1.Rebecca, 2.Sarah, 3.Paul, 4.Greg

• I found a job at the local computer firm they were really busy and needed help.
• Before Covid 19 my plan was to study drama at the university next September.
• I found a job at the local care home for the elderly.
• I enjoy my job and I am going to get some care work qualifications from the local collage.
• Before Covid 19 I was working as a flight attendant but then I lost my job.
• I’ve decided not to go to university now I’m going to stay working here.
• I was working as a computer engineer before Covid 19 but then the business closed down and I lost my job.
• I had lots of free time and started to enjoy my life more.

Reading (max. 15 min)

If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It’s easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?

British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students’ faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It’s not a popular opinion and it’s unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.

One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren’t enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don’t go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won’t get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.

Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not ‘Will robots replace teachers?’ but ‘How can robots help teachers?’ Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.

Are the sentences True or False?

1. Most jobs seem as if they can be done by robots or computers.

True    False

• Robots are always better at diagnosing illnesses than doctors.

True    False

•  Many experts agree robots will replace teachers by 2027.

True    False

•  One advantage of robot teachers is that they don’t need to rest.

True    False

•  Robot assistants could help teachers by marking homework and writing reports.

True    False

•  Some teachers use robots to reduce their time answering emails and marking homework.

True   False

Writing (max. 15 min)

Write an essay on the following theme /100-150 words/

My lifestyle thirty years ago and thirty years later. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of both lifstyles?

I think lifestyle thirty years ago were quite different, because there weren’t any phones, good working computers, big televisions and new technological things. And I would communicate with people, by going for walk with them, or playing in yard, or going countryside and enjoy my time. Maybe it will be little bit difficult, but I will try to adapt. And I think life after thirty years later, will be more developed, there will be a lot of new technological things, new systems which will help people in life. Country will be more developed, there will be more creative places to visit. The end.

Grammar (max. 7 min)

1. Write the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
2. Jack really likes football and never misses a match. Crazy – Jack is crazy about football and never misses a match.
3. My uncle worked on a sailing boat until he was thirty. Was – My uncle was a sailor until he was thirty.
4. John participated in a swimming competition last week. Part – John took part in a swimming competition last week.
5. June and I had a game of tennis. Against – I played against Jane during a game of tennis.
6. I played chess almost every day when I was young. Used – I used to play chess almost every day when I was young.
7. Volleyball doesn’t really interest me. In – I’m not really interested in volleyball.
8. Young children like Disneyland. Popular – Disneyland is popular for young children.

• Choose the correct answer
• It’s the first time  ————- all the answers right in a test!
• I’ve got
• I’d got
• I’ve been getting
• I’d been getting
• The exam —————– when Jimmy finally found the right room.
• Has already started
• Already started
• Had already started
• Already starts
• ————that crossword for over an hour and you still haven’t finished it!
• You’ve done
• You’d done
• You’ve been doing
• You’d be doing
• When they let us go in, we ————– outside the exam room for over half an hour.
• Have stood
• Had been standing
• Have been standing
• Are standing
• Claire hasn’t finished her work ———-.
• Already
• Yet
• Just
• Ever

Choose the correct answer

• I got ———– the car, turned the key and realised I didn’t have any petrol!
• Into
• Off
• Onto
• On
• I hope our plane leaves on ———.
• Timetable
• Plan
• Schedule
• Hour
• We had a long way to go so we ————- off very early
• Made
• Set
• Put
• Had
• Public ———— in this city is quite good, and it’s not expensive.
• Travel
• Journey
• Vehicle
• Transport
• It’s easier to travel abroad when you can speak  ————- language like English.
• A strange
• A foreign
• An unknown
• An outside