Placement Test
Placement Test
a) How d) whose
b) Attracted European tourists 22. We lost 3 hours work because of the power cut, we’ll
have to .
c) Accepted aid
a) make up the time
d) Asked for help
b) make in the time
16. I would have told him exactly what I
thought of him. c) make on the time
b) Had you been me, 23. He failed his exam again! Well, it ,
he hasn’t studied all year!
c) Had she been you,
a) serves him left
d) Had you been him,
b) serves him right
17. Can you go to the store please, Peter? We are
milk. c) serves him well
b) running down of 24. I bought him a special bottle of wine because he had
.
c) running out for
a) done me a big favor
d) running away in
b) made me a big favor
18. “I did ballet classes a lot when I was small.” - This
means that ... c) made me a good turn
b) I took ballet classes frequently 25. Losing 4-0 at half-time, their loss was a
conclusion.
c) I took ballet classes occasionally
a) stamped
d) I hardly ever took ballet classes
b) doomed
19. Only if she practices the piano play
it well. c) foregone
b) from A-Z
27. She hadn’t thought it before, it was done on the 28. My friend works too hard, she’s very
of the . .
Reading Task:
If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to
imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we
underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also,
some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a
place for robots in education after all?
British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He
predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will
read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It's not
a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another
human can.
One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough
teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots
because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.
Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a
difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but 'How can robots help
teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update
calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework.
If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and
energy for the parts of the job humans do best.
Vocabulary Task:
a) True b) False
a) True b) False
a) True b) False
a) True b) False
a) True b) False
6. Some teachers use robots to reduce their time answering emails and marking homework.
a) True b) False
a. will replace people even if we don’t like the idea. b. already use robots in teaching jobs.
b. are more capable than people and it’s true. c. have a shortage of teachers.
c. can do less than people but it’s not always true. 5. Teachers …
2. Anthony Seldon thinks teachers in the future will … a. work harder than office workers.
Would like to have a robot as a teacher? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your
knowledge or experience.
Speaking task:
What’s your opinion about the robots working and living alongside humans?
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