SELF-ASSESSMENT 5

1) Food must be heated to a high temperature to kill harmful           [molecule, cell, bacteria, meteorite].

2) A device for playing a digitally encoded audio on an optical disk is a           [printer, keyboard, phone, CD player].

3) Someone who dislikes new technology, especially computers is a               [engineer, technophobe, computer geek, programmer].

4) I don’t suppose             [a comment, a cookier, an emoticon, a fraud] is better than a real smile, or a real hug

5)My grandmother has become a real                      [prodigy, silver surfer, system administrator, hacker] since we got her new computer hooked up to the

Internet.

6)Mark Fox is a successful journalist. He           [will play, was paid, paid, is paid]a big salary and his articles                   [weren't published, published, are published]in newspaper. He            [sent, isn't sent, is sent] all over the world to write about world events.

7) Barthelemy Thimonnier,                [who invented, that invented, which invented, invented] the first functional sewing machine, was a French tailor.

8)                                     [Reached the top of the stairs, Mike reaching the top of the stairs, Reaching the top of the stairs, Mike reached the top of stairs] , he heard a strange noise that came from the ceiling.

9) The Earth's surface     [is, was, has, are]mostly              [covered, been covered]      [wuth, by] water.

10)         [What, What a, How, Such a] pleasant surprise!

11) The computer       [which, when, who, whom]I bought last week is already broken.

12)I will not talk to him          [until, while, because, although] he apologizes for what he did.

The aeroplane is 0) one of the most popular and widely 1)       [of, used, seems]forms of transport today.

However, it does have 2)      [both, of, once]its advantages and disadvantages, as outlined below. A very strong

3)          [long, argument, any]against the topic at issue is that air travel can be very expensive and there are often

4)       [long, after, of] delays in airports which can be irritating. Also, many people are afraid 5)            [in, long, atmosphere] flying,

and the cramped seats and claustrophobic 6)            [atmosphere, both, however]of a plane can be frightening, especially if there is turbulence. 7)         [once, that, however], you always feel to be well looked 8)       [until, after, seems]when travelling by plane. Once you have checked your luggage 9)      [in, at, into], there is no need to worry about it 10)       [until, till, after]you reach your destination. What is more, 11)      [of, used, once]on board the plane, you are made

to feel comfortable and are served refreshments and 12)       [meals, seems, both]by a friendly, helpful cabin crew.

Finally, the speed of an aircraft ensures 13)        [that, this, thouse]your destination will be reached in a matter of

hours. All things considered, it 14)          [seems, however, argument]that although air travel does have its bad points, it has

one overwhelming positive aspect as it allows one to reach 15)      [that, any, both]world destinations.