Technical English Level 3

Progress Test 4 Answer Key

Section 1 - Vocabulary

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1 transmission / 2 reflections / 3 generator / 4 amplification / 5 producer / 6 detector / 7 reinforcing / 8 pulse / 9 capacitance / 10 ridges / 11 towed / 12 lengthy / 13 collar / 14 catch / 15 meaning

Section 2 - Language

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16 d / 17 c / 18 a / 19 c / 20 d / 21 a / 22 c / 23 b / 24 c / 25 a / 26 d

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27 (that) if I went on a training course, my job was/would be safe / 28 were you doing when the alarm went off / 29 Take your belt off / 30 that he had to/would have to have a full body pat down.

Section 3 Reading

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31 H / 32 C / 33 A / 34 E / 35 B / 36 G / 37 B / 38 D / 39 F / 40 D

Section 4 - Writing

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41/42 Perdido Spar is the deepest spar in the world. It weighs 45,000 tonnes, which is equivalent to (the weight of) 10,000 motor vehicles.

43/44 Last year the spar was secured to the seabed using 9 polyester mooring lines, whose average length was more than/over 3Km.

45/46 The topside, which includes the drilling platform and the accommodation block, was then attached to the spar in calm seas.

47/48 The first oil well has already been completed and is/lies 2500m below the seabed.

49/50 300Km of pipeline network has just been laid under the spar.

Section 5 - Listening

51 T / 52 F / 53 T / 54 T / 55 NG / 56 T / 57 T / 58 F / 59 NG / 60 F

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