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TEST 1 III. READING. • Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Discrimination. Most people would be shocked if they were accused of showing discrimination. This is because they assume that discrimination refers only to prejudice against a person for racial or religious reasons. However, without being aware of it, many of us are guilty of another kind of prejudice – discrimination against a person who is disabled. One example of this discrimination is job opportunities. There is often no reason why a person in a wheelchair cannot do a job as well as any other candidate. Yet many employers immediately cross the name of such a person off their list of potential workers, even though they have no logical explanation for such an action. Another common problem is the way we treat disabled people when we first meet them. A person with missing limbs or hearing problems is not mentally handicapped. There is no reason to avoid talking to him or h...

three texts to hand out next Friday (11th february) 1) SPAU-T6 TALKING TO YOUR CAR Car makers are presently working on technology that will make it possible for drivers to control some of a car’s systems just by speaking. When a driver says, for example, “temperature 75 degrees”, the heating and cooling system will automatically adjust to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The driver’s commands will be interpreted by a computer. Manufacturers claim that the computer will understand any speaker’s voice and recognise both British and American accents. What are the benefits of voice control, apart from impressing one’s friends? Safety and convenience are the two most frequently mentioned. When drivers are whizzing down the motorway at 90 km an hour, they would prefer not to take their hands off the streering wheel to change the channel on the radio or adjust the temperature in the car. With voice control, there is no need for the driver to take his or her eyes off the road. However, voice-cont...