While Reading. 1. TRUE / false: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are TRUE (T) or false (F): A. Scientists have tested a radio that

BEFORE READING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

a.	Scientists have tested a radio that doesn’t have wires inside it.	T / F
b.	In another test, scientists lit 60 different light bulbs.	T / F
c.	Scientists have sent electricity two metres through the air.	T / F
d.	Wi-fi is a concept that first originated at the end of last year.	T / F
e.	The invention of WiTricity signals the end of vacuum cleaners.	T / F
f.	WiTricity may reduce the number of household electrical fires.	T / F
g.	An inventor struck upon the idea of WiTricity a hundred years ago.	T / F
h.	Wireless offices and homes will be with us before the year is out.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

a.	come up with	completion
b.	breakthrough	gadgets
c.	dubbed	spread
d.	transmission	jumbled
e.	appliances	faulty
f.	tangled	invented
g.	poor	send out
h.	struck upon	called
i.	beam	revolution
j.	fruition	thought of

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

a.	A team of US researchers has come	appliances have been powered
b.	a breakthrough in what	wiring and overloaded sockets
c.	lit a	from tangled wires
d.	They have dubbed	will hopefully be a wireless future
e.	the first time electrical	up with an electricity system
f.	our houses may be free	60-watt light bulb
g.	having countless	upon the idea
h.	fires caused by poor	their new invention “WiTricity”
i.	inventor Nikola Tesla struck	fruition, until today
j.	his idea never came to	plugs hidden behind the TV

GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.

Scientists test WiTricity – wireless electricity

A team of US researchers has ____________ up with an electricity system that does not need wires. This is a ____________ in what will hopefully be a wireless future. The scientists, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lit a 60-watt light bulb using magnetic ____________. In the test, the power ____________ was just two metres away from the light, but the team hopes they will soon be able to send electricity longer ____________ through the air. They have ____________ their new invention “WiTricity”, or wireless electricity. Although wi-fi has been around for some years now, it has been limited to the ____________ of information, especially between computers and modems, printers and scanners. This is the first time electrical ____________ have been powered wirelessly.		appliances fields distances come transmission breakthrough source dubbed
This new development means that our houses may be free from ____________ wires. Gone will be the days of having to ____________ the vacuum to go from room to room, and of having countless ____________ hidden behind the TV and stereo. The new source of delivering power to gadgets remotely may also reduce the number of fires caused by ____________ wiring and overloaded sockets. It turns out the concept is not so new. A century ago, inventor Nikola Tesla ____________ upon the idea of building a huge tower in New York that would wirelessly ____________ power to the city. Unfortunately, his idea never came to ____________, until today, that is. It will still be a while before we have wireless homes and offices. Safety experts will be checking closely to ____________ the power source causes us no harm.		beam unplug struck plugs ensure tangled poor fruition

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