The Impact of Technology on the Stock Market By: Kevin Johnston High-tech trading can change the way stocks behave. There was a time when boisterous traders at the New York Stock Exchange yelled out orders to each other, creating a raucous din. When a stock traded on the strength of a news story, traders Read more about Technology on the Stock Market[…]
1. Answer the questions in the quiz. 2. Watch the short video about house styles and fill in the gaps with correct words. 3. Now look at the pictures and match what you see with the object names.
In Part 2 of the Speaking Module, you have to talk about something. You may be asked to describe one of the following: a person, a place, an event, an activity or an object. DESCRIBING PEOPLE 1 a Complete each sentence below with one adjective that is opposite in meaning to the adjective underlined. supportive Read more about IELTS Speaking 2[…]
1. You are going to hear Jon, a bank security officer, answer some questions about his job. Before you listen, complete the sentences with the following words. Then listen to the audio and check yourself. •spear • white-hat • worms Read more about Data Security[…]
1. Fill in the gaps with one of the words offered. redundancy separacy resilience power feed compartment network outages 2. Now fill in the Read more about Data Centres Homework[…]
1. Read the extract and explain the bolded words. A data center (American English) or data centre (British English) is a building, dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Since IT operations are crucial for business continuity, it generally includes redundant or backup components and infrastructure for power supply, data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g. air Read more about Data Centres[…]
2 You have already done this task. First, analyse the table. 1 What is the main topic of the table? 2 How many people does the table give information about? 3 Will the description in the recording give information row by row (horizontally) or column by column (vertically)? (look at the order of the question Read more about Listening[…]
1. Read the text and answer the questions that follow. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. IF YOU DON’T DO THIS, I WILL UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE IGNORED THE HOMEWORK. As developing countries seek to upgrade their telecoms networks, they are faced with difficult choices On the one hand, they have the advantage Read more about Networking Homework[…]
1. Listen to the telephone call between a Big Oil Network Operations Manager and a remote employee in the exploration office. They are trying to locate a network fault. Complete the trouble ticket with the words below in the right order and fill in other information that is necessary. See the example. Ethernet Read more about Global Networking[…]
1 a Read the title, subheading and first paragraph of the text. Think of some more countries which might have different attitudes to time. What effects might these differences have on daily life? b Read the first sentence of paragraphs B—F. Is the information in the text organised according to: a) researchers and their findings? Read more about IELTS Reading[…]