Technology: vocabulary practice

The planning and production of the new computer system will take some
time.

• development

• discovery

• experiments

Ron is terrified of modern technology.

• a technophobe

• a technophile

• a philanthropist

Geoff is very interested in modern technology.

• a technophile

• a technophobe

• a cyclist

The companies performed scientific tests with different types of glue
before they found one that worked properly.

• safeguarded

• experimented

• analysed

Protection against accidents in this laboratory are minimal

• securityguard

• guardsafe

• safeguards

There has been a sudden success in the search for a cure for cancer.

• putthrough

• breakthrough

• takethrough

The number of years a person is likely to live has increased a great deal
thanks to modern medicine and technology

• Life expectancy

• Life dependency

• Cost of living

The number of schools offering computer programming courses has
quickly increased in the last ten years.

• proliferated

• stagnated

• abdicated

In spite of all the progress it has made in the last 50 years or so, medical
science still knows little about the brain

• advances

• chances

• refinenances