Aim High 4 Unit :1 The Virtual World

Vocabulary
Making the internet work for you
Match the sentences with their definitions.

1.	Change something completely, usually improving it.
2.	Happening all the time.
3.	The standards that you used to make a decision.
4.	Statements that something is good and should be tried out or used.
5.	Personal records that somebody puts on their websites saying what they have been doing.
6.	Traditional and the normal.
7.	Taking or needing a lot of time.
8.	To do a task, job etc.
9.	Developing or making something developed gradually, from a simple to a more advanced form.
10.	Delivered over the internet.
11.	Very important; impossible to be without.
12.	To look for and read information on a computer.
13.	Collections of historical documents.
14.	Very different from each other.
15.	Areas of study or knowledge.

a	Essential
b	Archives
c	Conventional
d	Evolving
e	Criteria
f	Browse
g	Time consuming
h	Diverse
i	Blogs
j	Continually
k	Recommendations
l	Carry out
m	Streamed
n	Revolutionized
o	Fields

Activate
Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.

carry out   ·  indispensable   ·  field   ·  diverse   ·  recommendations   ·  timed consuming   ·  blog   ·  browse   ·  conventional   ·  streamed   ·  continually   ·  evolving   ·  revolutionized   ·  criteria   ·  archives  

1.	Searching through all the documents and at the library was really . I was there all day before I finally found the information I was looking for.
2.	He writes a on the internet about his cycling trips, which he updates. There is a good selection on new bicycles and he makes about the best skills and tells you where you can buy them.
3.	Mobile phones have communications and dramatically changed the way we communicate with each other. Furthermore, telephone technology is all the time and now TV programs can be to the latest mobile phone models.
4.	You can the internet for hours until you find a good site. To save time, you need to have clear before looking for internet sites that will really help you a task.
5.	A fast internet connection is if you want to download big documents and media files.
6.	My dad is an expert in the of medicine and he teaches at the local university.
7.	Although she seems like a normal girl, her hobbies are not at all! They are as as skydiving and the coin collecting takes.

Extend.
Education words.
Check the meaning of the nouns and verbs and the table. complete the text.

tasks   ·  sit   ·  cram   ·  break up   ·  marks   ·  grant   ·  enroll  

I am in my final year at school and our homework are difficult and time consuming. Sometimes I also have to for my exams because I haven't had time to study properly However, I think I can get good when I my final exams in June. Then, I want to on a degree course. However, if I do well in the June exams I can apply for a from the government. Anyway, I'll worry about that when school finishes and we for the summer holidays. At the moment I am too busy to think about it.

Click on Start quiz to begin. A word will appear above the table. Add it to the appropriate list by clicking on the box in the table where you think it should go. Repeat until you've sorted all the words.

أنقر على زر إبدا الإختبار . سوف تظهر كلمة أعلى الجدول. أضف هذه الكلمة للقائمة المناسبة عن طريق النقر داخل المربع المناسب. كرر الخطوات حتى تفرز كل الكلمات

 

 

ence / ance	ment	tion

Complete the sentences with the words from the exercise above

involvement   ·  achievement   ·  residence   ·  organizations   ·  acknowledgment   ·  preferences   ·  existence   ·  explanation  

1.	Make a list of your , with your first choice at the top of the list.
2.	He said that climbing to the top of Mount Everest had been his greatest .
3.	They live in London but they have a summer on The South Coast of France.
4.	They give me a long on how it works but I still don't understand how to use it.
5.	The workers talk to about more pay but they still haven't come to an agreement.
6.	Please send me an when you receive the parcel.
7.	They deny any in the robbery and the say they wear as a cinema at that time.
8.	Since the of the internet, life has become more convenient for millions of people.

Grammar.
Exploit.
Correct the verb in parenthesis to complete each sentence.

1.	My brother (try) to find the job but it's very difficult at that moment.
2.	My dad (work) hard every day in our shop.
3.	Sales (increase) this month.
4.	My sister and their husband (live) with us until their flex is ready.
5.	We (have) a computer for a few years now.
6.	She (finish) secondary school and now she wants to go to university.
7.	Parking in the city center (get) more difficult.
8.	Do you always (stay) at the same hotel in Rome?

