BASIC READING

Exercise in Modul 1, page 36

Lecturer : Mike Amelia, S.Pd.,M.Pd.

Written by:
Afnan Boma Leo Nibras (2010631060151)
Teacher Training and Education Faculty
English Language Education
Questions:
Circle the letter of the best answer for each item.

1. Choose the statement that best expresses the thesis (general idea) of this passage.
a. People in different cities have different social customs.
b. Londoners do not like to use their cell phones in public.
c. The way people use cell phones differs in London, Paris, and Madrid.
d. People in Madrid tend to speak more loudly than in Paris or London.

2. A Spanish sociologist has said that the way people use their cell phones
a. fits in with their local habits and customs.
b. is the same in all European countries today.
c. is related to the person's sex and age.
d. depends on where they use their phone

3. Londoners use voice mail a lot because they

a. enjoy leaving recorded messages.
b. like to answer calls in crowded places.
c. do not like to speak with real voices.
d. prefer not to answer calls in public.

4. In London, people speaking on phones "cluster" together so they can share their
conversation
with others.
a. True
b. False

5. When they are in groups, the people in Madrid

a. prefer to pay more attention to the people around them.
b. continue to answer calls and have phone conversations.
c. stop talking and wait when a cell phone rings.
d. prefer to leave messages with voice mail.

6. In Paris, a cell phone on a café table beside a young woman means she is expecting
someone.
a. True
b. False

7. Parisians
a. do not like it when people use cell phones in public.
b. use cell phones more than the English or the Spanish.
c. use their cell phones often in restaurants and movie theaters.
d. never continue a phone conversation in a romantic moment.

8. You can infer (or conclude) from this passage that

a. cell phone companies will make less money in the European countries.
b. sociologists can tell little about people's lives from their phone use.
c. weather can be an important factor in the way people use cell phones.
d. technology may be global, but the way people use it is not.