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Part 7 You are going to read a magazine article in which people are interviewed about
technology. Read the five texts quite quickly and decide:
a which of the people have a generally positive opinion of technology.

I, which of them have a more negative opinion.

2 For questions 1-10, choose from the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more
than once.

Which person
was surprised by another person's actions?
often has problems with machines?
finds it impossible to resist buying the latest technology?
is frightened of some of the new technology? 4
feels that technology is important in the modern-day family? 51
does not agree with someone else in the family?
has changed her way of thinking? 7
regrets the fact that people talk less to each other face-to-face? 8
wanted to be the same as other people?
does not have much space where she lives? 10

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Like it or not, technology is a fact of life. But what do you think of it all? June Avery asked some of our readers.

A Angela stones out of peaches without cutting them open.

My elderly mother bought me a laptop recently. I As far as I'm concerned, though, they're a waste of
couldn't believe it - like me, she's never been very time. They're always going wrong and my husband
keen on modern technology and there she was keeps having to mend them. I think they're more
buying me a laptop! I live on my own in a tiny one- trouble than they're worth but he seems to think
bedroom flat and there's not a great deal of room we couldn't get by without them.
for anything apart from the basics. But the laptop
doesn't get in the way and I can stand it up in the
bookshelf when I'm not using it. I have to admit, Dorothy
it's very useful for storing all my recipes and I've Like most people we have our fair share of
actually grown to quite like it. appliances. I couldn't imagine living without a
fridge freezer or a washing machine; and who
hasn't got a microwave or a dishwasher nowadays?
Briony
I know people had to cope without these things
I bought myself an e-book reader last year, partly 50 or 60 years ago, but the world was a different
because it takes up less space than a whole load place in those days, wasn't it? Things have moved
of books, but also, I confess, because everyone else on since then. Everything's so much faster now,
seemed to have one. It was a similar thing with and in most homes both parents go out to work.
computers, really. First I had a PC, then a laptop, We couldn't do that and bring up children without
followed by a netbook, a tablet ... I just can't the support of all these labour-saving devices.
help myself. I love it all. Every time a new piece
of technology comes out, I just have to have it,
whatever it is and whether I really need it or not. Elsie
And then, of course, there are smartphones. You We're a bit too old for all this technology. A
can guarantee that if there's an overnight queue friend of ours says we should be on the Internet
for the latest model, I'll be near the front, happy in but I can't see why, and to be honest I'd be too
the knowledge that it will soon be mine. I couldn't scared to use it. It's all too fast for me. In the old
bear not to have one if I knew somebody who did. days everything used to be so much simpler and
people seemed to spend a lot more time chatting
to each other. And by 'chatting', I mean having a
Carol proper conversation with someone who is actually
Our house is full of all the latest gadgets. In the physically there in front of you!
kitchen alone we've got an electric carving knife,
a yoghurt maker, an automatic potato peeler, a
bread-making machine and a device for taking the

3 Match the phrasal verbs in bold in the text with the meanings a-e. Use the context to
help you. The meanings are in the infinitive form.
a occupy
b raise; care for a child until it is an adult
c be sold to the public for the first time
d manage to survive or live
e progress or develop

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs from exercise 3.
I We had to sell the car last year and we're finding it difficult to without it.
2 A new technology magazine called Unplugged last month; they gave
away a free computer game with the first copy.
3 We're going to get a smaller table; this one too much space.
4 My parents me to tell the truth and I'm grateful that they did.
5 Apparently, the world has and caps no longer form part of a school
uniform.

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CVocabulary
Wordlist on page 206 of the Coursebook
Technology
Complete the crossword using the following clues.

Across
1 ROFL means 'roll on the floor
4 You use a control to change channels on your TV from the comfort of your
sofa.
6 verb meaning 'to move information to your computer from the Internet'
9 FYI means 'for your '.
11 language typical in text messages, consisting of initials (e.g. 2 down), abbreviations
and emoticons
14 a conventional telephone, not a mobile phone
15 verb meaning 'to look at information on the Internet'
16 In order to on to a website and start using it, you may have to type your
name and a password.
17 a piece of equipment worn over the ears with a part you can speak into, connected
to a telephone

Down
1 a small portable computer
2 BTVV stands for' '.(2 3 3)
3 verb meaning 'to do more than one thing at the same time', e.g. talk on a phone
and work on a computer
5 adjective to describe a device which is small enough to hold in your hand
7 adjective to describe a device which can be operated without using your hands
8 The '0' in LOL stands for'
10 preposition: TV, the radio, the phone the Internet
12 In computing, PC stands for' computer'.
13 IMO stands for 'in my

