Technical English Level 3

Progress Test 1 Answer Key

Section 1 - Vocabulary

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1 b / 2 c / 3 b / 4 c / 5 a / 6 a / 7 c / 8 d / 9 a / 10 b / 11 a / 12 d / 13 d / 14 c / 15 c

Section 2 - Language

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16 hasn't finished / 17 moves / 18 is poured / 19 cools / 20 melts / 21 have just built / 22 is /

23 will probably take / 24 was alerted

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25 which / 26 itself / 27 where / 28 who / 29 which / 30 which / 31 There

Section 3 Reading

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32 c / 33 a / 34 b / 35 a / 36 d / 37 c / 38 b / 39 b / 40 c / 41 b / 42 b

Section 4 - Writing

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43 First, drawings of different designs are made.

44 Next prototypes are constructed from plastic.

45 After that a design is agreed on and the engineers choose the electronics.

46 Four key components are needed: printed circuit, battery, screen and software.

47 Next, the plastic casing is made.

48 Then the circuit board with the necessary operating system is produced.

49 The other components, screen, keypad, antenna, microphone and speaker, are then added

50 When the phone has been tested, the documentation is produced.

51 Finally the phone and documentation are packaged.

Section 5 - Listening

52 F / 53 F / 54 T / 55 T / 56 F / 57 F / 58 NG / 59 F / 60 F / 61 F

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