Name __________________________________________ Class ______________________________

Technical English Level 1 (Elementary)

Progress Test 6 (CB1 Units 11 – 12)
There are 60 questions. Answer all questions.

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY
1 Complete these sentences. Use all the words in the box only once.

disconnects / valve / chamber / include / turbine / install / piston / electro-magnet / dismantle / terminal /
release / rotor

1 In this type of engine, a single __________ moves up and down and makes the shaft rotate.
2 When you switch off the current to the __________, it can’t pull the relay switch.
3 The outlet __________ allows the water to leave the pump, but stops it from flowing back in.
4 The __________ of a helicopter has a hub and four large blades.
5 If you press the accelerator pedal, the car goes faster. If you __________ it, the car slows down.
6 The purpose of the large __________ in the pump is to contain the fluid.
7 When the switch is not touching the __________, the circuit is open.
8 The motor isn’t working. You should __________ it and clean all the components.
9 The __________ below this hydro-electric dam produces many gigawatts of electricity.
10 The building is 442 metres high. This height doesn’t __________ the 10-metre antenna. With
the antenna, the height is 452 m.
11 We need to __________ a new cooling system in your car.
12 That emergency stop button __________ the machines from the power source.

SECTION 2: GRAMMAR
2 Underline the correct words.

13 Water falls onto the blades of the turbine. This makes the turbine (rotated / rotating / rotate)
14 When you close the stop valve, this prevents the water (to flow/ from flowing / isn’t flowing).
15 Open the door and allow the smoke (from escaping/ to escape/ will escape) from the room.
16 The security man does not let anyone (entering/ to enter/ enter) the factory after dark.

3 One word is missing from each sentence. Insert a dash (/) where the word is missing.
Write the word in the space.

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17 How many wheels the Mars rover have? __________
18 Can you see the rover? What the rover doing now? __________
19 If the wind speed too strong, the controller switches off the turbine. __________
20 This electric circuit consists a battery, a wire, a switch and a lamp. __________

4 Choose the correct words. Write a, b, c or d in each space.

21 When __________ your damaged radio to the repair shop?

a) you take b) did you take c) you took d) have you taken
22 I’m pressing the brake pedal hard, but the car __________ stopping.
a) won’t b) aren’t c) isn’t d) doesn’t
23 How fast __________ the blades of the helicopter rotate?
a) do b) does c) are d) have
24 I’m sorry. __________ installed the new air conditioner yet.
a) I’m not b) I didn’t c) I don’t d) I haven’t
25 If the wind is more than 90 km/h, the controller causes the turbine __________.
a) to switch off b) switching off c) switch off d) switches off
26 __________ you buy the new safety equipment yesterday or last week?
a) Do b) Did c) Have d) Are
27 When __________ take photographs of the damaged wing?
a) you will b) you are c) will you d) are you
28 __________ you repaired the broken pipe yet?
a) Are b) Do c) Did d) Have
29 When the fire alarm sounded at 3 pm yesterday, everyone __________ the factory.
a) leaves b) has left c) is leaving d) left
30 The mechanic checked the brakes, but he __________ adjust the tyre pressures.
a) doesn’t b) didn’t c) hasn’t d) isn’t

SECTION 3: READING
5 Fill in the gaps in the text. Use the words in the box.

allows / operate / wide / rotate / attached / motor / about / is / can / on / of / to

The Mars rover has a body, six wheels, two robot arms, two antennas and a mast. The antennas and the
mast are mounted (31)__________ the top of the body, and the robot arms are (32)__________ to the
front of the body. The rover is more than 2 metres long, and about 1 metre (33)__________. Its height
(34)__________ more than 2 metres. It weighs just under 800 kg. The rover has six wheels, and a
special suspension system. The wheels are made (35)__________ titanium and are 25 cm in diameter.
The suspension system (36)__________ the six wheels to remain on the ground all the time. There is a
strong (37)__________ on each wheel. This allows the rover to (38)__________ 360 degrees. It can
travel 90 metres per hour (maximum), but most of the time it moves at a speed of (39)__________ 30
metres per hour. The Rover can (40)__________ in temperatures from -120 degrees C minimum
(41)__________ 85 degrees C maximum. The Rover (42)__________ travel up to 200 metres per day.

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SECTION 4: WRITING
6 Write eight sentences for a newspaper article about a new wind turbine. In your sentences,
answer the questions in the box, using the information in the notes.

What has the president done? (open / new wind turbine)

When did the engineers complete it? (two weeks ago)
What will the new wind turbine be able to do? (produce 150 MW of electricity)
How tall is the tower of the turbine? (28 m)
How does it work? (wind  blades / rotate)
What happens next? (blades  low-speed shaft / turn / 30 – 60 rpm)
What do the two gear wheels do? (connect / low-speed shaft / high-speed shaft)
What does the high-speed shaft do? ( generator / rotate / 1500 rpm)

43 The president ____________________________________________________________.

44 The engineers ____________________________________________________________.
45 The new wind turbine _______________________________________________________.
46 The tower ____________________________________________________________.
47 This is how it works. First, the wind makes ________________________________________.
48 Next, the blades ____________________________________________________________.
49 Two gear wheels then _______________________________________________________.
50 Finally the high-speed shaft __________________________________________________.

SECTION 5: LISTENING
Track 8

7 Listen to the recording twice. Write T (true) or F (false) next to each statement.

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51 The astronauts make many spacewalks inside the space station. (_____)
52 The tank contains water for the space station. (_____)
53 In this example, a small piece of rock from space has struck the tank. (_____)
54 The piece of rock has dented the tank. (_____)
55 The astronauts bring the tank into the space station and photograph it. (_____)
56 They don’t do any repairs during the first space walk. (_____)
57 In the second spacewalk, the astronauts connect the pipes to the tank. (_____)
58 The function of the pipes is to bring oxygen into the space station. (_____)
59 The astronauts repair the tank outside the space station. (_____)
60 In the third spacewalk, the astronauts fit the tank and the pipes together. (_____)

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