Research into television technology

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. 2^nd edition. Reading and Use of English Part 1 Test 4. Cambridge University Press: Dubai. Page 130.