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NAME: ____________________________SURNAME:________________________________
SENIOR THREE FINAL EXAM Paper 3
Time allowed: 1h.15’ (+ List: 1h. 30’)
SECTION A: Reading Comprehension
Read the text and choose the correct option, true (T) or false (F).

Ancient Robots
What do you think of when you read the word ‘robot’? Many people think about big machines in car
factories or futuristic monsters in films. Few of us think about the past. But people were building incredible
machines with human abilities hundreds of years ago!
For example, Egyptian texts from 1100 BC talk about moving statues which ‘chose’ the next king.
These statues do not exist now, but they were probably built using the ancient Egyptians’ mechanical
technology.
Another ancient robot was a big robotic arm called “The Claw”. The ancient Greek writer Polybius
wrote about it in 213 BC. It was built during a war with the Romans, and it hung over the city wall towards
the sea. When a Roman ship came close, the arm picked up the front of the ship and lifted it into the air.
Then the boat fell backwards into the sea and sank. Again, we don’t know if the machine was really built,
but it was possible with Ancient Greek technology.
Another ancient Greek inventor, Philon of Byzantium, built a female robot at about the same time. If
someone placed a cup in her hand, it mixed water and wine to make a drink. But the robot wasn’t popular
because people didn’t need robots to work. They had lots of slaves.
The famous artist Leonardo da Vinci loved designing robots. Few of his ideas were built, but his
plans are very detailed. One modern-day robot engineer, Mark Rosheim, still uses them to get ideas when
designing robots for NASA! One of da Vinci’s robots was a lion. He built it for the king of France in 1515. It
could walk and present flowers! In 2009, engineers used the plans to build it again. It worked perfectly.
After that, more and more mechanical robots were built. They did more and more difficult tasks,
such as playing the flute, writing and drawing a picture. Although modern technology has moved on, these
historical robots still amaze people today.
(Adapted from https://test-english.com/reading/a2/ancient-robots-reading-test/)
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1) The writer says we don’t usually think robots existed in the past. T/F
2) The writer doesn’t think the Egyptians built the moving statues. T/F 1st

3) The Romans probably built the Claw. T/F

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4) Philon’s robot was more popular than the slaves. T/F
5) Mark Rosheim does not use Leonardo’s plans anymore. T/F 3rd

SECTION B: Language in Use R

I - Choose the word that best fits the blank.

My name’s Tom and I’m a pensioner. A few years ago I started thinking of getting a dog. 1) ___ I had had
many dogs in my youth, I wasn’t sure about the responsibility. At that time I used 2) ___to town every weekend.
Would I take the dog with me if I 3) ___ downtown? In addition, I didn’t have 4) ___ money for vet bills. One cold
winter morning, after getting up at midday I thought, “I haven’t woken up early 5) ___ I retired - a dog will wake me
up early. And what about the weather? I hate 6) ___ in the freezing rain…”
Then one day I was walking through the park when I saw a girl who was trying to give her dog away. She
7) ___ me she had found the puppy in a snowstorm the night before. I looked at Rosie and it was love at first sight:
the giant ears, the bright eyes…
At first I thought that, like any love, it would be 8) ___ for a few weeks only. But now I think Rosie is the 9)
___ dog I’ve ever had. I can’t read a complete chapter of a book at a sitting - I have to stop and take Rosie for a
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1 a) However b) But c) Although
2 a) to go b) go c) going 1st
3 a) would go b) go c) went
4 a) many b) much c) lot
5 a) since b) for c) from 2nd
6 a) walk b) walks c) walking
7 a) said b) told c) asked
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9 a) better b) good c) best
10 a) in b) on c) at
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II - Read the passage below and put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
Hi Mary,
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How are you? I hope you’ve finished your exams. Last weekend I 1) _______________ (look) for a only

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recipe for an easy cake when I found a very simple one. Just then my mother told me that your grandma 2)

______________ (give) it to her a long time ago. I 3) _______________(make) it on Saturday - it was 2nd

delicious!
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My brother 4) ___________________ (just send) me a message saying he’s coming to stay with
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me for a few days next week. He’s arriving on Saturday so I 5) _______________(pick) him up from the

station.

Please write to me soon with all your news.

Love,
Sally
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III - Complete the dialogue. Use the word(s) in brackets. only

Ron is talking to his grandfather. 1st

Ron: Ted and I are going to the beach next weekend! 1) ________________________________? (EVER) 2nd

Grandpa: Yes, I have. My grandparents had a house by the sea and we 2) __________________. (USED)
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Ron: Really? And 3) ___________________________________________________________? (OFTEN)
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Grandpa: We went there three or four times a year.

Ron: That’s great! What I don’t like about the beach is that it is 4) ____________________________. (TOO)

Grandpa: That’s true, but when I was little it wasn’t like that: not many people went there, and

everything was clean and tidy.

Ron: No doubt… If I could choose I 5) _______________________________________________. (WOULD)

Grandpa: Oh, yeah… the mountains are wonderful here but you have to travel really far.

SECTION C: Writing
Write about 70 words on ONE of the following:

1) Imagine you need some money. Write an email to a friend or relative asking them for the money. Say
why you need some money, who you have already asked for it and when you are going to give it back.

2) A travel company has a blog and is asking readers to write about their feelings when they come back
from a holiday. Write a short article for the blog saying when you last went on holiday, how you felt
when you came back and what you did after coming back.

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