Reading Comprehension (Контроль читання) II семестр, form 11

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Safe, comfortable and, above all, green. Electric-powered cars will not produce any substances which are dangerous for either people or the environment. In 10-20 years all cars will have their own built- in computers. These computers will help choose the best way to go and avoid accidents. You can even sit back and let the computer do the driving!

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As you know, personal computers use a lot of power. In fact, with their printers and monitors, computers in the USA use each year as much electricity as the whole state of Oregon. Not to waste electricity, new “green” computers are being developed by more than a hundred personal computer firms in the USA. When left on but unused for more than a few minutes, they go down to a standby, using 80 per cent less energy. At a command the PCs return to full power.

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Nowadays, people working in offices use computers, which contain hundreds of documents. Do you know how much space these documents would take up, if they were printed on paper? They’d occupy whole rooms! In many offices computers are linked in a network. This way, employees can exchange information and messages without moving from their tables.

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Technology has allowed more and more people to work from the place where they live. Using a modem on a telephone line connected to their computer, everyone can be linked to the company computer. In this way, they don’t waste so much time, because they don’t have to go to the office every day. It also means less pollution in the atmosphere caused by transport.

Read the texts below. Match choices to the paragraphs.

As you know, personal computers use a lot of power. In fact, with their printers and

Good-bye, pencils! Farewell, sheets of paper! These days’ cartoons are being made with a computer. The first-ever cartoon to be created by computer was “Toy Story” produced by Steve Jobs. A typical Walt Disney cartoon usually needs up to 600 designers. “Toy Story” was made using only 100. So, like so much of modern life, today’s cinema seems to be falling more and more into the hands of the computer.

Read the following three texts. For each question choose the answer (A, B or C) which you think fits best according to the text.

Text 1.

I parked the car in the hospital car park, grabbed the bag and walked into the hospital building. I quickly glanced at my watch to check the time, as I was in a hurry. But it was only a few minutes after 10 am. For a moment, I considered visiting the doctor and asking about John’s illness, but I gave up this idea. ‘Well, if he’s busy or in a bad mood, he doesn’t really have to talk to me at all’, I thought. I knew that the hospital staff did not want to discuss information about their patients to anyone except members of their closest family, and, despite being a relative, I couldn’t be counted among them.

1. The writer decides not to talk to the doctor because

Task 2.

Read the following three texts. For each question choose the answer (A, B or C) which you think fits best according to the text.

Text 2.

Just a really quick line to say that the operation went well and everything is looking good. The doctors are pleased with me, so you mustn’t worry – although I know you will I should be back on my feet in a few days and with luck I’ll be back home by the weekend. It’s been a painful couple of days since the accident but it was my own fault! Sorry I missed your call earlier. I’d left my phone in my bag. I’ll give

you a ring after dinner this evening. I hope you’re feeling better too – you had a terrible cough last time we spoke. See you very soon.

Task 2.

Read the following three texts. For each question choose the answer (A, B or C) which you think fits best according to the text.

Text 3.

Doctors are very busy people these days and it isn’t always easy to get an appointment when you have a problem. For this reason some surgeries are asking their patients to email their doctor when they are worried about their health. This

means that doctors can deal with more problems quickly and will be able to decide which patients need to come physically to the surgery. Of course, not everyone welcomes this way of diagnosing health issues but it seems a positive step forward in this technological age.

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