Communication skills: Talking about advantages and disadvantages

One positive side МЗдИ ЗнМЗИн is that…	One negative side МЗдИ УбИн is that…
A positive side to that is …	A negative side to that is …
Another advantage is that…	Another downside is that… МЗдИ УбИн
What is the benefit ЭЗЖПЙ of that?	What is the downside of that?
What are the pros and cons of…? гЗ ен гТЗнЗ жЪнжИ..ї

 

Test 1 on unit 7

A- Vocabulary and Structure

Choose the correct answer:

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

2. They (were built – will be built – have been built – built) these flats in 1965.

3. The car (drives – was driving – was being driven – will drive) too fast.

4. We (have invited – will invite – has invited – have been invited) to a party at the weekend.

5. The headmaster (had been warned – had warned – is warned – will be warned) the students about being late for school.

6. I expect we (will be told – will tell – have told – had told) where to go.

7. Charles Dickens (writes – is written – was written – wrote) Oliver Twist a long time ago.

8. Nuclear weapons pose a serious (benefit - threat – advantage – merit) to world peace.

9. I'm sorry to (interrupt – adopt – attempt – consult), but there's a telephone call for you.

10. Insulin is used to (extract - control – divide – blend) the rise of glucose levels in the blood.

11. He is a professional and energetic film (anchor – captor – director – factor).

12. The president held an (efficiency – accuracy - emergency – insulting) meeting to discuss military strategy with his defence commanders yesterday.

13. She works as a/an (applicant – arrogant – disinfectant – consultant) for a design company.

14. All of them were (purified - horrified – clarified – classified) at the news of Cindy's death.

15. How he escaped from a maximum security prison (was never known – never knew – has never known – had never known).

16. She was believed (to commit – to have been committed - to have committed – committing) the crime with the help of her husband last week.

 

B- Reading Comprehension

Read the following passage and answer the questions:

There are new findings that not enough sleep may cause people to gain weight. Researchers say a lack of sleep can produce hormonal changes that increase feelings of hunger.

 

In one study, researchers in the United States examined information on more than one thousand people. The people had taken part in a long-term study of sleep disorders.

 

Some people slept less than five hours a night. They had fifteen percent higher blood levels of a hormone called ghrelin than people who slept eight hours. And they had fifteen percent less of the hormone leptin. Experts say ghrelin helps make people feel hungry; leptin makes you feel full.

 

The scientists say these hormonal changes may be a cause of obesity in Western societies. The results were not affected by how much people exercised. People who are awake longer have more time to burn energy. But the researchers say loss of sleep may increase hunger especially for high-calorie foods, so people gain weight.

 

Researchers from Stanford University in California and the University of Wisconsin did the study. They found that the best amount of sleep for weight control is seven-point-seven hours a night.

 

Another study found that people who slept just four hours a night for two nights had an eighteen percent reduction in leptin. And they had a twenty-eight percent increase in ghrelin. The young men in that study also appeared to want more sweet and starchy foods.

Choose the correct answer:

1-Hormonal changes may be a cause of ------------- in people who get little sleep.

a) good health                             b) overweight              

c) mental illness                                d) vitamin deficiency

 

2-The best title to this passage is:

a) how to lose weight                                           b) how to gain more weight

c) the link between lack of sleep and obesity         d) starvation

 

3-According to the passage, hunger may result from ----------------.

a) loss of sleep                                   b) oversleeping            

c) starchy food                                   d) too much sleep

 

4-The underlined word 'they' refers to ----------------.

a) people who slept 8 hours           b) people who slept less than 5 hours

c) researchers who did the study      d) Western societies

 

Answer the following questions:

5-What is the best amount of sleep for weight control?

6-Find words in the passage which mean:

a) having had enough to eat

b) a chemical, usually occurring naturally in your body

7-How many people took part in the first study?

8-How does hunger for high-calorie foods influence people?

C- Writing

8- Write a paragraph of about 180 words about:

"Imagine what would happen if intelligent computers and robots controlled humans"

E- Translation

A) Translate into Arabic:

1- Some scientists believe that if machines became smarter than humans, they would be able to create unimaginable weapons and destroy humanity.

 

2- Today, technology is very important because it is used for almost everything and like everything, technology has advantages and disadvantages.

 

B) Translate into English: