Language Functions: Agreeing and disagreeing with an opinion

Agreeing with an opinion	Disagreeing with an opinion.
I (completely) agree.	I (completely) disagree.
I couldn't agree more.	I couldn't agree less/I don't agree.
(Yes), you are quite right.	I'm not (so) sure.
I'd go along with that.	I don't think so.
That's true.	That's (just) not true.

Test 1 on Unit 6

 

A- Vocabulary and Structure

Choose the correct answer:

1.  (Enthusiasm - Tourism – Criticism – Magnetism) has had far-reaching ИЪнПЙ ЗбгПн effects on the Egyptian culture.

2. If you suspect a gas (weak – crack – leak – steak), do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.

3. Egypt took (giant – ignorant – observant – tyrant) steps to achieve peace in the Middle East.

4. The military parade ЪСЦ ЪУЯСн will mark the 50th (souvenir – memorial - anniversary – universal) of our victory.

5. You may take several months to (arrive – deprive - reach – contain) your target weight.

6. The doctor gave him (powerful – fearful – hopeless – careless) drugs to help him to recover.

7. The soup was rather (aimless – cloudless – countless – tasteless). I couldn't eat it.

8. What (calls – is called – has called – may call) ‘modern civilization’ is the result of accumulated гКСЗЯгЙ knowledge  applied to practical life. ЗбНнЗЙ ЗбЪгбнЙ

9. Can you tell us what we (suppose – are supposing - are supposed – would suppose) to do?

10. Houses (design – have designed – are designed – are designing) to be warm in winter and cool in summer.

11. Our car (is being repaired – is repairing – has repaired – will repair) this week.

12. Some of her stories (base – is based – are based – are basing) on her travels to some countries.

13. The story is about a group of people who (don't know - are not knowing - are not known – known)  to each other.

14. When a blind man (is seen – sees – is seeing – will see), he should be helped by taking his arm and guiding him.

15. The trees in the garden (damages – damaged - got damaged – is damaged) in the wind.

16. I’ve got good news for you. Jim finally (got – were – has – had) promoted.

 

B- Reading Comprehension

Read the following passage and then answer the questions:

Solar power is energy from the Sun. The sun has been producing energy for billions of years, but it is only in the recent past that this energy is being harnessed КхУКЫб or collected and changed into heat and electricity across the world.

The energy that comes from the rays of the Sun that reach the Earth is called solar radiation. Without humans, animals, or other living organisms needing to do anything, the energy from the Sun has given power to all living things through photosynthesis. ЪгбнЙ ЗбИдЗБ ЗбЦжЖн

Photosynthesis takes place when plants use the Sun's energy to make its own food, and then of course, all other living organisms eat the plants or animals receiving that energy indirectly from the Sun. However, collecting solar power to create electricity and heat is not as easy as plants using the Sun's energy to make its own food. Some people, like an astronomer named John Herschel, used a solar thermal (heat) collector box to cook food during an expedition СНбЙ ЗУКЯФЗЭнЙ to Africa. The collector box is a device used to collect the heat from the Sun to cook food. This may not have been the first instance of using the Sun's energy to cook food, but it was a preview of how much energy the Sun has that can be used if collected properly. Today, the Sun's energy is converted to thermal energy, which can be used to heat water for homes, swimming pools, greenhouses, and other buildings. It can also be used to heat the fluids to high temperatures to power turbines that make electricity. It is not as simple as placing an item in sunlight however.

 

Solar power systems are very beneficial. First, they do not cause pollution or carbon dioxide. And they have very little impact on the environment. Overall as well, solar energy costs less once the equipment is in place. The energy and heat from the Sun is basically free but it costs too much money to build the right equipment to collect the power of the Sun.