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Technology

Reading 1:
✔ vocabulary
1 Use a word or phrase from the box in each gap to complete the text.
apps · download · gadgets · mobile device · handy · notify

P V E
A smartphone is a (1) ______________________ that is much more than just a phone. It has a whole
variety of functions, depending on what kind of (2) ______________________ you want to
(3) ______________________ on to it. For instance, my smartphone is very (4) _____________________
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when I want to find a location I’m looking for. I just use the GPS. Another thing it can do is
(5) ______________________ me when I have a meeting or appointment coming up. It’s definitely
the most useful of all the (6) ______________________ I have.

2 For each word or phrase, write a word or phrase with a similar meaning. Some letters have been
given to help you.
1 a program that allows you to speak to it v___________ r___________ t___________
2 watch, check mon___________
3 a program that helps you find pages on the internet s___________ e___________
4 feel proud of t___________ p___________ i___________
5 software that guesses the words you write p___________ t___________
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6 developing, happening now unf___________

Grammar 1
1 If a sentence refers to the future, put7 a tick (✔).
P V E
1 My computer science class is in an hour. ____
2 Industrial technology is really very exciting! ____
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3 Scientists are developing new technologies every day. ____
4 Our school is hosting a technology fair next month. ____
5 Do you think you might get an implant one day? ____
6 That might be your mobile phone over there. ____
7 Many machines will use sensors to recognise people. ____
8 The cash is going to be transferred automatically from your bank account. ____

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2 Choose the correct phrase to complete the sentences.
1 In the year 2010, __________________________ 3 In fifty years’ time, ________________________
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automatic payment systems instead of cash. with robots.

Technology
a we’ll be using a we are all living
b we’re using b we’ll all have been living
c we use c we’re all going to be living
2 By this time next year, our school ____________ 4 By the end of today, scientists _______________
______________ iris sensors in the library! ___________ even more advances in technology.
a will have installed a will have been making
b will have been installing b will have made
c will install c will make

3 Complete the sentences using will, shall, be going to, present continuous or present simple. If more than
one choice is correct, write all choices.
1 Pretty soon ___________ (all computers / be) wireless.
2 When I go to university, ___________ (I / study) computer technology.
3 ___________ (I / help) you choose a new laptop? I know all about them.
4 ___________ (Chris / really / go) to the technology fair again this year?
5 Why ___________ (you / talk) to your science teacher tomorrow about your idea?
6 One day, ___________ (people / communicate) without using mobile phones.

4 Imagine it is Sunday evening. Read these pages from Francesca’s diary. November
Write five sentences about things Francesca is doing this week.
Monday 12
1 ______________________________________________________
call computer shop
2 ______________________________________________________ go to gym
3 ______________________________________________________ 8pm dinner with Adrian
Tuesday 13
4 ______________________________________________________ 11am meeting with Tim about the
5 ______________________________________________________   office computers
Write five sentences about things Francesca will be doing at particular shopping with Julie
Wednesday 14
times this week.
9am work on website
6 ______________________________________________________ 12pm lunch with Adrian
7 ______________________________________________________ go to gym
Thursday 15
8 ______________________________________________________ 2pm flight to Paris (Hotel Splendide)
9 ______________________________________________________ 6pm meeting at FranceTech
10 ______________________________________________________
Friday 16
Write five sentences about things Francesca will have done by the end 11am flight back to London
of this week.
11 ______________________________________________________
Saturday 17
12 ______________________________________________________ go to gym
13 ______________________________________________________ dinner with Adrian (book at Charlie’s)
14 ______________________________________________________
Sunday 18
15 ______________________________________________________

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3 V E Reading: exam practice
Technology

You are going to read an article about social networking. Seven sentences have been
 removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–H the one which fits each gap
(1–7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
A We can now be online any time and F They started out being mainly a way for
anywhere and it seems that’s what many people to keep in touch with friends and
people want. socialise while sitting at their computers.
B It’s likely that social networking will G And they do have massive numbers
grow in other areas of our lives too. of followers who hang onto their
every word.
C But this won’t stop people from using
the sites. H One intriguing trend is that people are
instantly blogging about important
D Not many sensible people use them. events in the world.
E It seems safe to say that they will
continue to grow.

