Reading comprehension - Part I
1(a) ii)
Mobile phones can act as remotes to run our homes.
1(b) householders
Japan’s
1(c) i) Mobile phones will soon be able to alter
the setting on the air conditioner
ii)
Mobile phones will soon be able to download a recipe from the internet and
display it on a screen on a microwave or oven.
2(a) Electronic companies believe credit
cards will be redundant in the future because the mobile phone will be used
instead. In Japan when buying a can
of coke the I-mode mobile phone can be passed in front of a scanner in the
store and the money deducted from you account.
2(b) i) Mitsubishi have
made plans for a mobile phone which transmits a video image from the
inside of the fridge.
ii) Mitsubishi have made plans for a mobile phone which
allows people to see who is at the door and let them in to the house.
2(c) Saturation levels mean that
something has reached it’s peak, when no more can be done or added.
2(d) PC manufacturers have decided to find new uses for computer
chip and hardware because no more can be done with the PC and almost everyone
owns one.
3(a) Japan is more advanced than America in
the consumer electronics market
3(b) recordable DVD’s
heated toilet seats
Reading comprehension - Part II
4(a) i)
The nights are cold so it has to have enough energy left to defend its
territory
ii)The robin sings in spring to attract its
mate and needs energy to sing
4(b) The robin had enough to eat the day before and is warm
4(c)
scarce
warmer
Reading comprehension - Part III
5(a) i)
The halteres can be swung back and forth before take off
ii)
The halteres can be swung backward before landing
5(b)
i) Swinging the halteres back and forth before take off can increase the length
of the standing long jump
ii) Swinging the halteres backwards before landing the body mass is
moved further forward.
5(c) Swinging a mass of 7 pounds back and forth in each hand
5(d) The athlete’s performance
could decline when the halteres reach double the weight.
Cloze - Part IV
1
rises
2
weather
3
disease
4
temperature
5
difficult
6
risks
7
body
8
warm
9
because
10 dangerous