FCE Gold Plus Unit 6

1. UNIT 6: IT’S YOUR
CALL
READING

2. WARM-UP

3. What kind of mobile phones are you
using?

4. What do you usually use them for?

5. What do you usually use them for?

6. What if you are not allowed to use
phones during 24 hours?

7. READING LESSON
A VERY DIFFICULT 24 HOURS

9. 1. Relieve A. Question
2. Querry B. Be free from anxiety
3. Interruption C. Recognize
something/somebody
4. Identify D. The ability to change
easily
5. Flexibility E. Become fashionable
6. Take off F. The act of stopping
something from happening
Match the words in the left column with their
correct meanings in the right column
1. Relieve B. Be free from anxiety
2. Querry A. Question
3. Interruption F. The act of stopping
something from happening
4. Identify C. Recognize
something/somebody
5. Flexibility D. The ability to change
easily
6. Take off E. Become fashionable

10. NOW WE’RE GETTING THE
MESSAGE
• You are going to read a text about a woman who spent a day
with her mobile phone switched off as part of an experiment.
• Seven sentences have been removed from the text. Choose
from sentences A-H the one which best fits each gap (1-7).
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

11. Task1:Readthetextandfillintheblankwitha
suitablewordfromthe box
1. I really like fruits. ……….., I love eating strawberries,
avocados, tomatoes, …
2. ………. protecting humans from danger, guns are being
used for killing each other.
3. The director of Master Company was sick so she
couldn’t attend the meeting. ………., she sent her
secretary.
4. I really want to join the Christmas party, ……. I have so
much homework to do and have to stay home.
Rather than Instead But For example

12. Task1:Readthetextandfillintheblankwitha
suitablewordfromthe box
1. I really like fruits. For example, I love eating
strawberries, avocados, tomatoes, …
2. Rather than protecting humans from danger, guns are
being used for killing each other.
3. The director of Master Company was sick so she
couldn’t attend the meeting. Instead, she sent her
secretary.
4. I really want to join the Christmas party, but I have so
much homework to do and have to stay home.
Rather than Instead But For example

13. Task1:Readthe text againandanswerthesequestions
1. Does the 1st paragraph all discuss the drawbacks of the
technology?
2. Where does Alice Thompson invite her friend to?
3. In the 3rd paragraph, why does Alice mention how she knew
a guy through texting?
4. What does “it” in the 4th paragraph mean?
5. Do you think the teacher in the 6th paragraph strange when
she stimulated her students to text her when they needed?

14. Task1:Readthe text againandanswerthesequestions
1. No. It tells about the advantages of technology.
2. To a club. (a kind of social gatherings)
3. Because it helps her avoid shyness.
4. The fact that she can keep in touch with her old friends.
5. Yes. It is a new and strange thing that not many
teachers do.

15. 1st paragraph
When computers first started to be used on a wide
scale, some people predicted that we would spend so
long staring at computer screens that we would end up
forgetting how to talk to one another. 1 G. But in fact,
the rapid expansion of electronic communication in the
21st century has had the opposite effect. Rather than
retreating into themselves, people are using new
technology, in particular email and text messaging, to
find more and more ways to expand their network of
friends.

16. 2nd paragraph
Alice Thompson, 23, is known as the Text Queen to her
friends because she sends out so many messages.
"When we go out, my friends and I text other friends,
saying, "We're in this club and it's really good. Come and
meet us.” (2) C. This flexibility when making social
arrangements means she no longer has to plan
ahead, she says. Instead, decisions can be made on
the spot, and friends can be gathered together at a
moment's notice.

17. 3rd paragraph
Alice has found text messaging has other
advantages too. "If there is a guy I like, I find it easier
to send text messages initially rather than phone him
up," she says. (3) H. She finds that she feels less
nervous that way."There is one guy, a friend of a
friend, who I don't know that well, but we've started
to text message each other and that's how we
communicate. I would never phoned him up but this
way it feels OK."

18. 4th paragraph
Text messaging and email also help Alice keep in
touch with old schoolmates she would probably
have lost contact with otherwise. (4) A. She can
send them a message saying "Hi, thinking of
you," much more easily than sitting down to
write a long letter. And she finds it's a great tool
for relieving boredom in the office where she
works, by sharing secret messages and passing
on jokes.

19. 5th paragraph
It seems these forms of communication have filled a gap,
offering something that face-to-face conversation does not.
Professor Pam Briggs, a psychologist at the University of
Northumbria, believes that people enjoy sending text
messages and emails because they can take their time
planning their message, and they can be a bit more playful,
inserting jokes, pictures and bits of video clips. (5) F.
Through such additions, she says, they have the
chance to present themselves to the others in the way
that they want to.

20. 6th paragraph
The fact that text messages are so quick and easy is a big
part of the attraction. Many people also find text messaging
more informal than making a phone call or writing a letter, and
therefore simpler to use. Annabelle Rose, who teaches at
London sixth form college, encourages her students to text
her when they have queries. "They don't find it so difficult to
keep in touch that way," she says. "I think they feel that a
phone call might be more of an interruption. I've always given
my number out to students and told them to call me if they
have any problems. (6) D. But no one ever did before text
messaging really started taking off."

21. 7th paragraph
So is it all good? Annabelle has identified one negative
result of text messaging. "My students have developed
their own way of writing as well, which can cause a few
difficulties as they have started using these abbreviations
in their normal writing. B. For example, they might
write "tomoro" for "tomorrow", she says." But they
are never rude. If I text them back answering their
queries they always send another message saying "Thx",
even though it's not really necessary.”