UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA

VICERRECTORADO ACADÉMICO
DECANATO DE DOCENCIA
DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
NUCLEO DE IDIOMAS

Activities

I.- On page 56 there is an exercise about categorizing the nouns. Write if they are countable or
uncountable. (10 pts)

coal_____ textiles _____ iron _____ machinery_____

chemicals_____ computers_____ steel_____ ship_____

rice_____ pigs_____ tobbacco____ car_____

II.- Do the exercises on pages 57 and 58. (10 pts)

III.- Answer the following questions related to the text on page 60. (10 pts)

1. What is the text about?

2. Write down three supporting ideas from the text:

VIII.- Use the following words to complete the reading on page 66. (10 pts)

smart cards / cash / service industries / electronic immigrants /information

BEYOND 2060

Computers have changed the way we live and work, and in the future the rate of change is expected
to increase. For example, no one will use ____________________(1) in the future, except for very
small transactions such as buying a newspaper. Instead, ____________________ (2) – plastic cards
that contain a microprocessor and a memory will replace cash, credit cards and most forms of
identification. It’s not only cash that will disappear. In the past, the most important commodities have
been things like oil, coal, metals and agricultural produce. The most important commodity in many
industries in the future will be ____________________. (3) By the year 2020, 95 % of jobs will be in
____________________ (4) and will require workers who can use computers and other information-
processing technologies. These industries, including financial and insurance industries as well as
leisure industries, will continue to grow while traditional industries become less important. The new
global workers of the future will be _______________________. (5) These workers will telecommute
over great distances. It will be possible to work for a company in Kuala Lumpur from your home in
Venezuela!