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Test Yourself Unit 7 Inventions that shook the world.
Variant I.
I. Listening comprehension
1)
А fax machine is one of
the latest inventions of the man. You'll hear the explanations of how it
works. Listen to the recording. Mark
the statements 1-3 with Т if the information is TRUE and with F if the information
is FALSE. You will hear the recording twice.
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1. A fax machine doesn't send the original
sheet of paper.
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2. . The piece of paper is put inside the
machine in small pieces.
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3 The fax machine sends signals to another
fax machine by telegraph.
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2) You will hear
four people talking about different electric devices. Listen to the recording. Choose from the list A-E what each
of them says. Write the corresponding letter next to the speaker. Use each
letter only once.
There is one extra sentence, which you do not need to use.
You will hear the recording twice.
Speaker 1 A. Is good for
sleepy persons.
Speaker 2 B. The device
helps to save time.
Speaker 3 C. Mum takes
the stereo away.
Speaker 4 D. Mum
thinks that it is more trouble than it's worth.
E. A
music-minded person.
1. _____
2.______ 3. _______ 4________
II.
Reading Comprehension
Special conferences are held to explore the full range
of CD-ROM solutions .Read the descriptions of CD-ROM options for
different markets. Choose the most suitable title (A-E) for each (1-4)
description. There is one extra title which you do not need to use.
A. Cross Platform Development
B. Licensing Strategies: Copyrights and CD-ROM
C. Home Entertainment
Session 1 _________
This session will also cover key content issues, software,
computing platforms, installed base, and the potential for use of multimedia
features. This session will examine a variety of existing and new applications
on major platforms, including CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I and CD-V. See how the use
of images, sound, animation and full motion video will affect home computing
platforms. Learn how themes relating to music, art, travel, games and home
references can be integrated with entertainment and home education needs.
Session 2 _________
The wide range of different CD-ROM platforms — including
Apple, DOS, Windows, CDTV, CD-I and UNIX — creates a challenge for developers.
For which platform should a product be developed first, and how can development
resources be given to create as wide a market for a product? This session will
examine the possibility of development and review the obvious and hidden
expenses that occur as products are ported to different systems. Learn about
techniques that can simplify data conversion. Find out about the challenges —
and solutions — for porting software, sound, graphics and video to different
platforms.
II.
Use of English
(grammar/vocabulary)
1. Past Simple. Open the brackets.
1. He (to see)__________ them last year, but it (to be)___________long
ago.
2. The door (to open)__________and Tom (to come)________ in
wet and tired.
3. The bell (to ring)_____________ and Jane (to hurry)____________
to open the door.
4. Our sister (to pass) ______________her exam in Physics two
days ago.
5. The ship (to sink) _______________there
some years ago.
2. Present Perfect
Tense. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect
Tense.
1.
Look! He (to
repair) the car and we can start right now. ________________
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2.
I (to use) this equipment since last
year, but now it's getting older._________
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3.
Gary already (to hoover) the rooms, now
he's cleaning the corridor. ____________
_________________________________________________________________
4.
The play (to be)
a success for a week. __________________________________
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5.
Why not you (to
do) the exercises yet? _________________________________
________________________________________________________________
3. Open the brackets using Gerund or
Participle I.
1. I don't enjoy (to eat) ________________sweets because it's
harmful for my teeth.
2.
Stop (to write)______________________
this silly letter!
3.
We couldn't help (to laugh) _____________at
Eddie Murphy's acting.
4.
What products do
you use for (to cook)_____________.
5.
The pupils look forward
to (to go) __________________on excursion to Kolomenskoye.
4. Напишите следующие
предложения в Simple Past Passive.
1.
Henry John Heinz introduced canned food
in 1869. ________________________
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2.
In 1893 Henry Ford
built the first car. _____________________________________
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3.
In 1846 Elias
Howe invented a sewing machine. ______________________________
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4.
John Logie Baird
invented television in 1926. ________________________________
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5.
In 1896 Ford
built an automobile powered by a gasoline engine. ___________________
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5. Open the brackets using Past Perfect Passive.
1.
In 1945 the Nobel Prize was given to
Alexander Fleming for penicillin that (to discover) __________________________________in
l928.
2.
In the middle of the 19th century,
although it (to test) ___________________ the sewing machine did not interest
very many people.
3.
The first
ballpoint pen was produced in 1940 though it (to invent)
_________________________ by L. Biro, a Hungarian artist and journalist, in
1905.
4.
The children didn't have to cut down on
gasoline, because their Dad's car (to sell) ________________________already.
5.
The family used the process charts, which
first (to develop) ______________________ for a factory by their father.
6.
Before the time Tom announced lunch was ready,
all of the duties (to allocate)____________________ .
7.
The leg of lamb was all black because it (to
burn)____________________.
IV. Cultural awareness
You know that a lot of great inventions were made along the
same line by Russian scientists and foreign scientists. Match the invention and the inventors.
1.
A. G.
Bell a) the first petrol engine
2.
N. Niepce
b) the first vacuum cleaner
3.
J. M. Spangler c)
telephone
4.
W & О Wright d)
television
5.
