Readworks- Using Cellphones and Computers

What are two examples of technology that send information over long distances?

• the human eye and computers

• government officials and computers

• cellphones and the human eye

• cellphones and computers

What does the author compare to cellphones in this passage?

• The author compares companies to cellphones.

• The author compares engineers to cellphones.

• The author compares computers to cellphones.

• The author compares cellular networks to cellphones.

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A cellphone sends and receives information in a speedy way invisible to the human eye.

What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• When a person speaks into a cellphone, his or her voice is

  broken down and reassembled over a radio link, so the person on the

  other end instantaneously hears what is said.

• When computers first showed up around 1941, they were used to

  transmit sensitive information across geographical spaces by the

  military because of worries government officials had.

• Although people may take for granted the ease with which they

  can pass along information through computers, many forces are at work to

  make computer communication more reliable.

• Like cellphones, computers can receive, decode, and convert

  information, though typically this information is written content rather

  than someone’s voice.

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What is one way that computer use has changed over time?

• Computers were first used in homes, schools, and offices

  to send different kinds of information, but now they are used only by

  the military to send sensitive information.

• Computers were first used by the military to send

  sensitive information, but now they are used in homes, schools, and

  offices to send different kinds of information.

• Computers used to send a person’s voice from one place to another, but now they send only written content

• Computers used to send a person’s voice from one place to another, but they have been gradually replaced by landline telephones.

What is this passage mostly about?

• computers, the Internet, and how the military uses technology to protect people

• cellphones, landline telephones, and the reasons people have trouble hearing each other over the phone

• mobile phone operators, government officials, and companies that work with one anothe

• cellphones, computers, and how they send information from one place to another

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Read the following sentence: “It’s possible, with current technological capabilities, to transmit digital information over long distances using coding and decoding processes without losing the contents of the original information.”What does the word transmit mean in the sentence above?

• harm

• fold

• hear

• send

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.Information is transmitted by different kinds of modern technology, _______ cellphones and computers.

• in conclusion

• instead

• especially

• never

According to the passage, what are cellphones used for?

• Cellphones are used to send and receive

  information in speedy ways invisible to the human eye.”) to the

  comparatively specific (“Cellphones are used by people to speak with

  each other over long distances.”).

• Cellphones are used to take photos.

• Cellphones are used to send and receive emails.

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How does a cellphone transmit information using cellular networks?

• a cellphone transmits information by connecting to a cellular network.

• A cellphone transmits information by connecting to bluetooth.

• by using an anthena

At

the end of the passage, the author writes, “The Internet is really a

collection of networks working together toward a common goal of allowing

information to be shared.” Could cellphones be described in the same

way? Explain your answer using evidence from the passage.

• cellphones cannot be described in the

  same way. Cellphones are devices that use networks to send information;

  cellphones are not the networks themselves

• Cellphones use the same technology.

• Cellphones can not be described the same way.

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