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Unit 10 Test A
Grammar
1 Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
1 Someone is delivering our new computer later
today.
2 Someone has asked me to tell you about the
new working arrangements.
3 I tried to change the order, but they had already
sent the books.
4 A service company regularly repairs our
computers.
2 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
text.
I (1) have been asked/am asked by the head
teacher to inform you of the arrangements for the
parents’ evening which (2) is held/is being held
this evening. Parents have been told to go to the
main hall where Mrs Davies will welcome them.
After talking to individual teachers, coffee and
snacks (3) are be provided/are being provided in
the cafeteria. The main hall (4) has been
closed/was closed since this morning and students
from classes J, K and X are expected to help put
out tables and chairs this afternoon. We hope the
evening will be as successful as last year’s, when a
lot of money (5) was raised/was raise by the
parents for the new computer room.
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3 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
There is one mistake in each sentence.
1 The students haven’t seen all morning. I’ve no
idea where they are.
2 The exams were corrected for our teacher. I
think they took her a long time!
3 The classroom is been painted at the moment,
so we have to work in the main hall.
4 The question can’t have answered. It’s much
too difficult!
5 The 3D film was been seen by thousands of
people on its opening night.
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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 This morning a lot of people were working on
their __________ on the train.
2 My computer crashed yesterday, but luckily we
could get back a lot of the information from the
__________.
3 Put the memory stick into any __________ on
your computer and you can save information
very fast.
4 I’m sorry; you won’t be able to see me while
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isn’t working.
5 My computer __________ is far too small and
is starting to give me headaches.
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5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 I d__________ some interesting articles from
the Internet for the project last night.
2 My grandma has just learned how to
s__________ the Net! She loves it.
3 I usually spend about an hour every evening
chatting o__________.
4 Soon we’re going to have much faster
b__________, which will mean I won’t waste
so much time waiting to access sites.
5 Which is your favourite s__________
e__________? Most people use Google, don’t
they?
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6 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
sentences.
1 I’ve tried sending this email several times, but
it keeps bouncing off/back.
2 Unfortunately, I lost/deleted your last email by
mistake. Was it important?
3 Can you forward/reply this email to all your
friends?
4 I don’t usually download/check my email more
than once a day.
5 I typed in the wrong email address/name and it
went to the wrong person. I was very
embarrassed!
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Reading
7 Read the article from which some sentences
have been taken out. Choose the correct
sentences A–G to fill the gaps. There is one
extra sentence you do not need.
Is faster better?
Technology has come a long way in recent
years and it has changed our lives in many ways.
(1) ___ It’s amazing! Not only that, but now we
don’t really have to move from our computer to do
things that used to take a lot of time. (2) ___
Some people, however, are not sure that all the
changes to our lives are positive ones. (3) ___
Because we can get information so quickly, we are
expected to do things faster and faster. There isn’t
often much time to relax and be quiet because
people can contact us at any time. (4) ___
However, at other times it’s work or people we
don’t want to talk to. Now that we have laptops,
we can – and are encouraged to - take work with
us anywhere. (5) ___
However, in general there have to be more
advantages than disadvantages to this
technological age. (6) ___ We can travel across the
world faster, we can do housework faster, we can
download music faster! We just have to be careful
to take some time for ourselves, so that we are not
too stressed to enjoy life.
A We can make travel arrangements, buy and
sell things, send and receive information to
people, interact with our friends and even
watch films and TV.
B People don’t sit and enjoy train journeys
anymore. They’re usually working!
C Hands-free mobile phones in cars are still
considered dangerous.
D There are times when faster is definitely
better.
E Sometimes this is a good thing, for example
when friends get in touch.
F We can touch a button or a key and find out
information on any subject from anywhere
in the world.
G Experts believe that technology can cause us
more stress instead of reducing it.
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/6 Use of English
9 Complete the second sentence so that it means
Listening (Tests CD, Track 13) the same as the first, using the word given. Do
not change the word given. Use between two
8 Listen to the speakers and choose the best and five words.
answers. 1 They asked me to give a talk about global
1 What does the boy say about his new warming.
phone? I
____________________ a talk about global
A He bought it while he was away.
B It didn’t cost a lot of money. warming.
C He can take good pictures with it. 2 We do not often eat meat in our family.
IS
2 What does the girl want Bill to help Meat ____________________ in our family.
her with?
3 We should protect your computer against
A her television viruses.
B her computer BE
C her DVD player ____________________ against viruses.
4 They’ve arrested Mike for stealing.
3 What does the girl not enjoy about her
trip to London? HAS
Mike ____________________ for stealing.
A The train carriage was noisy.
B She had to stand up on the journey
home.
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C She couldn’t find the shoes she
wanted. 10 Rewrite the following text messages in full.
1 THX 4 YR MSG. C U L8R
4 Why can’t the boy take pictures for his
project?

A He hasn’t got a digital camera. 2 XLNT NWS SPK 2 U 2MORO

B The quality of his camera is poor.
C He can’t depend on his camera.

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Writing
11 This is part of an email you receive from your
English friend, Carla.

Have you got your new computer yet? You must

write and tell me what it’s like! Can you do
anything new on it that you couldn’t do before?

Write a reply to Carla telling her about your

new computer. Write 100 words.

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