OMAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY General Foundation Program

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1 Level 1 Reading Worksheet No.6 Topic/s: Unit 6 Technology Vocabulary Review: Choose from the box the words to complete the sentences below. genius fluent mature disagree institution attend famous lonely teenager huge 1. At the age of 14, Yinan Wang is already in English. He speaks it well. 2. You turned 13 today. You are now a. 3. Ronaldo is a very player. Many people like him. 4. She is a. She got a perfect mark in the exam. 5. My little brother is going to the party of his best friend tonight. 6. You are still young, you are not a person yet. 7. I with you. I do not like your plan. 8. The taxi driver made a mistake. It caused the accident. 9. Many people are when they are not with their family. 10. Oman College is an educational like many other colleges in the world. Pre-reading Activity, refer to page 34 (Inventions) of the book and answer activities 1 and 2. Vocabulary List: 1. locate to find where a person or thing is 2. portable small and easy to carry 3. accurate correct and exact 4. destination a place where a thing or person want to go to 5. orbit to go around 6. calculate to to find (a number, answer, etc.) by using mathematical processes 7. launch - to send or shoot (something, such as a rocket) into the air or water or into outer space Read page 35 Lost? No-I ve got my Sat Nav! and answer the questions below. 1. What is a Sat Nav? 2. Where can we find Sat Nav devices? 3. What is the use of a Sat Nav device? 4. What is the first part of the Sat Nav system? 1

2 5. What do satellites carry and do? 6. Where are the ground stations? 7. When did they launch the first satellite into space? 8. What do they do when a satellite breaks? 9. What skill do to lose on relying too much on Sat Nav? Read about the websites on page 38 and answer the questions below. 1. What types of websites are they? 2. Which one a company website? 3. Which website gives only about the definition of wind power? 4. Which website show the information about a company? 5. Which website talks about the beginning of wind power? Answer Review on page 39 of the book. 2

3 Read the passages and answer the questions below. Passage 1 The San Francisco Cable Cars One of the most historic, and significant landmarks in the United States is the San Francisco cable car system. It is the world's only, manually operated cable car system. It is run by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. The system dates back to 1878, when the California Street line first opened. In all, there are three lines currently operating in the city, and boasts a fleet of 12 cable cars. There used to be 23 lines in use throughout the city connecting the diverse communities that make up San Francisco. The open-air cars are a major tourist attraction, and are still used by San Francisco commuters on a daily basis. The simple reason cable cars were first used in the city was because of its landscape. San Francisco is very hilly, which makes it impossible for municipal buses to scale. The solution for this problem was the cable car. These cars are literally pulled by cable, up and down the steep hills of the city, making it easier for people to get from one end of the city to the other. There are two types of cars in use today, Single-ended cars and double-ended cars. The singleended cars have open-sided sections with seats that face outward to the street. The rear section of these cars is enclosed with seats facing the interior of the car. These cars seat 29 passengers. They travel in both directions by using a swivel-based turntable that turns the car at the end of the line. The double-ended cars are a bit larger, and can hold up to 68 passengers. It has 34 seats, and grips for an additional 34 standing passengers. The best feature of these cars is the pure fun they are to ride. People who ride the San Francisco cable cars are stepping into part of California's history. 1. Vocabulary Review: Choose from the highlighted words in the passage to complete the sentences below. 1. Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque has a beautiful. 2. Oman s is very interesting to talk about. Older people can still remember what happened in the past. 3. Just looking at the design of this house, the architect is very talented. It feels relaxed inside this house. 4. Many were waiting for the delayed flights at the airport. 5., I am studying Foundation in Oman College. 2. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Choose the correct option. A. The San Francisco Cable Cars are the only manually operated cable car system. A. city's C. state's B. country's D. world's 3

4 B. How far back does the Cable Cars system date? A C B D C. What was the simple reason why cable cars were first used in San Francisco? A. As a tourist attraction. C. The weather. B. The landscape. D. The size of the city. D. What are the two types of cars in use today? A. Short-ended and long-ended cars. C. Blue and red cars. B. Single-ended and double-ended cars. D. Open-ended and close-ended cars. E. What is the best feature of the cable cars? A. They're reliable. B. They're economical. C. They're inexpensive. D. They're fun to ride. Passage 2 The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight. Cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators. Yet, people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for millions of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity. All living cells sent out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats. it send out pulses of recorded electricity; they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram. The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small-of-ten so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscle cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cells are linked together, the effects can be astonishing. The electric eel is an amazing storage battery. It can send a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it lives. An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four fifths of all the 4

5 cells in the electric eel s body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to the length of its body. 1. What is the main idea of the passage? (A) Electric eels are potentially dangerous (B) Biology and electricity appear to be closely related (C) People would be at a loss without electricity (D) Scientists still have much to discover about electricity 2. The author mentions all of the following as results of a blackout EXCEPT (A) refrigerated food items may go bad (C) people must rely on candlelight 3. Why does the author mention electric eels? (A) To warn the reader to stay away from them (B) To compare their voltage to that used in houses (C) To give an example of a living electrical generator (D) To describe a new source of electrical power 4. How many volts of electricity can an electric eel emit? (B) traffic lights do not work (D) elevators and escalators do not function (A) 1,000 (B) 800 (C) 200 (D) It can be inferred from the passage that the longer an eel is the (A) more beneficial it will be to science (B) more powerful will be its electrical charge (C) easier it will be to find eat (D) tougher it will be to 5