1st TERM TEST Name Mark

Vocabulary
1 Complete the passage with the words and phrases below. Two sentences have more than one
possible answer. (9 points)
developed • designed software • go online • power • wireless technology
solve a problem • device • search engine • access the Internet
Google’s Balloons
Do you spend a lot of time on the computer? Well, did you know that two-thirds of people in the
world have no way to 1. …………………… ? This is because their regions don’t have
sophisticated 2. …………………… . So how is it possible to 3. …………………… like this?
Google, the company that is famous for its 4. …………………… , is working on a solution.
Google engineers 5. …………………… the idea of using huge plastic balloons with special
antennas that work on radio frequencies. Then, anyone with a computer, smartphone or other 6.
…………………… such as a tablet, can 7. …………………… . The balloons get their 8.
…………………… from the sun and fly twice as high as most aeroplanes. Google engineers 9.
…………………… to control the balloons’ movements.

2 Match A to B to form sentences. Then complete them with the correct form of the phrasal verbs below. (6 x 2 = 12 points)
break into • go on • break down • turn off • turn on • keep up with
A B
1. I visit Time Out’s website to …………………… ...... a. because nobody was watching it.
2. I …………………… the TV ...... b. at school yesterday.
3. I never …………………… the printer ...... c. local cultural activities.
4. Nothing exciting …………………… ...... d. the government’s computer system.
5. The TV …………………… ...... e. until I want to print something.
6. Hackers …………………… ...… f. so we’re buying a new one.

3 The words in bold are in the wrong sentences. Write them next to the correct sentence. (6 x 2 = 10 points)
1. Important news stories are on a newspaper’s reporter. ……………………
2. A front page appears in one newspaper or on one news programme before it appears anywhere
else. ……………………
3. The press is about something that has just happened or is still going on. ……………………
4. Breaking news refers to various news media. ……………………
5. A scoop provides information to the public. ……………………
6. A news source is a journalist. ……………………
7. When you store information, you up-to-date it. ……………………
8. When something is recent or current, it’s search engine. ……………………
9. Many people access the Internet through their post updates. ……………………
10. People often save on Facebook. ……………………

1
 Grammar
4 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past
Continuous. (8 x 2 = 16 points)
wait • cost • think • play • die • talk • not answer • study
1. This is the cheapest tablet in the shop. It …………………… less than £100. I …………………… of buying it.
2. Right now, millions of people …………………… a game online.
3. My phone battery …………………… while I …………………… to my friend.
4. Why …………………… you ever …………………… your phone in the evenings?
5. My sister …………………… computer graphics last year.
6. At 10.00 last night, I …………………… for the bus.

5 Complete the passage with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple
or Past Simple. (10 x 3 = 30 points)
News for Teens, By Teens
1.
…………………… you ever …………………… (hear) of Teen Kids News (TKN)?
It’s a weekly half-hour news programme that millions of teens in the US and abroad
2.
…………………… (watch) for years on television and online. TKN 3. …………………… (be) around since 2003.
Albert Primo 4. …………………… (come up with) the idea
for the show several years after he 5. …………………… (create) a popular adult news programme. What 6.
…………………… always …………………… (make) TKN so special is its young reporters. They’re all between 10 and
20 years old. In fact, they have to leave the show by age 20. For example, Mwanzaa, the boy who 7. ……………………
(report) the news for TKN since its very first programme, 8. …………………… (leave) the show in September 2013 due
to his age. It’s kids like Mwanzaa who 9. …………………… (help) TKN win an Emmy Award that same year, as well as
the many other awards it 10. …………………… (receive).

6 Complete the sentences with the words below. Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple
or Past Simple. (4 x 3 = 12 points)
1. work / for a tabloid / since 2010
My mum ................................................................................................ .
2. the ambulance / arrive / two people / give the man / first aid
By the time ............................................................................................ .
3. the police / not arrest / a suspect / yet
Why ...................................................................................................... ?
4. interview / the witness / after / she / speak / to the police
Reporters …………………………………………………………………………..