I-Fill in each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Scientists are always thanked for……………….the world with their inventions. (to help)

Many children can’t stop………………….all night instead of revising their lessons. (to browse)

Africa is the………………………..………………country in the world. (developed)

The mobile phone is ……..…………………than a computer. (useful)

The lay fell asleep while…………………………TV. (to watch)

Mary seldom……………………….our mails from England. (to reply)

Televisions are the …………………………. ICT tools ever created.( good)

We prefer……………………..……….with Nexttel  network than using Orange network. (to browse)

When the scientists got at the venue, the experiments…………….(to begin)

10)Pradelle recently…………………….….herself a cell phone. (to buy)

11)Many documents are…..…….…….these days. (to computerize)

12)Lecturers are used to…………………...…researches with Google navigator. (to do)

Rewrite the sentences below as started for you without altering the sense.

Internet has advantages. Internet has many disadvantages.

Despite…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

“Do you think the internet as important as we believe” The boys asked the journalists.

The boys asked………………………………………………………………………….………………..………………………………….

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Male and female children can choose leaders during elections.

Leaders …………………………………………...…………………………………….………………………………………………………

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Browsing these days can only be eased if the network we have good network.

Unless…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………

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Students didn’t always carry out researches online.

Researches……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Complete the sentences below by choosing the appropriate alternative from those in brackets.

The mobile phone is………………….…more and more important in the society. (become,becoming, becomes)

Internet has many dangers………….….. its advantages. (inspite, although, despite)

People…………………………….do shopping online these days. (usually, hardly, never)

Kindly hand over that cell phone to me………………………(won’t you, can you, will you)?

All social network users must respect……………………….………..…………………..(themselves, each other, oneanother)

VOCABULARY

I- Complete the sentences below by inserting the appropriate missing words.

Facebook and………………………………….……are social networks.

Browsing cannot be effective without …………………..…………………………….........................

The internet has …………………...…..effects on youths.

Televisions are……………………………… ICT tools, since they project both audio and video.

An electronic message is known as……………………………………………………………………

II- In each sentence put the words in brackets in the appropriate form.

Online business can’t be……………..without internet. (to operate)

Google and Chrome are……………………They are used to ease researches. (to navigate)

Many……………………………..are working hard to fight against Malaria. (to research)

Browsing can………………………………………be carried out with smart phones. (to easy)

It is quite…………………………..………to see how online transactions are carried out In no time. (to excite)

COMPREHENSION.

 Just imagine how the world would have been if there had been no inventions. Boring, uncivilized, backward, not worth living….It cannot be denied that inventing new things often contributes to saving ourselves a great deal of trouble. Indeed, without these modern inventions our lives would be much harder. The most praiseworthy inventions which help us have it over and done with lots of domestic chores as soon as possible. Thanks to such inventions we are no longer compelled to waste our time on such boring things as can be devoted to leisure activities or, more generally speaking, we really enjoy doing like watching TV, playing games, going to the movies etc…. So it can be said that some modern inventions are very useful so far as they enable us to save time. The mobile phone for example.                          

But on the other hand, too many things are invented these days, some of which are mere gadgets, obviously. The purpose of such inventions is not to save anybody trouble, to make our lives easier, but to try and create a need among consumers thus, in order to keep up with time, we will be tempted to purchase these new things, just because we are made to feel that they might be useful or, even worse, just because they are fashionable. Who hasn’t got at home things he or she once bought and never used ?

As a conclusion, we might say that there are two kinds of inventions: those which are really synonymous with progress and save time and trouble on the one hand and those which are a result of the consumer society and which appeal to man’s futility and lack of wisdom on the other hand.

QUESTIONS

Give a suitable title to this passage.  

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How would the world be if there were no inventions?            

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Inventions have made our lives better. True or false? Give two reasons.     

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All inventions are useful to man. Yes or No? Justify your answer.              

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Domestic chores refer to : (Tick the right answer).                                                         

a) House choir, b) House animals, c) House work.

Name an invention of your choice and give its importance to man.             

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