PROGRESS TEST 1

No 02
(The test includes 08 pages)
Full name: ________________
Group: ___________________
Time allowance: 120 mins
SECTION 1: READING
PART 1: KEY VOCABULARY
Questions 1-10: Choose the correct word in the box below to compete each sentence.
offensive manufacturer experiment exaggerate demonstrate
responsible slang likely consume principles obstacles

1. The sudden increase in raw material costs has forced the __________ to raise the wholesale
prices of their electronics.
2. It is highly __________ that the company will reach its annual sales target, given the current
market trends.
3. While some people find his sense of humor funny, others think his jokes are deeply
__________ and insensitive.
4. The young entrepreneur had to overcome numerous financial __________ before her startup
finally became profitable.
5. In academic writing, you should avoid using __________ and instead stick to formal and
precise vocabulary.
6. The new software was designed to __________ how artificial intelligence can improve daily
productivity in the office.
7. To live an ethical life, one must stay true to their personal __________, even when faced with
difficult choices.
8. Studies show that modern teenagers __________ a vast amount of digital content through
social media every single day.
9. As the project manager, you will be held __________ for any delays in the production
schedule.
10. Don't __________ the importance of the situation; we need an honest assessment of the risks
involved.

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 Questions 11-13: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions.
11. Modern electronic devices continue to consume a significant amount of energy even when they
are left on standby mode.
A. save B. produce C. use up D. ignore
12. Many local businesses will benefit from the new transit line, as it will bring thousands of potential
customers directly to the city center.
A. suffer B. profit C. disappear D. escape
13. I have to confess that when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.
A. reject B. deny C. admit D. hide
Questions 14-16: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions
14. A balanced diet is a combination of the correct types and amounts of food.
A. sensible B. unhealthy C. reasonable D. stable
15. It's very rare to find someone who combines such qualities.
A. unextraordinary B. unique c. uncommon D. unconventional
16. The main limitation of this software is that it cannot process high-resolution video files quickly.
A. restriction B. boundary C. advantage D. weakness
Questions 17-20: Give the correct form of the words given to complete the following
sentences
17. Mr Griffin gave a ________________ smile. (REGRET)
18. As the dark clouds gathered, the _______________ of the outdoor concert being (LIKELY)
canceled increased by the hour.
19. We need to cut down on our fuel _________________ by having fewer cars on the (CONSUME)
road.
20. I fully realize the ________________ of the issue. (SENSE)

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 PART 2: KEY READING SKILL

Reading 1: Read the passage and answer Questions 1–10 which follow.
ETHICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

We make ethical decisions every day. Let’s say you go to the supermarket, pay for your groceries, and are
given too much change. Would you say something or would you keep the money? Or imagine you work for a
company where people bring their lunch to work. Someone keeps taking other people’s food, and you’ve
discovered who it is. Would you tell the boss? Or what would you do if your friend got a terrible haircut? Would
you be honest, or would you say it looks good? These are all ethical question that require us to consider our
interpretation of events and to decide what is morally right or wrong. Questions regarding supermarkets, lunch, or
haircuts are minor, but the following situations have raised serious ethical questions. What do you think?
Situation 1: People love fashion. They want to acquire whatever items are considered fashionable each
season, and they want to buy them as cheaply as possible. The result is “fast fashion:” the production of cheap,
low-quality clothing that’s worn for one season and then discarded. Fast fashion may be fun, but cheap clothing is
often made in unethical conditions, in many cases in developing parts of the world. The factories that make this
clothing are overcrowded. There are few safety measures, and air quality is poor. In many places, the workers are
not paid fairly. Clothing manufacturers say that buyers put pressure on them to produce clothing as cheaply as
possible, while the buyers—the stores where these clothes are sold—say they have no control over labor laws in
other countries. So, who is to blame?

Situation 2: Think of Spain, and many people think of bullfighting. Typically, a man wearing an elaborate
costume and carrying a red cloth enters an arena. There, he encounters a bull, and the two fight in front of a
cheering crowd until the bull is killed. This sport has attracted a lot of criticism internationally, with people
claiming that animals should not be harmed for the public’s entertainment. Bullfighting, they say, is no longer
compatible with modern standards regarding the treatment of animals. Supporters of bullfighting justify the
existence of the sport by arguing that bullfighting has its roots in Spanish history and has great cultural and artistic
importance. They also argue that the bull has a happier and longer life than a cow that is killed for its meat, and
that it suffers less pain at the end of its life. Is it appropriate for non-Spaniards to complain about this practice?

