Technical English Level 1 (Elementary)

Progress Test 6 (Units 11 – 12) Answer Key

Section 1: Vocabulary
1 piston / 2 electro-magnet / 3 valve / 4 rotor / 5 release / 6 chamber / 7 terminal / 8 dismantle /
9 turbine / 10 include / 11 install / 12 disconnects
Section 2: Grammar
13 rotate / 14 from flowing / 15 to escape / 16 enter / 17 wheel does the / 18 What is the / 19
speed is too / 20 consists of a / 21 b / 22 c / 23 a / 24 d / 25 a / 26 b / 27 c / 28 d / 29 d / 30 b /
Section 3: Reading
31 on / 32 attached / 33 wide / 34 is / 35 of / 36 allows / 37 motor / 38 rotate / 39 about / 40
operate / 41 to / 42 can
Section 4: Writing
43 The president has opened a new wind turbine. / 44 The engineers completed it two weeks
ago./ 45 The new wind turbine will be able to produce 150 MW of electricity. / 46 The tower is
28 metres tall. / 47 This is how it works. First, the wind makes the blades rotate. / 48 Next, the
blades make the low-speed shaft turn at (a speed of) 30 – 60 rpm. / 49 Two gear wheels then
connect the low-speed shaft to the high-speed shaft. / Finally the high-speed shaft makes the
generator rotate at (a speed of) 1500 rpm.
Section 5: Listening
51 F / 52 F / 53 T / 54 F / 55 F / 56 T / 57 F / 58 T / 59 F / 60 T

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