A New Trend Unfolds

Social networking and microblogging sites such as Facebook and Twitter
might not have been
around for very long but they’ve managed to have a huge impact on how
we lead our lives.
They’ve also become a major influence on the world of business, politics and
journalism, too.
Why have these sites had such an impact? 1 But in recent years they have taken on a life
of their own and it’s now quite rare to find anyone who isn’t involved in a networ
king site of
some kind. The other strange thing is that people may have many thousands
more friends and
contacts in the virtual world than they do IRL (in real life).
Those who are critical of social networking say that people are becoming
too involved in the
internet. Some bosses have banned the sites on workplace computers becaus
e workers are
spending too much time chatting or tweeting on line. 2 That’s because most will just carry
on on their own personal smartphones or tablet pcs instead. There’s not a
lot employers can do
about that. In fact, it’s the rise in the use of portable smartphones and tablets
that is one of the
driving forces behind the demand for social networking. 3

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Technology
Another criticism is that social networking is affecting our culture, making
us more obsessed
with celebrities and destroying any form of private life we once had. It’s certain
ly true that a lot of
celebrities use Twitter as a form of publicity and to keep up their public profile.
4 There’s also
no doubt that some people using sites like Twitter give out too much inform
ation about their daily
lives. Especially annoying are those people who can’t seem to help tweetin
g every boring detail of
everything they do.
But social networking sites are simply a tool and it’s up to users to shape the
way they are used. And
quite a lot of what is happening on social networking and microblogging
sites is both interesting
and exciting. 5 From pictures from war zones to posting election results, microbloggers often
get there much faster than professional journalists. This is why many media
and news sites now use
a lot of content from so-called ‘citizen journalists’.
So what does the future hold for networking and microblogging sites? 6
But considering how
much they have developed in such a short space of time, it isn’t easy to predict
exactly how they
will develop in the future. One thing that seems sure is that they will spread
even deeper into our
culture. More and more businesses are using them to help promote their produc
ts and politicians to
keep their face and ideas in voters’ minds. 7 Whether this will be a good or bad thing depends
on how we use it.

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3 V Vocabulary
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Technology

1 Match to make phrases. THE TROUBLE WITH COMPUTERS

 1 light ____ a  oven
2 alarm ____ b  cooker I didn’t think my brand new laptop could (1) _____________
3 electric ____ c  bulb already, but it seemed like it had. The first time I tried to
4 microwave ____ d  cleaner connect to the internet I got (2) _______________ . The
5 vacuum ____ e  clock second time I tried, I couldn’t (3) _______________ at all.
2 Use a phrasal verb from the box in the The modem wasn’t working. I called the technical support
correct form to complete the text. number and explained my situation. They told me they
break down · come up with · cut off would (4) _______________ the problem. Then I
get through · look into · put in
(5) _______________ an idea. I checked to see if the
phone line was properly plugged into the laptop, and once
I (6) _______________ the line, I had no problem at all.

3 Use a form of the word in brackets

in each gap to complete the sentences.
1 What was Alfred Nobel’s greatest _______________ (achieve)?
2 I’d like to invent something
7 that is _______________ (benefit) to people in developing countries, like a
water purification system perhaps.
3 You’re very _______________ (create).You should be an artist!
4 Recent _______________ (develop) in medicine are helping people live longer and healthier lives.
5 Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and also a brilliant _______________ (invent).
6 For every problem, there is usually a _______________ (solve).

4 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 Who discovered / invented America, Christopher Columbus or Leif Ericson?
2 Thomas Edison discovered / invented the electric light bulb in 1879.
3 Claudia spends a lot of time in the library doing investigation / research for her school projects.
4 The police conducted a thorough investigation / research after the theft.
5 The great thing about laptops is that they are mobile / portable.
6 My father keeps all his gardening tools / appliances in the garage.

Reading 2:
✔ vocabulary
1 Use a word or phrase from the box in each gap to complete the sentences.
figured out · gradually · brainwave · debt · sealed · emigrate

P V E
1 When you owe money to people or banks, you are in _______________ .
2 If you have a really wonderful new idea, it’s called a _______________ .
3 When people leave their own country and move to another they _______________ .
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4 If you have _______________ the solution to a problem, you have found the solution.
5 When something is closed so tightly that no air gets in or out, it is _______________ .
6 If you do something slowly or step by step, you do it _______________ .
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V E Use of English: exam practice 3

Technology
Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

ALFRED NOBEL
When we hear the name Nobel, we immediately think of the Nobel Prizes.
But Alfred Nobel, the (1) _______________ of the awards, was also a great
scientist and inventor.
Born in 1933 in Sweden, Nobel studied first in Russia and then
(2) _______________ to the US, where he studied mechanical
(3) _______________ . Afterwards, he returned to Sweden to work with
his father. Gradually, they made (4) _______________ in explosives. Nobel
(5) _______________ out how to work safely with nitroglycerine, a very
dangerous and explosive (6) _______________ . His invention later became
known (7) _______________ dynamite. Nobel continued throughout his life
to (8) _______________ improvements in the field of explosives.
He eventually owned (9) _______________ explosives factories around the
world and became very wealthy.
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Alfred Nobel was a man of great (10) _______________ . When he died he
left a wonderful gift to the world: the Nobel Prizes. Each year these prizes are
(11) _______________ to scientists, inventors and other creative people for
their great (12) _______________ to the world.

