Answer keys
- 1. TASK 1B
- 3. TASK 1C
- 4. Complete these sentences with words and phrases from the previous activity and then read the text to check your answers. 1. Digital Audio Broadcasting, or DAB, is the technology behind DIGITAL RADIO. DAB is intended to replace FM in the near future. 2. WEARABLE COMPUTERS are designed to be worn on the body or integrated into the user’s clothing. 3. Most existing TV sets can be upgraded to DIGITAL TV by connecting a digital decoder. 4. My grandfather is 75 and he still watches TELETEXT on TV to find out share prices, weather forecasts and sports results.
- 5. Complete these sentences with words and phrases from the previous activity and then read the text to check your answers. 5. I work in a CALL CENTER. I receive incoming calls with information inquiries. I also make outgoing calls for telemarketing. 6. Please complete this form and send it by FAX or normal mail. 7. I have a GPS navigation system in my car but I don’t use it very often. My town is small and I know it well.
- 6. TASK 1D
- 7. Read the text again and find the following. 1. the device that allows PCs to communicate over telephone lines INTERNET 2. the practice of working at home and communicating with the office by phone and computer TELEWORKING 3. the term that refers to the transmission of audio signals (radio) o audiovisual signals (television) DAB (DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING). 4. five advantages of digital TV over traditional analogue TV INTERACTIVE SERVICES, PAY MULTIMEDIA, WIDESCREEN, BETTER QUALITY OF SOUND
- 8. Read the text again and find the following. 5. two systems that let you receive multimedia on your mobile phone DMB (DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING) DVB-H (DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCAST- HANDHELD) 6. the term that means without wires WIRELESS 7. devices that deliver email and phone services to users on the move BLACKBERRYS 8. the meaning of the term cyborg CYBERNETIC ORGANISMS – BEINGS THAT
- 9. TASK 2C
- 10. Complete the following sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Post your answers on the comments box below. Microprocessors ARE MADE of silicon. Call centers ARE USED to deal with telephone enquiries. In recent years, most cell phones ARE EQUIPPED with Bluetooth. GPS WERE DEVELOPED in the 1970s as a military navigation system. Sorry about the mess – the computers ARE
- 11. Complete the following sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Post your answers on the comments box below. In the near future, the Internet WILL BE ACCESS more frequent from PDAs and cell phones than from desktop computers. Networks COULD HAVE BEEN CONNECTED via satellite. I had to use my laptop this morning while my PC WAS BEING FIXED.