TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

By Thu Le

Phrasal verbs 'out'

phase out: stop using

figure out: be able to understand

give out: produce

sort sth out: ​organise

single out: choose

try out: test

filter out: remove​

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This paperwork is in a mess - we'll have to .........................it out.

• figure

• filter

• sort

• try

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New technology enables factories to ..............out harmful substances from their emissions.

• sort

• phase

• figure

• filter

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Mrs Jones .....................

out my project as one of the best and showed it to the whole school.

• gave

• took

• singled

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I've ..................... out a year's of subscription to Science Monthly magazine.

• taken

• tried

• singled

• phased

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The telecommunications company plans to ..................... out use of all non-digital lines.

• filter

• phase

• give

• take

words easily confused

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It took hours of negotiation before the two sides agreed to .......

• comprise

• compromise

• compile

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Computer networks allow information to be ............................... easily from one location to another.

• transformed

• transferred

• transplanted

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The new vaccine is a major ...................... in the fight against the disease.

• evolution

• progress

• advance

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We spent our first day in Berlin ..................... the city's museums and galleries.

• inventing

• exploring

• discovering

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Cybercrime Is becoming more ....................... as more business is done on the Internet.

• typical

• ordinary

• common

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The experiment involves .................... the drug into mice to check for side effects.

• inserting

• injecting

• installing

Stewart Brand, Writer

" Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road." 

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I tweaked my pictures before I posted them to Instagram. Tweaked means

• changed

• developed

• destroyed

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What does "cutting edge" mean?

• very intelligent

• advanced and innovative

• to have a misunderstanding

• it’s not difficult

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What does this idiom "to get your wires crossed" mean?

• it has something to do with electricity

• tangled wires

• to have a misunderstanding

• to understand each other very well

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what does the phrase bells and whistles mean?

• Something that is at the forefront of progress in its area.

• To become uncontrollably angry.

• Attractive features that things like computer programs have, though often a bit unnecessary.

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Did you see the new IPhone? It's loaded with ___________

• to push someone's buttons

• get your wires crossed

• at boiling point

• bells and whistles

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the camera on the new iPhone 11 features _______ technology and no other phone can compete.

• cutting edge

• same wavelength

• bells and whistles

• rocket science

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what does the phrase bells and whistles mean?

• Something that is at the forefront of progress in its area.

• To become uncontrollably angry.

• Attractive features that things like computer programs have, though often a bit unnecessary.

Multiple Choice

Did you see the new IPhone? It's loaded with ___________

• to push someone's buttons

• get your wires crossed

• at boiling point

• bells and whistles

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The new Tesla car is ________________. I don't think you will find a more innovated car.

• a shoulder to cry on

• cutting edge

• by hook or by crook

• get your wires crossed

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meme

• negative factors

• a picture representing a facial expression

• component/something added as a special attraction

• image or piece of text (often funny and spread by internet users)

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A technophile is someone who ______.

• likes using long words
• is afraid of technology
• loves technology
• is a robot

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A technophobe is someone who loves technology.

• true
• false