9&10 Skills Test A

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1 Chicago / 2 the USA / 3 canoeing / 4 dolphins / 5 swum with dolphins
2
1 France, Italy and Spain / 2 New York / 3 Los Angeles / 4 24 hours / 5 Swimming with dolphins,
whale-watching and surfing
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Students tick numbers / 1 (mobile phone) / 3 (car) / 6 (jeans) / 7 (button)
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1F/2F/3T/4T/5T/6F
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Teenagers think that in 10 years’ time: Most Some Few

• everyone will have a mobile phone 

• mobiles will have bigger memories 

• people won’t use computers, just their mobiles 

• people will store all their music on their mobile 

• we won’t have credit cards 

• we won’t go to the shops 

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1 Jessica uses her mobile phone every day.
2 Luke has had a mobile phone for six years.
3 No, he won’t use a computer in ten years’ time.
4 Megan thinks we won’t have money or credit cards.
5 Joel thinks money will (probably ) disappear in 100 years’ time.
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Possible text
80% of teenagers think we will have robots in the home. They will do all the household jobs for us.
Most teenagers think computers will do our shopping, too, so we won’t go to the supermarket. Only
10% of teenagers think we won’t go to school, but about 50% think we’ll learn language via a computer.
95% think the world will be more polluted and more dangerous.
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If it’s sunny on Saturday, I’ll go skateboarding. Then I’ll go to Bob’s pool party. I won’t stay indoors.
I’ll eat dinner in the garden. If it rains, I won’t go to the pool. I’ll stay at home and chat to my friends
online. I’ll play computer games with my brother. Then I’ll watch a DVD.

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9&10 Skills Test B
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1 Los Angeles / 2 Australia / 3 New York / 4 has / 5 has been
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1 three times / 2 Luke’s best friend / 3 (near) Chicago
4 Yes, he did. / 5 spiders
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Students tick the numbers 1 (camera) / 4 (tea) / 6 (zip)
7 (shirt)
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1F/2T/3F/4T/5F/6F
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Teenagers think that in 10 years’ time: Most Some Few

• everyone will have a mobile phone 

• everyone will surf the net on their mobile 

• mobile phones will be free 

• mobile services will be cheaper 

• people will change their phones every week 

• mobile phones will organise our homes 

6
1 Jessica uses it to call and text her friends.
2 She doesn’t use it to surf the net because it’s too slow.
3 Stan doesn’t download music because it’s too expensive.
4 Mobile phones will close the windows and control the heating, and tell us what’s in the fridge.
5 Jason watches videos on his mobile.
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Possible text
50% of teenagers think that money will disappear and that we will only use credit cards. But only 7%
think we won’t go to the shops. Most teenagers think that cinemas will close, because we will only
watch films on our computers or phones. About 50% think that we will have fewer cars because of
pollution. And 6% think we will have holidays on the moon.
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Possible text
If it rains on Saturday, I won’t go shopping in town. I’ll surf the Internet and I’ll email friends. I won’t
go to the football match. If my computer breaks again, I’ll surf the net on my mobile. I won’t download
any music. I’ll read a magazine and I’ll watch a DVD.