Choose one option for each gap in a text Flashcards
“__(1)__ north towards Scotland”
Detour / Head / Straight / Tour
o Detour: desvío, rodeo, indirect route
o Straight north towards: directamente hacia el norte
o Head north (v.): dirigirse hacia el norte – ESTA ES LA CORRECTA: FALTA VERBO
“Pilotless aircraft are now __(2)__ used by the armed forces, but those drones fly only in restricted airspace and conflict zones.”
Formerly / Hardly / Utterly / Widely
o To be widely used – que se usa mucho
“To reassure those of a nervous disposition, the test flights do not carry passengers and pilots remain in the cockpit just in case things go wrong. __(3)__ unmanned commercial aircraft are likely to enter service before people can buy autonomous cars. “
Although / Only / Since / Yet
o “Yet “ is an adverb. When it is used in the beginning of a sentence, it makes the meaning of the sentence more forceful or emphatic. “Yet” means “till now”.
“Some small drones are already used in commercial applications, such as aerial photography, but in most countries they are __(4)__ to flying within sight of their ground pilot, much like radio‐controlled model aircraft.”
Confined / Doomed / Prone / Remained
o Confined: reducido, limitado, restringido (CORRECT)
o Doomed: condenado, destinado
o Prone to: propenso a
o Remained: quedarse, permanecer
“And they could fly extended missions for search and rescue, environmental monitoring or even __(5)__ temporary airborne Wi‐Fi and mobile‐phone services.”
Carry / Fetch / Provide / Restrain
o Provide (CORRECT)
o Fetch: ir a buscar, traer
o Restrain: sujetar, frenar, contener
“Many early large aircraft had a __(6)__ of five.”
Crew / Personnel / Platoon / Squad
o Crew: tripulación (plane, boat…) (CORRECT)
o Personnel: plantilla (people working there, department in a company)
o Platoon: peloton, sección (military subdivisión)
o Squad: equipo, brigada, escuadrón (sport, police, soldiers)
“ASTRAEA’s Jetstream, therefore, also uses video cameras to allow the ground pilot to look around outside the cockpit. Image‐recognition software can __(7)__ of other aircraft.”
Advice / Aware / Dissuade / Warn
o Warn: advertir (CORRECT)
o Dissuade from
o Make someone aware of something – hacer a alguien consciente de algo, avisarle de algo
“In some trials, different aircraft are being flown in the vicinity of the Jetstream, and some of them will be flown deliberately towards it on a potential __(8)__ course, to see if these “intruding” aircraft can be recognised by the automated systems and the appropriate avoiding action taken.”
Bounce / Collision / Concussion / Crash
o Bounce: rebote, empuje
o Collision: collision, choque contra, impacto (CORRECT)
o Concussion: violent blow, sacudida, golpetazo
o Crash: estrellarse, colisionar, accidente (automobiles, airplanes…)
“A forward‐looking video camera might show a ground pilot that. But if communications were lost the aircraft would __(9)__ on image‐recognition software and an infra‐red camera to detect the heat given off by people and machines and so decide to try to land elsewhere.”
Disregard / Enhance / Rely / Tackle
o Disregard: ignorar, olvidar
o Enhance: aumentar, mejorar, destacar, realzar
o Rely ON/upon: confiar en, depender de (CORRECT)
o Tackle: afrontar un problema
“The intention is not to certify an actual aircraft, but for both sides to learn what will be required to do so. Some of the technologies being developed are also likely to find their way into manned aircraft as a __(10)__ for pilots, and possibly for cars too.”
Backup / Hang-up / Holdup / Setup
o Backup: support, refuerzo, apoyo, copia de seguridad (CORRECT)
o Hang-up: handicap, impedimento
o Holdup: atraco, robo, atasco, demora, retención
o Setup: equipo, arreglo, espacio
