Quiz 11

Quiz 11	Passive form of the present continuous and present perfect
Q1. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the present continuous or present perfect.
1. Technology companies are designing smaller and smaller musical devices. Some devices, as small as a credit card, ______________ (sell) in stores around the country right now. 2. Automakers have manufactured a new kind of vehicle. Hybrid cars that use  a combination of gas and electricity ____________________________ (develop) to lower gas consumption. 3. Scientists are exploring ways to make plants like wheat, corn and tomatoes disease-resistant. These plants ____________________ (engineer) and tested on farms around the world 4. Sports clothing companies are trying to incorporate technology into their clothing. Currently, vest,shirts, and pants ___________________ (create) to help athletes improve their performance by measuring muscle activity. 5. Many companies have now outsourced information technology job. These jobs __________________ (move) overseas to cut company costs. 6. Research has shown that children in the United States are gaining weight. Several studies _______________________ (conduct) by researchers and show that 16 percent of U.S. children are overweight.
Q3. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1.  Companies are recruiting workers overseas. ________________________ 2.  Companies have laid off a lot of people._________________________ 3.   Companies are making Internet access available.______________ 4.  Companies haven’t solved the traffic problem.__________________ 5.  The government is encouraging more women to train as science and engineering teachers. __________________________
Q3. Circle the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
1.  What will I be doing in two years? I won’t be graduating / will have graduated from college. I’ll be so happy to be finished. 2.  I plan to get some work experience right away, so I will be starting / won’t have started grad school yet. 3.  I may be working / will be working in the travel industry, but I’m not sure. 4.  I hope that I will have done / will be doing something I like. I don’t want a boring job. 5.  My boyfriend is sure that we might be getting married / will have gotten married by then, but I want to finish school first.
Q4. Complete the sentencs using the passive of the present continuous or present perfect.
1.     We ___________________ (give) too much homework these days. 2.     I ______________________ ( ask) to do volunteer work, but I’m too busy. 3.     I ___________________ (promote) at work, but I prefer my old job! 4.     People ___________________ (lay off) at work recetlly. I’m worried because I __________ (pay) more than my co-workers.
Q5. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice. Remember this rule:
1.     They should encourage students to stay in school. _________________________________________. 2.     They have discovered the world’s oldest building in Japan. _________________________________________. 3.     They are scheduling new driving tests for next year. _________________________________________. 4.     At last, they have found a cure for the common cold. _________________________________________. 5.     They should allowed people to walk their dog without a leash. _________________________________________. 6.     They have to ban “combis” on city streets. 7.     _________________________________________. 8.     They shouldn’t make bands to play in the outside. ________________________________________.

Quiz 11		Vocabulary Nº1
Q1. Complete the news stories with the words in the box.
-financial support	-outsource		-shortage		-unemployment
-obsessed	-recruit		-traffic congestion		-wireless Internet access
Search  The Internet Search Engine			Images   Groups  News   Local  More≥≥
			Search
Web                                        Results of 1-100 of about 969,000 for Washingtonville (0,30 seconds)
RESULTS FOR CURRENT TOP NEWS STORIES: LOCAL: WASHINGTONVILLE
Technology news Local coffee shop to offer wireless internet access. Owner says it’s necessary to compete with the large coffee shop chains.
Business Several companies have announced they will _____________________ their customer service jobs and lay off staff. Local ____________________ rates are expected to jump three percent. Increased demand for the latest hybrid cars has created a _____________ at local car dealers. Local companies are expecting to ___________________ over 600 employees at the annual job fair this year.
Health Is our culture __________________ with dieting and being thin? Dr. Murphy examines the diet craze and the new “designer” diets.
Education Tuition fees at colleges across the country are rising at an alarming rate. Local financial expert Ken Rose explains what kind of _____________________ is available.
Local traffic ______________________ is expected in the Washingtonville Bridge area again tomorrow. Delays are due to the ongoing bridge repairs.
Vocabulary
1.  Outsource (subcontratar) (= contract out, subcontract): obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source (origin or birth). 2.  Shortage (escasez) (= famine, lack) a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts. 3.  Unemployment (desempleo) the state of being unemployed. 4.  Recruit (reclutar) (=enlist, raise, conscript, restore, re-establish) a person newly enlisted (in the armed forces and not yet fully trained). 5.  Lay off staff (despedir (personal))(=suspend, stop, ship off)a discharge (expulsion, dismissal), especially temporary, of a worker or workers. 6.  Interest rates (proportion, velocity, price, fee, reason, ratio, kind, score, tax, contribution,) a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure. 7.  Dealer (seller, merchant) a person or business that buys and sells goods. 8.  With dieting (be on a diet, lose weight) 9.  The diet craze (mania, obsession, fad, fashion, trend, vogue, enthusiasm, passion)an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object that typically appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity. 10.  Tuition (registration) a sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university. 11.  Tuition fee – (Tuition fees = tasas de matrícula)(quota, subscription, honorarium, cost, rate, charge, tax a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services. 12.  Delays (retards) are due to the ongoing (under way, continuing, still in progress) bridge repairs.

Quiz 11	READING COMPREHENSION
Reading 1. About technological change
A.     MATCH THE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.READ THE ARTICLE TO CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.
1.  ego-surfers                e 2.  cyberslackers         ____ 3.  Phishers                 ____ 4.  wiki                         ____ 5.  screenagers           ____ 6.  netizens                 ____		a.  a Web page that anyone can add to and / or change b.  people who attempt to steal other people’s identities c.   people who go on the internet for their personal use at work d.  people who are confident with technology e.  people who look themselves up on the Internet f. young people who spend a lot of time on the computer
In erne vocabulary
Whether you embrace (an act of accepting or support something willingly or enthusiastically) technological change or not, getting news and entertainment from the Internet is here to stay. And along with it comes the creation of new words to describe the uses and users of these new technologies. A quick look at the most current dictionaries shows an avalanche of new words entering our language at a record pace. Here are some of them.
ego-surfer An ego-surfer looks for mentions of himself or herself on the Internet by using search engines. Some people ego-surf for entertainment. They want to see where their name pops up and what kind  of surprising information goes along with it.
cyberslacker A cyberslacker uses his or her company’s Internet connection to surf the Web on company time. A cyberslacker might shop, visit a friend’s home page, or play games instead of working.
phishing Phishing describes the internet crime of trying to get someone’s personal information (bank account number, national identification numbers, etc.) by sending official – looking e-mails and directing unsuspecting victims to fake Web sites. When the user supplies the updated information to these fake Web sites, the phisher uses the information for his or her own purposes.
wiki A Web site where users can add or modify text is called a “wiki.” Wikis differ from blogs in that any user can visit a wiki page to search for or update information, making it a continuous work in progress.
screenager This word describes teenagers who are frequently online. A combination of screen and teenager, a screenager refers to tech-savvy young people raised on computers and TV.
netzen Derived from citizen, a netizen is a skilled Internet user. Unlike a newbie, someone who is new to the Internet, a netizen can easily make his or her way around Web sites, finding information quickly.
B. FIND THE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS IN THE ARTICLE. CIRCLE THE CORRECT MEANING.
1.  embrace 2.  avalanche 3.  pace 4.  unsuspecting 5.  modify 6.  derived from	a. welcome a. drop a. speed a. forgetful a. remove a. the same		b. understand b. decrease  b. amount  b. trusting b. look up b.  taken from	c. hate c. large number c.  cost c.  young c. change c. unlike