5TH ADULTS 2021

a) Rewrite the following sentences with the word given. (10)

1. I am sure it wasn’t Jim who

phoned. (HAVE)
It _____________________________
who phoned.
2. December was the last time I
met Paul (SINCE)
I __________________________________________ December
3. My mother hasn’t finished cleaning the house yet (STILL)
My mother___________________________________________house
4. It is too cold for him to go swimming (ENOUGH)
It ___________________________________________ to go swimming
5. Their parents allowed him to go dancing. (LET)
Their parents ___________________________________________dancing
6. She took an hour to reach the station (HER)
It ______________________________________ the station.
7. If I were you, I would go to the dentist. (SHOULD)
You ______________________________________ dentist
8. It is a shame we did not see the exhibition. (WISH)
I ________________________________________ exhibition
9. Tom did not wear a coat and caught a cold. (HAVE)
If Tom ____________________________________ a cold
10. ‘’You mustn’t get out of the car’’ my mother said to us. (FORBADE)
My mother________________________________________ of the car

b) Choose the correct option. (12)

Sugar Sculpture

Most artists who create three dimensional

objects, rather than paintings or drawings,
______________ use of materials like stone or
metal in their work. An exhibition has just opened
at the Bowes Museum in England, however, where
recreations of sculptures carved from a different
material, sugar, are on ________________.
To understand the _____________ of this art form,
you must go back 500 years, to a time when sugar
was very rare and was ____________ only to the very wealthy. In those days, it became
popular for rich Europeans to show ___________their wealth by decorating their dining
tables with elaborate sugar sculptures to impress their guests on special occasions. The
finest artists were employed to ______________ on these sculptures, which reflected the
host’s ____________taste and position in society.
Although expensively decorated tables ____________ popular into the 19 th century, the
idea then went out of ___________ and was largely forgotten. This was partly because
sugar sculptures only _____________ for a limited time – round 100 years at the most –
so eventually there were none in ___________. The Bowes Museum has recently
_________ a collection of the wooden tools used in the production of sugar sculptures,
together with some original designs, in an attempt to recreate the forgotten art form

put make get

presentation display viewing
development outcome arrangement
reserved kept available
off out up
carry try work
 happy worthy good
rested continued remained
fashion custom habit
mantain live last
presence existence occurrence
acquired earned realised

c) Fill in the gaps with the words given (10)

most – from – since – as – in – at – the – well – which – to

London’s River
The role of the River Thames has been of
vital importance to London’s history.
_____________ the city’s beginnings as a
Roman Empire trading post and military
base, the Thames has connected London
_____________ the wider world beyond.
_____________ the height of the Industrial
Revolution in the 19th century, the
London’s docks were full of merchant
ships, London was __________ biggest
port in the world with hundreds of ships sailing to and from all five continents.
Today, ____________ of that river traffic has disappeared, but the empty docklands are
bursting back into life. ___________ place of the old buildings with their smashed
windows and broken roofs are homes, offices, riverside walks and the tallest building in
Britain known _______ Canary Wharf. Miles of new and improved roads have also been
built, as __________ as an ultra- modern airport _____________ is only a five-minute walk
away ___________ the nearest railway station.

Reading comprehension (10)

WHAT JOBS WILL STILL BE AROUND IN 20 YEARS?

