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Use of English: Grammar ___________ (take) it to the police

station.
1 Identify the conditional. Match
1-5 with A-E.
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1 zero conditional
2 first conditional
3 Complete the second sentence
3 second conditional
so that it has a similar meaning
4 third conditional
to the first sentence using the
5 mixed conditional
word given.
A If she eats chocolate, she gets a
1 If by any chance you go to the
headache.
shops, could you buy me some
B If the accountants had been more
toothpaste?
thorough, there wouldnt be any
HAPPENED
doubts about the missing money.
If ___________ to the shops, could
C If scientists discover an anti-
you buy me some toothpaste?
ageing drug, people will want to
buy it.
2 Theyll return his money but only
D If we were rich, we would buy a
if he has the original receipt.
small yacht and sail around the
LONG
country.
Theyll return his money
E If you hadnt gone on holiday,
___________ the original receipt.
you would have received your
exam result.
3 If we dont have enough money,
we wont be able to go to Paris.
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We wont be able to go to Paris
2 Complete the gaps with the ___________ money.
correct form of the verb.
4 What a shame we didnt go to
1 The scientists claimed that if they the party yesterday.
had received more funding, they ONLY
___________ (continue) their ___________ to the party
investigation. yesterday.
2 If I had accepted the part in the
film, I ___________ (be) in America 5 Youll be able to contact her at
right now. any time because you might
3 From November, if the police find need her help.
you talking on your mobile phone CASE
whilst you are driving, they Youll be able to contact her at
___________ (fine) you. any time ___________ her help.
4 Everyone knows that if you travel
abroad, you ___________ (need) to
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5 They promised their parents that
if they ever found a purse or
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Use of English: Vocabulary 2 The ____________of the house

were made from both wood and
4 Complete the sentence with the cement. It was safe to say the
correct words. You are given house was extremely secure and
two letters that make up either solidly built.
a compound noun or a 3 It was clear the theories were not
compound adjective. directly challenged and scientists
found ways of ____________ and
1 Im certain that well make a
reinterpreting them.
b___t___ in the next couple of 4 The effects of anti-ageing drugs
days. Weve been so close for so have been well ____________ over
long. the past five years.
2 Spending over 10,000 on the 5 He was the founder of the
equipment was definitely company, nevertheless, his
w___w___. The equipment is in ____________ style meant he was
constant use. disliked by his employees.
3 The view from the top of the
mountain was b___t___. We could
see all the way to the sea!
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4 In 2011, the group made their
debut with a m___s___ pop song. 6 Choose the best word to match
each definition.
It went straight to number one in
the UK charts. Biomedicine
5 Unfortunately, the l___s___of a Cryogenics
professional football player is Genetic engineering
relatively short. There is far too Gerontology
much competition in this Voice technology
profession.
1 ____________ is technology that
allows machines to comprehend
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2 ____________is the scientific study
5 Choose the correct word in the
of very low temperatures and
correct form to complete the
sentences. how they are used to preserve
dead bodies.
make a claim 3 ____________ is the study of
maverick biological, chemical and physical
foundation elements that have diseased the
circumvent human body.
document 4 ____________ is the study of
technology and how it is used to
1 The criminal ____________ about
make replicas of living
his actions on the night of the
organisms.
robbery that did not stand up 5 ____________ is the scientific study
very well in court. of ageing.

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Reading The procedure of designing your

