Exercise 4. Choose the correct answer to complete the passage.
Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people (1) with each other. (2) these devices, ideas and news of events spread (3) all over the w orld. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an (4) in another country. An (5) football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from (6) countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern (7) information travels fast.
1. A. communicate B. communicating C. to communicate D. A&C
2. A. Although B. Because of C. Despite D. Because
3. A. quickly B. quick C. slowly D. slow
4. A. electing B. elective C. election D. elected
5. A. rural B. international C. nation D. urban
6. A. close B. space C. distant D. rich
7. A. technology B. technological C. technique D. technical
Exercise 5. Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters.
Life on other planets
Humans have long been fascinated by (1) space, and have wondered if there are intelligent life-forms elsewhere, which we might be able to contact. (2) , we've all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema screens, but “aliens" like these owe more to the (3) of using human actors to play the parts than to any real form of (4) investigation.
However, many serious space (5) are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might actually look like. One early result is Arnold the Alien, (6) by biologist, Dougal Dixon. This strange being, unlike humans, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but, despite its old appearance, its behavior not very different from our own.
1. A. out B. outer C. outside D. outing
2. A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. naturalness
3. A. convenient B. convenience C. conveniention D. conveniences
4. A. science` B. scientist C. scientific D. scientificly
5. A. research B. researches C. researcher D. researchers
6. A. design B. designs C. designed D. which designed
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