Unit Test 8 | Group B

DICTATION, LISTENING, COMMUNICATION, READING

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

DICTATION
1 [Track 16] Listen and write the sentences 5 You will hear a boy talking about his phone.
that you hear. Why is the boy upset?
_____________________________________ A Because all the icons on his phone have
gone.
_____________________________________
B Because all the messages on his phone
_____________________________________ have gone.
C Because the girl isn’t going to buy him
_____________________________________ a phone for his birthday.
___ / 10
_____________________________________

_____________________________________ COMMUNICATION
3 Complete the conversation with one or two
_____________________________________
words in each gap.
_____________________________________ Tom: Hello, I wonder if you could help
me. I want to get a new keyboard
___ / 10 for my son for his birthday.
Sales assistant: Yes, of course. Are you looking for
a wireless keyboard?
Tom: I’m sorry, I don’t
LISTENING 1______________ that means.

2 [Track 17] Listen and choose the correct Sales assistant: It’s a 2______________ of
answer A, B or C. keyboard that doesn’t have any
wires.
1 You will hear a girl talking about the future.
Tom: Right. What do you
They are discussing 3______________ by no wires?
A jobs the girl might enjoy in the future. How does it connect to the
B subjects the girl might want to study at computer then?
university. Sales assistant: This keyboard works with wireless
C voluntary work the girl could do in the technology. It 4______________
summer. you connect your keyboard to your
2 You will hear two people talking about computer without using wires at
computers. all. Here, have a look.
Tom: It’s amazing! What are these
The boy doesn’t know how to
letters on the side here? LRM?
A store his photos in the cloud.
What does that mean?
B tap on icons.
Sales assistant: LRM 5______________ for
C drag photos into folders.
Laurence Ross Mechanics. That’s
3 You will hear a boy talking to his mother in the name of the company that
a hotel room. makes them.
The boy’s mother fixes his problem by Tom: Great, thank you for your help.
suggesting that he ___ / 10
A checks the plugs in the room.
B reads a book.
C asks for help at reception.
4 You will hear a girl talking to her grandmother
about a computer game.
The computer game that the girl is playing is
A an educational game.
B a puzzle where you have to solve clues to
win.
C a racing game with more than one player.

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READING Finally, technology has made everything too easy.
We can tap on one device and get entertainment,
4 Read the text. Choose the correct answer, A, we can click on another device to order food and we
B, C or D. can use our voices to turn the lights on and off or
turn the heating up. We never have to move from
Is modern technology bad for our health? the sofa! This means that we are more likely to sit
around all day and become unfit or overweight.
Today’s question for discussion: is modern In conclusion, some people say that technology has
technology is bad for our health? The answer made our lives better, but I disagree. I just hope that
seems obvious to me. we learn to change our behaviour before it’s too
First of all, we are living longer than we used to. In late…
the UK, men live for an average of 79.1 years and Posted by: Charlotte_Eco
women for an average of 82.8 years. This is longer
than people have ever lived before and this is 1 Both Charlotte_Eco and TechnoKat talk about
because of developments in modern medicine. For how technology
example, machines, such as MRI machines help us
A can have an impact on our sleep patterns.
to find health problems much earlier than we used
to. B can influence on how long we live.
C has changed how much physical activity
In addition, technology isn’t just helping us to live
longer lives, it’s also helping us to lead healthier we do.
lives. We can download a lot of fitness apps onto D can affect our relationships with other
our phones. We can buy devices to tell us how people.
many steps we take each day or how fast our hearts 2 What is TechnoKat’s opinion about technology?
are beating. A It has made medicine more complicated.
In addition, technology helps us to connect with B It makes people feel more connected with
people on the other side the world. In the past, the world.
some people found it hard to find friends in their
C Fitness apps are useless.
local area and felt lonely. Now everyone can find
someone to connect with, even if they’re thousands D Virtual reality can be confusing for some
of kilometres away. people.
Finally, virtual reality can be positive for some 3 What is Charlotte_Eco’s opinion of technology?
people. For example, virtual museum tours can A It gives us more opportunities to go out.
improve the quality of lives of elderly or disabled B It means we have more friends than we
people who can’t make the journeys to the real used to.
museums. C It helps us to sleep longer, but not better.
To sum up, some people say that technology is bad D It has made us lazier and less fit.
for us, but I don’t agree. Actually I think the 4 Which of these sentences reflects
opposite!
Charlotte_Eco’s opinion?
Posted by: TechnoKat A We communicate more with our friends that
we used to.
If you take a look around, you’ll see how important B Using modern technology can affect your
technology is in every part of our lives. But is it bad sleep habits.
for us? I am certain about my opinion on this
C People should only work at a computer for
subject.
one hour.
Firstly, we talk to each other less than we used to.
We prefer to communicate via social media or text D Modern technology has made us fitter.
messages instead of talking to each other face to 5 What would be a good introduction this
face. This means that our friendships have webpage?
changed. It’s more important to get ‘likes’ on social A What effect does modern technology have
media than to have real friends. In fact, nowadays, on us? In this article, two people share their
some people prefer to stay at home by themselves different opinions.
rather than going out. They close themselves away
B Share your opinions about the positive effect
from the world. I don’t think that this can be good for
their health. that technology has had on our lives.
Also, we don’t get as much sleep as we used to. C Technology is more important than good
The bright light from screens makes it more difficult health to some people. Here, two doctors tell
for us to get to sleep. A professor at the University us their opinions.
of California explained that 50 years ago most D In this article, two people explain how
adults got eight and a half hours sleep but now we technology can damage our health.
get less than seven hours a night. What’s more, ___ / 10
looking at screens all day isn’t good for our eyes.
Scientists at The Vision Council say that many
people have sore eyes after using screens for more TOTAL ___ / 40
than two hours.

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