1 A holder B creator C discoverer D receiver

2 A transferred B visited C joined D emigrated
3 A developing B producing C engineering D creating
4 A directions B advances C motions D movements
5 A figured B solved C granted D introduced
6 A shape B form C body D substance
7 A by B with C as D for
8 A do B have C make D take
9 A numerous B numerate C numerical D numbered
10 A advantage B achievement C situation D incident
11 A awarded B designed C suggested D implanted
12 A involvement B contribution C manufacturing D development

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 ✔
3 Grammar 2
Technology

1 Use a, an or the in each gap to complete the text. If no article is required, use a dash (–).
P V E
Michael’s father is (1) ____ president of (2) ____ large computer science research company. He started
(3) ____ company twenty-five years ago when he had just finished (4) ____ college. His company develops
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(5) ____ technology for (6) ____ defence industry and even for (7) ____ government! They also investigate
new ways to use new technology in everyday life. That sounds like (8) ____ perfect job for me! I’d be (9) ____
great researcher and I love to work with (10) ____ computers.

2 There are eight mistakes with articles

in this text. Find the mistakes.
TEENAGE CLICKS
3 Choose the correct word or phrase to As the teenagers are particularly open to a new
complete the sentences. technology, companies that target this market are
being advised to use the internet not only as a way
1 I’ll repair my laptop as soon as I will know / know
to communicate their message to teens, but also
what’s wrong with it! to hear back from them. For an instance, a recent
2 Can I have your old mobile phone after you consumer survey of teenagers’ online behaviour
bought / buy a new one? conducted by the global research firm Jupiter MMXI
3 Be sure to turn off your computer before you emphasises how the teenagers are ‘spreading the
are leaving / leave. word’. Almost a forty per cent said that they shared
an information they had found on the net several
4 I’ll see you later tonight when the science
times a week. Indeed, the primary reason most
club meeting will end / ends. teenagers log on is to communicate with the people
5 I’ll call you while I’ll go / I’m going home on the bus. of their age group. Throughout the Europe, chat
6 Sarah wants to be a computer programmer
✔ 7 and email services feature among the most popular
when she will grow / grows up. online destinations.
7 Molly’s going to lend me her new CD after she
will listen / has listened to it.

V E Use of English: exam practice

1 Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that
fits in the gap in the same line. Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

Famous Me!
I sometimes wish I were a great (1) _______________ like Edison or Marconi. My name INVENT
would go down in history for having (2) _______________ something totally new. You can DISCOVER
really change people’s lives if you come up with something (3) _______________ . Perhaps REVOLUTION
I would also be famous for being extremely (4) _______________ with technology. I would CREATE
be the most famous and respected (5) _______________ in the world! What a great brain I SCIENCE
would have! I wouldn’t just restrict myself to science, though. What about maths? I would find
(6) _______________ to the most difficult mathematical equations. I would be responsible for SOLVE
new (7) _______________ that would change the way people work and play. Doing something PRODUCE
important like that would be (8) _______________ to people the whole world over, rich or poor. BENEFIT
Everyone would know about my latest technological (9) _______________ and would thank DEVELOP
me for the many great (10) _______________ of my life! Yes, that would suit me fine! ACHIEVE

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 2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, 3
including the word given. Write the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

Technology
1 If your computer stops working properly, you should call a technician.
down
If your computer ____________________________ , you should call a technician.
2 I don’t understand this physics homework.
figure
I can’t ____________________________ do this physics homework.
3 We often don’t think about how much technology helps us in our daily lives.
granted
We ____________________________ how much technology helps our daily lives.
4 You shouldn’t turn off your computer until you have closed all the programs.
before
Close all the programs ____________________________ your computer.
5 She’ll return on Monday and she’ll contact you right away.
as
She’ll contact you ____________________________ back on Monday.
6 I’ll be working in the laboratory until seven, so call me before then.
while
Call me ____________________________ in the laboratory.
7 Have you discovered who invented safety pins?
found
Have you ____________________________ of safety pins was?
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8 It would be great if someone discovered a way to travel through time!
come
Someone should ____________________________ a way to travel through time!

V E Listening: exam practice

CD Track 3 You will hear five different people talking about problems with technology.
For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–F) the problem each speaker had. Use the letters only
once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
A I didn’t read the instructions. Speaker 1 ____
B I bought one that was poor quality. Speaker 2 ____
C I was embarrassed to use it. Speaker 3 ____
D I lost an important part. Speaker 4 ____
E I found it too complicated. Speaker 5 ____
F I got the wrong advice.

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