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16 Fill in the correct word derived from the word in capitals.
A CHIP TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
If your friend (1) _________ SUDDEN had an accident and was (2)
__________ CONSCIOUS or incoherent, could you provide any information to an
ambulance crew? Would you know her blood type, her allergies, and the (3)
__________ PRESCRIBE drugs she takes? Probably not. Even family members
may not have this information, or be too distraught themselves to provide needed
medical information. Enter the MediCard, a plastic card that has an embedded
chip (4) ___________ CONTAIN all that patient information. Small computers that
can read the cards are installed in ambulances and in hospital (5) __________
EMERGENT rooms. This system is working (6) __________SUCCESS in some
communities. The biggest problem is making sure that people carry their cards at
all times.
17 Read the text below and decide which answer А, В, С or D best fits
each space.
THE SUPER-FAST FUTURE OF COMPUTING
One of the 1) _______ who helped pioneer Star Trek-style teleporting in a
ground-breaking 2) ______ says he hopes we will see an ultra-fast quantum
computer in action by 2035.
"The Moore's Law for computer 3) _______ states that in every 18 months,
there will be a doubling of computer memory, speed and other performances," Dr
Ping Koy Lam 4) ________ to BBC News Online.
"In a few years' time, this law will have to confront quantum theory when
transistors are shrunk to the 5) ______ of a few atoms."
He is talking about a very small 6) _______, at the sub-atomic and atomic
scale, but physicists and technologists have very big 7) _______ about it for the
very long term.
Australian physicist Dr Lam, and fellow Australia National University (ANU)
colleague Warwick Bowen, made their breakthrough 8) _______ a beam of light.
In their experiment, they perfected the procedure of destroying a 9) ______
of light and successfully putting it back 10) ________ a meter away.
1 A developers B scientists C inventors D technologists
2 A experiment B research C invention D discovery
3 A application B structure C technology D software
4 A told B explained C declared D spoke
5 A size B number C amount D value
6 A discipline B matter C development D science
7 A hope B thoughts C ideas D future
8 A with B out C from D of
9 A structure B beam C ray D flow
10 A in B along C alongside D together
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