Module Test 1

Vocabulary 3 Words with more than one meaning

Choose a word from the box to complete both
1 Collocations
sentences in each question.
Complete the text with the words in the box.
account area argued point
become clear developments physical share social
1 He’s become an expert in the of
Over the past decade people have
social networking.
1 aware of just how powerful
The whole is now pedestrianised
2 media can be. From governments
and there are no vehicles at all.
being forced to explain their actions to songs being
2 After the accident the police wanted him to give a
boosted to top of the music charts, there is no doubt
full of what happened.
that technological 3 have overtaken
He was shocked to discover money had been
our lives. There seems to be a(n) 4
taken from his .
relationship between the rise of this technology
3 Pam never saw the of working
and the fast-changing world in which we now live.
extra hours and left work on time every day.
Immediately after something happens on the other
Be careful when you hold that sculpture as the
side of the world, we know about it: people
metal has a very sharp on the
5 videos and photos instantly.
top.
Even celebrities are constantly hassled about their
4 The students that there should
6 appearance.
be more students on the university council.
/6 Phil and Klaus for most of the
2 Phrasal verbs evening about which film to watch.
Complete the text using the correct options A–D. /4
Speaking in a foreign language can make it difficult 4 Communication and media
for you get your ideas 1 . A lack of confidence Choose the correct options in italics to complete
often comes others pointing 2 your mistakes. the text.
You imagine that they are going to pick 3 your
When you 1 discuss/converse/differ with colleagues,
errors. You may worry about leaving 4 smaller
what kind of things do you talk about? Perhaps
words such as articles and auxiliary verbs but most
it’s international 2 events/discussions/views and the
people can understand what is being said if you use
serious 3 content/issues/differences facing us. Or is it
only key words. So have these written down to back
4 traditional/real/popular celebrities? There are many
you 5 in case you forget what to say. Many
news 5 sections/offices/agencies competing for your
online sites clearly spell 6 these points and
attention. 6 Audiences/Journalists/Selfies are reporting
are worth checking out. So to sum 7 , just say
from all over the world and news programmes are
what you want to say and don’t worry about it.
7 broadcasting/conversing/discussing 24/7 to
1 A over B by C across D through 8 watchers/spectators/audiences consisting of people
2 A to B out C at D up as diverse as farmers in Africa to scientists in the
3 A up on B on C over D at South Pole.
4 A off B to C behind D out
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5 A out B into C off D up
6 A away B out C in D into
7 A up B in C over D out
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 Module Test 1

Language development 6 Past simple

Complete the text with the past form of the verbs
5 Present tenses
in brackets.
Complete the text with the present simple or
present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
The history of the mobile phone
Emoticons In 1908, a man 1 (claim) to have
Are you someone who 1 (use) invented a wireless telephone but people just thought he
emoticons in your digital communications? Experts was crazy. In the 1940s, engineers working at AT&T, the
2 (say) that a smiley face online or in telecommunications giant, 2 (develop)
texts 3 (activate) the same parts of the cells for mobile phones, which, at that time,
brain as a real face. Scientists who 4 3 (be) really just two-way radios that
(currently/study) this effect, explain that we 4 (allow) for communication between
5 (pay) more attention to faces than people such as taxi drivers and the emergency services.
anything else and that people 6
(respond) differently to faces than other objects. The world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3,
Emoticons 7 (play) an increasingly 1973 by a senior engineer at Motorola. The phone
important role in communication these days. It 5 (weigh) 1.1 kg, 6
8 (seem) that they 9 (take) ten hours to charge and only 7
(make) you appear friendlier and 10 (give) you half an hour of talk-time. This first call
(help) you become more popular on social media. 8 (set) the stage for the future and
Some people 11 (think) that the use researchers 9 (know) that if they could
of emoticons 12 (be) unacceptable in
make it smaller, the mobile phone would have a huge
the workplace, though they 13 (enter)
market. The first mobile phone networks only
work emails more and more.
10 (have) one very powerful base
station covering a very large area, instead of relying on
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base stations with separate cells as exist today.
Motorola 11 (go) on in 1983 to be
the first company to mass-produce mobile phones with
its first commercial phone, which 12
(cost) an impressive $4,000.

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