For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0)
Research into television
technology
Why do old television programmes
look so strange and formal? And how has technology (0)_B_MADE modern shows
possible? Researchers will (1)____________ these questions in a study into the
history of television technology since 1960, the first of its (2)____________
in the country. From the over-rehearsed (3)____________ of early
black-and-white news interviews to the filming of reality television, a team
(4)____________ by Professor John Ellis, of Royal Holloway, University of
London, will research the technological (5)____________ and developments that
have given programmes their unique appearance. 'With a huge amount of archive
programming now being shown by satellite and cable channels, there has never
been a more important time to tell the story of how it was filmed,' Professor
Ellis said.
Researchers will work with
(6)____________ television technicians to discover how the technology available
over the years, and what it could and couldn't do, (7)____________ changes
within the industry. They will film (8)____________ of old programmes and
interview technicians about the difficulties they had adapting to technological
changes.
0.- A) turned B)
made C) allowed D)
enable
1.- A) search B)
explore C) seek D) enquire
2.- A) brand B)
class C)
category D) kind
3.- A) feel B)
touch C) sight D) taste
4.- A) ruled B)
governed C) headed D) controlled
5.- A) limitations B)
bans C)
handicaps D) borders
6.- A) archaic B)
bygone C) former D) outgoing
7.- A) hurried B)
drove C)
exerted D) pressed
8.- A) duplicates B) reconstructions C) likenesses D) replicas
O’Dell Felicity (2015) Advanced Trainer. 2nd
edition. Reading and Use of English Part 1 Test 4. Cambridge University Press:
Dubai. Page 130.
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