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General Test
Part 1
Listen to the conversation. Then circle the correct answers.

1. Where
1. Where does Carl see Janet?

a. at
a. at a business conference

b. at
b. at a technology event

c. at
c. at an animal shelter

2. What is true about Janet’s dog?

a. He
a. He has a special collar.

b. He
b. He had remote surgery on his shoulder.

c. He
c. He has a computer chip implant.

3. What
3. What does Carl ask Janet?

a. if
a. if she would clone her dog

b. if she’d get a computer chip implant f or

f or her dog

c. if
c. if she wants him to go to the animal shelter with her

4. What
4. What does Janet think would be strange?

a. using a computer chip implant in a person

a. using

b. remote
b. remote surgery

c. genetic
c. genetic engineering

5. Which
5. Which robot interested Carl?

a. the
a. the one that could perform remote surgery

b. the
b. the one with artificial intelligence

c. the
c. the one that was cloned
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6. What does Carl share with Janet?

a. statistics about artificial intelligence

b. a demonstration on artificial intelligence

c. demographics about people who use artificial intelligence

7. What does Carl say about the technology at the fair?

a. The displays aren’t interactive enough.

b. The good outweighs the bad.

c. It’s just scratching the surface.

8. What do Janet and Carl want to see next?

a. a genetic engineering display

b. a virtual reality display

c. a nanotechnology display

Level 2—Unit 9 Achievement Test 2

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Part 2
Match the words and phrases on the left with the definitions on the right. Write the letter.

9. catch on a. create a situation that will cause problems in the future

10. demographic b. an operation performed by a robot controlled by a doctor at a distant location

11. nanotechnology c. information about the people who live in a particular area

12. open a can of worms d. to become popular

13. rate e. a general tendency in the way a situation is changing or developing

14. remote surgery f. the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of
something within a certain period

15. trend g. the science and engineering of working at the molecular level to build very
small devices

Level 2—Unit 9 Achievement Test 3

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Part 3
Read the active sentences. Complete the passive sentences with the correct subject and
will be or will have been + past participle.

Examples:

In the future, people will make computer chip implants using nanotechnology.

In the future, computer chip implants will be made using nanotechnology.

By 2050, I predict that doctors will have put computer chip implants in half of the population.

By 2050, I predict that computer chip implants will have been put in half of the population.

16. In 100 years, people will have made robots to replace humans for many more jobs.

In 100 years, to replace humans for many more jobs.

17. In the future, rockets will take vacationers to the moon.

In the future, to the moon by rockets.

18. In my lifetime, surgeons will operate on patients remotely.

In my lifetime, on remotely by surgeons.

19. By 2050, nanotechnology programs will have replaced traditional engineering programs at many universities.

By 2050, at many universities.

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Part 4
Put the words and phrases in the correct order to make sentences.

20. computer would / before / My parents / be / I started college / predicted my / outdated

21. that / feared by people / artificial intelligence / was / Scientists thought / be / going / to / who didn’t understand it

22. phones / that / No one guessed / be / were / used / going / to search the Internet / to

23. entered it / canceled / would / I thought / very few students / be / because / that the / science fair

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 Speaking Test
Part 1
Read the flyer about the town meeting. Then read the questions and record your
response.

Our town is in danger! The Washington

 Automobile Company used 30 acres of our land
as a dump twenty years ago, and now the land
is polluted and toxic. The company now wants
to cover the area and build a recycling center
for the city on top of it. They claim it’s safe, but
we think it’s a temporary solution. How do we
know there won’t be environmental problems in
the area in the future? The entire site needs to
be cleaned by the Washington Automobile
Company. They need to remove all polluted
soil—not cover it up. Do you agree? Please
come to the meeting on May 17 and share your
opinion.

Pretend you are a representative from the Washington Automobile Company or a

concerned citizen. Present your opinion at the city community meeting. Speak for two to
three minutes.

Part 2
Imagine you and a friend are talking about the advantages and disadvantages of one of
the technologies below. Choose the topic and make up a conversation. Discuss the
advantages, and have your friend talk about the disadvantages. Your conversation
should be two to three minutes.

• Artificial intelligence

• Genetic engineering

• Human or animal cloning

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