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UNIT 11: SKILLS
TEST

Listening
Listen to two reviews for a new tablet
computer. Choose true (T) or false (F).
0 James has had his tablet for over a year.
1 James thinks his tablet is very good.
2 James doesn’t like the SUPRA tablet’s design.
3 Tatiana prefers the older version of the
SUPRA tablet.
4 Tatiana doesn’t like to use the tablet to
check emails.
5 Tatiana thinks people should buy the
SUPRA tablet.
Writing
Write a paragraph about an object that you couldn’t
live without. Use the phrases below to help you.
Something I can’t live without is my …
The most important gadget for me is my …
It’s impossible for me to go anywhere without my …
Reading
Read the text about a gadget. Are the statements
below ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or
T/F
‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).
T/F
Tomorrow’s Gadgets Today
T/F
Future Kitchen is the ultimate kitchen gadget. It is
the kitchen of the future. It’s based on a technology
T/F
we all use every day: texting. So, how do you use it?
Easy. Before you go to work in the morning, you
T/F prepare your dinner and put it in the oven. Then,
when it is time to turn on the oven later in the day,
you just send a text message telling Future Kitchen
T/F
to turn on the oven. You specify what temperature
and how long
the oven should be on. When you get home, your
dinner is waiting for you. But hold on, Future
Kitchen doesn’t just work with the oven. You can
also ask the dishwasher to turn itself on and, when
you run out
of milk or eggs, your refrigerator either texts you to
remind you to go to the store on the way home or it
texts the store to have them send over what is
missing!

0 The Future Kitchen is based on an

everyday technology.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
The Future Kitchen lets you control your oven
from a distance.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
It is difficult to control your dishwasher using
Future Kitchen technology.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Refrigerators in the Future Kitchen are able to tell
 people when to buy milk. A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
People will have to wait some years to able to use
4 Refrigerators in the Future Kitchen can ask stores to the Future Kitchen technology.
send food home. A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

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