Unit 5. Science and Technology

Read the following text about computer safety. Choose the correct answer (A-C) according to the text.

‘What time is it?’ Tom was getting a bit bored as the lesson continued. He reached for his mobile phone to check the time. As soon as he looked at the screen, he noticed the box at the top of the screen informing him that data transfer was in progress. ‘What is going on?!’ It took him a while to realise that someone had accessed his phone data via wi-fi. During the previous break he had exchanged some photos with Alex and had forgotten to switch it off. He quickly removed the battery and the phone went dead. Tom looked around at his classmates to see who had played the joke on him. There! Max was looking at him with a nasty smile on his face.

What did Tom notice first when he looked at his phone?

Read the following text about computer safety. Choose the correct answer (A-C) according to the text.

During the course, you will learn about the most common techniques hackers use to break into Android and iOS. We will also discuss the important issues in mobile security and teach you how to protect your mobile phone from hacking attacks. There will also be some practical tasks. As part of the course, we will try to hack into a phone in order to understand the weaknesses of mobile systems, and, as a result, you will learn to protect yourself more effectively.

What is the best title for this text? 

Read the following text about computer safety. Choose the correct answer (A-C) according to the text.

Hi,

I’ve read your blog entry about the different types of techniques that hackers use to access our Facebook accounts. I must say I found it rather scary! I didn’t realise that there were so many ways to do that. All this phishing, keylogging, session hijacking and so on made me wonder whether my Facebook account is safe. So, could you please write more about what I can do to protect it?

Thanks in advance for your help!

John

John wrote the comment mainly to ...

Complete the sentences with the correct words.

I tried to call him but he kept losing the ... He was probably on the train.

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I can’t hear the news. Could you ... the volume a bit?

Complete the sentences with the correct words.

There’s something wrong with the connection and I can’t ... online.

Read the pairs of sentences (1-5). Choose and circle the word (A-C) which fits both sentences. 

After the experiment, the teacher asked us to write ... some notes on the results.

The programme was on late at night but I stayed ... to watch it.

Read the pairs of sentences (1-5). Choose and circle the word (A-C) which fits both sentences. 

I tried to ... the instructions in the manual but I still couldn’t get the device to work properly.

She invited us to ... her into the living room.

Read the pairs of sentences (1-5). Choose and circle the word (A-C) which fits both sentences. 

The scanner doesn’t work. It’s out of ...

The police officer gave his team a(n) ... to search the building.

Report this sentence correctly.

‘I can swim really fast.’

Which sentence is NOT correct?

Report this sentence correctly.

“Please help me carry this”