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What exactly is a gadget? It could be almost anything – a watch, a pair of fancy headphones or any other small and interesting device. A gadget might make life easier or just more fun.
1 MODERN GADGETS (5 POINTS)
Match these modern electronic gadgets with their descriptions.
1) iPod a) give you the illusion of sitting in front of a big screen
2) Bluetooth television
3) Satellite radio b) uses signals from satellites to pinpoint its exact location
4) GPS receiver on Earth, anytime, anywhere.
5) Video glasses c) plays songs, movies, games or photo slideshows and you
can store up to 160 GB of type of file you want
d) is installed in new car models, features 100 channels of
commercial free music, news, sports and entertainment
e) cable-free technology that lets different gadgets speak
to each other without wires.
2 INSPECTOR GADGET (10POINTS)
Read about a popular cartoon character Inspector Gadget and fill in the gaps in the text:
Inspector Gadget is a clumsy detective who once 1)____ down some stairs and had to have some major surgery. As a result, he got a lot of 2) ____ gadgets installed in his body which he never figures out how 3) ____. He lives in Metro city with his 4)____, Penny, who with her talking computer book is the real brains behind all his case solving. Penny has a pet dog called Brain 5) _____ task is to follow Gadget and make sure he doesn’t get hurt. Gadget has a friend who believes he is a flying superhero called Capeman. Inspector Gadget's enemy is Doctor Claw, but his face and most of his body are never actually 6) _____ in full. Only his arms and gloved hands are visible. He runs an organisation called MAD and has 7) _____ agents who are sent to destroy Gadget. When Gadget falls into a M. A.D. agent trap, he always escapes by using his gadgets. Often, Penny calls Brain to 8) _____ if her uncle is all right. Penny investigates the crimes and is usually the one to solve the case with the help of her Computer Book. Everyone 9)_____ that Inspector Gadget usually stops Doctor Claw single-handedly, but in fact Penny and Brian do all the work. After that, Doctor Claw hides out or escapes in his MADmobile with the words: “"I'll get you next time, Gadget... NEXT TIME!". Dr. Claw's cat, MAD Cat, will usually hiss in 10) _____. Inspector Gadget usually teaches a safety tip at the end of each episode.
1 | a) fell | b) feel | c) falled | d) felt |
2 | a) differ | b) different | c) difference | d) differently |
3 | a) used | b) using | c) usage | d) to use |
4 | a) niece | b) nephew | c) nice | d) nose |
5 | a) who | b) which | c) whose | d) who’s |
6 | a) saw | b) see | c) seed | d) seen |
7 | a) numeral | b) numerous | c) numerate | d) number |
8 | a) discover | b) recover | c) uncover | d) cover |
9 | a) believe | b)believing | c) believed | d) believes |
10 | a) agree | b) agreement | c) argument | d) agronomy |
3 HOUSE OF THE FUTURE (10 POINTS)
Amy is talking to Brian and telling him about the experiment her family is taking part in. It is called “House of the future”. Make up a dialogue between Amy and Brian using your own ideas and the phrases below (in any order you like).
-It is completely hi-tech;
-We’ve got glass floors – so, it’s really light, and the windows clean themselves.
- You can change the pictures on the walls electronically to suit your mood.
- There is also a waterproof screen in the bathroom so you can watch TV and DVDs.
- Waterproof?
- And the phones talk to you - they tell you the name of the caller.
- In the morning a gadget tells you what the weather is like outside before you get up!
- Weird!
- You are kidding!
-I don’t follow you.
- Wow! It’s incredible.
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4 “CLEVER GADGETS” (10 POINTS)
Choose one and advertise it.
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5 A COMPOSITION (15 POINTS)
In your opinion, which of the following recently invented gadgets will still be around ten years from now? Which will soon be obsolete, and what will they be replaced by?
DVD recorder iPod mobile phone laptop
Write a composition (100-120 words)
TOTAL: 50 POINTS
