Unit 5 : TECHNOLOGY AND YOU

Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

It is an electric store which manages large collections of dat

1. handles
2. works
3. drives
4. pilots

Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Decide which of the three options below is the best title for the passage.

1. voices
2. desires
3. choices
4. answers

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system.

1. together
2. similar
3. average
4. pure

Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Ask and answer questions about the uses of modern inventions.

1. up-to-date
2. new
3. late
4. present

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

She was wearing a beautiful dress.

1. unsightly
2. dirty
3. dusty
4. bad

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We receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers.

1. take
2. buy
3. sell
4. break

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And we can even learn foreign languages on computers.

1. known
2. native
3. natural
4. expected

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask.

1. unsuitable
2. unimportant
3. ill-prepared
4. irregular

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

The man understood the lessons very well.

1. ill
2. hardly
3. poorly
4. wrong

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words.

1. existing
2. near
3. here
4. nearby

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Places of scenic beauty are places where the scenes are interesting and beautiful.

1. incorrect
2. tiresome
3. irrelevant
4. unlucky

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

My personal opinion is that the students should be doing more work outside the classroom.

1. national
2. inner
3. spiritual
4. public

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

She noticed a marked _______ in the children on her second visit.

1. differ
2. difference
3. different
4. differently

Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

Why is computer a miraculous device?

1. ordinary
2. improper
3. false
4. ugly

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

She had been a _______ in her day.

1. beauty
2. beautician
3. beautify
4. beautiful

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

By my _______, we made a profit of £20 000 last year.

1. calculate
2. calculator
3. calculation
4. calculated

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

The government provided an _______ £25 million to expand the service.

1. additive
2. addition
3. additional
4. additionally

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep _______ within the military.

1. divide
2. divisions
3. divided
4. divisional

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

Use conditioner regularly to make your hair soft and _______.

1. manage
2. management
3. manager
4. manageable

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

I found the talk both informative and _______.

1. entertain
2. entertainer
3. entertaining
4. entertainment

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

What’s your _______ of happiness?

1. definition
2. definite
3. indefinite
4. definitive

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

She has a highly _______ min

1. invent
2. inventive
3. inventor           
4. invention

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

We don’t know whether he’s _______ or dea

1. live
2. lively
3. alive
4. living

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

The taxi drivers’ strike _______ last month, and it still _______ on these days.

1. began- is going
2. had begun- goes
3. began- goes
4. had begun- is going

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

My teacher _______ while he _______ a car.

1. didn’t smoke-is driving
2. hasn’t smoked-was driving
3. doesn’t smoke-is driving
4. hadn’t smoked-was driving

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

You _______ the work that you _______ assigned to.

1. didn’t finish- had been
2. don’t- are
3. haven’t finished- were
4. can’t finish- could be

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

By the end of this week, Valentine _______ and _______.

1. comes-goes
2. would come-go
3. will come-go
4. will have come-gone

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When my aunt _______ old, she often _______ of all the things she _______ when she _______ young.

1. grew-thought-did-was
2. grows-thinks-does-is
3. has grown-thinks-had done-was
4. grows-thought-had done-is

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

We _______ her brother since last Sunday, but we _______ he _______ an essay on Build a fire at the moment.

1. didn’t see-believed-wrote
2. haven’t seen-believe-is writing
3. don’t see-believe-writes
4. haven’t seen-have believed-has written

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

My friend and I _______ your sister tomorrow afternoon after she _______ her work.

1. will meet-will finish
2. will meet-has finished
3. will have met-has finished
4. will have met-will finish