UNIT 1
Listening and Speaking
As technology is getting advanced, many products have been 1) created to make life easier. With the help of modern technology, people’s 2) standard of living has changed and their life is more 3) comfortable. People use these new products not only to 4) enhance their career but also their health, beauty and wealth. For example, mobile phones and smartphones have become important 5) means of communication. Today everyone needs a mobile phone for 6) day-today purposes. Computers play an important role in every field including hospitals, hotels, schools, and other 7) institutes. There are also mobile 8) devices like tablets and smartphones that can be used as a portable computer. These help people to get their 9) work and everyday routine done through 10) a click of a button. Text A
Reading Comprehension
1.
1) (1) sniffed at, smug (2) proud
2) (1) the few remaining holes, quite soon (2) disheartened
3) (1) impossible to be truly alone, more and more endangered, staring, even
(2) critical
4) (1) love the wilderness, can’t wait for my next trip, walk for miles, drink deeply from a mountain stream, stretch out under the open sky, gaze up at the stars, use my phone (2) optimistic
2.
1) F The author admitted that his colleague kind of had a point because he did use GPS. That is to say, to some degree he agreed with his colleague. 2) NG It is not mentioned in the text.
3) F Waldeinsamkeit becomes more and more endangered with every cell tower.
4) T Technology can enhance your wilderness experience, for example the Night Sky mobile app, an app concerning birding, or a map app.
5) F The phone isn’t the problem. The problem is us — our inability to step away from email and games and inessential data, our inability to look up, be it at an alpine lake or at family members.
Language in Use 4.
A. Noun Verb Adjective competition compete competitive competitor competitiveness civilization civilize civilized civility civil deletion delete deletable enforcement enforce enforce enforcer enforceable identification identify identified identity identifiable identifier migration migrate migrant migrant migratory persistence persist persistent population populate populous populated urge urge urgent urgency B. ?
1) urge, urgent
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2) delete, deletions
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3) enforced, enforcement 4) identification, identified
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5) persistence, persistent
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6) civilization, civilize 7) populated, populous
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8) migrate, migration
5.
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1) draw the line
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2) off the grid
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3) had a point
4) get away from it all
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5) (Being) free of
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6) serve up 7) save for
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8) live with
6.
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1) sniffed at
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2) murmuring at
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3) rejoice at
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4) grasp at 5) Glancing at
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6) marveling at
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7) aim at
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8) barked at
7.
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1) packed with
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2) consisting with
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3) endowed with 4) quivering with
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5) combined with
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6) gossiping with
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