Listening Comprehension
Task 1. Listen to the text “Toyota shows video of driverless car” and complete the following sentences with the information from the text:
1. Toyota has released a video of its new ______________________________________________.
2. The car can also communicate with ________________________________________________.
3. This would be useful if the driver wants to use _______________________________________.
4. In May 2012, the Swedish company Volvo tested _____________________________________.
5. The search engine Google has also _____________________________________________.
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Task 2. Listen to the text “Toyota shows video of driverless car”. Define whether the sentences given below are true or false. Write a “plus” if the sentence is true and a “minus” if it is not true in the boxes.
a. | Toyota has shown a video of a car that needs no driver. | |
b. | The car is full of special "intelligent" safety features to make sure it does not crash. | |
c. | The car has technology that means it can "communicate" to any other car. | |
d. | Toyota's aim is to cut the number of car crashes by 50 per cent. | |
e. | Toyota is the first car maker to make cars that do not need a driver. | |
f. | It uses radars and video cameras to understand where other cars are. |
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Reading Comprehension
Task 1. Read the text “Scientists test WiTricity – wireless electricity” and put the following words into the gaps in the text:
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Scientists test WiTricity – wireless electricity
A team of US researchers has come up with an electricity system that does not need wires. This is a 1) _________________ in what will hopefully be a wireless future. The scientists, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lit a 60-watt light bulb using magnetic 2) ______________. In the test, the power 3) __________ was just two metres away from the light, but the team hopes they will soon be able to send electricity longer 4) ____________ through the air. They have dubbed their new invention “WiTricity”, or wireless electricity. Although wi-fi has been around for some years now, it has been limited to the 5) ______________ of information, especially between computers and modems, printers and scanners. This is the first time electrical appliances have been powered wirelessly.
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This new development means that our houses may be free from tangled wires. Gone will be the days of having to 6) ____________ the vacuum to go from room to room, and of having countless 7) ______________hidden behind the TV and stereo. The new source of delivering power to gadgets remotely may also reduce the number of fires caused by 8) __________ wiring and overloaded sockets. It turns out the concept is not so new. A century ago, inventor Nikola Tesla struck upon the idea of building a huge tower in New York that would wirelessly 9) __________power to the city. Unfortunately, his idea never came to fruition, until today, that is. It will still be a while before we have wireless homes and offices. Safety experts will be checking closely to 10) ____________ the power source causes us no harm.
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Task 2.Read the text “Scientists test WiTricity – wireless electricity”. Define whether the sentences given below are true or false. Write a “plus” if the sentence is true and a “minus” if it is not true in the boxes.
a. | Scientists have tested a radio that doesn’t have wires inside it. | |
b. | In another test, scientists lit 60 different light bulbs. | |
c. | Scientists have sent electricity two metres through the air. | |
d. | Wi-fi is a concept that first originated at the end of last year. | |
e. | The invention of WiTricity signals the end of vacuum cleaners. | |
f. | WiTricity may reduce the number of household electrical fires. | |
g. | An inventor struck upon the idea of WiTricity a hundred years ago. | |
h. | Wireless offices and homes will be with us before the year is out. |
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Task 3. Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
A team of US researchers has come | a) appliances have been powered | |
a breakthrough in what | b) wiring and overloaded sockets | |
lit a | c) from tangled wires | |
They have dubbed | d) will hopefully be a wireless future | |
the first time electrical | e) up with an electricity system | |
our houses may be free | f) 60-watt light bulb | |
having countless | g) upon the idea | |
fires caused by poor | h) their new invention “WiTricity” | |
inventor Nikola Tesla struck | i) fruition, until today | |
his idea never came to | j) plugs hidden behind the TV |
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