Phishing on the net.
Complete the text with the present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple or present perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1.

Over the years we (become) suspicious of emails from unknown organizations. Lately internet criminals (work) hard to invent new ways of getting people's private information . One new idea is phishing Pronounced fishing. Phishing involves sending an email that (look) like any email from a real organization such as a bank. The email says that at the moment the bank (update) its customer information. The email also says the bank needs customers credit card details. Internet criminals (send) thousands of these false emails every day. In recent years, a few bank customers have opened the emails and they have sent the personal details to criminals without realizing it. Cases of fishing (increase) all the time, so be careful.

Skills.
Feeling at home.
Vocabulary.
Complete the phrasal verbs with the prepositions.

on   ·  out(4)   ·  of   ·  up(4)   ·  in(3)   ·  off   ·  down  

1.	Back something to make a copy of information on your computer.
2.	Charge something to put electricity into a mobile phone or a laptop.
3.	Copy somebody to send somebody a copy of any mail that you are sending to another person.
4.	Cut something to remove something from a text.
5.	Drop out something to stop going to classes before you have finished the course.
6.	Find something to get information about something because you want to know more about it.
7.	Hand something to give a piece of work to a teacher.
8.	Plug something To connect a piece of electrical equipment to the electricity supply.
9.	Set something to organize your writing or work in a clear way.
10.	Sum something to describe in a few words the main idea that have been written.
11.	Switch something / to start or stop and electric machine.
12.	Turn something / to increase or reduce the sound something makes.
13.	Work something to find the answer to something.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs

turn down   ·  dropped out   ·  cut it out   ·  sum up   ·  back up   ·  find out   ·  switch on   ·  set out  

1.	Can I the TV for a moment? I want to see the weather forecast.
2.	Now finish your essay and your ideas in two or three lines.
3.	I can't hear you unless you the music.
4.	We have to what time the train leaves on Saturday.
5.	I don't like this sentence. I think you should change it or .
6.	Did you all your documents before you took your computer to be repaired?
7.	the argument in Four Clear paragraphs.
8.	No, he didn't finish university. He after the first year.

Match the questions and answers.

1.	Have you ever been to London?
2.	Have you met a famous person?
3.	Has a new teacher come to the school?
4.	Has your dad working at the factory for long?
5.	Have you spoken to Jack?
6.	Has there been an accident on the motorway?

a	Yes, he has. He became the manager last year.
b	Yes, there has. It happened 2 hours ago.
c	No, he didn't phone last night.
d	Yes, we have. We went there on our holidays last year.
e	Yes, he gave his first lesson yesterday.
f	Yes, I met a Liverpool footballer last year.

Complete the sentences with the linking words and the expressions.

in conclusion   ·  for instance   ·  in addition to   ·  however   ·  firstly  

A lot of students don't like Mass. , they often need to use mass in their daily lives.

speaking English, my colleagues can also write the language well.

Mini Sports or popular in Australia, cricket, rugby, swimming etc..

, we will look at technology in education. Then we will look at…

The food is good, the services excellent and I be happy to recommend this restaurant…

Dictionary corner.
Prefixes.
Check the meaning of the prefixes. Match them with the definitions.

1.	Bio.
2.	Inter
3.	Micro
4.	Proto
5.	Ultra
6.	Techno

a	small, on a smallest scale.
b	extremely ; beyond a certain limit.
c	connected with technology.
d	between ; from one to another.
e	original; from which others develop.
f	Connected with living things or human life.

Complete the sentences with the prefixes.

bio   ·  inte   ·  proto   ·  micro   ·  tech   ·  ultra  

It's an ractive program and the viewers can participate by sending text messages.

My grandparents hate computers and mobile phones. I think they have got nophobia.

A lot of research is being carried out into technology to improve agriculture and healthcare.

This bicycle is light. You can lift it by the one finger.

Have you seen those new computers? They are as small as mobile phones.

This new computer has been developed from a type that was shown at last years exhibition.