Teens B1 T5 – Reading Part 5 p. 110

Book page 110

Book page 110



For each question, write the correct answer.

Automatic Homes?

21. Have you ever _____ the word “Domotics”?

22. Domotics is the Robotic Technology for use in a home. It is the action of _____ up and designing gadgets and systems for automating homes or buildings. Nowadays, people are calling them Smart Homes!

23. Domotics at homes or buildings can control lights, climate, entertainment sets and appliances. Other _____ of uses could be security and internet communication.

24. For instance, CCTV systems connected to a police department via the internet. In other words, home automation _____ to systems capable of automating a home or building of any kind. It can provide energy management, security, wellness and communication services, all of it being integrated through internal and external communication networks – wired or wireless.

25. This future _____ gives its controlling certain ubiquity; this is... it is controlled from the inside or the outside of the place; or even from other places. By the time this was thought of and brought to life, it was defined as the integration of technology in the design and building of the home of the future.

26. Here is some interesting information about the term automation: It comes from the union of the words “domus” (house in Latin) and “autonomous” (from the Greek αὐτόνομος, which means something that _____ itself.).

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