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language TeST 8b

unit 8

© Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2011 New Matura Success Elementary

PHOTOCOPIABLE

1

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.

You can see the first letter of each word. (4 points)
You can open lots of windows on the computer

at the same time.

1 You can u________ your photos to your

website for everyone to see.

2 Does your car use a lot of p_______? Mine

does about 10 kilometres for one litre.

3 These films look great now that we can watch

them on this big s________.

4 My camera doesn’t work. I need to buy a new

b_________ for it.

5 Do you want to buy a laptop? It’s in very good

c________.

6 Phil sent me a great email. It was very funny.

I l_________ a lot when I read it.

7 My friend always has great ideas for new

gadgets. He’s a g________ . He knows
everything and can make anything!

8 My grandfather was an i__________ but he

didn’t make any money because none of his
ideas were any good.

2

Choose the correct word.

(3 points)

Don’t take the disk

off / out / away of the

computer while you are working on it.

1 I keep to / on / in touch with old friends on

this great website.

2 Put / Take / Get on your headphones and

listen to this great song.

3 Which icon do I have to click on / up / off ?
4 I have to print up / on / out my homework to

give it to my teacher.

5 How do I take / put / turn this computer on?
6 Could you find off / out / up the price of

laptops on the Internet for me, please?

3

Read the text about new gadgets and then complete

the sentences.

(6 points)

4

Complete the dialogue with questions, negative

sentences and short answers. Use the words in

brackets.

(7 points)

A Here’s a question for you. When did Captain

Cook discover (When/Captain Cook/discover)
America?

B He

1

_________ (not/discover) America.

Columbus discovered America in 1492.

A Really?

2

_____________ (I/not know) that.

B Everybody knows about Columbus.

3

__________ (you/pass) your history exam last

year?

A Yes, I

4

_________ but

5

_____________ (we/not

study) Columbus.

B Oh, come on! Who was your teacher?
A Mr Collins.
B

6

______________ (What grade/he/give) you at

the end of the year?

A B+.

7

____________ (He/not/give) anyone an

A.

B Well, he never does.

5

Complete the words. The lines show you how many

letters you need to use.

(5 points)

I’m not very good with computers. I know where
the on b u t t o n is and that’s it. In fact, I’m
not very good with anything modern. I’ve got a

1 

_ _ g _ t _ _ camera but I don’t know all the

things it can do. When I watch television, I
always do something wrong with the

2

_ _ m _ _ _

control and the picture goes off. It’s the same
in the kitchen. We’ve got a 

3

_ _ c _ _ w _ _ _

oven but I never use it because I’m too scared.
I always do the washing up in the sink, too,
because I don’t know how to use the

4

_ _ s _ w _ _ _ e _. Don’t even ask me about my

phone! It’s got things like

5

_ _ _ c _ m _ i _ which

I never use because I don’t know what it is!

Computer fans and inventors from all over the world are in London this week at the annual Computer
Fair. We are here too and we looked at some new gadgets.
Read our report to find out which we liked the most:
• The new ConneXt phone is a bit disappointing. It is smaller (small) than the old phone, but the old

phone looked

1

________ (nice). The ConneXt is

2

_________ (expensive) new phone here. Don’t buy it.

•

3

________ (good) laptop is the AP140S; it is light, has a big memory and is

4

________ (cheap) of all

the laptops.

• We really liked the new Jet One camera – it is

5

________ (big) than the Look Thru, and it is a bit

6

_________ (heavy), too but it’s easy to carry and takes great pictures.

London Computer Fair Report