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Vocabulary and Use your English
Choose the correct answers.
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I hate machines. It’s so impersonal replying to a 9
Soon, everything will be connected by wireless
recorded voice. devices and we’ll never have to a
a answering machine again.
b sewing a turn off
c washing b set off
d vending c turn on
2
Why does my boyfriend always ignore manuals and d plug in
try to figure everything out on his own? 10
‘Will the new TV fit in here?’
a information ‘I don’t know. Why don’t you it?’
b interactive a count
c instruction b connect
d intelligent c measure
3 Did you see the vacuuming robot at the science ? d follow
a exploration 11
Could you help me to this table? I'm not sure
b exposure how to put the legs on it.
c exhibition a assemble
d excursion b install
4
Too much technology isn't good; sometimes it can be c input
, especially to children. d work
a harmful 12
It won’t take long to determine the of living if
b wasteful you use your calculator.
c natural a price
d educational b potential
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You should your computer every night to c cost
save energy. d number
a hack into 13 Johnny could to 100 by the time he was three.
b hook up to a say
c shut down b measure
d switch on c calculate
6 I don't know how to this machine. Can you help me? d count
a navigate 14
Did you know that golf players are sometimes hit by
b operate lightning ?
c originate a packs
d generate b plants
7 the red button and the machine will stop. c bolts
a Miss d megabytes
b Lose 15
Refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers
c Press are examples of household .
d Pull a machines
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Many people have a video game and spend most of b appliances
the day in front of their computers. c devices
a generation d engines
b stimulation 16
Which professor is giving the on the planets in
c addiction our solar system?
d solution a theory
b data
c lesson
d lecture
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It’s only a(n) change. Things will go back to 19
I had to take my new digital camera back to the
normal in two weeks. shop because it was .
a temporary a costly
b permanent b wasteful
c important c faulty
d limited d unnecessary
18 Is there any that aliens exist? 20
Young children learning to ride bikes sometimes
a research find it difficult to .
b proof a navigate
c advancement b steer
d fact c launch
d orbit
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Grammar
Choose the correct answers.
1
Dwayne me this email; he doesn't know how to use 7
'Excuse me, Dr Jones, I borrow your research
a computer. notes, please?
a couldn't have sent 'Oh, yes, certainly.'
b can't send a should
c mustn't send b must
d shouldn’t have sent c may
2 'Hey David, you switch off that light for me, please?' d need
'Sure. No problem.' 8
You do this experiment right now; it can wait
a may till later.
b might a mustn't
c can b shouldn't
d must c wouldn't
3
'Designing the Hubble Space Telescope really d don't have to
interesting.' 9 'Can I send emails from work?'
'Oh, it was. I was happy to be a part of it.' 'No, you ; it's not allowed.
a should have been a needn't
b needn't have been b couldn't
c must have been c mustn't
d doesn’t have to be d don't have to
4
NASA launch a space shuttle next year, but it's 10 They presents, but it was nice of them.
not certain. a could have brought
a might b ought to have brought
b would c can't have brought
c should d needn't have brought
d can 11
Jody a maths teacher; she doesn't know how to
5
You take anything to eat; there are lots of vending add two and two!
machines there. a needn't be
a mustn't b can't be
b wouldn't c mustn't be
c shouldn't d doesn't have to be
d needn't 12
My father use a computer a year ago, but now
6
We you the money for a new mobile phone, but he's a geek!
you didn't ask. a shouldn't
a would have given b mustn't
b may have given c can't
c needn’t have given d couldn't
d can't have given 13
The biology professor here by now; she's
very late.
a must be
b should have been
c can't have been
d was able to be
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14 'I can't get this stupid DVD player to work!' 18 I take the temporary job at the recycling plant?
'You ____ try plugging it in.' a Should
a need b Would
b would c Ought
c must d Might
d could 19 You press this button to start the machine.
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We ____ rent DVDs every Friday; now we just a need
download them. b ought
a could c have to
b would d may
c should 20 'He a permanent job at the chemical plant.'
d may 'Yes, but he didn't want to work forty hours a week.'
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It took a long time, but the researcher ____ find proof a could have had
for his theory. b ought to have had
a was able to c must have had
b could d may have had
c should
d must
17
'You get one of these new e-readers; they are
so cool!'
'Really? Maybe I will.'
a could
b need
c must
d might
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