J. L. Baird
e) photography
6.
K.
Benz f) the first airplane
1.
_____ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4._____ 5._____ 6.
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Test Yourself Unit 7 Inventions that shook the world.
Variant II.
I. Listening comprehension
1)
А fax machine is one of
the latest inventions of the man. You'll hear the explanations of how it
works. Listen to the recording. Mark
the statements 1-3 with Т if the information is TRUE and with F if the information
is FALSE. You will hear the recording twice.
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1. A fax machine doesn't send the original
sheet of paper.
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2. The message is sent word by word.
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3. The machine scans the page with a stream
of light.
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2) You will hear
four people talking about different electric devices. Listen to the recording. Choose from the list A-E what each
of them says. Write the corresponding letter next to the speaker. Use each
letter only once.
There is one extra sentence, which you do not need to use.
You will hear the recording twice.
Speaker 1 A. Mum
thinks that it is more trouble than it's worth.
Speaker 2 B. Mum
takes the stereo away.
Speaker 3 C.
The device helps to save time.
Speaker 4
D. A music-minded person.
E. Is
good for sleepy persons.
1. _____
2.______ 3. _______ 4________
II.
Reading Comprehension
Special conferences are held to explore the full range of
CD-ROM solutions. Read the descriptions
of CD-ROM options for different markets. Choose the most suitable title (A-E)
for each (1-4) description. There is one extra title which you do not need to
use.
A. Cross Platform Development
B. Business Resources
C. Education and Reference
Session 1 _________
CD-ROM provides a new way of presenting and
distributing information resources. When presented as a highly-interactive
database or multimedia format, the value of this information is quite different
than traditional print media. This session will focus on those "mission
critical" products that have become popular business research tools. A
range of different CD-ROM product categories will be covered, including those
relating to competitive research, directories, programming resources, desktop
publishing tools, mapping, electronic periodicals and financial statistics.
Session 2 _________
This session will examine those CD-ROM products that have
demonstrated success in the areas such as encyclopedias, electronic books,
references and classroom study aids and review the important content and design
issues for new applications. The potential — as well as the costs — for
disc-based textbooks and multimedia classroom learning will be examined — along
with the practical issue of whether CD-ROM and multimedia technology can
replace textbooks in the near future.
III. Use
of English (grammar/vocabulary)
1. Past Simple. Open the brackets.
1.
My Dad (to buy) ______________his
car in 2000.
2. The car (to go) _____________wrong when we were travelling
yesterday.
3.
Two bus passengers (to die)______________
in the accident last week.
4.
We (to buy) _______________our
computer in 1998.
5.
The war (to end)______________ in 1945 when
the countries of antihitler coalition (to sign) ________________the
capitulation of Germany.
2. Present Perfect
Tense. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect
Tense.
1. The boat just (to bring) the passengers to the opposite
side if the river. ___________
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2. The hurricane (to destroy) all the buildings in the village
now. ___________________
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3. The boy just (to break) the window in
the library. _____________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4.
Supermarkets (to
be) popular with the customers for a long time. _______________
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5.
The children (to write)
the composition right now. ___________________________
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3. Open the brackets using Gerund or
Participle I.
1. What do you call in English the thing that we use for (to
reheat) __________________ products.
2. The man (to sit) ________________at the table was very pale
and long-haired.
3.
She feels like (to dance)________________,
it's her favourite music.
4. The water (to run) _______________________from
the hill was clean.
5.
Do you mind my (to smoke) ___________________here
if I open the window?
4. Напишите следующие
предложения в Simple Past Passive.
1.
The USA introduced
the world's first traffic light in 1914. ________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2.
Robert Goddard
launched the first liquid-fuelled rocket in 1874. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________
3. The Wright brothers invented and built the first
aeroplane in 1903. _______________
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4.
Alexander Fleming
discovered penicillin in 1928. ______________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
5.
In 1960 the USA
launched the first weather satellite. __________________________
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5. Open the brackets using Past Perfect Passive.
1.
The first gas stove (to make) ____________________long
before the first electric stove appeared.
2.
In 1928 Richard Drew perfected the
Scotch tape, which (to invent) __________________ by Jim Kirst from the USA in
1923.
3.
In 1996 Japanese scientists created a
solar powered car called Dream". To create it they used solar cells, which
(to develop)_________________________ in the middle
of 20th century.
4.
She brought in the platter with the leg of
lamb, which (to cook) _____________________ by Tom.
5.
They instituted a series of fines after the
line at cutting allowances (to draw)___________________.
6.
Their canned goods (to deliver)_______________________,
that's why they couldn't save there.
7.
The family used the process charts, which
first (to develop) _________________ for a factory by their father.
IV. Cultural awareness
You know that a lot of great inventions were made along the
same line by Russian scientists and foreign scientists. Match the invention and the inventors.
1.
S. Korolyov
a) Microsoft DOS
2.
A.
Morita b) the first artificial satellite
3.
B. Gates c)
the first cinema
4.
H.
Ford d) the idea of cloning
5.
I. Wilmot e)
car assembly line
6.
The Lumiere brothers f) Sony
Walkman
1.
_____ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4._____ 5._____ 6.
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