Laser A 2 Unit 7 Test

Name: ….…………………………………………………………………

Section 1
Reading

1 Look at the sentences about gadgets that we use every day. Read the text and
decide if each sentence is correct. If it is correct, write A. If it is incorrect, write B.

1 The first microwave oven was small and easy to use. _____
2 Everyone wanted to buy the first microwave oven. _____
3 Calculators that we can put in our hand were invented in 1967. _____
4 A kind of calculator was invented more than 4,000 years ago. _____
5 The first battery was smaller than a washing machine. _____
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Build it, use it!

We’ve got many things in our homes that we have used all our lives. But do you know how
they were invented? Or when they were first built? Here are three items that almost all of
us use every day.

We all know what a microwave oven does, but do you know how it was invented? In 1946,
a man named Dr Percy Spencer was doing some tests. He noticed something unusual – a
piece of chocolate in his pocket was cooked. How did this happen? He did some more
tests and discovered a way to cook food with ‘microwaves’. Then he built his first oven,
which was quite big and difficult to use. No-one wanted it at first, but smaller ones were
soon built.

Calculators as we know them today were invented in 1967. That was when the first
calculator that you could hold in your hand was made. Before that, they were as big as a
small room! But a kind of calculator has been around for more than 4,000 years. It’s called
an abacus and it was used in China, Egypt and many other parts of the world. It was made
from wood and of course it was very different from the calculators we use today.

These days, we use batteries for many different things – for example radios, clocks and
phones. But when was the first battery made? In 1800, a man named Alessandro Volta
discovered a way to keep electricity in a safe place and use it later. This became the first
true battery. Like the microwave and the calculator, it was very large. It wouldn’t even fit
inside a washing machine! But over time, the battery became smaller and now it can fit
inside an MP3 player.
Section 2
Vocabulary

2 Read the article and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.

Most of us know that America was (0) c in 1492 by a man named Christopher Columbus.
After that, when did other things in America first begin?

The first post (1) _____ was started in 1639. It began in the (2) _____ of Boston, a town
where many people in America first lived. No-one is sure when the first
(3) _____ station was built, but the first policemen in America began working in 1618. And
while it may not be America’s first town (4) _____ , the one in Pelham, Massachusetts is
the oldest. It was (5) _____ in 1743 and people still meet there every week.

What about America’s first art (6) _____ ? This was begun by a man named John Jones
Gillespie in 1832. He started by selling glass items and other things and then he began to
sell paintings that were (7) _____ by American and British artists. Not long after cars
became famous, the first car (8) _____ was built in Chicago in 1918. Unfortunately, it is not
there anymore because it was (9) _____ in 2005. And while shopping areas had been
around for a long time, America’s first indoor shopping
(10) _____ was built in 1956 in the town of Edina, Minnesota.

0 a designed b invented c discovered

1 a station b office c centre
2 a building b city c tower
3 a town b police c office
4 a machine b room c hall
5 a called b found c built
6 a gallery b hall c station
7 a built b written c painted
8 a park b block c post
9 a destroyed b lost c broken
10 a middle b point c centre
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3 Choose the correct words.

0 Do you know who painted / invented the microwave oven?
1 Your brother is a real calculator / genius. He knows everything about history!
2 Did people once live in that tower / cube many years ago?
3 How many songs has your microwave oven / MP3 player got in it?
4 This mobile / microwave phone was designed in 2006.
5 You can discover / find out about many things at the library.
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4 Write a word from the box in each gap.

discovered towers centre

batteries gadget paint
build

0 It took us five years to build our house.

1 Did you _______________ this picture? It’s wonderful!
2 It’s amazing! There are so many shops in this shopping _______________ .
3 What’s your favourite _______________ ? Mine is my MP3 player.
4 Did you know that Christopher Columbus _______________ America?
5 Oh, no! There are no _______________ in my digital clock and I don’t know what time it
is.
6 The old castle had two tall _______________ .
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Section 3
Grammar

5 Choose the correct words.

0 These photos were taken / was taken in London.

1 The bridge were built / was built in 2004.
2 Was this picture painted / paint by a famous artist?
3 The Pyramids were built by / from the ancient Egyptians.
4 These computers are made / are making in China.
5 Is this gadget / This gadget is used for taking photos?
6 Mobile phones aren’t / weren’t used by many people fifteen years ago.
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6 Put the verbs into the passive to complete the text.

Hi Amy,

Thanks for your email. I just got back from my trip to Egypt yesterday. I’ll tell you all about
it.

I can’t believe how many things in Egypt (0) were built (build) so long ago. The pyramids
for example, (1) _______________ (create) almost 5,000 years ago. The biggest one (2)
_______________ (call) the Great Pyramid. It’s the most famous one and I’m sure you’ve
seen it in pictures. Over 2 million pieces of stone
(3) _______________ (use) to make it. The Egyptians began building it in 2560 BC and
scientists say 20 years passed before it (4) _______________ (finish). It
(5) _______________ (believe) to be the resting place for an old king of Egypt. Amazing
isn’t it?

I also visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This is where many things from ancient Egypt
(6) _______________ (keep). I saw some items that (7) _______________ (wear) by
King Tut, the most famous king of Egypt. I read that they
(8) _______________ (find) in 1920 by British scientists. The museum building is amazing
too. It (9) _______________ (open) in 1902. It’s really beautiful.

I’m sending you a photo with this email. It (10) _______________ (take) in front of one of
the pyramids. Hope you like it!

Bye for now!

George
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7 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

Digital cameras have (0) been a part of people’s lives for the last 15 years. They
(1) _______________ used for different reasons – for taking holiday photos and videos
and often for work. They were first designed (2) _______________ the 1970s. The first
real digital camera (3) _______________ created in 1975. The camera was very heavy
and it took 23 seconds to take a photo. The camera was made
(4) _______________ a man named Steven Sasson. He (5) _______________ now
known as the inventor of the digital camera.
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8 Read the article and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.

Today, Rome (0) c thought of as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one
of the oldest. Stories say that it (1) _____ by two brothers named Romulus and Remus in
753 BC. These stories however, may not be true. It is true that it became a very important
place many years after it was (2) _____ .

Old Rome did not have any of the things which can be (3) _____ there today, such as art
galleries or fine cafés. There were many artists in old Rome though. They
(4) _____ pictures inside the homes of rich people – often on the walls. They did have
police stations in Rome. However, the police of old Rome (5) _____ by the name of ‘police’
back then. They were known as ‘Roman guards’. Shopping
(6) _____ in the small shops that were around the town and it was a lot like what we see
today. Some areas of Rome had many shops in one place and both cheap and expensive
items (7) _____ in the shops.

Today, many people come to see the buildings of old Rome. The largest one, the
Colosseum, (8) _____ 4 million people each year. That’s more visitors than the people
who live there!

0 a was b were c is
1 a is started b was started c started
2 a builds b builded c built
3 a seen b saw c seeing
4 a were painted b painted c are painting
5 a weren’t called b not called c isn’t called
6 a was done b done c did
7 a were offered b was offered c offer
8 a are visited by b is visited by c is visited
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Section 4
Writing

9 Match the headings with the different parts of the advert.

1 Exciting title _____

2 Name of gadget _____
3 Description _____
4 Jobs it does _____
5 Is liked by _____

A It helps you do maths homework, makes you better at history and even helps you invent
amazing things.
B The Brain Maker 3000.
C The gadget is loved by kids, their parents, and even their grandparents!
D Become a genius in just 5 weeks!
E This exciting gadget is worn like a normal hat, but you’ll soon be the cleverest person in
the room.
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Final score … / 70