Situation 3: The world’s most popular vegetable oil is palm oil. It’s found in processed foods such as
chocolate, cookies, and pizza. Palm oil is also a common component of shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, and
other self-care products. It’s cheap to produce and can be stored for longer than other oils. In fact, it would be very
hard to live without palm oil. However, much of the world’s palm oil comes from hot, rainy regions which have
large populations of primates, such as monkeys and orangutans. Extracting the oil has caused a lot of damage to
those regions. In Borneo, for example, the palm-oil industry has caused rainforest destruction that in turn has
resulted in the disappearance of half of Borneo’s orangutan population between 1999 and 2015. It’s predicted that
if the population continues to diminish at this rate, orangutans could be extinct by 2050. Should people stop using
this product to stop this problem?

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 Situation 4: Does your computer know too much about you? Does it violate your right to privacy?
Imagine that you’re talking in person to a friend about a specific topic, such as a planned trip to San Francisco. A
few hours later, you check your social media and you find advertisements for San Francisco hotels. Coincidence?
A social-media user called Neville thinks not. Neville and his wife carried out an experiment. They spent a day
having conversations that contained the words “cat food,” such as “We need to buy cat food” or “I wonder where
we can find cat food.” The couple did not own a cat, and they had never spoken before about cat food. Within two
days, advertisements for cat food started to appear in their social-media feed. It’s not certain whether Neville’s
computer was listening to him, but many people have reported similar experiences. Should we be more careful
about what we share on our computers and cell phones?
Situation 5: American teenager Keziah Daum wanted a different kind of dress to wear to a school dance.
She is not Chinese, but she chose a traditional red Chinese dress known as a cheongsam, which she found in a used
clothing store. Keziah looked beautiful, but when she posted photos of herself on social media, people accused her
of cultural appropriation, the act of using something from another culture for one’s own purpose. Opinion on the
matter was divided. There were widespread complaints that Keziah should not have worn the dress as she had no
connection with China, and that she should not have used another culture’s clothing to make a fashion statement.
Some people praised her, thinking she was paying respect to Chinese culture. Others thought she was simply
wearing a pretty party dress. Is it acceptable to wear typical garments from another culture? And does it depend on
the cultures involved?

Situation 6: Newspaper photographers have a responsibility to show the truth with their photographs—but
should they aim to capture the truth before helping someone in danger? One photographer was sent to a coastal
area to take photos of a storm. He saw a woman standing on the edge of the sea waiting to be rescued. The
photographer took her picture. Immediately afterwards, the woman was swept away by a sudden wave and
drowned. He is not the only photographer who took photos before attempting to intervene. Another photographer
took a picture of a man who had fallen onto a subway track right before the man was hit by a train. In addition, a
news photographer won an important prize for his picture of a small child starving in the desert. Are these
photographers acting with integrity, trying to capture a story? Or are they putting their reputations as
photographers ahead of helping other people?

These are different situations, but they all raise ethical questions. While there are no easy answers, they
give us something to think about.
Match each situation to the question it raises.
1. Situation 1 ______

2. Situation 2 ______

3. Situation 3 ______

4. Situation 4 ______

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6. Situation 6 ______

21. A. If an activity has cultural significance, do people outside that culture have the right to criticize it?

22. B. If you knew your electronic devices were secretly listening to you, would you change the way you use them?

23. C. Should people take and publish or display pictures of people experiencing physical or emotional trauma?

24. D. If a terrible accident occurred at a clothing factory with poor working conditions, to what extent would the
stores that sell these clothes or the people who buy them be responsible?

25. E. If you knew that ingredients in your food or self-care products had negative environmental effects, would you
change your habits of consumption?

26. F. Is it appropriate to wear clothing that has a strong connection to another culture?

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage?
In boxes 7–15 on your answer sheet write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

7. ____ Cheap clothing is often made in conditions that are not healthy for the workers.
28. 8. ____ Clothing store owners have a lot of influence over foreign labor laws.
29. 9. ____ In most bullfights, the bull is killed in front of the crowd.
30. 10.____ Bullfighting is declining in popularity throughout Spain.
31.
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READING 2

ROBOTS: FROM FICTION TO FACT

1. In 1920, Karel Čapek, a Czech writer, wrote a play called R.U.R. In the story, engineers create
artificial humans that Čapek called robots. These beings look, talk, and think like people. At
first, the robots are content to work for humans. Soon, they become vital to the world economy.
As time passes, humans become concerned that robots could be a danger. This worry turns out
to be valid, and eventually the robots take control. Čapek’s idea fascinated people everywhere.
Since R.U.R. was written, there have been thousands of other science-fiction books and movies
about robots. But these machines are no longer found only in stories. They exist in real life, and
they’re changing our world.

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2. Some robots resemble animals. They hop like kangaroos, run like dinosaurs, or fly like
seagulls. Sometimes engineers design and build these robots to improve their knowledge of
robots and what they can do. Other animal-like robots, such as robot bees, have been designed to
someday perform useful tasks, such as helping farmers grow food. Some companies are creating
robots that look and act like pets. These robots could be a good option for people who want a pet
but can’t keep an animal at home. And because many people feel it’s wrong to keep wild
animals for entertainment, one company is even developing lifelike¹ robot dolphins that could
replace real ones in aquariums².

