannot think of anything more (2)_to
offer the public.
I was very [3)_
to hear that you are
planning to show even more police dramas, which
many people find very (4)_, and I doubt
whether any viewers will he (5)_by your
new (and probably very (6)_ drama series.
hospital
A few years ago, there were far more (7)_
documentaries and (8)_films on TV, but
everything seems to have changed. I find it
19]_that your standards have fallen so low,
but, sadly, I am not [10)_that things will
improve.
0 WORRY
1 DISAPPOINT
2 INTEREST
3 ANNOY
4 BORE
5 AMUSE
6 DEPRESS
7 FASCINATE
8 EXCITE
9 ASTONISH 10 CONVINCE
F   Language study 3
Look at these situations and imagine what each person might say, using / wish ....
G Use of English 2
ACROSS
Remember: use would(n't) when you are complaining about someone els's behaviour, but do not say: I wish I would...
Examples:
Jenny's son has a lot of annoying habits. I wish he wouldn't make such a mess.
Anna told her horrible boss exactly what she thought of him yesterday, and now she is worried.
/ wish I hadn't been so rude to him.
1  Jenny's son is complaining about his mother.
2 George sold his shares a few weeks ago for 235p and now they have gone up to 894p.
3 Jason is fed up with the behaviour of Sam, one of the other students in his class.
4 Lars has just started his military service, and doesn't like they way they treat him.
5 Mick is in prison.
6 Harry has just split up with his girlfriend because she was unhappy with the way he behaved.
7 Peter went for a drive and is now completely lost.
8 Mrs Green's children have left home, and they rarely get in touch with her.
Rewrite these sentences using the word in bold.
1  I didn't find his jokes at all amusing.
by
I was.
.his jokes.
2 He regrets resigning, because he can't find a job. wishes
He_because he can't find a job.
3 Could I borrow your bike this afternoon?
lend
Could
. this afternoon?
4 I hate the way you treat my mother, wish
I_my mother like that.
5 I wasn't frightened by the film, but my sister was terrified.
find
I didn't_, but my sister was
terrified.
6 It's such a pity I lost her phone number, only
If_her phone number.
H Vocabulary 2
Find the missing adjectives or prepositions and write them in the squares. Look for words like responsible for and proud of. The number in brackets at the end of each clue tells you how long the word is.
1
10
11
13
16
I'm not surprised that he forgot your birthday. It's
absolutely typical_him. (2j
The gunman should not be approached. He is
highly dangerous and is_of doing almost
anything - including shooting. (7)
You behaved very badly at the party. Even I was
quite shocked_some of the things you said. (2)
Jan passed all her exams with good grades, so she
was very_with her results. |7|
I think I'm going to try and get a new job. I'm fed
_with the way my boss shouts at me. (2)
Jane's terribly_about what has happened to
her cat. It hasn't been home for three days. (7) I've always needed a calculator, because I'm not
exactly brilliant_maths. (2)
She suffers from claustrophobia - that means she's_of enclosed spaces. (6)
You really needn't have bought me a present, but it's very_of you all the same. (4)
17 I was always terrible_tennis because I've got
such bad eyesight. (2)
18 I find languages very difficult to learn, but I'm quite_at science. (4)
20 The opposite of yes. (2)
22 I feel very_for George. He has had such an
unhappy life. (5)
23 My teacher was very pleased_me because I
got all the answers right. (4)
DOWN
You'll have to type this letter again, I'm afraid. It's
__spelling mistakes. (4,2)
How did you manage to do such a difficult sum so
quickly? It was very_of you. (6)
Why was he shouting at you? What was he so angry_? (5)
She's crying because she's upset_some of
the things you said. (2) The children are really.
. about their holiday
12
13
14
15
16
in Disneyland next week. (7)
She's very fond_her nephew. (2)
She's very quick_running. (2)
You shouldn't have started eating before they sat
down. It was very__you. (4,2)
I've never been interested_politics. (2)
She's very_on gardening. In fact, she spends
most of her free time doing it. (4) 17 The contract is fine, on the whole, but there are
one or two things I'm not happy_. (5)
19  I've interviewed a few people hut so far there's
been no one I've been very impressed_. (2)
21  I like tennis a lot, but I'm not all that keen_
squash. (2)
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