TECHNOLOGY RELATED VOCABULARY

A/- CHOOSE THE MOST APPROPRIATE ANSWER:

Mobile phones emit (send-give-emit-charge) microwave radio emissions.

Researchers are questioning whether exposure to these radiowaves might lead
(cause-lead-produce-bring) to brain cancer. So far, the data are not conclusive.
The scientific evidence does not enable (able-make-enable-let) us to say with
certainty that mobile phones are categorically risky (risky-insecure-healthy-
safe). On the other hand, current research has not yet proved (proved-caused-
demonstrated-produced) clear adverse effects associated with prolonged used
of mobiles phones.
Numerous studies are now going on (by-on-through-about) in various
countries. Some of the results are contradictory but others have shown an
association between mobile phones and cancer. However (additionally-
however-though-while), these studies are preliminary and the issue needs
further investigation. Until (provided-as-when-until) the scientific data are
more definite, it is prudent for people not to try to use mobile phones for long
periods (amounts-quantities-periods-intervals) of time.
B/- MATCH THE WORDS IN A WITH THOSE IN B TO MAKE
COLLOCATIONS.

A B ANSWER
1. remote a- engineering 1. remote control
2. genetic b- piracy 2. genetic engineering
3. telephone c- shopping 3. telephone booth
4. internet d- control 4. internet addiction
5. atomic e- addiction 5. atomic bomb
6. online f- booth 6. online shopping
7. DVD g- bomb 7. DVD piracy

C/- FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE APPROPRIATE COLLOCATIONS YOU

HAVE MADE IN EXERCISE

1. I'm tired of watching this TV programme. Could you pass the remote
control _so that I can zap to another channel?
2. Online shopping is gaining ground nowadays. You can buy whatever
you like, anywhere and anytime from your home. All you need to do is press
the keyboard buttons.
3. Making calls from a telephone booth costs much less than from a cellular
phone.

4. During the Second World War, the USA dropped two atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which left thousands of victims.
5. Thanks to genetic engineering, the world population will no longer suffer
from food shortage.
6. A large number of people are developing internet addiction. They spend
hours and hours in front of their magic screens.
7. DVD companies are losing huge sums of money due to DVD piracy.
D/- MATCH THE VERBS IN COLUMN A TO THE PHRASES IN COLUMN B:

A B
1. to link in b- to a global computer network
2. to transfer e- information from one computer file to another
3. to retrieve d- information from a database
4. to access f- information in a database
5. to subscribe c- to a special interest group
6. to socialize a- with other internet users
7. to store g- information in a file

E/- FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORD FROM THE
LIST:

Appeal – treatment – password - easy reach

1. To keep my sister away from the internet, I had to change my PC password

several times.
2. "Will you study arts or science at the university?" "Arts. Science doesn't
appeal to me. I've never been good at it in my secondary education.
3. The best treatment to computer addiction is to reduce the amount of time
spent on the PC.
4. Equipping schools with computers is one of the strong points of the
Moroccan educational reform. They want to make this technological tool
within students' easy reach.

F/- CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1. Some people spend hours surfing the net. (swimming – surfing -sailing)
2. I've written a letter of complaint to the after-sales department manager.
Could you please remind me to post it tomorrow? (remember -forget -
remind)
3. The laptop turned out to be more expensive than I had expected. So I didn't
buy it. (wanted – expected - purchased)
4. I find it difficult to put up with the headaches that I have whenever I
stay too long in front of my computer. (put off - put out - put up with)

G/- GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS BETWEEN BRACKETS:

1. Some parents worry about their children's (addict) addiction to computer

games. They believe that playing games for too long can be (harm) harmful
to their children's health. They are in particular afraid of changes that might
occur in their (person) personality.
2. Some parents have frequent (argue) arguments with their children about
how often and how long they should play these games.
3. There is no (science) scientific proof that computer games are that
dangerous.

H/- FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT WORD FROM THE BOX:

Complete – controlled – charge – access – subscribe – issued –

transferred – save – download
1. If you'd like to receive this monthly magazine regularly, you need to
subscribe to it.
2. To be able to access the multimedia room, you need to complete an
application form and get your membership card.
3. As a disciplinary measure, Hammou has been transferred from the
company he worked for in Casablanca to another one in Figuig.
4. Repeated warnings by psychologists have been issued against the misuse
of internet.
5. If the children's use of internet is not tightly controlled by parents, it will
have notorious effects on them.
6. If you feel like listening to music on your PC, you can download it from
I-Tunes and save it on your computer's hard drive. And you don't have to
pass a single penny. It's free of charge.
I/- MATCH THE UNDERLINED WORDS OR PHRASES WITH THEIR
MEANINGS:

1. My brother plays computer games e- For a long time without stopping

for hours on end.
2. My sister has got a flair for
computers.
3. What should I do about my child's
obsession? I'm really worried.
4. As a result of my son's internet
addiction, he has become
uncommunicative.
5. Will you please lock your phone
or put it on vibrate mode?
d- A special talent
b- sth you can't stop thinking about.
a- unwilling to talk or listen to
people.
c- Silent mode so that we won't hear
it ring.

1. My brother plays computer games for hours on end

2. My sister has got a flair for computers.
3. What should I do about my child's obsession ? I'm really worried.
4. As a result of my son's internet addiction, he has become uncommunicative.
5. Will you please lock your phone or put it on vibrate mode