LICEO COMERCIAL TOME

DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLS



2
nd
D LEVEL READING COMPREHENSION TEST

Name:___________________________Class:__________Date: June 30 th
Score:_________Mark: Time: 90 minutes Score: 55 points 60% 4.0= 33
points

Expected Outcome: The students will be able to comprehend a text about technology and
their effect.
Instructions : 1-Read carefully all the instructions.
2-Write your answers with pen, NOT pencil.
3-If you have any doubts, ask the teacher
I. Fist at all, you have to read carefully the text about internet and after that
complete the different tasks.









SECTOR O MDULO : Ingls
PROFESOR(A) : Ingrid Bello Acua
NIVEL : 2D

Modern Technology has had a tremendous effect on the lives of
people and their entertainment habits. Today, the Internet has
undergone a phenomenal global growth. It has become such an
important data-gathering and communication source that few can't
afford to ignore. The Net encircles the globe.
Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because its
exciting and they have found in the Net new ways of meeting a
basic human need: the desire to communicate with other people. E-
mail sends electronic messages from one person to another like
letters, but capable of crossing the Atlantic in 15m. File transfers
move bulk data from one computer to another with these
capacities, the Internet becomes post office, printing press and
meeting-place all in one.
Some people are making a fortune in cyberspace. Most companies
have their own websites; others exist only on the Internet. They are
something called dot com companies. Some of the most
successful Net entrepreneurs are teenagers who are still at school.
They are called internet nerds.
Tom Hadfield, 16, started a football results website called soccer-
net and it became a great business.
To become a successful entrepreneur all you need is: to start a
webpage of your own, have a good idea for a business, think of a
catchy name and find someone to lend you money. And remember!
English is the most used business language!
II. According to the text write a F for false and T for true statement and justify false
statements. ( 8pts)

1. The Internet doesn't interfere at all with peoples lives. ______
___________________________________________________________________
2. Most teenagers only have a few hours of computer time. _____
___________________________________________________________________
3. Internet nerds are teenagers who spend most of their time in front of the computer __
___________________________________________________________________
4. The English language is not necessary to be successful on the Net. _____
___________________________________________________________________

III. Complete with the missing information of the text (9 pts)

1. It has become such an important _____________and ________________that few can't
afford to ignore.
2. File transfers move ___________ from one computer to another with these capacities,
the Internet becomes__________, printing press and __________all in one.
3. They are something called ________companies.
4. To start a __________ of your own, have a good idea for a_________, think of a catchy
name and find someone to __________.

IV. Complete the following sentences with ideas from the text at least two ideas for
each one (6 pts)

a) Nowadays the Internet has become tremendously _________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

b) Time spent on computers ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

V. Answer the following questions, using your own words as far as possible and
expressing your point of view ( 8 pts)

a) How does modern technology affect people's lives?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b) How can people make a fortune in cyberspace?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

VI. Match the following phrases from the article . Write the letter in the numbers ( 9
pts)

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VII. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple.
15 pts
1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash) the dishes yet?
2. Daughter: I (wash) the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)
the time yet to do it today.
3. Mother: (you / do / already) your homework?
4. Daughter: No, I (come / just) home from school.
5. Mother: You (come) home from school two hours ago!
6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) when I (arrive)
and I (finish / just) the phone call.
7. Mother: (you / see / not) Lucy at school in the morning?
8. Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) time to talk then.



BLESSINGS!!
A) English is the most
B) Today, the Internet has
undergone
C) To become a successful
D) The Net encircles
E) to start a webpage
F) think of a catchy name
and
G) It has become such an
important data-gathering
H) Modern Technology has
had a tremendous
1. the globe. ____
2. effect on the lives of
people and their
entertainment habits ____
3. entrepreneur all you need
is: ____
4. find someone to lend you
money. _____
5. used business language
____
6. have a good idea for a
business, ____
7. a phenomenal global
growth. ______
8. of your own, _____
9. and communication source
that few can't afford to
ignore. _______