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(adapted and accessed in February 2018)

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READING

A. Say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Pick a sentence to justify your choice.
1. Smartphones weren’t very popular 20 years ago.
2. According to the survey, 50% of people think no other device will replace the smartphone.
3. In the future new technologies will make screens unnecessary.
4. Only a few people will be typing on a screen in the future.

B. Complete the sentences with ideas from the text.

1. Smartphones started to become so popular because…
2. Any device able to replace the smartphone will combine…
3. We still cannot predict how far…

C. Choose the underlined words in the text which match these definitions.
1. Imagined as a future possibility; visualized.
2. A technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real
world, thus providing a composite view.
3. Something that can be worn on the body as implants or accessories.
4. No longer produced or used; out of date.
5. A shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a computer system
exchange information.

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WRITING THROUGH READING

Write a short account (around 100 words) of a day in your life in the year 2036.

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LANGUAGE USE

A. Choose a word or an expression from the box to complete the following text.

donation internet doctor mobile phones fashion healthcare

virtual reality 3D printers robots outnumber

Brits predict how technology will take over our lives in the next twenty years

Twenty years ago (1.)______________________ had huge aerials and drones were little more than
science fiction. Yet, in another 20 years, (2.)______________________ could outnumber human beings,
drones will deliver pizzas to our doors and doctors' appointments could be conducted by
(3.)______________________, according to a new survey.
Our clothes could also be permanently connected to the (4.)______________________, flights into
space could be routine and spare organs will be printed on demand. A recent survey found that
Britons think that robots could (5.)______________________ human beings by 2036.
The survey, which was conducted by YouGov and surveyed 2,000 people, marks the start of
London Technology Week 2016. The results identify (6.)______________________ as one of the key
industries for change. Respondents predicted that they will no longer visit the
(7.)______________________ when they get ill but will instead consult their GP from home using virtual
reality technology. A large number of people also believe that (8.)______________________ will be
used to produce human organs, potentially removing the need for human
(9.)______________________. Just under half of those surveyed also think that the world's first cloned
human will have been born by 2036.
As well as healthcare, another key sector for change is (10.)______________________. Over half
those questioned think that we will regularly wear clothing connected to the internet within the
next twenty years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3646795/ (adapted and accessed in February 2018)

B. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the box in the future continuous.
use
1. In 2036, we _______________ different technologies at home and at work.
2. In some years’ time, doctors _______________ on new ways of treating injuries. give

3. In the future, students _______________ tests on their smartphones. watch

4. In 2050, teachers _______________ their classes without paper books. work

5. This time tomorrow, we _______________ that 4D film on TV. do

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 C. Rephrase the sentences starting them as suggested.
1. Doing all my work on the computer is no longer strange for me.
I am used _____________________________________________________________________________________ .

2. “I have never heard of augmented reality.”

Marianne said ________________________________________________________________________________ .

3. Technologies help doctors and scientists in their work.

Doctors ______________________________________________________________________________________ .

4. Although I don’t have a smartphone, I admit they are very useful.

In spite of ____________________________________________________________________________________ .

5. They didn’t tell me about the British survey. I didn’t read it.
If they had ____________________________________________________________________________________ .

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I. READING (65 p) III. LANGUAGE USE (100 p)

A. (46 p) A. (103 p)
1. TRUE “they only became popular a little more than 10 1. mobile phones; 2. robots; 3. virtual reality; 4. internet;
years ago.” 5. outnumber; 6. healthcare; 7. doctor; 8. 3D printers;
2. FALSE “... one in two users expected that the smartphone i. donation; 10. fashion
would become obsolete by 2020.”
3. TRUE “Such devices… eliminating the need for a screen.”
B. (56 p)
4. TRUE “Typing… may someday become as rare as…”
1. will be using
2. will be working
B. (37 p)
3. will be doing
1. Apple’s iPhone combined internet access with computing
4. will be giving
power.
5. will be watching
2. virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and
wearable electronics.
C. (58 p)
3. personal communications will change in the future.
1. to doing all my work on the computer.
2. that she had never heard of augmented reality.
C. (54 p)
3. and scientists are helped by technologies in their work.
1. envisioned
4. not having a smartphone, I admit they are very useful.
2. augmented reality
5. told me about the British survey, I would have read it.
3. wearable electronics
4. obsolete
5. interface

II. WRITING THROUGH READING (35 p)

Open answer.

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