Units 11 & 12

Progress Test

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Reading
A Read the article about different types of
education.

A different way to learn

Until the middle of the 1800s, education was not available
to everyone, even in many developed countries. The sort
of education children received depended on how wealthy
their parents were and some very poor families didn’t even
send their children to school. Things are very different
today; in most countries around the world, children have to
go to school up to a certain age. But this is impossible for
some children who live in remote areas.
In places like the Australian outback, where some people
live hundreds of kilometres away from any town, children
are not able to go to a regular school. They learn at home
with ‘School of the Air’. The School of the Air (SOA) was
developed in the mid 1900s and by the beginning of the
21st century, there were sixteen SOAs around Australia.
Before SOA, the children who lived in remote areas either
had to go to a boarding school or complete their lessons
by mail.
SOA teachers use a special type of radio called a
‘transceiver’ to provide lessons to their students. The
transceiver also allows messages to be sent and
received. In this way, students can talk to each other as
well as the teacher during the lesson. Before the Internet,
the postal system was used to send and receive
homework and assignments. However, technological
developments now
allow instant communication between teacher
and students.
A satellite network has been set up which covers most
of the remote areas in Australia. There are teaching
studios from which teachers give lessons by satellite
to students on the network. All a student needs is a
satellite dish and a computer and he or she can be
part of this exciting way to learn. The teachers use a
video camera and an electronic whiteboard to present
lessons and the students are able to watch and respond
in real-time using a web camera which is attached to
their computer. As well as this two-way audio and video
communication, students can send emails to teachers
and other students. They are also able to interact with
the whiteboard and take part in group discussions.
Who knows, maybe virtual classrooms will be the next
development. In the future, a student may be able to
‘see’ himself or herself in a classroom with his
classmates and his teacher writing on the board! One
thing is for sure, people will continue to try to make
education available for all children, despite where they
live.

B Complete the Exam

Task. Exam Task
Read the text and the questions below. For each question, choose the correct letter a, b, c or d.
2 What did SOAs help make possible in Australia?
1 Before the mid 1800s, a Improve the technology used in regular schools.
a all children had to go to school. b Provide children with an education despite
b education was free for poor families. their location.
c not all children could go to school. c Increase the number of regular schools in remote
d all children received the same education.
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 places. c signal from satellites
d Educate children who couldn’t d a more modern transceiver
afford boarding school. 4 With the new satellite network, students can
3 What do SOAs use nowadays to function more a have their own interactive whiteboard.
efficiently? b see their teacher but not other students.
c communicate with their teachers and peers.
a a fast postal service d use the teacher’s presentation offline.
b more homework and assignments

5 Which sentence summarizes this article?

a A child’s education depends on how rich his/ her parents are.
b Technology plays an important role in regular schools.
c Students in remote areas are not offered quality education.
d There are means today for all children to receive an education.
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Vocabulary and Use your English

A Circle the correct words.

1 You can use a stapler / lecturer to attach those two pieces of paper together.
2 Teenagers go to primary / secondary school.
3 It is sometimes difficult to understand a person with a heavy accent / enrolment.
4 If Phillip’s marks don’t improve, he may miss / fail the class.
5 Can you help me to fill out the curriculum / application form, please?
6 If you don’t understand something in class, you can ask a tutor / folder to help
you.
7 When I forget my lunch, I buy a sandwich from the school team / canteen. ( / 8 marks)
8 Headteachers sometimes edit / expel students who misbehave.

B Match the first parts of the sentences 1–8 to the second parts a–h.

1 Ms Jones told Billy that he had to make a with your

2 After living in Hawaii, I got a taste explanation.
3 I had a headache and I couldn’t concentrate b hang of it.
4 Don’t decide now. Think it c rules again.
5 It was difficult but I managed to get the d For tropical fruit.
6 I hope you haven’t broken the e an effort in class.
7 Mary is obedient and hard-working so she’s in her f on my homework.
8 I’m not satisfied g teacher’s good books. ( / 8 marks)
h over
carefully.

C Complete the sentences with the correct phrase. confident

hand over handed out head off make progress run out of stand out stands in for think up personality
chest sneeze
1 That red coat really makes her .
cough
2 Jessica the tests.
thumb calf
3 If you try harder, you will definitely . thigh
4 Mr Jones told me I had time. blood sweat
5 How long did it take you to that idea?
tongue
6 He always me in the football team when I can’t play a match.
yawn blink
7 that MP3 player. It’s mine.
sigh
8 We are going to early tomorrow morning.

D Circle the odd one out.

1 beard eyebrow muscle

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Grammar
A Complete the sentences using the causative.

1 Susan’s brother washed her car.

Susan by her brother.
2 Is the hairdresser going to cut your hair soon?
by the hairdresser soon?
3 The optometrist hasn’t tested David’s eyes this year.
David by the optometrist this
year.
4 My mum cooks dinner for me every evening.
I by my mum every evening.
5 Is the dentist cleaning Cathy’s teeth at the moment?
Is by the dentist at the moment?
6 Will the painter have painted your kitchen by Friday? ( / 6 marks)
by Friday?

B Match the first parts of the sentences 1–10 to the second parts a–j.

1 Now that he’s 18, he’s allowed a staying out late.

2 I don’t want to stay any longer. I’m ready b to like it.
3 Dick loves the water. He is really good at c to go home.
4 If you want Jim to go to the cinema with you, you should d ask him.
5 He’s eating a chocolate and he seems e to swim.
6 Clara is going to the beach today. She is hoping f to stay out late.
7 He won’t go with you. It’s no use g going home.
8 She has been on a six-week journey. She fancies h asking him.
9 I know chocolate is bad for our teeth but I can’t help i liking it.
10 I like going to parties. I enjoy j swimming. ( / 10 marks)

C Put the words in order to make sentences.

1 big / a / oval / beautiful / that / table / is

2 tiring / PE lesson / we / tired / after / were / our

3 a / gift / Mrs Ball / nice / received / such

4 bought / new / nice / bookcase / I / a / white

5 I / heard / so / bad / I / upset / news / was / when / the

6 is / essays / Wendy / good / at / very / writing

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D Circle the correct words. 1 Is New York the
larger / largest
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 city in the USA?
2 The weather this week is the better / better than it was last week.
3 I feel worst / worse today than I did yesterday.
4 An interactive whiteboard is more expensive as / than a traditional blackboard.
5 Bicycles are not more dangerous / as dangerous as motorcycles.
6 My brother is as tall as / taller I am.
7 My uncle drives more careful / more carefully than my father.
8 Room 15 is less spacious / the least spacious classroom in the school.
( / 8 marks)

Writing
Complete the Exam
Task. Exam Task
Write a report giving your opinion about the most important things you can do to keep
your body healthy.
(100 words)
( / 10 marks)

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