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SKILLS TEST 12
3&4 Extension
READING
1 Read the article. Match the numbers with the information. There are three extra pieces of information.
0 4 a When women could run in the Boston
For many periods in history, men and women have Marathon.
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not had the same chances in life. For example, b When women were allowed to become
women have not always been able to vote in 2 19 astronauts.
elections. In Spain, women could only vote in 3 1931 c The number of hours the first women
1931. In Switzerland, women could not vote in took to run the Boston Marathon.
every election until 1991. 4 1972
d When women could vote in the USA.
The USA is sometimes called the ‘Land of the Free’, 5 1974 e The century when the train was
but if you had been a woman there in the 1970s, 6 1979 invented.
you wouldn’t have been able to have your own
7 1991 f When the Olympic Games started.
credit card or get a bank loan. Women were only
allowed to have one after 1974. This meant that g When women in the USA could own a
most women couldn’t buy expensive things, for credit card.
example a car unless they had the help of a man. h The century when women couldn’t play
Men and women are often separated in sport. But characters in the theatre.
until 1972, women were not allowed take part in i When the Boston Marathon first started.
the Boston Marathon, also in the USA. That year, j When women could vote in Spain.
Nina Kuscik, an excellent runner, decided to run in k When women in Switzerland could vote.
the marathon under a fake name. The organisers
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the race, many people tried to stop her, but she
became the first woman to finish the marathon, in 2 Read the article again. Complete the summary
just over 4 hours. with one word in each gap. Use words from the
If you had been a woman in Ancient Greece,
article.
you wouldn’t have been able to take part in the 0 Women could not take part in elections in
Olympic Games. Only men could play. In fact, the Switzerland until 1991.
rules were so strict, women were not even allowed
to watch the Olympics! 1 In the USA, women were not allowed to own a
In Shakespeare’s England, in the 16th century, card.
women could not act on stage. This meant that 2 It was difficult for women to buy a
all the female parts were played by men. Even in
in the USA in the1970s.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the character of
Juliet was played by a boy! 3 The first woman to run a in
Another example is the invention of the train, in Boston was Nina Kuscik, in 1972.
the 19th century. At the time, trains were thought
4 Women couldn’t watch the , as
to be extremely fast, and dangerous for women’s
bodies. This might seem funny, but it wasn’t until it was a men-only event.
1979 that NASA let women become astronauts on 5 It was typical for a to play
their space program. female characters in Shakespeare plays.
The fight for women’s rights continues even today,
in many countries. But throughout history, women 6 When the ______ was invented, people thought it
have always demonstrated that they are just as was dangerous for women.
good as men. 7 Women were not chosen to be
until the late 1970s.
8 Women have always needed to fight for their
.
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LISTENING
3 Listen to Sally talking about something called The Imitation Game. Match the parts of the sentences.
There are four extra parts.

0 First, Sally wants to talk about a is simple, but important.

A how to play the game. b online.
B some important information.
c tell the truth.
0 Sally believes that the ‘imitation game’
d didn’t help the development of computers.
1 You can’t play the ‘imitation game’
e write anything down.
2 You can play the game f will behave like people, in the future.
3 Player C shouldn’t g know who the other players are.
4 Player A shouldn’t h ask questions to find out who is the girl and who
5 Player C should is the boy.
i is more difficult than people believe.
6 The ‘imitation game’
j will never be able to do what people can do.
7 Sally thinks that computers
k helped the development of computers.
l with only girls or boys.

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4 Listen again and circle the correct answer for each question.
1 For the game, Sally says you need 5 In the ‘Turing Test’,
A two people. A a person plays with one other person and a
B Two or three people. computer.
C three people. B people learn how to use computers for the first time.
C the humans try to fool the computer.
2 In the game, one player has to decide
A which other player is male and which is female. 6 The Turing Test can find out
B if the other players can write well. A how intelligent computers are.
C who has answered the questions correctly. B how intelligent people are.
C whether computers have human emotions.
3 Sally thinks the game
A is too simple to be interesting to people today. 7 Sally says that
B is easy to play. A many computers can pass the Turing Test.
C isn’t as good as computer games. B there isn’t a computer that can pass the Turing
Test at the moment.
4 She says that a scientist called Alan Turing
C Alan Turing was correct about when his test would
A didn’t like the game.
be passed.
B thought of a different way to play the game.
C used a computer to ask the questions. 8 She thinks that
A people don’t like machines.
B computers can help us to make websites safer.
C computers are becoming more intelligent.

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WRITING
5 Read the information. Then write an email (125-150 words) to your friend.
• A friend wants to stay at your home next weekend.
• You told your parents about it. You persuaded them to let your friend stay. They said ‘yes’!
• Explain some rules about your home (use allowed / not allowed / let)
• Finally, give some easy instructions about how to get to your home.

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SPEAKING
6 Work in pairs. Choose one of the ideas below (or your own). Then, give your partner instructions. Listen to
each other carefully and ask questions if there is anything you don’t understand. Use the language in the
box to help you.
• How to play your favourite sport / game.
• How to play a funny joke on someone.
• How to make new friends

Before you start, … Finally, …

First, … So how do you …?
Then, …

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TOTAL SCORE 70

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