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( Language focus
Grammar reference on pages 210-212 of the Coursebook

A Articles
In 1-5, decide which gaps require an article. Write a, an, the, or - if no article is
required.
1 electric toaster was invented over hundred years ago, although
consumers only began to show interest in it in 1930s.
2 When we were on holiday in mountains last week we saw beat
3 She works as teacher in school for blind in Ireland. school
has over thousand pupils.
4 You can take dogs and other pets into UK but they have to have
either EU Pet Passport or Official Veterinary Health Certificate. Animals
also have to have microchip containing information such as
address of the pet's owner and his/her telephone number.
5 Leslie: 'I'm looking forward to this concert. You've got tickets, haven't you?'
Linda: 'Oh no! I've left them at home. Don't worry though. I'll get taxi -
I can be there and back in half hour'

B Comparisons
1 Complete the sentences with adjectives from the box. You may have to use the
comparative or superlative form or you may not need to make any change.

boring careful cold early fast good hard hot quiet tired

1 I knew the exam would be difficult, but I didn't expect it to be as as

that.
2 Last summer was the since records began, with temperatures reaching
40 degrees Celsius in some parts of Britain.
3 There are too many mistakes in this essay. You need to be a lot
4 He was very ill last week, but I'm pleased to say he seems to be getting
now.
5 They put the heating on today so the classroom wasn't quite so as it
was yesterday.
6 That was the film I've ever seen. I almost fell asleep near the end.
7 The later you go to bed, the you'll feel tomorrow.
8 We were the first guests to arrive at the party. We got there half an hour
than anybody else.
9 The cheetah, which can run at a speed of 110 kilometres an hour, is the
animal in the world.
10 Life in the countryside is so much than in the city; no traffic, no
crowds and no neighbours!

2 Match 1-8 to a-h to make logical sentences.

1 You can stay here for a as soon as he arrived.
2 I'll do my homework b as soon as you can.
3 He phoned his parents c as long as I pay for it myself.
4 Please let me know as long as you like.
5 It was a wonderful day as well as I can.
6 I can have a laptop f as well as a laptop.
7 She's bought a tablet as far as that tree over there.
8 From here I can see as far as I was concerned.
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C Correcting mistakes
1 Match each paragraph 1-5 to one of the inventions from the box.

compass radar space blanket video Walkman

1 This invention which completely changed the lives of music-lovers around the world.
At first Sony executives thought the idea of people walking round with headphones
on their heads would not be a success. But however its creator, Akio Morita, always
knew that the portable device, more smaller than a paperback book, would be
popular.
2 This device was the most of important navigation instrument to be invented in the
last millennium. Originally, sailors used the position of the Sun and the North Star to
can know which way they were going, but clouds often caused them to lose their way.
This invention made possible the exploration of distant lands, including America,
probably the most significant of event of civilization of the past one thousand years.
3 The first machines were built in the 1950s but for many years its cost limited its
use to the television and film industry. By the early 1980s significantly very cheaper
versions were introduced and became nearly as most common as television sets.
It was the first device which enabled viewers to watch their favourite programmes
whenever they chose and as more often as they liked.
4 This is made from a material called Mytar'', a type of the plastic covered with a
microscopically thin film of metal. It is used to, for example, for exhausted marathon
runners or for keeping mountaineers warm. The material existed in the 1950s but its
production became much more sophisticated as a result of the man's efforts to land
on the Moon in the following decade.
5 The name of this invention comes from the phrase 'radio detection and ranging' and
is used for to detect the presence of objects and calculate their distance, as well as
their size, shape and speed. Although originally developed as an instrument as of war,
it is now used for controlling air traffic and predicting the weather. In addition to, it
has important applications in astronomical research.

2 Each of the descriptions in exercise 1 has three words which should not be there. Find
the words and underline them. The first one has been done for you.

