Unit 4 Test A

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Use of English: Grammar

3 Complete the second sentence so that it has
1 Identify the conditional. Match 1-5 with A-E. a similar meaning to the first sentence using
the word given.
1 zero conditional
2 first conditional 1 The decorator will paint your room, but
3 second conditional only if you pay him the full amount next
4 third conditional week.
5 mixed conditional PROVIDED
The decorator ___________ you pay him
A If researchers had continued their the full amount next week.
investigation, there would be more
information about the side effects. 2 If she doesn’t pay her rent, she will be
B If they studied for the exam, they would evicted from her house.
be prepared. UNLESS
C If people insist on travelling by car to She will be evicted ___________ her rent.
work the levels of CO2 will continue to
increase. 3 What a shame the police couldn’t find
D If I go to bed early I wake up refreshed the stolen car.
and relaxed. ONLY
E If I had taken two extra photocopies, I If ___________ the stolen car.
would have had enough for the whole
class. 4 The bank has offered to increase her
overdraft because she may need some
/5 extra cash.
CASE
2 Complete the gaps with the correct form of The bank has offered to increase her
the verb. ___________ some extra cash.

1 Robert knew that if he had invested on 5 I’ll go to the concert this evening but only
the stock market last month, he if you pay for my ticket.
___________ (be) a rich man right now! LONG
2 If the scientists go ahead with their I’ll go to the concert this evening
presentation on Friday, they ___________ for my ticket.
___________ (give) us the results of their
latest research.
3 If the researchers had calculated their /5
costs more efficiently, they ___________
(not/run out) of money.
4 The doctors told Lucy that if her mother
took the medication, she
___________(feel) a lot better.
5 It is a well known fact that if you eat a
large quantity of junk food, you
typically___________ (gain) weight.

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Use of English: Vocabulary commented on how to overcome global

warming and not the actual causes.
5 Some pupils have to be removed from
4 Complete the sentence with the correct
____________ education because of the
words. You are given two letters that make
up either a compound noun or a compound disruption they cause other students.
adjective.
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1 People that work in the field of i___t___
tend to spend time configuring and 6 Choose the best word to match each
maintaining technology systems. definition.
2 The machine had b___d___ which
undoubtedly meant they were unable to Cryogenics
Cybernetics
complete their experiments.
Genetic engineering
3 Nowadays, it is believed that the average
Information technology
l___ s___ of a human being is 80 years. Nuclear engineering
4 He went to a w___e___ university in
London to complete a Master’s 1 ____________is the scientific study of
programme in biochemistry. very low temperatures and how they are
5 When asked about their research, the used to preserve dead bodies.
chemists stated that a b___t___ was 2 ____________ is the study of technology
doubtful given the circumstances. and how it is used to make replicas of
living organisms.
/5 3 ____________ is the study of computers
and electronic systems and how they
5 Choose the correct word in the correct form store and use information.
to complete the sentences. 4 ____________ is the study of the usage
of nuclear power.
circumvent 5 ____________ is the science of
document
combining genes with living organisms,
mainstream
sceptical with the aim of making them more
scrutiny suitable for a particular purpose.

1 We hired a video camera and a /5

cameraman ____________ our journey
through the jungle.
2 She was feeling ____________ about the
promotion. She was unsure it was the
right decision.
3 His argument has come under
____________ by many researchers as it
clearly lacks any empirical evidence.
4 In today’s meeting, the presenter
____________ the real issue, as he only

