Ex. 2 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits the space. Use only one word in each space

In spite of all the amazing advances which have (1) made in telephone technology, there are two main problems. The first one is typing, and the second one is language. Mobile telephones (2) now equipped with a choice of languages and the future will bring us phones that respond to voice commands. Already, up to 10 simple commands are recognised (3) some phones, and designers are looking for ways for this to (4) increased to 100. In three or four years, we will be using phones that can understand any language commands, and voice patterns (5) be kept on the phone, so our callers (6) be identified. One company has a dream of finding a way to instantly translate from one language to another while a phone call is being (7). Your phone will have a language button, and when it (8) pressed, the speaker's voice will immediately be (9) into the listener's language of choice. However, speech is so complex that it is believed that it will be at least 20 years before we'll be speaking to anyone in the world without a language problem. The possible effect of this kind of technology is that we may feel less enthusiastic about learning a foreign language when we can (10) translations done by a computer!

Ex. 3 Use these notes made by a reporter about a disaster at sea to write a short paragraph. Use the underlined words as the subject of the sentence and write passive sentences.

1 We have received reports of a shipping disaster.

2 Oil tanker hit the SS Close Encounter yesterday evening.

3 The accident damaged the side of the oil tanker.

4 Oil leaked from the ship and has endangered the life of many seabirds.

5 Coastguards sent assistance immediately.

6 Amateur radio enthusiasts picked up the Mayday signal.

7 Rescue teams took the survivors to shore in lifeboats.

8 Officials are investigating the disaster at the moment.

9 They will publish their report next month.

10 The government should bring in a law to prevent these kinds of accidents.

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