ГДЗ Англійська мова 11 клас Карпюк 2019

2.a) Read about mobile phones and choose the correct answer (А, В, С or D) on page 122.

1–B; 2–B; 3–A; 4–A; 5–C; 6–A; 7–D; 8–C; 9–B; 10–C; 11–A; 12–A; 13–A; 14–B; 15–D.
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) like a prawn when opened; the Finns have (3) named them “kannykka” or “kanny”, meaning an extension of the hand; everywhere they are establishing (4) it. as one of the world’s most successful consumer products. Mobiles have two qualities (5) what make them much more powerful (6) than their fixed-line brothers: they travel around with you and they know (7) where you are. This means you can keep in (8) touch with people - and increasingly with information -wherever you (9) happen to be. The most obvious reason (10) why mobile phones are so popular is that the quality is going up (11) at the same time as prices are coming down.
HISTORY
Analogue technology (the so-called first generation) (12) give 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) be offered. The third generation of digital phones will make (14) it possible for mobile-phone users to access (15) the Internet at lightning speed.