Reading Task. Read the article about mobile phones and do the tasks.

Mobile Fever
Why are we so addicted to mobile phones? There are now over forty million people in
Britain with mobiles and if the present trend continues, every man, woman and child in Britain will
soon have one – or two, or three!
They can be expensive and are possibly bad for us. You can spend a lot of money if you use
your mobile a lot. According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we’ll cook our brains.
Some people even say that radiation from mobiles causes cancer.
Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles, and ‘texting’ is creating a new language
full of abbreviations such as ‘How RU?’ in Japan, Surveys show teenagers are reading less and
mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners. A big problem in Britain is crime.
Last year half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft.
As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more. If you have one of the new
multimedia mobiles, you can log on the net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programs
and take photos to send to your friends.

Read the text again and answer the questions.
Example: Is this text about addiction to mobile phones?
A) No, it is not
B)Yes, it is
C)No information
D) Neither A nor B

1. How many British people are addicted to mobile phones?
A)60 million
B) 40 million
C) 5 million
D)2million [1]

2. Mobiles can be the reason of…
A)toothache
B) stomachache
C) cancer
D)headache
[1]
3. … are among the biggest users of mobiles.
A) Middle age people
B) Old people
C) Young people
D) Adult people [1]
Read the text and give a short answer.
4. Is radiation one of causes of cancer? [1]
5. Is ‘texting’ creating a new type of communication? [1]
6. Does a mobile phone improve the marks of the learners? [1]

2 Match the means of communication to what you can do with them.
Internet Letter
Satellite Webcam
Telephone

A See people through the Internet
B Send and receive signals from space
C Call somebody’s home or office
D Send a handwritten message through the post
E Send an email

Writing
4. Write a for-and-against essay about the advantages and disadvantages of teenagers watching television for your English teacher (80-90 words).
Para 1 (Introduction):
teenagers watch television every day
Para 2 (Advantages):
learn from educational shows
take a break from studying
Para 3 (Disadvantages):
shows violence
don’t do sport or hobby
Para 4 (Conclusion):
All in all, television has its advantages and disadvantages

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