Young Inventors Summer Camp

Unit3 TEST

Reading (45 points)

ARead the article.

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Young Inventors’ Summer Camp

1Imagine that you could design your own adventure park. This is one of the many opportunities that kids of ages 6 to 12 are offered at Camp Invention, Virginia. The purpose of
the camp is to encourage young people to work in teamsanddevelop new ideas. The camp is one of several science, technology and math camps arranged by an organization called Invent Now in the United States.
2While young campers at Camp Invention are workingtogether on their inventions, they are also learning the importance of recycling. The teams have to take into account that they cannot throw anything away and they are given a lot of new material to work with. Hannah Paulin, from Invent Now, explains that “you don’t need to buy expensive items to help you to be an inventor”. Campers have a laboratory where their teamspractice new skills, take apart electronic appliances to see how they are made, build new machines and design new
inventions.
3Over the course of the summer, campers learn that trial and error is an important part of creating something new. To demonstrate this, the teamsare encouraged to record a video blog to show the process of discovery with their own inventions. In addition, real inventors come to Invent Now to speak to the participants and explain to them how their own inventions started, failed and eventually succeeded. For example, Jaarp Haartsen, the inventorof Bluetooth technology,spoke to campers about his experiences, including the ups and downs and the feelings of hope and disappointment along the way.
4Scott Vollmer, from Invent Now, believes that just one week in one of these camps has
a big influence on the kids. “So many kids who come in want to be professional basketball players,” he says, “but after the camp they want to be engineers.”One thing they certainly
learn is that thinking out of the box and working as part of a team can be fun.

BAnswer the questions about the article.

1What do we learn from paragraph 1?6 points

a.how to design an adventure park

b.how many days the camp lasts

c.the goal of the camp

d.how many camps there are in the United States

2According to Hannah Paulin, … . (paragraph 2)6 points

a.inventors need to spend a lot of money

b.campers don’t need to use items that cost a lot of money

c.an inventor needs a laboratory

d.campers need to use new materials

3aChoose the correct answer, True or False.2 x 3 = 6 points

Campers fix broken electronic appliances in the laboratory. TRUE / FALSE

bCopy the words from paragraph 2 that helped you answer.

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4What is the message that inventors such as Jaarp Haartsen explain to6 points
the campers? (paragraph 3)

a.Anyone can be an inventor.

b.Teamwork is very important.

c.Success doesn’t come immediately.

d.Recycling is important.

5According to paragraphs 2 and 3, how do students solve the problems below?2 x 4 = 8 points

Problem / Solution
1.They do not get a lot of material to
work with.
2. The invention doesn’t work.

6According to Scott Vollmer, how do many of the kids change2 x 3 = 6 points
their goals? (paragraph 4)

1.Before the camp,......

2.After the camp,......

7The camp encourages “young people to work in teams”.(line3)7 points
Give ONE example of teamwork in the article. Find the answer
in another paragraph.

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Vocabulary (20 points)

ACompletethesentences with the words below.10 x 1 = 10 points
There are two extra words.

practicalout of the boxno doubtanywhere

convincememberfurniturereplaced

privateoriginalamusingrough

1.Dan told me a very ...... story that made me smile.

2.I ...... my old computer with a new one.

3.Many successful hi-tech companies think ...... in order to develop new technology.

4.Sara has studied hard.There is...... she will do well on the test.

5.A small car is not ...... for a large family.

6.We are looking for Steven’s phone, but we can’t find it ......

7.I am trying to...... my parents to buy me concert tickets.

8.Don’t read my emails! They are ......

9.Aaron has decided that he wants to be a...... of the school swim team.

10.Tim bought a new table and chairs at the...... store.

BChoose fiveof the words below.Write a sentence with each5 x 2 = 10 points
that shows youunderstand the meaning of the word.

rareprizemisspunishment

ruincriticizepick upessential

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

Grammar (20 points)

AComplete the sentences with the correct form of theverbsin brackets.4 x 1 = 4 points
Use the Past Simple or Past Perfect.

1.I didn’t have any money because I...... (spend) it all on a new bicycle.

2.I...... (remember) that I had already met them before.

3.She...... (learn) to speak four languages by the time she was12.

4.Mikehad never eaten sushi before we...... (go) to a Japanese restaurant last night.

BComplete the sentences.Use the Past Perfect.3 x 2 = 6 points

1.She didn’t know his name because ......

2.By the time they came home, they ......

3.He...... before he finished the second grade.

CComplete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.4 x 1 = 4 points
Use the passive.

1.A lot of rice ...... (eat) in China every year.

2.I hope that enough money ...... (raise) last month to buy supplies.

3.The painting, the Mona Lisa, can ...... (see) in the Louvre Art Gallery in Paris.

4.Yesterday, the prize money ...... (give) to the team who won the
competition.

DComplete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets,6 x 1 = 6 points
active or passive.

Writing (15 points)

Describe an electrical appliance that is important to you and explain why you
couldn’t live without it. Write at least 80 words.

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