According to a 2013 report from Oxford

academics, 47% of workers in America have
jobs at high risk of potential automation. The
robots are coming; the robots are coming!
Regular reports warn us that an automation
apocalypse is nigh. In January, a McKinsey &
Company study found that about 30% of tasks
in 60% of occupations and last year, the Bank
of England’s chief economist said that 80m US
and 15m UK jobs.
Of course, not all jobs are created equally. In
2013, a highly cited study by Oxford University academics called The Future of
Employment examined 702 common occupations and found that some jobs –
telemarketers, tax preparers and sports referees – are at more risk than others including
recreational psychologists, dentists and physicians.
In the past, reports of the death of human jobs have often been greatly exaggerated, and
technology has created a lot more jobs than it has wiped out. It’s called the “Luddite
Fallacy”, in reference to the 19th century group of textile workers who smashed the new
weaving machinery that made their skills redundant. Further, in the last 60 years’
automation has only eliminated one occupation.
While there have been optimistic predictions that new technology would increase
prosperity and lower drudgery, very few of us are working the 15-hour work week that,
in 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted would be the norm fo r his
grandkids. If anything, we’re working 15-hour days.
Today’s technological revolution is an entirely different beast from the industrial
revolution. The pace of change is exponentially faster and far wider in scope. As Stanford
University academic Jerry Kaplan writes in Humans Need Not Apply: today, automation is
“blind to the color of your collar.” It doesn’t matter whether you’re a factory worker, a
financial advisor or a professional flute-player: automation is coming for you.
Which professions are at greatest risk?
Before we get too deep into doom and gloom, it’s worth stressing that automation isn’t
synonymous with job losses. Speaking to me over the phone, Frey was quick to point out
that his work doesn’t make any explicit predictions such as “47% of US jobs will
disappear”. It simply says that these jobs are exposed to automation.
In other words, the jobs themselves won’t entirely vanish; rather, they will be redefined.
Of course, as Frey concedes, “from the perspective of the worker there is not much of a
difference” between work disappearing and being radically redefined. It’s likely they’ll
lack the new skillsets required for the role and be out of a job anyway.
Professor Richard Susskind, author of The Future of the Professions and Tomorrow’s
Lawyers, echoes this distinction. “What you’re going to see for a lot of jobs is a churn of
different tasks,” he explains. “So a lawyer today doesn’t develop systems that offer
advice, but the lawyer of 2025 will. They’ll still be called lawyers but they’ll be doing
different things.”
So which professions are at greatest risk?
Martin Ford, futurist and author of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a
Jobless Future, explains the jobs that are most at risk are those which “are on some level
routine, repetitive and predictable”.
Mon 26 Jun 2017 - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017 (abridged)

Correct the following false statements.

1. All jobs are at risk of disappearing or being redefined.
____________________________________________ _________________________

2. Older reports about the extinction of jobs were very credible.

____________________________________________________________________
3. Lawyers’ tasks won’t suffer any changes.
______________________________________________ _______________________

List two factors/features that will contribute to the disappearance of jobs.

__________________________________________________ ___________________
__________________________________________________ ___________________

Tick the correct explanation for these expressions:

1 " an automation apocalypse is nigh "
1. an automation breakthrough is coming.
2. an automation destruction is near
3. an automation withdrawal is happening.

2 " made their skills redundant "

1. the worker’s capacities are no longer necessary
2. the worker’s skills are necessary.
3. the worker’s performance is obsolete.

3“blind to the color of your collar.”

1. is going to affect all types of workers
 2. is going to affect clerical work.
3. doesn’t see the colour of the worker’s color.

4“doom and gloom”

1. feeling of cheerfulness
2. feeling of delight
3. feeling of pessimism

What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (2 points)

1. it ___________________________
2. their ___________________________
3. his ___________________________
4. they ___________________________

Listening (8)

Two people who live in the same house have a "chat" about some problems. Listen
to the conversation between Sasha and Jim, then complete the True/False exercise
below.

1. Sasha is currently unemployed.

True
False

2. Jim understands now why Sasha had problems in her previous apartment.
True
False

3. The problem with the television is that Sasha has sometimes forgotten to turn the
TV off.
True
False

4. Sasha didn't know that Jim used the lights in the apartment as an anti-crime
measure.
True
False

5. Sasha never realized the different cleaner was causing a problem in the shower.
True
False
6. Jim doesn't want Sasha using the other cleaner anymore.
True
False

7. Someone who lives close to Jim and Sasha has complained about the type of
music she listens to.
True
False

8. Sasha will be working in the kitchen tonight.

True
False
Writing 5th Adults.2020 - E (50)
Choose one of the following topics and write it in about 150 words.

You have been asked to give your opinion about

The effects of homeschooling

Your English teacher has asked you to write about

Tools you will need in your intended profession

Write about

One person you are glad you met