The text talks about the use of computers in supermarkets. How many of the
uses of computers below can you find in the text?
1. to reduce costs
2. to increase the efficient delivery of goods and food to stores
3. to supply prisons
4. to send messages to workers
5. to check what workers are doing
6. to find out what time workers finish work
7. to send orders to workers’ computers
8. to check if workers are taking breaks without permission
9. to control humans
10. to remove waste and reduce theft
4. Some people are leaving their jobs after just a few hours because
a. they don’t like the jobs
b. they don’t like following instructions from a computer
c. they have industrial injuries
Match the verbs with the nouns. Then check your answers in the text.
1. wear a. goods
2. reduce b. a job
3. supply c. a message
4. send d. a vest
5. take e. an injury
6. complete f. costs
7. cause g. instructions
8. follow h. a break
1 Key words
2 Scanning
1. Y; 2. Y; 3. N; 4. Y; 5. N; 6. N; 7. Y; 8. Y; 9. N; 10. Y
3 Comprehension Check
1. c; 2. a; 3. b; 4. b
4 Vocabulary 1 Collocations
1. d; 2. f; 3. a; 4. c; 5. h; 6. b; 7. e; 8. g
1. reduce
2. wrists, arms and fingers
3. reorder
4. employees
5. contain, collect, check, calculate, complete