Test yourself 4 (unit 10 11 12)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentences.. Read the above passage again and choose the correct ans

TEST YOURSELF 4

TEST 1

I Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined

II Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets

1 Henry wants to be a great in the future (science)

2 The technology can be used to produce educationalprogrammes (interact)

3 Sending text messages is a form of exchanging information by text (type)

4 They said that his product was not a new (invent)

5 Marie Curie was famous for radium and polonium (discover)

6 Netiquette is the set of rules of proper among people usingthe Internet (behave)

7 One of the popular forms of today is probably videoconferences (communicate)

8 The results of the were not very good (experimental)

9 She recognized my voice (instant)

10 The forecast said that there is a of storm today (possible)

III Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentences

1 I usually get up 5 a.m

4 The sun is disappearing the mountains

5 My house is to the school

6 She became a famous actress the age of 18

7 People often put a pad the cup of coffee to keep clean

8 They live a small house the hill

9 We will stay a hotel that is the sea

A at - opposite B at - in front

10 She bought these souvenirs a shop of the hotel

IV Change the following sentences into the reported speech

1 She said, “Nam doesn’t like skateboarding.”

B Yes As I was saying, if we improve sales, we can afford to open new branches

C Thanks I think we should open new branches no matter what Weshould be opening new

stores whether or not our sales improve

D If we continue to improve our sales in Europe, we will be able to open new branches

elsewhere

E (not yet a part of the conversation): I couldn't help but overhear you talking about opening

new branches Do you mind if I add something?

VI Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

The planets in (1) solar system can be broadly (2) into two groups: the

terrestrial planets (those that are similar to Earth) and the Jovian planets (those that are similar to

Jupiter) Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the terrestrial (3) ; these planets exhibitsimilarcharacteristics (4) Earth in terms (5) size, mass,density, composition,and atmosphere; these are the planets that are closest to the Sun and are smaller rocky planets with thinatmospheres The Jovian planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - differ markedly (6) the terrestrial planets; they are (7) farther from the Sun than the terrestrialplanets, and they (8) giant balls of gasesand liquids The asteroid belt between the orbits

of Mars and Jupiter divides the (9) planets from the terrestrial planets Only Pluto, themostrecently discovered planet, does not really fit into either (10) ofplanets

VI Read the above passage again and choose the correct answer to complete the sentences

1 There are groups of planets in our solarsystem

2 The terrestrial planets are similar to

3 Jupiter, are the Jovian planets

A Saturn, Mars, and Neptune

B Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune

C Saturn, Uranus, and Venus

D Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

4 is one of the planets closest to theSun

5 The Jovian planets are

A giant balls of food and liquids

B giant balls of gases and rocks

C little balls of gases and liquids

D huge balls of gases and liquids

6 Pluto is

A the first discovered planet

B the earliest discovered planet

C the planet that was discovered after other planets

D the planet that was discovered before other planets

VII Reorder the words and phrases to make complete sentences

1 communicate / We / by / with / can / social networks / friends /

I Find the word which has a different stress position from the others

5 A clarification B exploration C differential D radiography

II Choose the correct words to complete the sentences

1 The galaxy is the system of that includes our sun and itsplanets

2 People might be living on Mars or in 50 years’ time

3 message is convenient because you don’t have to type text

4 Light bulb is one of the most important of the past hundredyears

5 They use face recognition to people

6 We are discussing on in the solar system

7 Social is a website through which users can communicatewith each other

C communication D community

8 Many people add to their text messages to expess theirfeelings

9 A is made when the caller wants to talk to many people inthe group

10 When you look at the computer screen for too long, your may get tired

III Circle the correct option in brackets

1 They are my friends, not (your / yours)

2 She has some clothes shops This is one of (her / hers) shops

3 This guitar is not mine It is (he / his)

4 Is that red car (their / theirs)?

5 (We / Ours) live in a flat near the city center

6 Those bikes over there are (our / ours)

7 Ammy is a classmate of (my / mine)

8 Mr Long is a colleague of (hers / their)

9 (You / Yours) shouldn’t make noise here

10 Mary gave (me / mine) a very beautiful scarf

IV Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each following sentence

1 It is impossible to count all the stars on the Milky Way

10 Would Robot teachers teach children at home in the future?

V Choose the correct answer to complete the dialogues

1

Jane: Are you sure I have passed the French exam?

Hoa: I’ve just heard it from ourteacher

A I’m sorry to hear that

B I’m absolutely sure

C I’m not certain

D Wow, that’s great!

2

Sara: So, these are the themes we will be concentrating on for thisprogram

Linda: but can you provide mewith more information about the program?

