Mobile phones
the love affair with mobile phones is worldwide. the germans call
them “handy”; the singaporeans refer to them (1) “prawns” because
a popular model looks (2) … a prawn when opened; the finns have
(3) … them “kannykka” or “kanny”, meaning an extension of the hand;
everywhere they are establishing (4) … as one of the world’s most
successful consumer products. mobiles have two qualities (5) …
make them much more powerful (6) … their fi xed-line brothers: they
travel around with you and they know (7) … you are. this means you
can keep in (8) … with people – and increasingly with information -
wherever you (9) … to be. the most obvious reason (10) … mobile
phones are so popular is that the quality is going up (11) … the same
time as prices are coming down.
history
analogue technology (the so-called fi rst generation) 12) … people
a taste for mobile communications. digital technology (the second
generation) improved mobile communications. digital technology
(the second generation) improved reception and enabled a range of
sophisticated services to (13) … offered. the third generation of digital
phones will make (14) … possible for mobile-phone users to access
15) … internet at lightning speed.
ответ: 1) as; 2) like; 3) named; 4)themselves; 5) that; 6) than; 7) where; 8) touch; 9) going; 10) why; 11 at; 12) gave; 13) be; 14) it; 15) the
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