FIRST READING AND USE OF ENGLISH idee ae] 6 Science and technology Or = You are going to read an article about new technology and students. For questions 1~ choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Student life and technology By Debra Mallin, a business student at Groyfort University Last Saturday, as my grandfather drove me and my sister home from a dinner to celebrate his birthday, he got frustrated at not being able to remember the name ofthe singer of @ song he'd just heard on the radio. Without a second thought, | grabbed my smartphone, searched for the song and found the name, Bob Dylan. For me and my fiends, this is a completely natural course of action, butt totally astonished my grandfather, who didn't understand how | had checked the information so quickly. My sister and I laughed and explained, but afterwards, it made me think about how tutors winen we need it, and also communicate using ‘much | depend on technology. ‘ur electronic gadgets from the comfort of our homes, or on the bus. The most popular means of doing this is The lst ofthe ways | use technology is endless: witing, Via instant messaging or social media — emai is often planning, socialising, communicating and shopping, considered too siow, and ithas become unacceptable to name afew. When Ireflected on its imaact on my _ for messages to be unanswered for any ength of tne. education, | saw that, for my fellow students and |, \Whie this puts an extra strain onthe university's academic technology has been significant in many ways. 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The replacement of textbooks with tablets allows Not ony are we lucky enough to have the same students the luxury of having uptodate, interactive and educational benefits as thase of previous generations even personalised learning materials, withthe added we have so mary more as wel, We sill have walkin beneft of them not costing the earth libraries avaiable to us, and | can see wy some students choose to find and use resources in these distractom ree When we compare the student Ie ofthe past and that locations, However, the only option for studying used to _of the present day, itis temoting to focus on the obvious be siting in these libraries with as mary books from your differences when it comes to technology. in actual reading lst as you could fing, yet now a single search for fact, students are doing what they've always done: your chosen study topic online can immediately provide embracing the resources available and adapting ther in access to a huge range of resources. At uriverstes, ways which allow them to work more efficiently and to interaction between students and university staff is another live more enjoyably. The pace of change in technology area that has changed considerably with developments continuously gathers speed, so we have to value each in technology. We can have facetoface time with our innovation as it happens. OO 3G FIRST READING AND USE OF ENGLISH | PARTS | 1 © Care Univers Pres and UCLES 20171. What does the writer ustate by describing the incident in the car? hat disadvantage of new technology does the writer mention inthe tid paragraph? A the older generation's frustration at people's ‘A Those who can afford the best gadgets gain an dependence on technology unfar advantage. B how unaware young peogle ae of some effects B Sometimes slow internet connections make of technology ‘communication cifut, the difference in attitudes to technology between © Aheavier workload is created for teacting stat ‘wo generations atthe unwersty, Dhow technology heps different generations D Students cannot escape fram dealing with ‘communicate university issues, 2. What cid the witr think of her grandfather's ‘5. Whatis the purpase ofthe question ‘Why should comment, mentioned inthe second paragraph? they be in the fourth paragraph? A It showed how outotdate he was Ato express an opicion B__Ithad an element of truth in B_tointraduce some problems © Mhwas an annoying thing to say. © tomake acrticism D__Itmade her feel sory for im, D_ toincicate uncertainty 3. What does the writer say about geting study 6. Whatis the writer's conclusion about students today in resources from ibraries? the fine paragraph? ‘A She considers libraries more preferable places ‘A They have such diferent les to previous for study than home, generations that's unwise to compare them. B She cannot understand why anyone chooses to B They deal better with change than previous 20 to alibrary now generations did © She appreciates the fact that people can stil © They take advantage of new resources more suey libraries if they want to, quick than previous generations di She thinks lraries are limited by the quantity of D They are behaving ina similar way to previous resources they can store generations of students. Complete the sentences with a phrase. Use one word from each box for each phrase. 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