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READING
A. Music Cassette

Music cassettes which inside have a ribbon of magnetic tape were mostly used in cars up until
the mid- 1990s, and before that in the 1980’s with Walkmans and at home. You could buy them
with music on them, or buy ones and record your own music onto them. These have been replaced
by MP3s and CDs.

B. Black and white TV

Early TVs could not show color, and it was not until 1954 that the first color TVs were introduced.
They were very expensive, so most people really did not have color TVs until the 1970s. We now
have large LCD TVs which are much larger and have a clearer picture.

C. Floppy Disk

The floppy disk was a way of storing and moving computer data. They were very unreliable and
could not hold much data. These days they have been replaced with USB sticks and DVDs.

D. Telegraph and Morse code

This technology was developed in about 1837 and was used from the 1850s for at least one
hundred years. This technology has been replaced by email and the internet, and before that by
the FAX machine.

E. Film camera

The film camera was also developed in the 1830s, from ideas that had been around for hundreds
of years before. These days we use digital cameras and smart phones to take pictures, but some
people still think film looks better and use film cameras today.

F. Sony Walkman

In the 1980s many people had a Walkman. You could listen to a store bought cassette on it or
make your own cassette ‘mix’ from the radio or from another cassette. These days we use MP3
players or smart phones. 30 years ago people were very excited when they could first walk along
and listen to their favorite music.
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G. VHS cassette

Similar to Music cassettes in how they worked, but much bigger, VHS cassettes were used for
watching movies on your TV with a VHS player called a VCR. There were many rental shops to
rent movies, or you could record your favorite TV shows from the TV. These days DVD players
have replaced them.

H. Typewriter

Typewriters were invented in the 1830s and were used up until the 1980s, when they were
replaced by computers. Many journalists and writers used them, but they are not as convenient
as computers.

I. Vinyl record

Dating from around 1890 Vinyl records have tiny grooves and a needle on the record player reads
the music. Vinyl records are still used today. Many DJs and music lovers still prefer their sound to
a CD or a MP3. Vinyl records come in three common sizes and have three possible speeds.

Questions

1. Which four items were invented in the 1800s? .

2. Which two items use a Magnetic ribbon tape? .
3. Which two items are still popular today? .
4. Which item was very unreliable? .
5. Which two items are used together? .
6. Which item was mostly used in cars? .
7. On which item could you write a book? .
8. Which item has the longest history? .
9. Which item helped people to walk and listen to their favorite music at the same time?
.
10. What item comes in three possible sizes? .

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VOCABULARY

1. Complete with the correct word

-When you look for information on the Internet, you are doing ________________
a. hyperlink
b. URL
c. research
2. Complete with the correct word
-_____________________shows the distribution of all the pieces of a data
a. a scatter chart
b. flow chart
c. a scater chart
3. Complete the sentence with the correct word
-As you surf the net, a history of the sites you visit is ____________ on your computer.
a. stored
b. carbon blind copy
c. storred
4. Complete with the correct word
-In order to prevent other people from getting into your network, you need a________________
a. firewall
b. a hub
c. unauthorized access
5. Complete with the correct word
-a speadsheet is made up of_____________going down and across
a. fill
b. cells
c. cels
6. Complete with the correct word
-_______________connects and send information to computers and network devices
a. subnetwork
b. a hub
c. the data
7. Complete with the correct word
-if you are looking for a phone that costs under 200 euros, try our______________
a. budget model
b. device
c. good value
8. Complete with the correct word
-_______________is the term for information travelling around the network
a. trafic
b. firewall
c. traffic
9. Complete with the correct word
-going from the lowest to the highest ____________
a. ascending
b. descending
c. average
10. Complete with the correct word
-very fast:___________________
a. low speed
b. high sped
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c. high speed
11. Choose the correct word
-an additional copy sent to someone else
a. carbon copy
b. spam
c. save draft
12. Complete with the correct word
-another word for spreadsheet ____________
a. worksheet
b. workshet
c. wordsheet
13. Complete with the correct word
-you can buy a__________________if you don't want your smartphone to get damaged
a. water resistant
b. feature
c. protective case
14. Choose the correct word
-electronic junk mail
a. spam
b. carbon copy
c. span
15. Which word has the same meaning?
-from a distance
a. high-speed
b. remotely
c. stream
16. Which word has the same meaning?
-something you put money or effort into for the future
a. stream
b. investment
c. high-speed
17. Complete with the correct word
-_____________means to empty or take something away
a. fill
b. average
c. clear
18. Complete with the correct word
__________________is a function in a spreadsheet that gives you the total of all the numbers you
select in a column
a. subtract
b. divide
c. autosum
19. Complete with the correct word
-the_______________of nineteen and six is twenty-five
a. divide
b. subtract
c. sum
20. Complete with the correct word
-a phone with a loudspeaker and a microphone: _______________-
a. device
b. speakerphone
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c. office apps
21. Complete with the correct word
-the amount you pay for a product_____________
a. purcase price
b. purchase price
c. budget model
22. Complete with the correct word
__________________is a word, phrase, or image that sends you to another website.
a. URL
b. hyperlink
c. hiperlink
23. Complete the sentence with the correct word
-The __________________is the most popular source of information today.
a. Internet
b. hiperlink
c. hyperlink
24. Complete with the correct word
-the________________on this new model allows you to take excellent photos
a. zom control
b. mapping software
c. zoom control
25. Complete with the correct word
-________________: deliver audio and video content
a. internal
b. stream
c. firewall
26. Complete with the correct word:
-The data we receive is called ________________information
a. traffic
b. firewall
c. incoming
27. Which word has the same meaning?
-It is another name for an address on the World Wide Web
a. URL
b. Internet
c. Research
28. Which word has the same meaning?
-The way information is arranged on a computer
a. according to
b. pie graphic
c. format

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GRAMMAR

Completa las siguientes oraciones con la forma correcta del verbo en inglés en pasado simple o
continuo.

1. Steve Jobs ________________________________ (work) on the design of the first Macintosh

while he ________________________________ (find) Apple Computer, Inc.
2. Bill Gates and Paul Allen ________________________________ (create) BASIC when they
________________________________ (start) Microsoft.
3. Apple ________________________________ (introduce) the iPhone in 2007 while they
________________________________ (develop) the next generation of iPods.
4. Microsoft ________________________________ (launch) its first operating system, MS-DOS,
while they ________________________________ (focus) on software development.
5. When IBM ________________________________ (release) its first personal computer, many
other companies ________________________________ (compete) in the emerging PC
market.
6. While computer engineers ________________________________ (research) ways to improve
hardware performance, software programmers ________________________________
(experiment) with new programming languages.
7. The World Wide Web ________________________________ (invent) in 1989 while the Internet
________________________________ (become) more accessible to the public.
8. During the 1980s, consumers ________________________________ (rely) increasingly on
computers for everyday tasks, while technology companies
________________________________ (innovate) rapidly to meet the demand.
9. As Hewlett-Packard ________________________________ (release) its first laser printer in
1984, they ________________________________ (expand) their product line to include more
peripherals.
10. While scientists ________________________________ (explore) the potential of artificial
intelligence in computer science, companies ________________________________ (invest)
heavily in AI research and development.

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