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Reading and Open doze
Use of English
For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.
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Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your
answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
The negative effects of technology
Modern technology, in all (0) ITS various forms, has changed the way we live our
lives, but unfortunately, this has not always been (1) the better A number of
things we used to value highly (2) gradually disappearing or have disappeared
altogether. Take punctuality, for example: before mobile phones, people had to keep
their appointments and get to meetings (3) time. Now, it seems, it is perfectly
acceptable to send a text five minutes before you are due to meet, telling your friend or
colleague (4) to expect you for another half an hour or so.
The Internet, too, has had a negative effect on our manners. Rudeness seems to be
the language of debate on any site which invites users (5) give their opinions.
Anonymity makes (6) easier for people to insult anyone (7) has views
which are different from their own. They lose all sense of politeness and restraint, safe
in the knowledge that they will never (8) identified.

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rReading and Word formation

Use of English
For questions 1-8, 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. There is an
example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

The microwave oven

One of the most (0) USEFUL and convenient of all our USE
domestic appliances is the microwave oven. Its (1) ABLE
to heat and cook food fast has made it an indispensable item for
busy people with little time to cook, and the well-equipped
kitchen would be (2) without one. The person COMPLETE
to thank for this modern cooking miracle is (3) INVENT
Percy LeBaron Spencer, who produced the 'Radarange' oven
for industrial use in 1947. Eight years (4) in 1955, LATE
the first domestic microwave made its (5) . This APPEAR
rather bulky contraption needed both an (6) and a ELECTRIC
plumber to install it and was the same size as a fridge. At over
$1,000, it was not an immediate success. It wasn't until 1967,
when the countertop model became widely available, that sales
started to show an (7) as the microwave grew in IMPROVE
(8) . It went on, of course, to become a common POPULAR
feature in western homes.

rReading and Transformations

Use of English
For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
Part 4
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given. There is an example at the
beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
0 My brother isn't quite as tall as me.
SLIGHTLY
My brother is SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN me.
I Pedro didn't use to be so thin.
THAN
Pedro is be
2 This exercise is much easier than the last one.
NEARLY
This exercise is the last one.
3 My house is as big as yours.
SAME
My house yours.
4 Jamie's mobile is very similar to mine.
LOT
There is not Jamie's mobile phone and mine.
5 There are more boys than girls in our class.
AS
There are as boys in our class.
6 I've never known anyone as clever as Hilary.
THE
Hilary is ever known.
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CWriting ) Article
1 Read the following Writing Part 2 question.
You see this notice in an international magazine.

Technology in the home

Technology is everywhere today, and especially in the home. We'd like you,
the readers, to write a short article telling us which two modern domestic
appliances or devices you would find it most difficult to live without- not
forgetting, of course, to say why.
The three best articles will be published in our magazine.

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Write your article in 140-190 words.

2 The following article was written in answer to the question in exercise 1. Rearrange the
paragraphs in the correct order, then give the article a title.
Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4

a Firstly, there's the cooker, which keeps me in the kitchen for far too long. If I didn't
have to cook, I could do a million and one more interesting things. But we all have
to eat, and we couldn't get by on just salads and cold meat. Of course, we have
a microwave, but the meals It producesjust aren't as tasty as those from a
conventional oven.

I' So it's a love-hate relationship I have with these things. I hate living with them,
and I can't live without them. But isn't it the same with all domestic appliances?

c Can you imagine an object in your house which you dislike having to use but which
you know you couldn't do without? I can think of two, andjust hearing their names
mentioned makes me feel depressed.

d And perhaps worse than the cooker is the iron. The same monotonous action,
forwards and backwards, hour after hour: whether it's a shirt or a skirt, shorts or
trousers. No one in my family likes ironing, but anyone who wears a shirt or blouse
to school or work would surely agree that sometimes the iron cannot be avoided.

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3 Look back at the answer in exercise 2 and find examples of the following

Contractions couldn't,

Phrasal verbs

Linking words

Direct questions

4 You are going to write your own article in answer to the question in exercise 1. Decide
which two items you want to write about and plan your article using the following
advice.
Title: Think of a title which will attract the reader's attention. You might like to do this
when you have finished writing your article. Try to make it relevant to the whole article.
Paragraph 1: Introduction. Interest and involve your reader from the start. You could
ask a direct question or make a surprising statement. You could draw attention to the
similarities or differences between your two items, and/or make a general statement
about how important they are to you.
Paragraph 2: Talk about your first item and why you could not live without it.
Paragraph 3: Now do the same for the second item.
Paragraph 4: Conclusion. End with a short statement or a question which summarizes
your feelings and/or leaves the reader with something to think about.

5 Write your article in 140-190 words. Make sure you write in an appropriate style,
using the features in exercise 3

For more help with writing articles see pages 196 and 202 of the Coursebook.

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