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Module 1. What is science? . Grammar revision. Preliminary Diagnostic test. 1. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
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Module 1
WHAT IS SCIENCE?
Academic Word List: analyze, approach, assess, assume, authority, available, benefit, concept, consist, constitute, context, contract, create, define, derive, distribute, economy, environment, establish, estimate, evident, export, factor, finance, formula, function, income, identify, indicate, individual, interpret, involve, issue, labor, legal, legislate, major, method, occur, percentage, period, policy, principle, proceed, process, require, research, respond, section, significant, similar, source, specific, structure, theory, vary.
GRAMMAR REVISION
Preliminary Diagnostic Test
1. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
My current (1) researches are/research is concerned with blind signal processing, (2) that /which is, manipulating or extracting (3) information / informations from (4) any / some kind of signal without (5) to know / knowing the system, or the physical process, through (6) that / which the signal has passed before (7) to be / being sensed. In mathematical terms, this is a very difficult problem, (8) that / which can be solved by (9) to use / using just two basic tools: diversity and statistics. In the last few years, I have been treating “frequency” diversity. My main objective is (10) extracting / to extract only those maps (11) that / which are related to astrophysical radiations.
2. Choose the correct options to complete the passages.
1. I (1) hear / am hearing / having heard that you (2) have / have had / have beenhad problems downloading the files. Sorry about this. I (3) speak / will speak / have spoken to the Systems Manager and she (4) promises / have promised / promised to get back to you by lunchtime. She also (5) asked / has asked me if you could send her any new files.
2. Please (6) find / will find attached a draft copy of the proposal. As you (7) see / will seethere are a few question marks, so (8) feel / will feel free to make any changes. I (9) also forward / have also forwarded you Jean’s comments. I (10) ring / will ring / am ringing you later in the week to see how you (11) get / are getting on.
3. Decide which sentences are incorrect and correct them.
1. Agnes has had terrible headaches for a while now and she’s finally gone to see a doctor about it. 2. Recently I’ve listened to Highway 61 Revisited a lot. What have you listened to lately? 3. Farmers have got their produce ready all year round for Thanksgiving celebrations when Americans all over the world sit down for a family meal. 4. Have you been paying attention to your lectures? I hope so, because next week’s test is all about them. 5. For the past three years, conservation groups are pushing for a ban on overfishing in the North Sea.
4. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ’m so angry with Alice. While I ________, she ________ a party in her room next door. (study / have) 2. Piotr ________ the room when he ________ that he didn’t have his key. (leave / remembered) 3. In 1969, a Soviet satellite ________ the Moon as the American astronauts ________. (orbit / land) 4. Magali ________ even ________ the wall; when she ________ her car, she ________ the road at all. (not see / crash / not watch) 5. I ________ later that my Internet connection wasn’t working, but until then I ________ for her email. (realize / wait)
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5. Complete the passage using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
It is said that Galileo (1) ________ (drop) objects of the same material, but of different weights, from the Tower of Pisa to prove that the time they took to fall did not depend on their weight. This was contrary to what Aristotle (2) ________ (teach): that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones. Galileo also (3) ________ (think) that objects keep their speed unless a force — often friction — slowed them down. But Galileo’s discoveries (4) ________ (not be) entirely original. Nicole Oresme in the 14th century (5) ________ already ________ (think) about the mathematical law for acceleration; Ibn al-Haytham (6) ________ (propose) ideas along the same lines centuries earlier and Mo Tzu (7) ________ (discover) it centuries before either of them. However, Galileo was the first person who (8) ________ (express) these ideas mathematically and checked them with experiments.
6. Complete the passage using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Software testing Long before a computer program (1) ________ (ship) to the customer, software testing (2) ________ (perform) by independent testers. Testing can be done on the following levels: Unit testing (3) ________ (test) individual pieces of the software. Each basic component of the software (4) ________ (test) to verify that the design (5) ________ (implement) correctly. In the second kind of test, integration testing, progressively larger groups of tested software units (6) _______ (integrate) and tested until the software (7) ________ (work) as a system. Then system testing (8) ________ (check) the whole system to see that it works. Before shipping the final version, alpha and beta testing (9) ________ (often do). Alpha testing is testing by potential users / customers. Beta testing comes after alpha testing. Versions of the software, known as beta versions, (10) ________ (release) to a limited audience to make sure the product has few faults or bugs.
7. Complete the gaps with the appropriate words or phrases from the list.
probably, not definitely, may be, probably go, might not, might have, might, could make, might wait
1. Selling home-made soup at the college fair ________ a lot of money for charity. 2. I’ve almost decided, I’ll ________ to Greece for my next holiday. 3. Laptops are getting cheaper all the time, so ________ until next year before I buy one. 4. Revising before taking an examination is ________ a good idea. 5. I haven’t made up my mind. I ________ go to the party, but then again I ________. 6. Eating raw chilies is ________ a sensible thing to do, unless you are used to them. 7. I’m not sure if any food will be provided, so I ________ something to eat before I go. 8. There ________ something wrong with her car, perhaps that’s why she’s late.
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