4] Read & Complete the Notes/Answer the Questions Second Stage 2006 First Session

1. Read and then complete the notes:

The word “jeans” comes from Italy. Over three hundred years ago the people of Genoa in Italy wore cotton clothes, and the cloth was known as "jean". The first jeans was made in the USA as early as 1638. People who worked in mines wanted strong clothes when a man from California called Levi Strauss found it a great chance to make a company for selling the famous Levi jeans. It is used now by people all over the world, and millions of pairs of jeans are bought daily.

·        The origin of the word “jeans”: ………………………………

·        Jeans is made of: ………………………………………………..

·        The first jeans was made in: ……………………………………

·        Miners should wear: ………………………………………………

·        The Levi Strauss company sells: ……………………………....

·        The number of pairs of jeans bought daily: ………………….

2. Read the following text, and then answer the questions below:

Count me out!

Call me old-fashioned. Call me old. Call me what you want, but I refuse to become part of this new Internet world. I don't possess a computer at home or at the office Actually, I stopped going to an office 35 years ago, when all communications were done in a relaxed manner, with a pen, a typewriter, or, if the matter was of world-shaking importance, over the telephone.

Tell me what you think of the following ad that appeared the other day in the newspaper. It was for a cure for cancer and this is what it said: "Awareness is the key. Visit spfulford.com at the awareness site." There was no address or telephone number for the site. So what do unfortunate people without a computer do if they are seeking a cure for their illness? There are, I am told, certain advantages in having access to the latest marvel of the age, the Internet. There are activities for Internet users besides having fun. They can pay bills, order groceries, or discuss illnesses with their doctor. In the future the Internet may develop "consciousness." In other words, the Internet will be able to think, have feelings, and may well be able to act on its own. If this is night, I may change my attitude about computers. As I grow older each day, I would like a gadget that not only thinks for me but also accepts responsibility for all my mistakes.

A.  Answer the following questions:

1. What did the writer think was wrong with the Internet ad for a cancer cure?

2. What are three things that people do on the Internet?

3. Which of the writer's point of view do you disagree with? Explain your reason in one sentence of your own.

4. What would the writer like a computer to do for him?

B.  Choose the best answer from a, B, C or D:

1. The Internet may develop "consciousness" means it will be able to ……….

A.  cure diseases

B.  think, have feelings and act on its own

C.  take responsibility for our action.

D.  think for the writer

2.   When the writer was younger, people communicated with each other by ………

A.  advertising on the web.

B.  writing letters or talking on the phone

C.  communicating with computers.

D.  using mobile telephones.

3. "Count me out" means "Don't include me." Which do you think best expresses the writer's opinion?

A.  There are many things people can do on the Internet.

B.  People will be able to do more things on the Internet.

C.  There is nothing good about the Internet.

D.  The writer can live without the Internet.