Why toys can't be trusted - Unit 3 Review

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition, Macmillan Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

AFFORD

COMPARE

DEPEND

INCREASE

CONTROVERSY

INVADE

ACCESS

ADVANTAGE

Smart toys now come in a (0) ___ of shapes and sizes. Although a top-of-the-range robot may be (1) ___ to people on an average wage, they can still buy toys that are able to respond in a (2) ___ natural way to their children's questions. The toys lack the inbuilt technology to respond (3) ___ , but their microphones record and transmit anything a child says to a server farm for analysis by speech algorithms. From here, a suitable reply can be sent back. However, privacy activists are (4) ___ voicing their concerns about a range of (5) ___ issues. Firstly, they point out that it is a terrible (6) ___ of privacy when parents can read a transcript of a recording. Secondly, they worry that manufacturers are making the recordings of children (7) ___ to third parties – corporations which could use the data in a way that was (8) ___ to them. There is also the issue of hacking. Only by making privacy preferences easier for children to actively manage can we reassure them that their favourite teddy isn't secretly spying on them.

Why toys can't be trusted

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