Test 5 Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2001 This page may be photocopied for use in the class 1 Test 5 Name Class Use your English 1 Read this text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space[.]
Test Name Class _ Use your English Read this text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space Life in 50 years’ time (1) very different from life today People (2) any more, because robots (3) them As a result, humans (4) more time to spend on themselves and more time to think There (5) no books; all the existing books (6) scanned into computers and the information in them (7) available on computer disks People (8) underground or underwater in specially-built colonies as the atmosphere on earth (9) dangerous Robots (10) all the housework They (11) able to think and solve all our practical problems There (12) no need to have babies, as it (13) normal to clone humans We (14) special videophones to communicate with each other and our shopping or order food, which (15) to our doors by robots A will be B is C is about to be D will have been A won’t work B won’t be working C aren’t working D won’t have A will replace B will have replaced C are replacing D will be replacing A will have B will have had C will be having D are having A are B will have been C will be D will be being A will be being B will have been C will be D are being A is B will be being C will have been D will be A have lived B will live C will have lived D are living A has become B will become C will have become D will be 10 A will B are going to C will have done D will be done 11 A are also B will also be C will have been D are about to be 12 A is B has been C will be D will have been 13 A becomes B will become C will be becoming D will have 14 A will be using B will have used C use D are about to use 15 A will be delivering B will deliver C will be delivered D will have worked becoming become delivered Marks: Choose the correct tense (future continuous, future perfect simple, future perfect continuous) to complete these sentences This time tomorrow we (lie) on the beach! Life on earth (change) a lot by the year 2050 By the time I am twenty I (study) English for eight years Don’t call me after eleven I (sleep) I’m sure I (finish) my homework by midnight By the time I retire I (work) for forty-seven years Human clones (walk) in the streets in fifty years’ time Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2001 This page may be photocopied for use in the class /15 People (work) from home in twenty years’ time 10 We (go) away in a few days Marks: /10 Words, words, words Read this text and think of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space My friend Tom and I went to attend a lecture (1) human cloning given by Professor Cloneman We were both very interested (2) the subject, as there had been a lot of discussion (3) it recently on the television and in newspapers Professor Cloneman began by saying that he approved (4) research (5) human cloning, provided it was only done by scientists in university labs, and that he was not at all afraid (6) the consequences He said that he believed (7) science and did not think that scientific progress would ever result in anything harmful to human beings In answer (8) questions from the audience, he gave many examples (9) how cloning could help doctors fight certain diseases, especially cancer He referred (10) transplants and explained how organs to be transplanted could be produced using cloning techniques and concluded that the truth about cloning is very different (11) what the media would have us believe The professor’s ideas made an impression on us and started us thinking about the possibilities I must admit I am a bit nervous (12) the prospect of human cloning on a large scale and I’m definitely not too keen (13) having myself cloned, but when Tom and I chatted (14) it later, I was shocked at the way he insisted (15) getting some clones of himself made so that they could help him all the things he didn’t have time to now Marks: Choose the correct word or phrase A, B, C or D to complete these sentences Clones of a person will all look _ A same B similar C identical D common C debate D conversation The _ on cloning started about ten years ago A chat B talk Many European countries have _ laws against human cloning A done B invented C started D introduced People fear that scientific progress might _ to a nightmare world A cause B lead C result D end The doctor’s announcement has _ a shocked reaction A led B resulted C made D provoked Many people would find the _ of a human clone a frightening one A sight B vision C scene D shape C in D on The professor arrived _ London last night A at B to _ reality has already had an effect on the entertainment industry A Unreal B Virtual C Visual D False There’s a strange man standing _ the door Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2001 This page may be photocopied for use in the class /15 A at B in C on D to C at D over 10 Would you like to live _ an island? A in B on Marks: /10 Total marks: Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2001 This page may be photocopied for use in the class /50 ... B Virtual C Visual D False There’s a strange man standing _ the door Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2001 This page may be photocopied for use in the class / 15 A at B in C on D to C at D over 10 Would... consequences He said that he believed (7) science and did not think that scientific progress would ever result in anything harmful to human beings In answer (8) questions from the... doctors fight certain diseases, especially cancer He referred (10) transplants and explained how organs to be transplanted could be produced using cloning techniques and concluded that