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Unit 3. WHAT'S YOUR KNOWLEDGE?
Test 1. Inventions and Discoveries
1. For questions from 1 - 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Circle the correct word.
1) British designer and (inventor) Dominic Wilcox asked over 450 children in the UK to come up with ideas for different inventions.
2) Then he chose around 60 invention drawings of 600 submitted and presented them to local makers that could help with (launching).
3) The children were invited to (introduce) their selected inventions themselves.
4) The makers had only 4 weeks (to produce) real-life objects, making sure that they created exactly what the children wanted. The project was called "INVENTORS!"
5) "The children whom I (dealt) with were the stars and I gained so much enjoyment seeing them getting excited about their and other peoples's ideas," Wilcox said.
6) "Instead of just putting the drawings on the fridge door as most adults do with child's drawings, why not push the ideas and then (organise) their production?" states the project's website.
7) We need to take the power of children's imagination seriously and see how it will (succeed).
8) These inventions can have great (impact) on most people around the world.
2. For sentences 1 -8, read the text below and complete the gaps with the appropriate form of the word given at the end of each sentence.
CHILDREN ARE CRAZY SMART
1) I loved this (competition) (COMPETE).
2) It was such a great concept to ask children to (discover) the next big idea because unlike adults they don't censor themselves (DISCOVERY).
3) Children come up with these grand, completely (inventing) ideas of how they can make a difference in the world (INVENT).
4) There were three different age groups for this competition with a (winner) chosen from each age group (WIN).
5) I was lucky enough to go down to Melbourne to film one of the schools and be there with children when they came up with their (affordable) ideas (AFFORD).
6) I found the competition really (inspiring) (INSPIRE).
7) You see the spark behind their eyes and get a glimpse into all the (possibilities) that they can see — that we adults can't (POSSIBLE).
8) Greta’s idea to (introduce) a new alarm system blew me away (INTRODUCTION).
3. Read the magazine article below. Six sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the sentences A - F the one which best fits each gap. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
1 - a;
2 - d;
3 - e;
4 - f.
4. For questions from 1 - 8, read the sentences below and
decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Circle the correct word.
1) The first electronic computer (was created) in 1941.
a) were created
(b) was created
c) are created
d) create
2) Various devices (were included) in various collections.
(a) were included
b) are included
c) is included
d) included
3 Apple (was launched) in 1977.
(a) was launched
b) is launched
c) launched
d) will be launched
4) These are just some of the amazing things which (aren't seen) seen, every day.
a) seen
b) weren't seen
c) isn't seen
(d) aren't seen
5) No wonder this awesome place is often (compared) to a theme park about science. It's amazing!
a) was compared
b) are compared
(c) is compared
d) has been compared
6) The first affordable cars (produced) by Henry Ford.
a) were produced
b) was produced
(c) produced
d) are produced
7) Because of weightlessness, sleep ii often (is interrupted) in space.
a) are interrupted
b) interrupted
c) interrupt
(d) is interrupted
8) Do you know where the first wrist watches (were made)?
a) was made
(b) were made
c) made
d)make
5. You will hear four excerpts from lectures in which people are talking about different inventions.
Choose from the list the inventor that each speaker is talking about. Two names are extra.
a) Thomas Edison
b) Enrico Fermi
c) Albert Einstein
d) Neil Armstrong
e) George Stephenson
f) Henry Ford
Speaker 1 - Henry Ford
Speaker 2 - Enrico Fermi
Speaker 3 - George Stephenson
Speaker 4 - Albert Einstein
6. Write about 2 - 3 well-known inventions and discoveries you consider important for our life today.
Personally i think the internet and the mobile phone are the most important inventions in our life. I can hardly imagine how people lived without phones and computers. The internet provides with all the information we need and plays a major role in our live every day. And concerning mobile phones. I can only say, that it's very important device witch makes people stay in touch even if they live in different.
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