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Reading
7 You are going to read an article from a
newspaper. For Questions 1-5, choose the
correct answer A, B, C or D.
Design your baby
We live in a world where we have access to
our heart’s desires. If we wish for the finest
tea from India or the purest silk from
Thailand, all we have to do is shop around or,
easier still, find it on the internet. In today’s
consumer society, everything and anything is
accessible. If it isn’t, then people get angry
and they want to know why. Years ago, when
buying a car, for example, people used to go
to the car show room and enquire about the
engine and about how it worked. In today’s
world, we ask considerably more questions
and find out about how we can design our
own cars. We choose the colour and effect,
the material of the seats, the gadgets we
want inside and much much more. We are
obsessed with options and designing our
own belongings. So much so that parents
now have the desire to design their own
children.
In the US, a hospital clinic has now
successfully enabled hundreds of couples to
choose the sex of their unborn children.
Although this number is not huge for a
country so vast, it is expected that it will
quickly rise, as parents become aware of the
success rate and the relatively low cost
associated with the process. In the UK, a
number of clinics exist which also offer this
relatively new phenomenon, but success
rates in this country are considerably lower
than those found in the US.
The procedure of designing your unborn
baby’s gender is straightforward. All that is
needed is the consent of both parents, a
nominal fee of approximately £1500 and a
couple of hours. One thing to bear in mind in
the US, nevertheless, is that they do not
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accept couples who are trying to determine
the gender of their first unborn child. They
insist the parents already have one child
before they can determine the sex of the
second.
The procedure started with a view to aid
parents that had inherited gender-related
medical problems. Families who knew that
the women in the family always contracted
life-threatening diseases were given the
option to visit the US clinic. The clinic gave
hope to those families that had thought they
would never have children, due to the
potential dangers. What started as an
experiment had such a high success rate that
other parents started to enquire about it for
their own egotistical reasons. “I’ve always
wanted a girl....so cute!” one mother
claimed. Another mum said, “I’ve got two
boys and all I need is one girl to make my
family complete”. Suddenly parents wanted
to choose the gender of their unborn
children like they would choose sweets in a
sweet shop.
With the rapid development of science and
with new research being carried out, there
have been talks of the next step. Scientists
have already predicted that in the next few
years parents are going to be able to further
design their unborn children. They will have
the ability to enhance intelligence levels and
develop personalities. But is this going too
far?
Many humanitarian organisations are
completely against the concept of designing
babies. They see the process as
discriminatory, inhumane and appalling.
There are also many dangers connected with
scientists ‘playing with genes’. There was an
experiment carried out on mice some years
ago which had the aim of re-engineering the
mice’s intelligence. Although the experiment
worked, the mice suffered considerable side-
effects.
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It is clear that people in today’s society 5 What happened when the scientists
always want more. To date, they can choose carried out an experiment on mice?
the sex of their unborn child and it is certain A The intelligence of the mice was
that in the future other genes will be able to enhanced without any consequences.
be tampered with, meaning inevitably more B There was a negative effect on the mice.
choices to be made. How close we are to this, C The experiment went exactly to plan.
is however, unknown. D Scientists realised they could not use the
drug on humans.
1 The writer’s overall view of people in
today’s society is /5
A they buy everything they want online.
B they always want more and they
ultimately get what they want.
C they are obsessed with cars and
designing them.
D they are getting increasingly more
aggressive.

2 What does the writer imply by saying

‘Although this number is not huge for a
country so vast’?
A The quantity is high for such a small
country.
B We would expect triple this number.
C The number is relatively low considering
the size of the country.
D We would expect to see less.

3 What does the US insist on for the gender

designing procedure?
A The parents have inherited gender-
related medical issues.
B The parents agree on the sex of the
unborn child.
C The parents have sufficient money and
that both parents give their consent.
D There is already one child in the family.

4 According to the writer, why are parents

without inherited gender-related medical
problems interested in the procedure?
A They want to feed their selfish interests.
B They think girls are cuter than boys.
C They usually find it difficult to have girls.
D They think children are as nice as sweets
in a confectionery shop.

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Listening Writing
8 You are going to hear an interview with 9 In the future, drugs will be available which
a British scientist. Complete 1-5 in the fact prolong lives. Some people believe we should
sheet below. Use no more than three words be able to take these drugs as they will give
in each gap. us the ability to live longer, meaning we have
more time to spend with our family and
Fact sheet for Dr Wilkinson’s research friends. Others are of the opinion that we
shouldn't take these drugs as they will create
Purpose of To protect human a serious imbalance in our society.
the new (1)__________ and
pill __________ from the sun Write an essay (200-250 words) to discuss
both of these viewpoints and then give your
Current Examining how algae pass a own opinion. Don't forget to support your
research compound to coral which ideas, where possible, with examples.
the coral in turn modifies. __________________________________
_____________________________________
The modified compound is _____________________________________
somehow able to protect _____________________________________
the coral against _____________________________________
(2)__________. _____________________________________
_____________________________________
Next step Discover compound and _____________________________________
start testing. _____________________________________
_____________________________________
Testing to be carried out on
_____________________________________
(3)__________.
_____________________________________
Prediction Within the (4)__________ _____________________________________
of when _____________________________________
the pill will _____________________________________
be _____________________________________
available _____________________________________
_____________________________________
Future To be carried out on crops. _____________________________________
research _____________________________________
If research successful, will _____________________________________
grant developing countries _____________________________________
access to _____________________________________
(5)__________food sources _____________________________________
all year round.
_____________________________________
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