Human Brain Resilience, Ebooks vs. Print, and Domino's Moon Venture

Course 2012

"We can thank the human brain for keeping our race alive all these years."

1. Despite our fragility and vulnerability, we have thrived as a species, increasing our population to nearly 7 billion.
2. The brain's high developmental capacity allows us to find clever solutions to overcome potentially fatal problems.
3. This has been one of the most important discoveries for our lives, lowering the probability of dying from epidemics and diseases.
4. TRUE (line 11): "One such...century alone"
5. FALSE (lines 14-15): "One of his...human patients"

Keywords: 6. risk, 7. development, 8. weak, 9. physician, 10. have hidden your phone

11. Fleming, who discovered that mold prevented the growth of bacteria, was a physician.

12. going

13. It is believed that antibiotics were discovered by Fleming at the beginning of the 20th century.

"Will the eBook Finally Replace Paper?"

1. Since eBooks appeared, their sales have steadily grown, increasing their popularity and decreasing the use of traditional books.
2. eBooks reduce the need to cut down trees, saving forests and reducing waste and pollution.
3. They are sold at a lower price, and students don't have to carry heavy books since eBooks can store vast amounts of information.
4. TRUE (lines 9-10): "It's easy...anywhere"
5. FALSE (line 15): "But even...obsolete"

Keywords: 6. obsolete, 7. trend, 8. delivery, 9. cut down

10. eBooks are being adopted by many schools.

11. Although eBooks are quite cheap, people still buy traditional books.

12. She got her new book printed yesterday.

13. borrow

"Domino's Plans to be the First Fast Food Chain on the Moon"

1. Customers would be visitors to the moon, including astronauts and potential future moon residents.
2. They are considering using lunar rocks and minerals for constructing the restaurant buildings.
3. According to the media, their real intention is to attract attention as a commercial strategy, similar to Pizza Hut's approach.
4. FALSE (lines 7-8): "We started...might open"
5. FALSE (line 12): "inspired...in 2001"

Keywords: 6. budget, 7. like, 8. huge, 9. application, 10. have told

11. How many tons of equipment will the rockets transport to the moon?

12. Nobody has believed their story.

13. We had delivered our tuna pizza yesterday.