COMPREHENSION

A-Are these statements true or false? Justify.

1-The writer went to a café on a sunny day. False, the writer went to a café on a rainy day. 5

2-Steve answered the writer's question immediately. False, He replied after a while. 

3-The people in the café didn't care about what was going on between Steve and the writer. True. 

B-Answer these questions.

1-Why didn't the writer apologise? Because she was ashamed. 

 

2-What was Steve busy doing? Chatting online and playing a war game. 

3-Why did Steve start shouting? Because the writer put her hand in front of the screen.  

C-Complete these sentences.

1-The writer felt lonely in the café although there were people. 

2-When the writer saw that Steve was too busy, he wanted wanted to know what he was doing. 

3-The writer can't imagine a future where people Shared their lives with a machine. 

D-What do the underlined words in the text refer to?

1-they: Souls. 

2-machines: Computers. 

E-Find in the text words that mean almost the same as:

1-surprised (paragraph 2): astonished. 

2-computer screen (paragraph 3): Monitor. 

Look at the pictures and answer these questions.

1-What do the pictures have in common?

There are kids in all of them. 

2-What problem does each one refer to?

Eye problems. 

3-How do children become addicted to the Internet?

Because their parents let them. 

4-What are the negative effects of Internet addiction upon children?

They can become anti-social, and have eye problems. 

5-What measures should be taken to protect children from Internet addiction?

Not let them on it so much.