3. In addition to animal-like robots, engineers are creating robots that can do dangerous or
difficult physical work. These robots can save lives after an earthquake or disaster, explore the
deep oceans, or work in outer space. Other robots can do physical tasks that people don’t like to
do, such as cleaning houses or picking fruit or vegetables. Robots can perform some physical
tasks better than people because they work more quickly and make fewer mistakes. Robots can
build cars, drive vehicles, build houses, or even prepare pizzas.

4. Bots are different from robots, but they’re also changing our world. Bots differ from robots
because they exist only inside a computer as a program. In other words, they lack a physical
body. Early bots had very simple abilities. They could search websites for information but
lacked any kind of intelligence. The latest bots are capable of truly amazing things. GPT-3, for
example, is a bot that can do a wide range of things that only humans could do before. These
include translating or summarizing information, writing computer code, and even writing
nonfiction articles or creative stories. The writing is so good that some people can’t distinguish
what GPT-3 has written from texts that people have written.
5. In the future, robots and bots will almost certainly become an ever more important part of our
world. However, the question that the characters in Čapek’s R.U.R. asked remains unanswered:
Will things be like the start of that story or the end? That is, will robots make our world a better
place, or will they be a danger to human society?

Footnotes: ¹ lifelike (adj) just like a living person or thing ² aquarium (n) a place where people
pay to look at fish and other sea animals

MAIN IDEAS: Choose the best answer to complete each statement.

1. Robots are common in stories because the idea of a(n) __________ is interesting to many
people.
a. artificial being
b. computer program
c. biological animal

2. Some animal-like robots do __________, and others can improve our knowledge.
a. dangerous work
b. useful tasks
c. excellent design

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3. Engineers have created robots that can perform physically __________ that people can’t do.
a. positive things
b. simple exercises
c. dangerous work

4. A bot is a(n) __________ that differs from a robot because it does not have a body.
a. artificial being
b. computer program
c. mechanical pet

5. Robots will become more important in the future, but some people are not certain this will be
a(n) __________.
a. positive thing
b. excellent design
c. dangerous work

DETAILS: Why does the author...

Read the article "Robots: From Fiction to Fact" and choose the best answer.
1. Begin the article by summarizing Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.?
a. To introduce the idea that robots may not always benefit society.
b. To show that sometimes things that people predict come true.
c. To provide a historical timeline of the first industrial robots built in the 1920s.

2. Refer to dinosaurs, seagulls, and kangaroos in paragraph 2?

a. To give examples of robots that were built to improve engineers’ knowledge.
b. To compare the abilities of animal robots with robots that resemble humans.
c. To explain why robots are more effective at farming than real animals.

3. Mention that robots can do dangerous or difficult work in paragraph 3?

a. To suggest that robots are only useful in a few situations.
b. To point out that robots can do things that benefit society.
c. To warn readers about the physical risks of working alongside robots.

4. Include so many things that the GPT-3 bot can do in paragraph 4?

a. To explain how this bot was developed by computer programmers.
b. To show how advanced and lifelike this bot's abilities are.
c. To prove that computer programs are safer than physical robots.

5. End the article by asking a question about the future?

a. To suggest that some predictions can never be proved.
b. To repeat a key idea introduced earlier in the article.
c. To encourage readers to stop using robots before it is too late.

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SECTION 2: WRITING
PART 1: Correct the faulty parallelism in the following sentences to make them clear,
concise, and easy to read.

1. The new boss aimed to raise employee morale and to increase productivity.

2. To succeed in life, people need to work hard. Listening to others is also a good idea.
Honesty is also important.

3. The car is advertised as compact, affordable, and it doesn’t use much fuel.

4. Parents are responsible for clothing their children, they must feed their children, and it’s
important that they educate their children as well.

5. My qualifications include two years of work experience, an undergraduate degree, and I

speak English fluently.
PART 2:
Write two connected paragraphs. The first paragraph (70 - 90 words)should summarize the
main ideas of the text. In your own words, summarize the history and current developments
of robots and bots as described in the article, and the second paragraph (100 - 120 words)
should present your personal response to the following idea that AI poses a dangerous threat
to human society. In one paragraph, state your opinion and provide reasons to support your
answer.".
Writing Template:
Paragraph 1: Summary
• The article "……………." explains that...
• It first points out that ...
• Furthermore,...
• The author also suggests that...
Paragraph 2: Personal Response
• After reading this article, I feel that...
• In my experience, I agree/disagree with the idea that... because...
• For example, I notice...
• Therefore, I believe that...

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