Underline the stressed sound in each word as in the example. Practise reading

5. Read the article "The mind machine?" and choose the most suitable heading from the list below for each numbered part of the article. The first one has been done for you.

A. Bloodthirsty.

B. Is bigger better?

C. Make your brain work.

D. How much do we know?

E. The battle of the sexes.

F. The super computer.

G. A horrifying history.

6. Match this information with the links that are underlined in the text. On a real Internet page you can "click" on these words to get more information.

1. A nonmetallic element that exists in its free form as a colorless, odorless gas and makes up about 21 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. It is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust and occurs in many compounds, including water, carbon dioxide, and iron ore.

2. The spiral galaxy that contains our solar system. Made up of an estimated two hundred billion stars or more, it is seen from Earth as an irregular band of hazy light across the night sky.

3. He was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His novel "Fathers and Sons" is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.

4. The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience based on the mental processes of learning, retention, recall, and recognition.

5. He is a poet − a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In " Leaves of Grass" (1855), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship.