Unit 2 Test | Group A

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

LISTENING
1 Track 02 Listen to a lecture and answer the questions.
1 How many people in the US are not able to use fast Internet? ________________________________
2 Apart from smartphones, e-readers and video-game consoles, what other devices have been sold in great
numbers lately? ________________________________
3 According to the lecture, where do wealthy people use their electronic items? _______________________
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4 What harm may exclusion from the technological revolution cause to countries? ______________________
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5 What do children in developing countries receive from a social project? _____________________________
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VOCABULARY
2 Read the statements and choose T (true) or F (false).
1 Cutting-edge products are often outdated. T/F
2 If a plan is feasible, it’s possible to put it into effect. T/F
3 When you merge one thing with another, you pick them up. T/F
4 You use your lungs to breathe. T/F
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs from the box. There is one extra word.
brainstorm suspend use predict do make
1 You need to ______________ judgment before you consider all the strengths and weaknesses of the new
solution.
2 Medicine has ______________ huge strides in fighting cancer.
3 We are here today to ______________ solutions on how we can overcome our obstacles. Any suggestions?
4 Apart from your knowledge you should ______________ your intuition from time to time.
5 It’s rather impossible at this stage to ______________ the effects of this treatment on the population.
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GRAMMAR
4 Choose the correct options.
1 Daisy is seeing / would see her tutor at 10 in his office today.
2 My class is / was about to participate in a lecture on genetically modified food. I can’t wait.
3 By 2 pm we will consider / have been considering our alternatives for three hours.
4 Someone said the new engine will / would enhance the quality of the air we breathe in.
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5 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 The conference __________________________ (take) place on December 20th but it was cancelled.
2 I don’t think trips to the moon __________________________ (be) possible very soon.
3 The doctors decided that the patient __________________________ (undergo) surgery the same day.
4 By this time next month, the two companies __________________________ (merge).
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USE OF ENGLISH
6 Complete the text with the correct words formed from the words in brackets.
Many people still think that it is only artists that have 1 ________________ (create) minds, and criticism is
often aimed at 2 ________________ (science) that they tend to lack imagination. But it’s not true. In order to
3 ________________ (identity) the possible solutions to some of the world’s greatest scientific problems, you
need considerable powers of creation. No achievement would be possible without it. Another skill you need is
the ability to use your 4 ________________ (intuit) – a form of imaginative thinking. Finally, suspending
5 ________________ (judge) can stop you from disregarding other people’s ideas.
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READING
7 Read the article and match sentences A–F to gaps 1–5 in the text. There is one extra sentence.
The Knowledge Society
The world is changing at a faster rate than at any time in its history. The global explosion of the Internet,
the rate of technological innovation and the changing structure of society are nothing short of a new
technological revolution. 1 ___ The developed world is already almost fully digital and the rest of the world is
catching up fast. This means that fundamental changes in how society operates in a digital world will rapidly
emerge.
Just as agriculture became less and less a central part of the world economy as manufacturing took over,
so manufacturing will give way to a more knowledge- and service-based economy. 2 ___ Also, the people
with the greatest technical skills will be some of the most in-demand workers.
Traditional work in manufacturing will slowly be taken over by machines that are better at doing mechanical
repetitive work. 3 ___ Artificial intelligence will also have a growing role in society and in the workplace, even
in areas such as predictive policing – just like in the film Minority Report.
Another huge issue for society in the future will be an ageing population. 4 ___ This means that there will be
a smaller proportion of young people. One consequence of this will be that people will have to work longer and
perhaps never fully retire. Many people will probably be working from home, as there will be less of a need
to physically go to a workplace. Undoubtedly, this will suit an older workforce more than the current system.
5 ___ There might be less privacy when the devices we use are tracking our every move, but we will have
access to unprecedented amounts of knowledge and information. Work will be more interesting, as robots
and artificial intelligence take over mundane tasks. It’s one of the most exciting periods of history ever.
A There are both pros and cons related to changes in society in a digital world.
B This will mean that millions of unskilled workers will lose their jobs over the coming decades and will need
to retrain.
C Health and education will be two of the world’s biggest industries in the coming years.
D Over half the world is already connected to the Internet.
E Moreover, the new technology may be seen as harmful to the young mind.
F Not only will people be living longer, but they will also be having fewer children.
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SPEAKING
8 Complete the presentation with the phrases from the box. Put the words in the correct order.
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I’d to your like attention draw addition in this to
Dear fellow students,
Today, I’m going to talk about the advantages of e-books over traditional print books. There are
1 _____________________________ e-books are better but I’m going to mention just a few.
2 _____________________________, e-books are portable and lightweight so you can carry them
everywhere. On a plane, to school, to a café – your e-reader is a far lighter burden.
3 _____________________________, the device you read e-books on has a built-in light. This means you can
read lying in bed, late at night without having the bedroom light on.
4 _____________________________ the costs. Although there are exceptions, e-books are usually 30 to 50%
cheaper than paper books. There are also free books on the Internet and it is often the reason why so many
people prefer them.
Finally, 5 _____________________________ to the fact that e-books are more eco-friendly. No trees are cut
down to make them. If everybody switched to e-books, it would save thousands of square km of forests.
OK, that’s all from me. Thank you.
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WRITING
9 Ostatnio wziąłeś/wzięłaś udział w konferencji online na temat postępu technologicznego w medycynie.
Napisz artykuł na szkolną stronę internetową, w którym przedstawisz wybraną innowację, jaką naukowcy
planują zastosować w medycynie, oraz wyrazisz opinię na jej temat.
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