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Practice Test - Unit 8

The document outlines a practice exam for a midterm, focusing on listening, reading, and writing sections. It includes questions about alarm clocks, their history, and related vocabulary. The exam assesses comprehension through multiple-choice, true/false, matching, and sentence completion formats.

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Practice Test - Unit 8

The document outlines a practice exam for a midterm, focusing on listening, reading, and writing sections. It includes questions about alarm clocks, their history, and related vocabulary. The exam assesses comprehension through multiple-choice, true/false, matching, and sentence completion formats.

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MIDTERM II PRACTICE

A. LISTENING
PART 1
(6 questions – 6 points)
Listen and circle the correct answers. There is one example.

1. The alarm clock was invented ___________ of years ago.

a. hundreds b. thousands

2. Alarm clocks were invented by different ___________.

a. cultures b. nations

3. Different clocks worked through similar__________.

a. procedures b. techniques

4. Plato’s clock played ___________ to wake him up.

a. music b. movie

5. Yi Xing was good at ___________ as well as math.

a. geography b. engineering

6. The alarm clock changed as technology ___________.

a. stopped b. developed

PART 2
(4 questions – 4 points)
Listen and write True or False. There is one example.

1. Naima is good at waking up in the morning. _____________

2. Naima recently worked on a history project about alarm clocks. _____________

3. Alarm clocks were invented hundreds of years ago. _____________

4. In different parts of the world, alarm clocks worked in different _____________

ways.

5. Yi Xing designed a clock that used a water wheel. _____________

6. The technology of alarm clocks hasn’t changed much over _____________


the years.

B. READING
PART 1
(4 questions – 4 points)
Read and match. There is one example.

PART 2
(3 questions – 3 points)
Read. Choose the correct words and write them on the lines. There is one
example.

printing engineering invent


cross stone record information

1. what rocks are made of; a material used for building things

2. keep important details about something

3. go from one side of something to the other


4. designing and making things like bridges and machines

5. design and create something which didn’t exist before

6. using a special method or machine to put words onto

paper with ink, without writing them by hands

PART 3
(3 questions – 3 points)
Read and circle. There is one example.

C. WRITING
PART 1
(4 questions – 4 points)
Complete the sentences with past modal verbs of obligation.
PART 2
(3 questions – 3 points)
Put the words in order.
PART 3
(3 questions – 3 points)
Look at the pictures. Write the correct words on the lines. There is one example.

1. They had to tie the ____________ to the tree.

2. They didn’t have to build a ________ like the Incas.

3. They had very good ________ to help them build roads.

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