Unit 8: Communications

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Question 1A:

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(a) Hundreds = 100s (b) One-Fifth = (c) Six Hundred And Eighty = 680
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(d) Three Hundred And Fourteen Thousand Percent = 314,000% (e) Thirteenth = 13 th

(f) Thirteen To Nineteen = 13-19 (g) One Million = 1,000,000 (h) Four Hundred And Ninety Two = 492

(i) Sixty Three Thousand And Sixty Four = 63,064 (j) Ten = 10

Question 2A:

(a) Jumbo jets use “63,064” gallons of fuel to take off

(b) The “ 13th“ can be the luckiest or unluckiest number depending on where you live in the world

(c) The average person eats almost “ 680“ kilograms of food a year.

(d) It takes “492” seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.

(e) There are “1,000,000” ants for every person in the world.

(f) The annual growth of internet traffic is “314,000%”

(g) {1} over {5” of all cancers are sun-related

(h) Over the last 150 years, the average height of people has increased by “10” centimeters

(i) The “100s “ are also known as the 2nd century.

(j) “13-19” can be referred to as teenagers.

Question 3A:

(a) Faucet –Tap (b) Trashcan–Dustbin (c) Check-Bill (d) Janitor-Caretaker (e) Diaper-Nappy

(f) Résumé-CV (g) License Plate-Number Plate (h) Zucchini-Courgette (i) Zip Code-Postcode

(j) Sidewalk-Pavement (k)Truck-Lorry (l) Restroom-Bathroom (m) Fall-Autunm (n) Cookie-Biscuit

(o) Gas-Petrol

Question 4A:

(a) Cars need to have a “license plate” so that they can be identified by the police and the owner.

(b) It’s best if your “résumé” is short and to the point rather than a lot of unnecessary information.

(c) When you shop online, you always have to add your “postcode” to complete the address.

(d) I think “autumn” is the best season as the leaves look beautiful.
(e) I couldn’t have a hot bath because the “tap” had got stuck and there was only cold water.

(f) I think “zucchini” cooked with egg is a very simple but tasty meal.

Question 1B:

(a) True (b) True (c) True (d) False (e) True (f) True (g) True (h) False

Question 2B:

(a) The world’s first known printed book is developed. +

(b) The first demonstration of an electric telegraph is given by the US inventor Morse. +

(c) The first personal computer known as `Apple’ is designed. +

(d) Homing pigeons are used as postmen in Baghdad. +

(e) A kind of paper made from bamboo is developed by the Chinese. +

(f) The first postage stamp is introduced in Britain, called the Penny Black.

(g) The telephone is invented by an Italian called Marconi. +

(h) The use of the first television is demonstrated in London. -

(i) Writing is developed on clay tablets by the Sumerians. +

Question 3B:

(a) The fire has been reported out of control by the firemen.

(b) It is thought that saving money is better than spending it.

(c) The ugly modern building was built by the municipality; it cost hundreds of thousands of euros.

(d) Different public holidays are celebrated around the world

(e) Another satellite has been sent for the weather by NASA.

(f) The Lord Of The Rings film was also enjoyed by people who loved the book.

Question 4B:

(a) 3100 BC = (Q2B i) (b) 1500 BC = (Q2B e) (c) 865 = (Q2B d) (d) 1050 = (Q2B b) (e) 1838 (Q2B f)

(f) 1840 (Q2B g) (g) 1871 (Q2B a) (h) 1926 (Q2B h) (i) 1976 = (Q2B c)

Question 1C:

(a) Abandoned = Left Alone (b) Engrossed = Very Interested In

(c) Manipulated = Controlled or Influenced (d) Relentlessly = Never Ending (e) Dozen = 12

(f) Potential = Leading to Success (g) Solitude: Being Alone (h) Exemplary = Excellent
Question 2C:

(a) True: The article seems to be discussing the topic of the influence of the internet on children

(b) False: Because if they were, then there wouldn’t be an issue; therefore he wouldn’t publish the
article.

(c) False: No technology can take up the role of parents, never mind an actual human.

Question 3C:

(a) Dozen (b) Engrossed (c) Abandoned (d) Relentlessly (e) Manipulated (f) Potential

(g) Exemplary (h) Solitude

Question 4C:

(a) The writer found that teens mainly communicate through their devices and not through.

(b) Young people are more and more obsessed with their devices which is convenient or new age carers
which explores potential jobs for many mediums like: Software Engineering, Coding, Social Media
manager, etc.…

(c) 1. Providing entertainment by many means: Games, Films, Videos, etc.…. 2. By having a large
platform to communicate with a diverse amount of people from different places.

(d) Many things, but people often become addicted to their devices once online.

(e) Corporations commercial input in the internet.

(f) It hasn’t but it did provide teens unbewilder to many things; offering uncensored information which
can be dangerous and educational.

Question D1:
Dear Sir/Madam

I have just read your latest magazine and I would like to provide my insight to the topic. It is a fascinating
topic to discuss, riddled with pros and cons a conclusion to weather or not if technology has harmed
society or benefited cannot be settled.

I rely on technology more than anything any other medium. Books have now become E-Books. Messages
now texts. Interaction is now through video calls. The impact the internet and technology has made on
me is undeniable.

The internet is the largest library to be constructed. If we see the struggles people at the past struggled
just to protect their information (book), we would see how easy we had it. We have almost no restrict
access to any piece of information we desire. This amount of information has benefited many people.
For example, when I was at the midst of a war, I couldn’t go to school. I missed 2 whole years because of
tragedy. But I was determined not to make this time waste in vain. I dedicated myself and studied by the
means of the internet.

But sometimes unrestricted information can be dangerous. The internet is filled with dangerous media
that could impact people’s mental health. Many of these thing’s include: pornography, violent content,
hate speech, illegal activities.

The main issue of technology in my opinion is the parents’ unawareness to what their children are
exposed to at a young age. These harmful things impact a child’s psychological wellbeing. Not only is
harmful content adverse for children but also the entertainment side. The main damage that content in
the internet causes to children is destroying their time spans. Children are no longer patient, not willing
to learn and constantly procrastinating. I have experienced many of these challenges as a kid, without
the knowledge of my parents. As a teen I express my caution to parents and urge them to at least try and
restrict this harmful content, so that they would not damage their children’s mental health.

The internet is a means of communications like none. It provides instantaneous connections to people
weather through analog or digital signals. This has done wonders for the world. It has made the whole
world into practically a village. Many people can now make reservations, make appointments, run
businesses, shop, all in one device at the comfort of there homes. It has boosted the economy, made
such wonderous scientific breakthroughs and more.

99% of the internet provides us with a more or less safe way of communications. But the 1% is the dark
web. Perhaps the most atrocious thing to come out of the internet. It has provided a safe haven for
criminals, terrorists, and fraudsters. It has made people hide behind the internet with their terrible
inhumane acts. For example, the dark web provides: Child pornography, and provides a means to
communicate for human traffickers, and drug traffickers. Many would argue were it not for the internet
those types of unhuman acts wouldn’t have been on the level they are at now.

The internet is the most brilliant, most fascinating, most atrocious, most hostile, most active, most
complex invention that humans created. The dilemma of weather the internet’s pros outweighs the cons
or the opposite cannot be stated. It will and forever stay.

Regard

Yasin Omer