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Unit 5. Inventions Grade 10

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

PRONUNCIATION

A. smartphone                  B. fastener                 C. portable                  D. costly

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

C

2.

PRONUNCIATION

A. generous     B. Velcro        C. video          D. inventor

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

PRONUNCIATION

A. processor    B. congestion  C. tourism      D. assignment

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

C

4.

PRONUNCIATION

A. determine                    B. versatile                 C. dynamite                D. profile

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

C

5.

PRONUNCIATION

A. fabric          B. laptop         C. patent         D. imitate

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

PRONUNCIATION

A. patent        B. patient        C. inspiration  D. nation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

STRESS

A. swimming pool      B. beef tomato           C. bus stop      D. sunrise

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

STRESS

A. parking lot B. driving license       C. science fair D. full moon

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

STRESS

A. self-interest           B. bookshelf   C. waterfall     D. trainspotting

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

STRESS

A. heart attack B. washing powder     C. fish tank     D. mother tongue

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

11.

It is thought that Google                      cars may transform the way we move around cities in the future.

            A.driving       B.driver          C.motionless D. driverless

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

C

12.

Retinal implants are meant to partially restore vision to people who have lost their                         .

      A. view                       B. scene                      C. scenery                   D. sight

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

Biotech drugs, which are                     from living cells, provide some of the best efforts at curing diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and HIV.

      A. done                       B. made                      C. caused                    D. formed

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

The cocoons of silkworms were first used                  silk by the Chinese.

      A. to make                 B. for make                 C. to making               D. to be made

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

Paper was first                         to make paper money, playing cards or the world’s oldest book - the Diamond Sutra - in the 2nd century by the Chinese.

      A. to invent                 B. inventing                C. being invented       D. invented

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

The magnetic compass was first used to determine the correct                      by the Chinese.

      A. way                         B. road                        C. path                        D. direction

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

      Gunpowder was first used to make beautiful displays of                          for celebrations in the 9th century by the Chinese.

      A. firing                      B. fires                        C. fireworks               D. firework

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

18.

IBM Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system                             of answering questions posed in natural language.

      A. capable                  B. aware                      C. able                        D. fond

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

19.

YouTube                      to become the world’s most popular video-sharing website since 2005.

      A. grows                     B. grew                       C. has grown              D. have grown

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

Apple iPad                   the single most popular tablet PC ever since 2010.

      A. has existed             B. has stayed               C. has remained        D. has continued

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

Shunpei Yamazaki, a Japanese inventor and physicist, invented the thin-film transistor which is a special kind of transistor made by depositing thin films of a                    over a piece of glass.

      A. semiconductor      B. semiconductors            C. semiconducting     D. conductors

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

In less than a decade you will carry a                          laser pen capable of sealing wounds.

      A. readable                 B. comfortable                  C. portable                 D. capable

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

Kia Silverbrook from Australia invented Memjet, a high-speed                                technology, in 2007.

            A.colour-printing      B.colour-print C.colours printing     D.colour printing

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

24.

Samsung Galaxy Tab               flash player as well as voice and video calls.

            A. supports    B.offers          C.displays      D.provides

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

Blu-ray was first commercially                       in 2006 and it uses a blue laser to read or write data to a disc.

      A. performed              B. allowed                   C. introduced            D. supplied

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

26.

The Tower Infinity in South Korea is supposed to be the world’s first skyscraper that, for a few hours a day,              an unobstructed view of the sky behind it.

            A.provides     B.shows         C.allows         D.prevents

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

27.

3-D       is used to produce complex tools and components.

      A. print                       B. printing                  C. printer                   D. blueprint

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

28.

Engineers                     the finished bionic contact lenses on rabbits for up to twenty minutes.

            A.have yet tested       B.have already tested          C.have performed      D.have done

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

29.

Eastman Kodak Company                   many OLED equipped products since 1987.

      A. produces                 B. produced                C. is produced            D. has produced

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

Wearable sensors, such as the Fitbit, Nike FuelBand and Jawbone UP,                    the most important part of the fitness world for the last few years.

      A. become                   B. becomes

      C. have become         D. has become

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

31.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

33.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

34.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

35.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

36.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

37.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

38.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

39.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

40.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D