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NAME: MARK:
TERM TEST 1

VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with the words below. (12 x 0.5 points = 6 points)
upload | social media sites | capable of | strict | attend | discipline | worldwide
controversial | device | downside | comment | encourage

1 Did your teacher .............................................. on your essay?

2 I’m going to .............................................. these photos to our blog.
3 Students from more than 60 countries .............................................. study here.
4 You’re .............................................. getting better marks.
5 The remote control is a very useful .............................................. .
6 We expect about 30 students to .............................................. the meeting.
7 The students were well-behaved. There were no .............................................. problems.
8 We can’t visit .............................................. from our school’s computers.
9 A major .............................................. of smartphones is that they are quite costly.
10 Changing the school uniform was .............................................. and unpopular with students.
11 Why are you so .............................................. ? All my friends’ parents allow them to stay out late.
12 His parents are trying to .............................................. him to go to university.

2 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)
1 His jokes lightened .............................................. the atmosphere.
2 Joining the swimming team gave her a sense .............................................. belonging.
3 She’s working late today to make up .............................................. leaving early yesterday.
4 Try and get your message .............................................. so everyone understands the issue.
5 Could you keep an eye .............................................. the cake? I don’t want it to burn.
6 Get .............................................. the point. We don’t need all the details.
7 He’s not in the chess club any more. He dropped .............................................. a month ago.
8 Are you interested .............................................. learning basic first aid?
9 Thanks for your help! You saved .............................................. day!
10 How can you not have an e-mail address .............................................. this day and age?

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NAME: MARK:
TERM TEST 1

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the words below. (9 x 1 = 9 points)
understand | help | person | remark | use | vary | create | communicate | interest

Nobody can know for certain how education will change in the future, but many people have been
predicting 1 .............................................. possibilities.

For example, some say that people will have permanent access to the Internet through devices too small to
see, so answers to just about everything will be available immediately. This means that today’s kinds of
school exams will be 2 .............................................. . Instead, there will be more 3 .............................................. approaches
and project work will be the main way for students to show that they know the material.
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Some people even believe that schools will no longer exist. Instead, .............................................. between
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students and educators will take place online. Teachers will be .............................................. guides – answering
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questions and correcting students who .............................................. something – but students would have
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.............................................. responsibility for their own learning.

However, other people disagree, saying that classrooms haven’t changed much in the last 50 years and
there probably won’t be 8 .............................................. changes in the next 50 years. It will be 9 ..............................................
to see who is right!

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NAME: MARK:
TERM TEST 1

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)
not study | start | eat | reply | take | do | build | watch | leave | never see

1 It’s after midnight. We ...................................................... TV since 8 o’clock.

2 This time next month, we ...................................................... the new school year.
3 By the time you finish checking your e-mails, our train ...................................................... .
4 Until last night, I ...................................................... a Bollywood film.
5 I’m glad you’ve downloaded the software. How long .............................................. it ...................................................... ?
6 .............................................. you ...................................................... the assignment yet?
7 By early December, they ...................................................... the new science laboratory.
8 They didn’t accept me to the programme, so I ...................................................... French in Lyon after all.
9 By the time I got home, my brother ...................................................... all the pizza.
10 How many people ...................................................... to the invitation so far?

2 Complete the text with one word in each gap. (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)
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Although we think of virtual reality as a futuristic idea .............................................. is connected to computing, the
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idea .............................................. existed for many years. In the 19th century, 360-degree paintings became
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popular. People looking at them felt that they .............................................. in the middle of the event shown in
the painting.

Jaron Lanier, 4 .............................................. company VPL sold the first virtual reality gloves and goggles, was
probably the first person to use the term “virtual reality” back in the 1980s. Since then, computer game
companies 5 .............................................. created VR glasses to allow gamers to feel more involved in the games.
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Since the start of this century, this technology has .............................................. developing rapidly, so what about
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the future? .............................................. we be going on virtual holidays without leaving our homes? Will people
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.............................................. wearing headsets which allow them to virtually meet friends ..............................................
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live far away? How will our day-to-day lives .............................................. changed by the year 2100 because of
this amazing invention?

3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original. Use the words in brackets.
(5 x 1 = 5 points)
1 I’ve got a smartphone. It’s got an excellent camera. (which)
I’ve got ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .
2 I got this tablet last December. (since)
I .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .
3 Scientists will discover a way to communicate with plants before the year 2050. (have)
By 2050, ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .
4 We started to clean the flat two hours ago and still haven’t finished. (been)
We .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .
5 My football match tomorrow is from 10 to about 11.30 am. (playing)
At 11 am tomorrow, I ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... .

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NAME: MARK:
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4 Complete the sentences in a logical way. (5 x 1 = 5 points)

1 This time tomorrow, I will ........................................................................................................................................................................................... .
2 By the time I finish school, I ..................................................................................................................................................................................... .
3 This time next week, I ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... .
4 I .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. since I was young.
5 Before this year, I ...................................... never......................................................................................................................................................... .