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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
7 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form in this description of how
smart cards work.
Smart cards prevent unauthorized users 1) ____ (access) systems and
permit authorized users 2) ____ (have) access to a wide range of facilities. Some
computers have smart card readers 3) ____ (allow) you 4) ____ (buy) things on
the Web easily and safely with digital cash. A smart card can also send data to a
reader via an antenna 5) ____ (coil) inside the card. When the card comes within
range, the reader’s radio signal 6) ____ (create) a slight current in the antenna 7)
____ (cause) the card 8) ____ (broadcast) information to the reader which 9)
____ (allow) the user, for example, 10) ____ (withdraw) money from an ATM or
11) ____ (get) access to a system.
8 There is a mistake in each line. Find all the mistakes and correct them
BODY CHIPS
In next decade we can have miniature computers _________________________
inside us monitor, and even regulate, our blood pressure,___________________
heart rate, and cholesterol. Such chip would include _______________________
microprocessor, sensors, and a radio frequent device ______________________
that would permit accurate reads-outs of vital statistics. _____________________
All this would happen, of course, without take any blood or __________________
attaching some external devices to the body. ____________________________
Experts foresee, within twenty years, implanting chips ______________________
that can correct out ability to interact with world. ___________________________
Once implanted, the chip is visible, unlike a hearing aid. ____________________
A more common implant would be chip _________________________________
to correct visual signals. No more glass! _________________________________
9 Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions from the list below
key, smart, artificial intelligence, a series of experiments, achievement, agility of a
robot, grad students, competitors, discoveries, robot scientists.
INTRODUCING ROBO-SCIENTIST
A robot scientist has been unveiled that can formulate theories, carry out
experiments and interpret results.
As far as (1) ___ goes, the Robot Scientist - designed by Ross King of the
University of Wales in Aberystwyth, UK - isn't as (2) ___ as other computers, such
as those that compete in international chess competitions. But combining the smarts
of a computer with the (3) ___ wasn't trivial. "Although the technology for all the
different components of the robot existed already, it's a significant engineering (4)
___ to put them all together and apply them to a real scientific problem." says Ron
Chrisley. "We've had robot scientists for a long time now," jokes Chrisley. "But in
the past we've always called them (5) ___."
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