Reading Task 1. Read the text and choose the correct option.
A. Nanotechnology is the latest breakthrough in technology. It refers to science and technology in dimensions smaller than one thousand nanometers. One nanometer is a billionth of a meter. The research in nanotechnology is going primarily in two directions, construction of objects atom by atom and production of nano-sized machines. This field of technology is still mysterious for me, and includes a number of undiscovered things.
B. Imagine if we could build objects by assembling the atoms. It is fascinating that we could build whatever we wanted, from a diamond to a flower. We would simply gather the necessary atoms in the correct way to make anything we wanted. If you got hungry, you wouldn't have to cook. You would just order what you wanted from a machine and it would assemble the food for you, atom by atom. If you needed new clothes, you wouldn't have to go to the store or even sew, a machine would assemble the atoms into a beautiful outfit.
C. Another branch of nanotechnology research involves making nano-sized machines for different purposes. It is surprising that these nano-sized robots could go into your body and cure diseases. If you got sick you wouldn't need to have surgery. You would just drink a solution that contained the little nano-robots and they would repair your body from the inside, like little mechanics.
D. Nanotechnology raises interesting questions, but, in my view, it has a lot of potential. If we could use nanotechnology to produce food and objects, it would mean the end of hunger and poverty. Perhaps we could even travel long distances almost instantly by disassembling our atoms in one place and reassembling them in our destination. The sky is the limit to what we could do with nanotechnology!
1. Nanotechnology as a science is ….
A) Exciting for the author.
B) Interesting for the author.
C) Unknown for the author.

2. Nanotechnology helps us to build whatever we wanted.
A) The author is amazed by this fact.
B) The author is indifferent to this fact.
C) The author’s attitude to this fact is negative.

3. Nano-sized robots could treat diseases.
A) The author feels negative towards this fact.
B) The author is surprised by this fact.
C) The author is happy about this fact.

4. According to the author nanotechnology is a….
A) Promising field
B) Difficult field
C) Global field

Task 2. Which paragraph answers the following questions?
1. How could we use nanotechnology to manufacture things? ​
2. What is nanotechnology? ​

Writing
Task 3. Write your opinion to the topic: ‘Will robots have an ability to think?’ Write 1 detailed paragraph.

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