1. A LANGUAGE EXPERIMENT 5. COMMUNICATING BY LIGHT OR
SOUND
2. LIMITED COMMUNICATION 6. EARLY WRITING
3. MODERN MEDICINE 7. A DYING MEDIUM
4. ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY 8. READING PHYSICAL MESSAGES
A. Sending smoke signals is a form of communication developed both in the America
and in China. By covering a fire with a blanket and quickly removing it, a cloud of
smoke can be created. With some practice, the sizes, shapes, and timing of these
clouds can be controlled. However, smoke signals can only communicate simple
messages.
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АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК, 11 класс Вариант № 1, Октябрь 2010
Департамент образования и науки Краснодарского края
Краснодарский краевой институт дополнительного профессионального педагогического образования
B. Morse code is a way of sending telegraphic information, using sequences of short
and long sounds, marks or pulses to represent the letters, numerals and
punctuation of a message. Morse code can be transmitted as an audio tone, a radio
signal or a visual signal such as a flashing light.
C. E-mail was used long before the invention of the Internet. In fact, without e-mail,
the Internet may not have been created. E-mail started in 1965 as a way for users
sharing a mainframe computer to communicate. E-mail soon advanced and
allowed users to pass messages between different computers.
D. Herodotus told the tale of a Pharaoh who had two children brought up by people
who could not hear or speak. He wanted to see what language the children would
speak. When the children were brought to him, one of them said something that
sounded like the Phrygian word for bread. Psamtik therefore decided that
Phrygian was the first language.
E. Body language is now widely used in the field of selling. Sales staff who are trained to
read the body language of their customers are able to understand the unspoken signals
which show that a customer is ready to close a deal. As a result, many companies are
now employing body language experts.
F. The history of the alphabet starts in ancient Egypt. By 2700 ВС, the Egyptians had
developed a set of 22 hieroglyphs. However, although this set of symbols may
seem like an alphabet, the original Egyptian hieroglyphs were not used to encode
Egyptian speech by themselves, but were merely punctuation guides.
G. The first printed newspaper was published in 1605. Until recently, technologies
such as radio, television and the Internet have not threatened the success of the
printed newspaper, but now that an increasing number of people read the news
online, some people believe that printed newspapers may become a thing of the
past.
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