Test Unit 7

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LISTENING VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 TRACK 8 You will hear four different 2 Complete the sentences with the
recordings. For questions 1–4, choose correct form of the verbs in the box.
the correct answer, A, B or C. There is one extra verb.

throw figure bring

1 The speaker is come talk go
A criticising people for wasting time on
the Internet. I can’t wait for his next book to come out.
B encouraging younger people to learn He’s such a great author.
from the older generation.
C pointing out ways you can use the 1 They used to ___________ in for tennis
Internet to your advantage. but now they prefer badminton.
2 They __________ in the furniture when
2 Which sentence best describes the
situation? I bought the house.
A Beth shows her grandfather how to 3 My best friend __________ me into going
open an attachment. to the party with her last week.
B Beth discovers why her grandfather is
confused. 4 We’ve __________ out why our electricity
C Beth finds the photos her grandfather bill was so high this month.
has downloaded. _____/4

3 The speaker says that Michael’s mother

3 Complete the sentences with the
should appropriate form of the words in
A encourage him to change his diet. capitals.
B be happy with his current weight.
C be worried because of a recent weight This is an attempt to tackle the problem of
gain. obesity in schools. OBESE

4 Before her illness, Sally 1 It’s a truly _________________ moment

A was eating unhealthy food.
for the world of science. HISTORY
B was suffering from insomnia.
C wasn’t doing any exercise. 2 I think it’s _________________ to leave
_____/4 early in the morning to avoid the worst
traffic. ADVISE
3 They were able to _________________
quickly to my request. RESPONSE
4 I would love to gain _________________
in the field of chemistry. RECOGNISE

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5 This tea is supposed to help with 5 Complete the second sentence so that
it means the same as the first.
_________________ so I think I’ll try it.
DIGEST People say there are countless
6 The level of _________________ in my opportunities for mathematicians.
There are said to be countless
student accommodation isn’t great.
opportunities for mathematicians.
CLEAN
_____/6 1 It seems that early blues influenced his
music.
4 Complete the sentences with the His music _________________________
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Use passive voice. _____________________ by early blues.
2 They say Jack stole Maria’s motorbike.
I have been sent (send) a text message
but I can’t read it! It is ______________________________
by Jack.
1 I wish the kids could somehow _________ 3 Historians believe the painter spent his
__________________________________ early childhood in this house.
(make/turn off) all their devices and enjoy The painter ________________________
the outdoors. _________________ his early childhood
2 Judging by how awful it looks, this house in this house.
may ______________________________ 4 They think there is a low risk of
(never/renovate) since it was first built. groundwater contamination.
3 This idea needs ____________________ There ____________________________
___________________________ (patent) a low risk of groundwater contamination.
as soon as possible! 5 We could argue that there isn’t enough
4 Nobody likes _______________________ evidence to support this hypothesis.
____________________________ (take) It ________________________________
for granted. there isn’t enough evidence to support
5 My son ___________________________ this hypothesis.
_____________________________ (give) _____/5
this watch by my dad for his 10th birthday.

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USE OF ENGLISH issues to be taken into account before men

can travel to Mars. And yet, Elon Musk
6 Complete the text with the appropriate
form of the words in the box. There are founded SpaceX almost a decade ago with the
two extra words.
long-term goal of making human colonisation
think astronomy ensure estimate on Mars possible. That is a real
harm include raise science 5
____________ and technological challenge.
The first people, according to Elon Musk’s
IN SEARCH OF ‘NEW EARTHS’ initial plan, were to be taken to Mars in 2024!
Searching space for Earth analogues (planets We already know that this space journey will
similar to Earth) is thought to have had quite a be delayed, but it’s still just round the corner!
long history but it was not until 2015 that the
discovery of Earth 2.0 was officially _____/5
announced. It was a historic moment.
7 Translate the phrases in brackets into
However, the planet is out of reach for us as English. Use no more than five words.
it’s 1____________ to be orbiting about 1,402
Buying those shoes wasn’t such a bad
light-years from Earth. In 2016, Proxima idea after all (mimo wszystko).
Centauri b (approximately 4.2 light-years from
1 Alex deserves to
Earth) became the closest known planet
________________________________
outside the Solar System. Yet, this planet is
(zostać wyróżnionym). We wouldn’t have
not likely to be habitable at all. Maybe that’s
completed the project if it wasn’t for him.
why Mars, the Earth’s next-door neighbour,
2 __________________________________
has again become the focus of
2
(Każdy eksperyment składa się z) the
____________ research. Mars and Earth
following stages: formulating a hypothesis,
have some similarities – 3____________ their
planning and conducting the experiment,
geography and a similar rotation. Travelling to
writing down observations and preparing a
Mars is estimated to take approximately nine
report with the final conclusion.
months! Only nine months! Also, it has been
3 __________________________________
proved that water exists there, which makes
(Nie umiała wytłumaczyć) for the missing
looking for some traces of life on Mars very
money, so she lost her job.
exciting. However, the low temperature, the
level of radiation and lack of oxygen would 4 None of the stars
make staying on Mars without adequate __________________________________
4
protection extremely ____________ for (można było zobaczyć) due to the amount
people. There are millions of complicated of light pollution from the nearby city.