A Great news for you

B I can’t believe it

C Sorry for interrupting

D I’m sorry to have to say this,

3

Rim: It was such a frightening experience

Brain: I’m so lucky to be a live

A Yes, indeed

B Congratulations!

C I regret to interrupt you

D I’m glad to hear that

4

Peter: Have they found a cure against this lethal virus?

Anthony: But people say so

A Oh, my god!

B I don’t know for sure

C I think we should meet at 9 o’clock

D May I interrupt for a second?

VI Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

Over the last centuries, our world has been lucky enough to see many important inventions, which

have brought many positive changes to human life One of those (1) is “Telephone”,

which was invented byAlexander Graham Bell (2) 1876 It is a device that convertssoundand electrical (3) into audible relays and is used forcommunication by (4) amicrophone and speakers

The positive influence of (5) can be seen in the ease ofcommunication and carrying

on with our daily activities 24 hours a day and 365 days a year without any (6) It has led

to the (7) of city centres, office buildings and the concept of an urban worker society Ithas (8) led to the creation of many jobs by changing thepace of business Besides, thetelephone has provided security and helped in emergencies However, probably the most positive(9) has comein the form of a whole host of new inventions, like the smartphone and theinternet, with which, we can now not only talk but also (10) eachother on video at thesame time.

6 A interrupt B interrupting C interrupted D interruption

VII Read the above passage again and tick True or False

True False

1 There have been lots of important inventions overthe last centuries  

2 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephonein 1786  

3 Telephones use a microphone and speakers forcommunication  

4 The invention of telephone has delayed the development of city centres  

5 The telephone has also provided security and helpedin emergencies  

6 The new inventions after telephone are smartphoneand internet  

VIII Write complete sentences using the given words and phrases

1 Maggie / be / classmate / mine / from the USA /

TEST 1 I

1 B 2 C 3 B 4 C 5 C

II.

5 discovering 6 behaviour 7 communication 8 experiment

1 She said that Nam didn’t like skateboarding

2 He told me that he couldn’t live without me

3 Mai asked me if/whether Jack usually wore a black jacket to school

4 Peter asked Mary if/whether she would learn to drive with him

5 He asked Nick what he was doing that weekend

6 My father asked me why I wanted to be a lawyer

7 Nam asked Lisa when she had gone to Singapore

8 She asked her mother if/whether she might go out with Robert

9 Mike asked me if/whether I and my friends had been climbing rock at 3 p.m the previous day

10 Lucy’s mother said to me that she would work in a bank in Chicago the following month

1 We can communicate with friends by social networks

2 He asked me if I had missed my flight the previous day

3 A lot of new scientific discoveries are being made these days

4 You can’t use this water in the experiment because it is impure

5 She asked me whether I was reading a book about science fiction

6 Mr Long said that he had signed the papers that I gave him the previous day

TEST 2 I.

5 B (wasn’t → hadn’t been) 6 C (can → could)

7 D (tomorrow → the following day) 8 D (here → there)

1 Maggie is a classmate of mine from the USA

2 They have developed many useful electric devices over the decades

3 Thomas Edison set up a small laboratory when he was ten years old

4 They announced that the flight to Korea would be thirty minutes late

5 She wanted to know what benefits new inventions had brought to human life

6 You don’t need to be in any special locations like a post office or mail room to send a message

TEST 4 (UNIT 10-UNIT 12)

Exercise 1 Circle the word whose underlined part differs from the others in pronunciation in each

of the following questions.

9 A please B peace C seat D spread

Exercise 2 Circle the word that differs from the others in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

6 A definition B electricity C contaminate D radiation

Exercise 3 Choose the best answers.

