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Destination B1 - Unit 18 - Inventions & Discoveries

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are these?

(a)  

2.

They are doing the (a)  

3.

What are these?

(a)  

4.

What are these?

(a)  

5.

They are in a (a)  

6.

What is this?

(a)  

7.

What is this?

(a)  

8.

It's not a/an (a)   watch. It's got hands.

9.

If you play this stereo on ................. Volume, you'll go deaf!

(a)  

10.

It's not a/an .............. experiment. In fact, it's really simple.

(a)  

11.

Are leather chairs more comfortable than (a)   ones?

12.

There aren't any windows in the lab, so all the light is (a)  

13.

Was it a/an. (a)   ... decision, or had you thought about it for a long time?

14.

The lights are (a)   – they come on when you enter the room, and go off when you leave.

15.

Each person's fingerprints are ................ No two people have the same fingerprints.

(a)  

16.

The (a)   number of patients necessary to test the new drug is 50. Any less than that and the scientists won't know if it works properly or not.

17.

I can't remember the (a)   ..... year it was discovered, but it was around 1976.

18.

Do you know who .............the planet Mars?

a)

invented

b)

discovered

19.

The number of people dying of malaria has ......... enormously over the last

100 years.

a)

run

b)

decreased

20.

You need at least three people to ............. this machine safely.

a)

operate

b)

estimate

21.

Modern .......... makes all our lives easier.

a)

technology

b)

equipment

22.

We've done a lot of ............... into why people are scared of spiders.

a)

research

b)

experiment

23.

I'm using a computer ....................... that translates from English into Greek.

a)

research

b)

program

24.

This drug seems to have no ........... on humans at all

a)

effect

b)

lack

25.

The experiment just ........... answering a few questions.

a)

involves

b)

operates

26.

Could you ........... how many times a week you eat cheese?

a)

program

b)

estimate

27.

Do you think anyone will ever ................... a time machine?

a)

invent

b)

discover

28.

Professor Reinhart ............. the computer lab with her three assistants.

a)

decreases

b)

runs

29.

There's ............ of phones in this office. We need some more!

a)

a lack

b)

an effect

30.

..................... across this book about the moon in the library. It's really interesting!

a)

went

b)

found

c)

came

d)

looked

31.

Jenny pulled ............. .. the handle so we

can't open the cupboard now.

a)

off

b)

away

c)

in

d)

over

32.

I'd like to find .................. more about being a computer programmer.

a)

across

b)

up

c)

off

d)

out

33.

Dean was late for physics so he .........up a story about being attacked by a cat!

a)

took

b)

wrote

c)

created

d)

made

34.

....... ..... the TV off. This show is boring.

a)

Put

b)

Set

c)

Turn

d)

Make

35.

I'm going to throw these old shoes ............... I never wear them anymore

a)

off

b)

away

c)

down

d)

back

36.

I turned .. ... the tap but no water came out.

a)

over

b)

up

c)

round

d)

on

37.

These toilets have been out of .... ...... for a week now. When are they going to fix them?

a)

chance

b)

order

c)

end

d)

future

38.

In my .......... ... , humans will never live on other planets.

a)

opinion

b)

last

c)

and

d)

chance

39.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by ........... He didn't expect to find it at all

a)

end

b)

future

c)

chance

d)

last

40.

I wonder what new technology will be invented in the ........

a)

last

b)

opinion

c)

future

d)

order

41.

Helen couldn't get the experiment to work for ages, but in the ............. ............ it was fine.

a)

order

b)

end

c)

opinion

d)

last

42.

It's so nice to have my own computer at ...

a)

end

b)

last

c)

future

d)

order

43.

Mr Thomas was a teacher at our school. He'd trained as a (1) (a)   (history) and usually taught history

44.

He definitely wasn't a (2) .... ............... (science), but for some strange reason he taught us (3) ......................................... (chemist) for a term.

(a)  

45.

His lessons were always (4) ...... ............(fascinate), but that was mainly because his experiments always went wrong!

(a)  

46.

If he was supposed to use (5) ........ ...................(boil) water for an experiment, Mr Thomas would use cold water by mistake.

(a)  

47.

Once, he was measuring the (6) (a)   (long) of some pieces of sodium.

48.

I can't remember exactly why he needed this (7) .................. (measure) , but I think he wanted all the pieces to react (8)

............(identical).

(a)  

49.

As he picked up the ruler, his arm knocked over a jug of water and the sodium caught fire. He almost burnt the lab down and they had to call the fire brigade. I think after that Mr Thomas came to the

(9)....................(conclude) that he should stick to history!

(a)  

50.

I learnt a lot from him, though. Whenever there was a question in a science (10) (a)   (examine) about what happens when sodium reacts with water, I always got the answer right!

51.

This program is very different..... ... the one you're using at the moment.

a)

from

b)

with

c)

of

52.

Let's begin the lesson ...................... a short test on the names of the different parts of an insect.

a)

from

b)

with

c)

of

53.

Disconnect your PC ........... the power supply before you take the case off.

a)

from

b)

with

c)

of

54.

There are a number ................ different ways of doing this experiment.

a)

from

b)

with

c)

of

55.

How many types . .... building can you think of?

a)

from

b)

with

c)

of

56.

What were your reasons................. choosing to do biology at university?

a)

from

b)

with

c)

for