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5 My little sister able to find out German war plans in

__________________________________ advance. In 1950, Turing wrote a paper which
predicted that, one day, robots would have the
(nie cierpi, kiedy jej mówią, żeby) tidy her
intelligence to carry out a human-like
room. conversation. Two years later, in 1952, he
finalised the rules of a test which would
_____/5 show whether or not this intelligence existed.
The main rule was that, if any computer
READING persuaded 30 percent of the people reading
or listening to the answers that it was human, it
8 Read the text. For questions 1–6, would pass the test. Turing passed away in
choose the correct answer A, B, C 1954 but the challenge lived on.
or D.
Interestingly, Turing based his test on a party
EUGENE GOOSTMAN PASSES A TEST game, called Imitation, which he enjoyed taking
part in. In this game, a set of questions were
Eugene Goostman is a thirteen-year-old boy given to a man and a woman. They typed their
from Odessa in Ukraine. He has got a pet answers, not necessarily truthfully, and the
guinea pig and his father is a doctor. In 2014, other party guests had to try to guess who
he passed a test that some people say had had written which set of answers. The theory
never been passed before. Is Eugene a was that there would always be some clues
genius? In fact, he doesn’t really exist at all. that would give them away. Turing died
Eugene is a chatterbot. That is, a computer without knowing whether any robot would
programme which can listen and reply to ever manage to pass his test but, in 2014, on
questions. You may have one on your the sixtieth anniversary of his death, Eugene
smartphone. You can ask it to do simple Goostman managed to do it.
tasks like find out what the weather is like in
Portugal or how many dollars there are to the Not everyone is impressed by Eugene’s
euro. You can also try to have a conversation accomplishment. Some say that Eugene
with your chatterbot, although their answers wasn’t the first chatterbot to pass the test. This
don’t always make sense. However, Eugene is technically true but the previous tests were
is more advanced than these very basic either too short or they were judged by an
versions. He actually managed to fool some audience rather than experts. These factors
people into thinking he was human in a test meant that the results weren’t conclusive.
thought up over 60 years ago. Eugene’s test involved many more questions
but there were still criticisms. The main one
The test he passed is called the Turing Test, involves Eugene’s ‘human’ profile. His
named after the computer expert, AlanTuring, designers deliberately made him a thirteen-
who became famous for his work on the year-old with poor English so that judges
Enigma code machine during the Second would be more likely to ignore his strange or
World War. This was a German machine irrelevant answers than they would if he was
which was brought to England in 1939 from a native speaker adult. Finally, even if he was
Poland. By breaking the codes, Turing was the first chatterbot to really pass the test,
many people argue that Eugene doesn’t
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actually possess real intelligence. All it can

do is imitate intelligence. In other words, it is 3 Alan Turing died before
unable to think or learn like a real human A a robot managed to pass his test.
being. B he could finish writing the rules for his
test.
C his paper on artificial intelligence was
Chatterbots may not be ready to take over the
published.
world yet but they can have uses. They can
perform basic tasks on a smartphone while
4 Some people have said that
we are unable to press buttons on our phones
A Turing’s test had already been passed
ourselves, such as while driving. They could be
before Eugene took it.
used to create believable characters in video
B the audience judging Eugene weren’t
games which can follow orders and report on
knowledgeable about computers.
what is happening. However, robots with real
C Eugene’s test was too short for the
intelligence are still a long way off. You won’t
results to prove intelligence.
be able to get one to do your homework for
a few more years, I’m afraid!
5 The writer’s view of chatterbots is that they
A are capable of real learning and
1 Eugene Goostman did not really intelligence.
A answer any questions. B have some uses which involve following
B pass a test. instructions.
C have a pet guinea pig. C could be useful for students who need
help with their homework.
2 Alan Turing first made his prediction that
intelligent robots would one day exist 6 In the text, the writer is
A during the Second World War. A criticising chatterbots because of their
B two years before he made the rules for limitations.
his test. B questioning whether there will ever be
C in a paper which also set out the rules real artificial intelligence.
for the test. C explaining why Eugene Goostman is
special.
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WRITING

9 Do the writing task.

Brałeś/Brałaś niedawno udział w eksperymencie, który polegał na nieużywaniu przez tydzień

żadnych urządzeń elektronicznych, takich jak smartfon, iPad, tablet, czytnik e-booków, laptop, TV
itp. Napisz artykuł do gazetki szkolnej, w którym opiszesz swoje odczucia na początku i pod koniec
eksperymentu. Napisz, co było łatwe, co było trudne i czego można nauczyć się podczas takiego
odpoczynku od urządzeń elektronicznych.

Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów i spełniać wszystkie wymogi typowe dla formy
wskazanej w poleceniu.

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