1 Alexander Graham Bell was the _ of the telephone

2 Sir Alexander Fleming was the _ of penicillin

3 He works as a software _, writing programmes for IBM

4 As a/an _, he works on reactions in laboratories

A chemist B engineer C archeologist D teacher

5 The environmental _ met to discuss ways to deal with sea pollution

A doctors B conservationists C developers D nurses

6 Jim’s mother asked, “What do you want to eat for dinner, Jim?”

 Jim’s mother asked him _

A what he wants to eat for dinner

B What he wanted to eat for dinner

C what you wanted to eat for dinner

D what wanted he to eat for dinner

7 “Where are you going?” she asked me

 She asked me _

C where I was going D where are you going

8 “Do you want me to call your mom?” said the waitress to the little boy

 The waitress asked the little boy

A does he wanted her to call his mom

B if/whether he wanted her to call his mom

C if/whether he want her to call his mom

D if/whether he wanted her to call your mom

9 The father asked the boy, “Did you follow all the instructions?”

 The father asked the boy

A if he had followed all the instructions

B if he followed all the instructions

C if you had followed all the instructions

D unless he had followed all the instructions

10 “Where have you been the whole evening, son?” asked the mother



A The mother asked her son where he was the whole evening

B The mother asked her son where you had been the whole evening

C The mother asked me Where he had been the whole evening

D The mother asked her son where he had been the Whole evening

11 In 1876, the telephone first introduced by Bell and Watson

12 It’s important wildlife in the area

A to conserve B conserving C conservation D conserve

13 Japan 40% of its waste every year

14 We were delighted your letter yesterday

15 Sooner or later a satellite by a large piece of rubbish

A will destroy B will destroyed C will be destroyed D will been destroyed

16 Let’s play tennis instead of television

17 Everything depends on what you mean the word “free”

18 We should use bags instead of plastic bags

19 Beer for breakfast in England years ago

A used be drunk B used to be drunk C used to drunk D used to be drank

20 I some rice on the floor of the chicken coop

21 People will take of robots to do household chores

22 Many people think that robots will make workers

A employed B unemployed C no job D the jobless

23 It is certain that robots will the quality of our lives

24 With healthier and better medical , people will have a longer life

expectancy

A ways – care B lifestyles – care C life – cares D lifestyles – medicine

25 Many people think the cyberworld will the real world

26 The invention of penicillin is very useful because it has lots of lives

27 It is said that in a couple of decades, we telepathy and holography

A use B will be used C have used D will be using

28 Mars is named the Roman God of war

29 By 2050, we in smart homes

A will have lived B will be lived C will live D are living

30 The Earth seems too small to the increasing population

31 An astronaut has to wear a spacesuit it may be very cold in space

32 The UFO landed on a area

33 Scientists have been trying to find of aliens

34 There have been many UFO reported

35 Mars is called the Red Planet due to its surface

36 In the mid-19th century, scientists discovered that Mars had some similarities Earth

37 Neptune is bright blue it is named after the Roman God of the sea

38 There is a lot of interest in doing experiments in the conditions

39 Titan, one of Saturn’s , has a thick atmosphere

40 Scientists believe that Mars also seasons just as the Earth does

A spends B experiences C experiments D takes

41 Facebook was built on the of earlier social network sites like MySpace and Bebo

A succeed B successful C successfully \D success

42 It is thought that driverless cars will transform the way we move cities in thefuture

43 Little Pascal a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subfractions veryquickly

A is covered B found C found out D invented

44 Robots save workers from dangerous tasks

45 Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, that is notnecessarily true

46 Recent developments have made robots more user-friendly, and intelligent

A science B scientist C scientific D scientifically

47 Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games; , they lose theirinterests in daily activities

48 Science and technology have the life safe, secure and comfortable

49 Terrorists are using modem technology their destructive work

50 With the advance of science and technology, our life changes greatly in various

Exercise 4 Provide the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I (study) for my exam when she called me

2 I (travel) to Japan next year

3 They (finish) their work by Friday

4 I (work) at a software company

5 She (play) the guitar every day

6 She was cooking dinner when the guests (arrive)

7 They (play) soccer in the park when it started raining

8 She (graduate) from college in two years

9 We were watching a movie when the power (go out)

10 He (drive) to work when he (see) an accident on the road

Exercise 5 Find the mistakes and rewrite the correct sentences.

1 He told me that he has already finished his homework

Exercise 6 Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences.

1 Helen cannot talk to John because his nickname is _ (visible)

2 High-speed Internet provides me with _ videos (interact)

3 With telegraphy, the information will be sent _ (immediate)

4 She used signs to tell me _ that we were late (direct)

5 Paul _ and missed some phone calls yesterday morning (sleep)

6 The secretary put Thomas through the manager’s landline _ (instant)

7 The mute usually communicates _ with each other (non-verbal)

8 I think Janet is not _ because of her unfriendliness (communicate)

9 Children have moral lessons in school to avoid behavior of _ in future (morality)

10 If you don’t go to work regularly, you will be punished for _ in work (regularity)

Exercise 7 Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in the box.

I think, the (1) _is the greatest invention ever Think how it has changed the world Somuch information is out there It has totally changed my life I can now chat with friends, downloadmusic, buy (2) _online, and get all the information I need, for my homework It usuallytook days, or weeks, to do any of these things, before the Internet I really like emails They are sofast And now I can make (3) _with people around the world easily The feeling ofwaiting for emails from friends, is awesome A long way from the snail mails, I used to know I spendhours every day online I think I am (4) _a little bit too much time on it I’m sure, thatstaring at a computer screen all day, isn’t good for my eyes I think the Internet is also making me fat

I need to exercise a little bit more The only thing I don’t like about the Internet, is that it can behacked I never put my personal (5) _online, especially on social networking sites likethe Facebook

Exercise 8 Read the text below and choose the best answer for each question after the text.

