Life, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 10 Test

Vocabulary
1 Complete the text with the words in the box. There is one extra word you do not need. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
about us adverts basic contact content home link search
up-to-date user-friendly website withstand
Going online
When designing the perfect (0) __website___ for a business, it is important to make sure it is attractive
and (1) ____________ . You don’t want people to find it difficult to find their way around your website.
When they click on a (2) ____________ they should go to the page they expect. So, if they click on (3)
____________ , it should go to a page that provides information about your company. If they click on (4)
____________ , it should go to a page with your number and email address. The most important page is
the (5) ____________ page because it is the first page anybody sees when they go to your website. Keep
it (6) ____________ – nobody wants to see lots of complicated graphics and images – and make sure it
is free of (7) ____________ – customers want to find out about you – they don’t want to be sold things.
In simple terms, make sure the (8) ____________ you provide on the page is simple and necessary. It’s a
good idea to use the latest, (9) ____________ software when designing your website as it needs to be
reliable – hopefully, it will have to (10) ____________ a lot of online traffic. You don’t want it to crash all
the time.
(10 points)

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the word in CAPITAL LETTERS. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
0 This furniture is __old-fashioned___. It looks like it was made in the 1980s. FASHIONED
1 The toy company has launched a new ____________ on the market. PRODUCE
2 Karen always wears very ____________ clothes. They are new and stylish. FASHION
3 There are a lot of ____________ in the magazine. Some take up the whole page. ADVERTISE
4 The company isn’t very ____________ . They only make thirty suitcases a week. PRODUCE
5 Oil ____________ are getting worried about the fall in the price of oil. PRODUCE
6 The screwdriver is a very ____________ invention. You can use it in many situations. USE
7 Gemma has a job in the ____________ industry. ADVERTISE
8 Electricity is produced by the ____________ grid. NATION
9 The ____________ of plastic toys at the factory has stopped because of safety concerns. PRODUCE
10 Last year, we ____________ off the loan for the car. PAY
(10 points)

Grammar
3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use past simple active or passive or
used to + infinitive. Use used to + infinitive whenever possible. There is an example at the beginning
(0).
When I (0) __was_______ (be) young in the 1970s, people (1) ____________ (do) amazing things with
colour and design in their homes. My parents (2) ____________ (have) a very large dining room. It was
so big that they often (3) ____________ (invite) friends for dinner. Once, on their wedding anniversary,
over twenty people (4) ____________ (serve) dinner there and my parents (5) ____________ (not have)
any problems fitting them all round the table. The dining room walls were all different colours. I
remember that one of them (6) ____________ (be) blue and another orange, and a colourful painting
(7) ____________ (hang) on the wall. My parents (8) ____________ (not worry) about having too much
colour in the room! The dining room table was enormous and had a fabulous design on it. My sister (9)
____________ (hide) under it. I don’t know what (10) ____________ (happen) to that table. I wish I had
it now!
(10 points)
4 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use two to four
words including the word provided in CAPITALS. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 The teacher tells the students the rules at the beginning of the exam.
TOLD
At the beginning of the exam, the students __are told____ what the rules are.
1 Did we send that letter to Mrs Harris?
WAS
Do you know if ____________ to Mrs Harris?
2 Experts believe that most people now have access to the internet.
IT
____________ that most people now have access to the internet.
3 The local garage repaired my car.
BY
My car ____________ the local garage.
4 They built the museum between 1920 and 1929.
IN
The museum ____________ the 1920s.
5 Kathy didn’t write that essay.
BY
That essay ____________ Kathy.
6 Tim bought both laptops in the department store.
BOUGHT
Both laptops ____________ in the department store.
7 Tina didn’t leave her bag on the bus.
BAG
Tina’s ____________ on the bus.
8 People send millions of emails every day.
ARE
Millions of emails ____________ every day.
9 The duchess gave out the prizes.
BY
The prizes ____________ the duchess.
10 Everybody here knows me.
I
____________ by everybody here.
(10 points)

Reading
5 Read the article about three tech companies. Match the questions to the paragraph (A, B or C) which
answers the question. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Which company or service has a name which can’t be used as a verb? _____C______
1 Where is the company or service based today? ____________
2 How did programmers think of a name for their company or service? ____________
3 Which company or service was first developed by people who hadn’t worked on any previous
computer programming projects? ____________
4 Which company or service was developed by people from different countries? ____________
5 Which company provides significant sporting facilities for workers? ____________
6 How many people use this company or service nowadays? ____________
7 Which company or service has been bought by another company? ____________
8 Which company or service is popular because of its cost? ____________
9 Out of what type of building was the company or service first operated? ____________
10 In what year did the company or service start making money? ____________
(10 points)

Tech companies
A
Everybody knows Google. It’s the most visited website in the world, and its name has become a verb
meaning ‘to search the internet’. But how long has there been a Google, and who started the company
in the first place?
Google was founded in January 1996 as a research project by two students at Stanford University in
California. Their names were Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and today they are two of the richest people
in the world. Larry and Sergey wanted to design a different sort of search engine – one that improved
the searches people made on the internet. At first, their new search engine company was based in the
garage of a friend. Today, it’s housed in enormous buildings in New York and California. The Googleplex,
the company’s headquarters near San Jose, is 190,000 m2, and has eighteen cafeterias, two swimming
pools and a number of volleyball courts to help employees relax.
B
Skype was started in 2003 by two technology entrepreneurs from Scandinavia. Niklas Zennström was
born in Sweden, and Janus Friis is from Denmark, and together they had set up a number of online
companies before they had the idea for Skype – an online text message and video chat service. A lot of
the Skype software was created by a team of Estonian programmers named Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu
and Jaan Tallinn.
Skype was so successful that it was sold in 2011 for over $8 billion to Microsoft Corporation, making its
founders billionaires. Skyping is particularly popular with people making international calls, partly
because you can talk face to face using the video option, but mostly because call charges are so cheap.
In 2014, 40% of all international calls were made on Skype.
C
In 2010, three computer programmers based in San Francisco were working on a project called Burbn
when they decided to change to a different idea – their new idea was an internet-based application
for sharing photos. They put together two words – instant camera and telegram – and came up with a
name for their application: Instagram.
At first, when Instagram was launched in 2010, it only worked on one operating system. By 2012,
however, it had been designed as an app for all the major operating systems and, as result, it was then
that it became extremely popular and profitable. Instagram had 100 million users by 2013, and today
has as many as 700 million users.
Listening
6 [Track 108] Listen to the description of the life of a famous artist. Complete the notes with one word
or number in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
About the artist’s life
Name of artist: Alberto (0) __Giacometti____
Year of birth: (1) ____________
Place of birth: Borgonovo, (2) ____________
Father’s profession: (3) ____________
Places where he studied: Geneva and (4) ____________
About the artist’s sculptures
Subject: figures of humans and (5) ____________
Material they are made from: (6) ____________
Appearance: strange – long, (7) ____________ figures with flat heads
About the artist’s death
Year of death: (8) ____________
Cause of death: (9) ____________ disease
Place where he is buried: in his home town close to his (10) ____________
(10 points)

Writing
7 Follow the instructions below.
Write a review of a personal technological product you own (your mobile phone, laptop, computer,
camera, etc). Include information about what you use the product for, why you like it, any problems you
have, and whether you would recommend buying it.
(10 points)
Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation in class.
Prepare to describe the design and appearance of a room in your house. Talk about its size and function,
its furniture and décor, appearance, what you like about the room, and how you would change it.
(10 points)