The risk of new technology - Module 5

B2 First · Word Formation · First Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson 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.

IMPRESS

ENTERTAIN

PRODUCE

SUCCESS

ANXIOUS

DEVELOP

IMMEDIATE

SELL

Sometimes a new invention or the (0) ___ of a new piece of technology fails to make the (1) ___ on our lives that people thought it would. Home (2) ___ is one area where there is a constant stream of new (3) ___ , only a few of which will become universally (4) ___ and a part of our everyday lives. This is a cause of great (5) ___ to designers and manufacturers who invest large sums of money in the research and (6) ___ of new technologies. For example, in the period (7) ___ after digital television systems first went on (8) ___ , relatively few people bought them. Many people were quite satisfied with their existing television reception and so didn't want to change, especially given that the new system seemed so expensive.

The risk of new technology

INTRODUCE

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