Complete the sentences with correct form of words in the brackets.

The new _______ for the new generation of cars will come from the robotics: robocars will be cars that drive themselves. (INSPIRE)

Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. Imagine this: Your little brother's favourite toy car has a broken wheel, and he's about to cry. You're not worried, though. You take some pictures of the broken part and use your 3D printer to make a new one.

2. 3D printers are amazing machines that can create objects from digital designs. Surprisingly, people first thought of this idea way back in 1984, and by 1993, they started a company to make it happen! Since 2004, 3D printers have become small and affordable, so almost anyone can have one at home. In 2018, they sold more than half a million of them around the world.

3. How do they work? Well, instead of using ink like regular printers, 3D printers use materials like plastic or metal. They put these materials layer by layer to build a 3D shape.

4. People are using 3D printers to make all sorts of things, like jewelry and decorations. Even sports companies are using them to make shoes that fit perfectly. And doctors use 3D printers to make things like replacement bones. It makes surgeries easier and helps people get better faster.

5. 3D printers are developing all the time, and are becoming the piece of technology every home should have. And you might be able to print one soon, who knows yourself.

(29) Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a use of 3D printers?

Listen to an interview about a competition for young inventors. Are the sentences TRUE or FALSE? Question 33 to 36.

Children aged 8–13 years old can enter the competition this year. 

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if any.

Hans Lipperhey invented the telescope in 1608. He was a Dutch eyeglass maker. (combine the sentences using Relative Clause)

Hans Lipperhey __________________________________________

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the underlined word.

Look, it’s working. You can see the _______ of the cursor on the screen.

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings. Write no more than FOUR words in each blank.

We can communicate over long distances thanks to the invention of the telephone.

The invention of the telephone enables __________ over long distances.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: The Wright brothers ______ the first airplane in 1903.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician-scientist discovered penicillin in 1945.

Read the text and answer the questions. Answer full sentence.

INVENTIONS THE WORLD FORGOT

The Telharmonium

The Telharmonium was the world's first electronic musical instrument. It was designed by Thaddeus Cahill in 1897. Music from the instrument was broadcast to people's homes using a telephone. Before the invention of the radio, people loved these first home concerts. After Cahill's death in 1934, his brother kept one of the three models, but in 1962 it was destroyed. No recordings of the music were kept, so the Telharmonium and its unique sound have disappeared forever.

The Writing Ball

Invented in 1865 by Rasmus Malling-Hansen from Denmark, the Writing Ball was a machine for typing onto paper. Its use of electricity made the movement faster. However, you could not see the paper as you were typing. Nevertheless, the Writing Ball was very successful. Since each model was made by hand, it was soon

replaced by other cheaper machines produced in factories. A new keyboard with a different key arrangement appeared. The once-popular Writing Ball was forgotten.

The Antikythera Mechanism

In 1901, parts of an ancient machine were discovered on a ship near the Greek island of Antikythera. It had been made about 1,900 years earlier, in 2 BCE. For many years after its discovery, nobody understood exactly what the machine was for. In the 1970s, scientists found that this ancient computer had been designed to predict the movements of the sun, the moon and the planets. It did this using more than thirty hand-made metal wheels of different sizes. The remains of the Antikythera mechanism are now kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, together with a number of reconstructions to demonstrate how it may have worked.

What was the Antikythera Mechanism used for?

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the underlined word.

Don't touch that cable while it _________.

Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. Imagine this: Your little brother's favourite toy car has a broken wheel, and he's about to cry. You're not worried, though. You take some pictures of the broken part and use your 3D printer to make a new one.

2. 3D printers are amazing machines that can create objects from digital designs. Surprisingly, people first thought of this idea way back in 1984, and by 1993, they started a company to make it happen! Since 2004, 3D printers have become small and affordable, so almost anyone can have one at home. In 2018, they sold more than half a million of them around the world.

3. How do they work? Well, instead of using ink like regular printers, 3D printers use materials like plastic or metal. They put these materials layer by layer to build a 3D shape.

4. People are using 3D printers to make all sorts of things, like jewelry and decorations. Even sports companies are using them to make shoes that fit perfectly. And doctors use 3D printers to make things like replacement bones. It makes surgeries easier and helps people get better faster.

5. 3D printers are developing all the time, and are becoming the piece of technology every home should have. And you might be able to print one soon, who knows yourself.

(28) 3D printers became something many people could afford in __________.

Listen to an interview about a competition for young inventors. Are the sentences TRUE or FALSE? Question 33 to 36.

Inventions can be original ideas or ways to make an old product better. 

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

Read the following passage. For each of the questions, Decide the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

INVENTOR’S CIRCLE

With the progression of technology and the development of existing inventions, it is becoming more difficult for inventors to make money. It feels like people are running out of new ideas. However, there is hope! While becoming a successful inventor is increasingly more difficult, the community of inventors is growing, helping each other to reach their goals.

What makes the inventors’ community so strong? Well, the main reason that people choose to become an inventor is to help others or to make the world a better place to live. With such a goal, why wouldn’t they want to help each other? Inventors often work together, create their own businesses and give opportunities to those in need.

Social media such as Facebook and YouTube have also helped the inventors’ community. They have made it easier for inventors from across the globe to speak with each other and learn from each other through videos. Now that the internet is growing rapidly, there is endless information for inventors aspiring to get what they need.                              

Still, becoming an inventor is not getting easier with all this extra information. There is more competition, there are more people wanting to make the world better, to make people’s lives easier. This is because they now have all the information they need to make their dreams come true. On the plus side, with all the information and support, it has become easier for anyone to try. So, what’s stopping you? Start inventing!

Inventors want to make the world better.

Choose the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.

a. This invention also allows people to focus on other important tasks or simply relax, instead of spending hours doing laundry.

b. With the washing machine, clothes are cleaned quickly and efficiently, which saves time and energy.

c. Before this invention, people had to wash clothes by hand, which was time-consuming and tiring.

d. Overall, the washing machine has improved the quality of life by making household chores easier and less stressful.

e. The invention of the washing machine has made life much easier for millions of people around the world.

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the underlined word.

People make _________ from wood and other additives and form flat, thin sheets for writing.

Choose the best answer.

Since the appearance of electronic devices, lessons have become more and more _____ and effective.

Write a complete sentence using the words and phrases given in each of the following questions. 

The internet / enable / people / connect / globally / since / its invention.

Complete the sentences with correct form of words in the brackets.

Mobile phone technology has improved _______ in recent years. (DRAMA)