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Module 8 Test A

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Welcome to the world of creation!

Do you remember what life was like before iPhones existed? What about Uber? The internet? Can
you imagine actually having to look up a word in the dictionary? Or going to the library to rent the
latest edition of Harry Potter? Probably not. The majority of your life has been inundated with
technology but the truth is, your most useful tools didn’t even exist 15 years ago! Yes, you heard
me right. iPhones didn’t exist 15 years ago. Do you want to know something even crazier? By
2025, we’ll lose over five million jobs to automation. That means that future jobs will look vastly
different by the time you graduate university. Don’t worry, though! The jobs of the future will
actually be more interesting than those of the past. Gone are the days of factory workers and
physical production… we’ll let the machines handle that. Instead, future jobs will involve
knowledge creation and innovation. Machines are actually doing you a favour. They’re freeing you
up to explore experiment and find interesting solutions to complex problems, like pollution. Just
see what engineering students in the Northwestern University Solar Car Team are doing. They get
to design, build, and race cars, all while saving the environment! Say goodbye to a desk job and
hello to the world of creation!
in https://blog.crimsoneducation.org (shortened and adapted)

READING COMPREHENSION

A. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Quote from the text to support your answers.

1. Looking up a word in the dictionary is something of the past.

2. People have forgotten how life was before the technological revolution.
3. People are at risk of being replaced by machines.
4. Physical production will still be important in the future.

B. Find words in the text that mean the opposite of the following words:

1. forget (l. 1)
2. useless (l. 4)
3. more balanced/rational (l. 5)
4. boring (l. 7)
5. destruction (l. 13)
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C. Choose the best words/phrases to complete the sentences according to the text.

1. People ________________ what life was like before iPhones existed.

a. still remember b. have forgotten c. never forget
2. Future jobs will become more ____________________.
a. attractive b. monotonous c. boring
3. People will have more time to solve _______________________ problems.
a. political b. social c. pollution
4. Engineering student are building cars while ________________________ the environment.
a. endangering b. harming c. saving

D. Establish the right connections between the beginning and the end of the sentences,
according to the text.

1. Innovation is a key to … a. …by machines.

2. Technology has changed people’s life … b. …many jobs.
3. Automation has destroyed … c. …the success of future jobs
4. Factory workers will be replaced … d. …dramatically.

GRAMMAR

A. Replace the pronoun in colour with the correct one: who, which or whose.

1. Joan Sweeney is a fifty-year-old writer which has worked at home for the last ten years.
2. Joan, which has worked as an advertising copywriter and a newspaper columnist, writes
books for children.
3. Joan, who kids are already grown, has a lot of imagination.
4. Working at home, whose can be quite lonely, is not for everyone.

B. Choose the most suitable preposition of place in each sentence.

1. The cat is hidden under / on the bed.

2. The nearest window is over there, in / behind those dark curtains.
3. Her clothes are in / above the washing machine.
4. The computer is among / on the desk.

C. Use the reflexive pronouns yourself, itself, herself, themselves to complete the gaps.

1. James and Peter usually have breakfast at the office but today they are preparing breakfast
___________.
2. The cat is very small but it is already feeding ______________. It looks so cute!
3. She enjoys taking care of the laundry ______________. Her housekeeper doesn’t do it
properly.
4. Her boss is writing an e-mail _______________! That’s quite unusual!
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D. Choose the best prepositional phrase to complete the sentences.

1. This project has to be finished by tomorrow _____________________.

a. by the time b. at the latest c. for a change
2. ____________ my boss, I could be fired just for being late.
a. According to b. On behalf of c. For better or worse
3. ____________ they bring me the reports, it’ll be too late!
a. For a change b. At short notice c. By the time
4. I realised the meeting couldn’t be scheduled next week _______________ our business trip to
Japan.
a. apart from b. because of c. instead of

WRITING

Would you like to work from home? What advantages and disadvantages would there be?
What kind of work do you think it would be possible for you to do at home?

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