BREAKING HIS LEG A SECOND TIME PUT PETER’S FOOTBALL CAREER………..JEO...

10. Breaking his leg a second time put Peter’s football career………..jeopardy.

IV. Give the correct form of the word. (10 points)

The (1. assert)………. that mathematics has been a major force in the of modern culture

appears to many people (2. credible) ………..or, at best, a rank exaggeration. This

(3.

believe) ………results from a very common but (4. error)

………..conception of what mathematics really is. Influenced by what was taught

in school, the average person regards mathematics as a series of techniques of use only to the

scientists, the engineer and perhaps the (5. finance)………. The reaction to

such teaching is (6. taste) ………. for the subject and a decision to ignore it. When

challenged on this decision, a well-read person can obtain the support of authorities. No less than a (7.

person) ………than Schopenhauer, the philosopher, described mathematics as the (8.

low) ………..activity of the spirit, as is shown by the fact that it can be performed by

a machine. Despite such (9. authority) ……….judgments, the layman’s decision to

ignore mathematics is wrong. The subject is not a series of techniques. These are indeed the least

important aspects. The techniques are mathematics stripped of motivation, (10 reason)

………, beauty and significance.

PART III – READING

I. Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank. (10 points)

The point at which physical decline with age begins adversely to affect a driver’s capacity has

not yet been thoroughly studied. A survey of more than 3,000 road accidents in Michigan 1___ drivers

aged over 55 showed that in eight out of ten cases it was a driver over the age of 71 who had 2___ a

collision by failing to yield, turning carelessly or changing lanes. Older drivers are obviously more