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Use of English: Grammar

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1 Identify the conditional. Match
1-5 with A-E.
3
Complete the second sentence
1 zero conditional so that
it has a similar meaning
2 first conditional to the
first sentence using the
3 second conditional word
given.
4 third conditional
5 mixed conditional 1
The decorator will paint your

room, but only if you pay him the

A If researchers had continued their
full amount next week.
investigation, there would be
PROVIDED
more information about the side
The decorator ___________ you
effects.
pay him the full amount next
B If they studied for the exam, they
week.
would be prepared.
C If people insist on travelling by 2 If
she doesn’t pay her rent, she
car to work the levels of CO2 will
will be evicted from her house.
continue to increase.
UNLESS
D If I go to bed early I wake up
She will be evicted ___________
refreshed and relaxed.
her rent.
E If I had taken two extra
photocopies, I would have had 3
What a shame the police couldn’t
enough for the whole class.
find the stolen car.

ONLY
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___________ the stolen car.
 2 Complete the gaps with the 4
The bank has offered to increase
correct form of the verb.
her overdraft because she may

need some extra cash.

1 Robert knew that if he had
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invested on the stock market last
The bank has offered to increase
month, he ___________ (be) a rich
her ___________ some extra cash.
man right now!
2 If the scientists go ahead with 5
I’ll go to the concert this evening
their presentation on Friday, they
but only if you pay for my ticket.
___________ (give) us the results
LONG
of their latest research.
I’ll go to the concert this evening
3 If the researchers had calculated
___________ for my ticket.
their costs more efficiently, they
___________ (not/run out) of money.
4 The doctors told Lucy that if her
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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 3 His

argument has come under

____________ by many researchers

4 Complete the sentence with the as it
clearly lacks any empirical
correct words. You are given
evidence.
two letters that make up either 4 In
today’s meeting, the presenter
a compound noun or a
____________ the real issue, as he
compound adjective. only
commented on how to

overcome global warming and

1 People that work in the field of
not
the actual causes.
i___t___ tend to spend time 5 Some
pupils have to be removed
configuring and maintaining from
____________ education
technology systems.
because of the disruption they
2 The machine had b___d___ which
cause
other students.
undoubtedly meant they were
unable to complete their
experiments.

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3 Nowadays, it is believed that the
average l___ s___ of a human 6 Choose the
best word to match
each
definition.
being is 80 years.
4 He went to a w___e___ university

Cryogenics
in London to complete a Master’s
Cybernetics
programme in biochemistry. Genetic
engineering
5 When asked about their research,
Information technology
the chemists stated that a Nuclear
engineering
b___t___ was doubtful given the
circumstances. 1
____________is the scientific study
 of
very low temperatures and
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they are used to preserve
dead
bodies.
2
____________ is the study of
5 Choose the correct word in the
correct form to complete the
technology and how it is used to
sentences. make
replicas of living

organisms.
circumvent 3
____________ is the study of
document
computers and electronic
mainstream
systems and how they store and
sceptical use
information.
scrutiny 4
____________ is the study of the
usage
of nuclear power.
1 We hired a video camera and a
5
____________ is the science of
cameraman ____________ our

combining genes with living

journey through the jungle.

organisms, with the aim of

2 She was feeling ____________

making them more suitable for a

about the promotion. She was

particular purpose.
unsure it was the right decision.

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Reading The
procedure of designing your
unborn
baby’s 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 heart’s 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.
today’s consumer society,
everything and anything is
The
procedure started with a view to
accessible. If it isn’t, 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 who 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 today’s 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. “I’ve 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.
“I’ve
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 3 What

does the US insist on for
this going too far? the
gender designing procedure?
A The
parents have inherited
Many humanitarian organisations
gender-related medical issues.
are completely against the concept B The
parents agree on the sex of
of designing babies. They see the the
unborn child.
process as discriminatory, inhumane C The
parents have sufficient
and appalling. There are also many money
and that both parents
dangers connected with scientists give
their consent.
‘playing with genes’. There was an D There
is already one child in the
experiment carried out on mice family.
some years ago which had the aim
of re-engineering the mice’s 4
According to the writer, why are
intelligence. Although the
parents without inherited gender-
experiment worked, the mice
related medical problems
suffered considerable side-effects.
interested in the procedure?
A They
want to feed their selfish
It is clear that people in today’s interests.
society always want more. To date, B They
think girls are cuter than
they can choose the sex of their boys.
unborn child and it is certain that in C They
usually find it difficult to
the future other genes will be able have girls.
to be tampered with, meaning D They
think children are as nice as
inevitably more choices to be made. sweets
in a confectionery shop.
How close we are to this, is
however, unknown. 5 What
happened when the

scientists carried out an

1 The writer’s overall view of
experiment on mice?
people in today’s society is A The
intelligence of the mice was
A they buy everything they want
enhanced without any
online.
consequences.
B they always want more and they B There
was a negative effect on
ultimately get what they want. the
mice.
C they are obsessed with cars and C The
experiment went exactly to
designing them. plan.
D they are getting increasingly D
Scientists realised they could not
more aggressive. use
the drug on humans.

2 What does the writer imply by

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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.

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somehow able to

protect the coral

against (2)__________.

Next
Discover compound
step
and start testing.

Testing to be carried

out on (3)__________.

Predictio Within the

n of
(4)__________
when
the
pill
will
be

available

Future To be carried out on

research crops.

If research successful,

will grant developing

countries access to

(5)__________food

sources all year

round.
Listening

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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
Fact sheet for Dr Wilkinson’s 9 In the
future, drugs will be
research
available which prolong lives. Some
people
believe we should be able to
Purpose To protect human take
these drugs as they will give us
of the (1)__________ and the
ability to live longer, meaning
new pill __________ from the we have
more time to spend with
sun our
family and friends. Others are of
the
opinion that we shouldn't take
Current Examining how algae these
drugs as they will create a
research pass a compound to serious
imbalance in our society.
coral which the coral
in turn modifies. Write
an essay (200-250 words)
to
discuss both of these
The modified
viewpoints and then give your
compound is own
opinion. Don't forget to

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