TEST 12B

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY NAME ___________________

MODULE 12

1 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use two to five words

including the word in capitals.

0 I started the experiment too late. SHOULD

I should have started the experiment earlier.
1 It wasn’t possible to take any photos with my old camera. COULDN’T
I _________any photos with my old camera.
2 No one knew how to help me. ABLE
No one _________me.
3 My mum told me to tidy my room. HAD
I _________ my room.
4 It was a shame that I didn’t go camping with my friends. SHOULD
I _________ with my friends.
5 There was a talk on science but only for people who
wanted to go. HAVE
We _________ to the talk on science.

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

0 My friend’s dad offered to take (take) me home.

1 I suggested _________ (go) for a walk, but my friend can’t stand _________ (walk).
2 Anne refused _________ (help) me. She said I should learn _________ (do) things on my own.
3 We enjoyed _________ (spend) Saturday at the sports centre and we’re planning _________ (go)
there again.
4 I don’t mind _________ (work) during the holidays. I’m going to avoid _________ (get) a job in a
shop, though.

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3 Complete the text with the words below.

admitted couldn’t had hates learning managed should was

Last month for homework we 0 had to write an article about Artificial Intelligence. I 1 _________able to
find some websites, but I 2_________understand the information on them. My brother couldn’t help me
because he was busy and he 3 _________helping me when he’s busy.
In the end, I 4 _________to find something and I copied it from the internet. My teacher asked me about it.
I 5_________ copying it and I explained why I hadn’t done the work myself. She lent me an excellent
book called Simply AI. I 6 _________ have read it before. I’ve really enjoyed 7 _________ about the topic.

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4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs below.

carry out come across give up

hand out let down think up
A: We have to 0 carry out a survey for our English class, and we have to 1 ______one ______ourselves.
B: Didn’t your teacher say anything else?
A: He 2 ______this information sheet, but it doesn’t say much.
B: So, what’s your survey going to be about?
A: Well, I 3______ a website with some ideas. I’ll show you. No, wait! Oh no. I can’t log onto the
internet.
B: Keep trying. Don’t 4 ______!
A: It’s no good. My computer always 5 ______me ______when ______I need it.
B: That’s what happens when you choose the cheapest internet offer you find.

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5 Complete the words: The first letter of each word has been given.

0 You take this when you have a headache. An aspirin

1 You can use this to do simple maths. An a______
2 This is the study of plants. B______
3 It kills bacteria. P______
4 You study this to learn how to design and build buildings. A______
5 Some trousers or coats have one of these. A z______

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NAME _______________________________ SKILLS 12B

MODULE 12

Reading

1 Read the text and put sentences A–H in the correct gaps (1–6). There are two extra sentences.
A However, we all use Artificial Intelligence every day.
B He even borrowed books from his local university and taught himself.
C The two types of intelligence are very similar to each other.
D Sometimes AI programs on our computers can cause problems.
E Intelligent ones can make decisions on their own.
F That, though, shouldn’t be a problem for a few years yet.
G It was in a speech he made in 1956, when he first used the words ‘artificial intelligence’.
H They can then change what they do if the situation changes

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John McCarthy was born in Boston in 1927. His parents had to move frequently because of the bad economic
conditions of the 1920s and 30s, but eventually his father found work in Los Angeles and the family settled there. As a
child, McCarthy was very good at maths. 1 When he went to university, he didn’t have to do the first two years of his
course. He already knew everything. After graduating, he got a PhD and became a professor of mathematics at
university. While working there, he thought up a new phrase. 2Today most people know what this means, but a lot of
what we know is because of the work McCarthy did in this area.
So what exactly is artificial intelligence, or AI, and how does it affect our lives? McCarthy called it the ‘science and
engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs’. Many machines can be
programmed to act in a particular way. 3They do this by observing what is happening around them and deciding what
to do based on what they see. 4 However, AI is not the same as human intelligence. Machines do not try to make the
world better for themselves. Not yet. Artificial Intelligence is used in many different areas. NASA (the North
American Space Agency) has AI machines on Mars looking for signs of life. AI machines are also used on Earth to do
jobs that people can’t do. For example, they look for problems in cables and pipes under the ocean. These are very
specialised forms of AI machines. 5 Search engines on computers use AI to find websites quickly. Email programs use
AI to decide which emails you want and which ones you don’t. 6 For example, email messages from friends may
disappear. Even AI programs can make mistakes.

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Listening

2 13 Listen to six people talking about inventions. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?

1 Speaker 1 bought herself a new camera. _________

2 Speaker 2 didn’t have to get a new phone. _________
3 Speaker 3 always takes her computer on holiday. _________
4 Speaker 4 doesn’t often take aspirins. _________
5 Speaker 5 wasn’t very excited by his compass. _________
6 Speaker 6 chose to talk about plastic. _________

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Communication

3 Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

0 you can see from the picture, today we’re going to talk about computers.
a As b How c Like b What
1 To start , I want to ask how many people here cycle to school?
a from b up c out d with
2 First of all, look at electricity.
a why not b let’s c we d shall
3 Now, first I want to talk about gas. Sorry, I petrol.
a mean b want c say d explain
4 That us to the problems of nuclear power.
a makes b brings c leaves d works
5 , the next question is, why don’t we build more wind farms?
a As b What c So d Like
6 Thanks very much listening. I hope you have learned something.
a with b from c of d for
7 So, to sum , oil and gas won’t last for ever.
a out b over c up d off
8 Has got any questions?
a anyone b someone c no-one d you

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