TECHNOLOGY

WRITE THE CORRECT 18. MOUSE

NAME UNDER THE 19. PRINTER
PICTURE 20. LOUD SPEAKER
1. MEMORY CARD 21. BLUETOOTH
2. PDA HEADSET
3. CD PLAYER 22. WRIST WATCH
4. MP3 PLAYER 23. WEB CAM
5. STEREO 24. CAMERA
6. MICROWAVE 25. JOYSTICK
7. MOBILE PHONE 26. TELEVISION
8. STEERING WHEEL 27. CORDLESS PNONE
9. TABLET 28. HEADPHONES
10. DICTAPHONE 29. KITCHEN ROBOT
11. VIDEO CAMERA 30. MIXER
12. FAX MACHINE 31. GAMEPAD
13. GPS 32. GAMEBOY
14. LAPTOP 33. RADIO
15. 3D GLASSES 34. SCANNER.
16. E-BOOK 35. PEN DRIVE
17. KEYBOARD

WHAT ABOUT HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES?

MATCH THE WITH THEIR USE.

1.you wash clothes in it

A. FREEZER
2. you bake food in it
B. COOKER
3. you press clothes flat and
C. DISHWASHER
remove wrinkles with it
D. IRON
4. you keep food frozen with it
E. REFRIGERATOR
5. you wash your dishes in it
F. DRYER
6. you heat food with it using
G. TOASTER
energy waves
H) WASHING MACHINE
7. you dry clothes with it
I) VACUUM CLEANER
8. you keep food cold with it
J) MICROWAVE
9. you heat pots and pans on it
K) OVEN
10. you toast food
11. you clean the floor with it

16. KNOW THE TIME_______________________________________

BE GUIDED IN YOUR WAY AHEAD.___________________________
15. DETERMINE YOUR VEHICLE'S CURRENT POSITION AND LOCATION AND NOW USE THEM IN CONTEXT . CHOOSE ONE OF THE WORDS TO COMPLETE THE

SITCOMS_________________________ SENTENCES

14. CATCHING UP ON NEWS, SOAPS, MATCHES AND 1. My ______________ is almost empty. I only have a few
13. COOK, BAKE, DEFROST, AND HEAT _________________________ eggs, some cheese and a bottle of beer in it.
DRIVING____________________________________________
2. I think I'd like to buy a/an _______________ which can
12. ANSWER SOMEONE CALLING YOU WHILE brown up to four pieces of bread
IMAGE______________________________________________
3. Put the saucepan on the ____________ and simmer for
11. SCAN IMAGES OR PRINTED TEXT TO CONVERT IT TO A DIGITAL three minutes.
10. MAKE OR RECIVE TELEPHONE CALLS__________________________ 4. Throw your wet clothes into the __________________.
9. PLAY GAMES IN A HANDHELD CONSOLE_______________________ They should be ready in about 20 minutes.
8. SEND SCANNED PRINTED MATERIAL__________________________ 5. Could you get the ___________ out and clean the living
7. CONTROL YOUR VIDEO GAMES______________________________ room?
6. STORE DIGITAL INFORMATION_____________________________ 6. Many students have a __________________ in their
5. CONTROL THE CURSOR WITHOUT KEYING _____________________ rooms so they can at least cook melted toast and cheese.
4. TYPE ON YOUR COMPUTER_________________________________ 7. Put the roast into the ______________ and let it roast
3. LISTEN TO MUSIC _____________________________________ for 45 minutes.
2. RECORD SOME IMAGES __________________________________ 8. I bought ten pounds of salmon and put it all into the _____
1. TAKE A PICTURE ______________________________________ to keep until the party next week.
9. There's nothing like a ___________to make cleaning up
WHAT DO YOU NEED IF YOU WANT TO… after dinner easy.

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READING
The availability of electronic gadgets has multiplied over the years, BASED ON THE READING ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

and the technology of these devices has only improved. They exist for every
facet of life, from entertainment to education and from work to play. 1. Can you name some general uses of technology?
Entertainment gadgets include mp3 players, book e-readers, portable movie ____________________________________________
players, cell phones, and digital cameras. Gadgets for work include cell ____________________________________________
phones, portable computers and tablets, digital watches, and many more. 2. What is the main purpose of using technology?
Gadgets seem to be available to suit any need in the modern age. ____________________________________________
The general purpose of most electronic gadgets is to make life ____________________________________________
easier, more fun, or more efficient. Computers are perhaps the most sought- 3. Among the gadgets mentioned in the text which ones
after electronic gadgets that fall into just about any category. Tablets are appeal to you the most? Why?
thin, small computers that are touch-screen activated and navigated. Another ____________________________________________
gadget close to such tablets is the smart phone, which is a combination of a ____________________________________________
computer, telephone, and camera. ____________________________________________
Digital cameras are increasingly popular electronic gadgets because 4. Which is people’s favourite gadget?
they have become much easier to use and produce better pictures than ever ____________________________________________
before. The photos can be uploaded quickly to computers for display on 5. What are new digital cameras so popular for?
websites or printing onto traditional photo paper. Smaller cameras are so ____________________________________________
small as to fit in one's pocket, and now even high definition video cameras are ____________________________________________
made to fit too, yet still high quality enough to produce sharp, attractive
videos.
The impact of all these products can be tremendous, in fact, new
technology can completely revolutionize the way we play, communicate, work
and live our lives.

IF LIFE WERE LIKE A COMPUTER: All of the biggest technological We live in a society
inventions created by man - exquisitely dependent on
the airplane, the automobile, science and technology, in
 You could add/remove someone in your life using the control
the computer - says little which hardly anyone
panel.
 You could put your kids in the recycle bin and restore them about his intelligence, but knows anything about
speaks volumes about his science and
when you feel like it!
 You could improve your appearance by adjusting the display laziness. ~Mark Kennedy technology. Carl Sagan
settings.
 You could turn off the speakers when life gets too noisy. The production of
 You could click on “find” (Ctrl, F) to recover your lost remote too many useful
control and car keys. things results in "Never before in history
 To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"! too many useless has innovation offered
 If you mess up your life, you could always press "Ctrl, Alt, people. ~Karl promise of so much to
Delete" and start all over! Marx so many in so short a
time." --Bill Gates

BEFORE THE COMPUTER

AGREE DISAGREE
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show 1. Technological advances make life better for everyone.
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano! 2. It’s important for adults to find out where their children are
Memory was something that you lost with age going online and who they are talking
A CD was a bank account! 3. Computer technology makes finding information faster and
And if you had a broken disk, easier.
It would hurt when you found out! 4. If people let machines do too much for them, eventually people
Compress was something you did to garbage will no longer be able to do things for themselves.
Not something you did to a file 5. Children should be given more freedom in deciding what they do
And if you unzipped anything in public online
You'd be in jail for a while! 6. It is impossible to become addicted to the Internet.
Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road 7. It is dangerous to place too much faith in technology.
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode! 8. Children who play computer games often believe that the violent
Cut , you did with a pocket knife games they play portray life as it actually is.
Paste you did with glue 9. Most teenagers are online too much.
A web was a spider's home
10. Those who worry about the negative effects of technology
And a virus was the flu!
should think about the modern conveniences available today.
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11. Adults too often use the computer games as a kind of
babysitter for their children.

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