Section C (2002) Use of English

Introduction Today, in the lesson, you’ll need to finish… Reading comprehension M.C. Cloze We’ll talk about the answers towards the end of the lesson. So, start your work NOW~

Reading Comprehension Title: Is the Internet killing communication? Topic: Internet communication Vs. Traditional forms of interpersonal communication Level of difficulty: 3 / 5 Grade E = 12 / 32 (2 marks@)

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 1: Key phrase: “greatest disadvantage of the information transfer” + “paragraph 1” Transfer = moving from one place to another Answer: D Line 12: “We are withdrawing as communicators…” “Withdrawing” = moving back / leaving

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 2: Keywords: “agrees” + “the view” Answer: B “Swifter” = faster Line 3 – 6: “Yes…distribute content so quickly” X A and D: “the Internet and… have shrunk our borders, bringing the world closer together” “Shrunk” (shrink) = make…smaller

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 3: Keywords: “ultimate goal of communication” “Ultimate” = final + important Answer : C Line 10 – 12: “serve to allow the common sharing… to bring about a desired action” Question 4: Answer: A (L 10 – 12)

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 5: “Application” = the real use Answer: C Line 32: “Email, the most commonly used Internet application” Question 6: The writer hates email: Line 33: “allowing cheap, easy…distribution of information” Line 34: “users…ignore all grammatical…rules when sending messages” Line 38: “lazy habits”

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 7: Key phrase: “relationship between participants” Answer: B Line 42: “the tone of the material is too informal” Question 8: Key phrase: “pessimistic view of the future” “Pessimistic” = negative Answer: A Line 47: “as a result of the ultra-informal habits” “Ultra” = Super

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 9: Answer: D Line 60: “everyone finds a way to communicate with each other” Question 10: Answer: C Line 66: “Nothing could be like the social and supportive atmosphere of a true village”

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 11: Keyword: “impulse-driven” = reacting to others before / without one thinks carefully Answer: A Line 74 – 75: “no behaviour modification or checkpoint in the Internet process” “Modification” = adjustment Line 76: “Messages are created, unrehearsed and in the heat of the moment” “Unrehearsed” = not practised before “in the heat of the moment” = “right at that point”

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 12: Answer: D “Scorn”: disrespect Line 79: “a critical email filled with coarse expressions” “Critical”: very negative with little respect “Coarse expressions”: dirty or foul language “Cowardliness”: weak psychologically; getting scared easily

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 13: “Distorted”: getting unclear Answer: A “Intentions”: Objective Line 83: “tearing it apart line by line rather than comprehending the whole message and responding intelligently to it” Question 14: “Utopian”: A perfect country with perfect systems Answer: D

Reading Comprehension: Answer Key Question 15 Answer: C “Oriented to”: target at Line 97: “However, a website’s ultimate target remains one-to-many” Question 16: Answer: B Line 103: “Successful communication can still be accomplished” “Accomplished”: achieved

M.C. Cloze: Answer Key Question 17: Question 18: Answer: A Collocation: Answers are called. Question 18: Answer: D “face-to-face” (adj.) + “with” = in person “neck-to-neck” (adj.) = very close finish in a race “at arm’s length” = keep people and things away

M.C. Cloze: Answer Key Question 19: Question 20: Question 21: Answer: B “sicken” = turn your stomach [vomit] Question 20: Answer: C “succumbed to”: set phrase [give way (to)] Question 21: Answer : B “aiming” + “to” + infinitive / “at” + gerund (v-ing)

M.C. Cloze: Answer Key Question 22: Question 23 : Question 24: Answer: C Collocation: “set out” [= start] + “journey” Question 23 : Answer: D “make” + Noun phrase A + Noun phrase B: turn A into B Question 24: Answer: B “in the region”: around the area

M.C. Cloze: Answer Key Question 25: Question 26: Question 27: Answer: D Collocation: “cling to” = not giving up Question 26: Answer: A “the very” (+ adj.): for emphasis Question 27: “an adventure in itself” = a separate adventure Question 28: “in the world”: for comparison; superlative

M.C. Cloze: Answer Key Question 29: Question 30: Question 31: Answer: D “intending” + “to” = “want to” X A: “wish” + Past tenses X B: “hoped” + Future tenses Question 30: Answer: C “has changed”: Present Perfect + “since” “Medieval” = Middle Ages, the European historical period from the 5th to the 15th century (476-1453) Question 31: “novelty” (n.): originality [a concept] “the” + [a concept]

M.C. Cloze: Answer Key Question 32: Question 33: Answer: B The first wonder mentioned: “Victoria Falls,…one of the wonders of the world” “The Pyramids in Egypt”: The second wonder – “another” wonder Question 33: Answer: D “fitting” = suitable X B: “better” [comparative + “than”]