Read the text below. Match choices (A-G) to (1-6). There is one choice you do
not need to use.
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Arthur’s
mother 1) and was a master storyteller. There was little money in the
family. After Arthur reached his ninth birthday, 2) offered to pay for his
studies. He was in tears 3) , where for seven years he had to go to a
boarding school. Arthur hated the cruelty and punishment at school.
During the school years, Arthur’s only moments of happiness were 4) ,
and also when he practiced sports, 5) , at which he was very good. It was
during these difficult years at boarding school 6) he also had a talent for
storytelling.
A the wealthy members of the Doyle family
B his dreams came true
C that Arthur understood
D all the way to England
E when he wrote to his mother
F had a passion for books
G mainly cricket

1) Where should you imagine yourself sitting?
2) About what creatures should you think?
3) Who might have a built-in compass?
4) What is a big magnet itself?
5) What bird does not migrate but is great at finding its way home?
6) How did the idea of an animal compass appear?
7) Who can recognize star patterns?
8) What insects seem to have a special sence of direction?
9) When the pigeons could no longer find their way?
10) Can the birds keep on course even under cloudy skies?
11) When did people discover an idea of a built-in compass?
12) How often do birds migrate?

1.The author isn’t mentioned. Network. English for Communications students T. V. Kozhevnikova 2012. pp. 201-205

2. Switching technology

3. The aim of the article is to show the reader structure and stages of improvement in commutation technologies.

4. The research method used in the article is description.

5. At the dawn of telecommunication technologies, telecom operators manually switch the channels between subscribers, which significantly reduces the speed of the connection. Soon, this network received semi-automatic switching elements that were not as dependent on the human as the previous ones, which allowed decreasing delays in the connection between people. Switching networks have gone through many stages of development: from manual switching to electromechanical, semi-electronical and nowadays we used full electronic, digital method of switching that provides high connection and data transfer speeds.  

6. The article describes time beginning with 1878 to 1976 (or till our time)

7. The author’s conclusion is that communication systems, as well as methods of switching in these systems will be steadily improved further. Soon, we can observe that the packet data network will change on newly developed transmission standard’s, that will provide higher speed’s, security and quality of communication.