SOME ANIMALS CAN PREDICT FUTURE EARTHQUAKES

A recent investigation by scientists at the U.S Geological Survey shows that strange animal behaviormight help predict future earthquakes Investigators found such occurrences in a ten-kilometer radius

of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake Some birds screeched and flew about wildly: dogs yelpedand ran around uncontrollably

Scientists believe that animals can perceive these environmental changes as early as several daysbefore the mishap

In 1976, after observing animal behavior, the Chinese were able to predict a devastating quake

Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate

millions of other people and thus keep the death toll at a lower level

1 What prediction may be made by observing animal behavior?

A An impending earthquake

B The number of people who will die

C The ten-kilometer radius of the epicenter

D Environmental changes

2 Why can animals perceive these changes when humans cannot?

A Animals are smarter than humans

B Animals have certain instincts that humans don’t possess

C By running around the house, they can feel the vibrations

D Humans don’t know where to look

3 Which of the following is NOT true?

A Some animals may be able to sense an approaching earthquake

B By observing animal behavior scientists perhaps can predict earthquakes

C The Chinese have successfully predicted an earthquake and saved many lives

D All birds and dogs in a ten-kilometer radius of the epicenter went wild before the earthquake

4 In this passage, the word “evacuate” most nearly means _.

5 If scientists can accurately predict earthquakes, there will be _

A fewer animals going crazy B a lower death rate

C fewer people evacuated D fewer environmental changes

Exercise 9 Read the text below and choose the best answers.

Ha Tinh is a disaster-prone province in central Viet Nam Since the beginning of2015, this provincehas experienced three massive floods, causing devastating property damage The floods razedthousands of homes, damaged numerous irrigation works, roads, schools and healthcare centres Ms.Nga Tran, a local resident, recalled the last flood, “The flood in June was normal, but the one in

September was awful Water from Ngan Pho River began to submerge the floor, while outside it wasstill raining heavily After a while the water was about one meter I had no choice but to climb up tothe attic and stay there for two days.” Like many other residents, all of Ms Nga Tran’s furniture wascovered in mud, some was completely damaged for having been soaked in the water for too long Butwhat worried her most was the loss of her rice crop Three months after the flood, lots of farmers stillstruggled with finding enough food to eat If there is no aid from the government, the situation in thisprovince will get worse.

1 What does disaster-prone mean?

A having no disasters

B likely to have disasters

C have very few disasters

2 What is NOT mentioned as consequences from the floods?

A loss of life B loss of property C loss of crop

3 When was the flood as recalled by Ms Nga Tran?

4 How long did Ms Nga Tran stay in her attic?

A for the whole week B two days C three months

5 What is the biggest worry of Ms Nga Tran and other residents?

A lack of food B lack of accommodation C lack of aid

Exercise 10 Reorder the words to make correct sentences.

1 yesterday / A boy/was trapped / for two hours/ under the debris/ of the earthquake

2 When / rescuers / the / arrived, / the whole family / had / evacuated / already

3 Three / were / taken / shelter / to / for / medical / this / treatment / morning / victims

4 The / has gone/ but / typhoon / its damage / will / a long time / remain for / in this area

5 the residents / Because / had been / earlier / this earthquake, / about / the damage / was /informed / not significant

6 He / been / badly / his / diet / has / weakened / unhealthy / by

7 I / Mr and Mrs Robinson / if / would / they / go / Cairo / on / holiday / the / their / next month /asked / to

8 Robots / do / the housework / will / in / 20 / years’ time / all

9 His / diet / has / him / badly / unhealthy / weakened

10 How / the / police / the / lost / find / man? / did

Exercise 11 Rewrite each sentence as indirect speech.

1 He said: “Where can I find her in this town?”

 He asked

2 She asked her son: “Do you know which cup you used?”

 She asked her son _

3 Helen said: “What did you say, Jack?”

 Helen asked Jack

4 She said to him: “Why didn’t you get up early this morning?”

 She asked him

5 He said: “Will it rain tonight?”

 He asked

6 “Every weekend, the astronauts can have private video-conferences with their families on theEarth.” Dr Nelson said

 Dr Nelson said _

7 “Have the astronauts ever forgotten anything from the Earth?” Nick asked his teacher

 Nick asked his teacher _