unborn babys gender is
7 You are going to read an article
straightforward. All that is needed is
from a newspaper. For
the consent of both parents, a
Questions 1-5, choose the
nominal fee of approximately 1500
correct answer A, B, C or D.
and a couple of hours. One thing to
bear in mind in the US,
Design your baby
nevertheless, is that they do not
We live in a world where we have
accept couples who are trying to
access to our hearts desires. If we
determine the gender of their first
wish for the finest tea from India or
unborn child. They insist the parents
the purest silk from Thailand, all we
already have one child before they
have to do is shop around or, easier
can determine the sex of the
still, find it on the internet. In
second.
todays consumer society,
everything and anything is
The procedure started with a view to
accessible. If it isnt, then people get
aid parents that had inherited
angry and they want to know why.
gender-related medical problems.
Years ago, when buying a car, for
Families that knew that the women
example, people used to go to the
in the family always contracted life-
car show room and enquire about
threatening diseases were given the
the engine and about how it worked.
option to visit the US clinic. The
In todays world, we ask
clinic gave hope to those families
considerably more questions and
that had thought they would never
find out about how we can design
have children, due to the potential
our own cars. We choose the colour
dangers. What started as an
and effect, the material of the seats,
experiment had such a high success
the gadgets we want inside and
rate that other parents started to
much much more. We are obsessed
enquire about it for their own
with options and designing our own
egotistical reasons. Ive always
belongings. So much so that parents
wanted a girl....so cute! one
now have the desire to design their
mother claimed. Another mum said,
own children.
Ive got two boys and all I need is
one girl to make my family
In the US, a hospital clinic has now
complete. Suddenly parents
successfully enabled hundreds of
wanted to choose the gender of
couples to choose the sex of their
their unborn children like they would
unborn children. Although this
choose sweets in a sweet shop.
number is not huge for a country so
vast, it is expected that it will
With the rapid development of
quickly rise, as parents become
science and with new research
aware of the success rate and the
being carried out, there have been
relatively low cost associated with
talks of the next step. Scientists
the process. In the UK, a number of
have already predicted that in the
clinics exist which also offer this
next few years parents are going to
relatively new phenomenon, but
be able to further design their
success rates in this country are
unborn children. They will have the
considerably lower than those found
ability to enhance intelligence levels
in the US.

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and develop personalities. But is D The UK has a lower success rate

this going too far? but we are not told the exact
reason.
Many humanitarian organisations
are completely against the concept 3 How does the writer describe the
of designing babies. They see the process of choosing the gender
process as discriminatory, inhumane of an unborn child?
and appalling. There are also many A Quick, simple and inexpensive.
dangers connected with scientists B Effortless but expensive.
playing with genes. There was an C Fairly complicated and expensive
experiment carried out on mice but reasonably quick.
some years ago which had the aim D Easy, expensive and exhausting.
of re-engineering the mices
intelligence. Although the 4 What does the writer imply by
experiment worked, the mice saying Suddenly parents wanted
suffered considerable side-effects. to choose the gender of their
It is clear that people in todays unborn children like they would
society always want more. To date, choose sweets in a sweet shop.
they can choose the sex of their A He believes nowadays parents
unborn child and it is certain that in have too much money.
the future other genes will be able B He believes parents are selfish as
to be tampered with, meaning they want to have perfect
inevitably more choices to be made. children.
How close we are to this, is C He believes parents are spoilt for
however, unknown. choice and they dont consider
values.
1 What does the writer imply by D He believes parents value food
saying we have access to our and nutrition for their unborn
hearts desires? children.
A People are now happier as they
always get what they want. 5 What does the writer predict will
B Absolutely everything is available happen in the future?
to us. A Scientists will make more
C Today there are more choices to discoveries.
make than in previous years. B People will be able to pay to
D People can fall in love easily. make their children more
intelligent.
2 What does the writer say about C Humanitarian organizations will
the current situation in the UK prevent scientists from designing
with regards the gender- babies.
designing procedure? D People will have a greater
A The success rate in the UK is number of options available to
lower because it is a relatively them.
new procedure.
B The success rate is greater in the /5
UK than in the US.
C The success rate is steadily
increasing.

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Listening
8 You are going to hear
an interview with a British
scientist. Complete 1-5 in the
fact sheet below. Use no more
than three words in each gap. Writing
9 In the future, drugs will be
Fact sheet for Dr Wilkinsons available which prolong lives. Some
research people believe we should be able to
take these drugs as they will give us
Possible A (1)__________ in the ability to live longer, meaning
consequen the number of we have more time to spend with
ces of the people that suffer our family and friends. Others are of
new pill the effects of UV the opinion that we shouldn't take
rays. these drugs as they will create a
serious imbalance in our society.
Findings of Algae passes a
current compound to the Write an essay (200-250 words)
research coral, which then to discuss both of these
modifies it. viewpoints and then give your
own opinion. Don't forget to
The modified support your ideas, where
compound acts as a possible, with examples.
(2)__________for
both the coral and
the algae.
Next step: Quantity of
What the compound
team will needed
test for Results
(3)__________
How will By (4)__________
the pill be
available
Further The effects of
research adding an extra
for Dr gene to certain
Wilkinson crops to see if it
and his protects them from
team (5)__________.

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