The Internet Age - reading comprehension

1. 1i) Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 1?

• The reason why chat-line users do not tell the truth about themselves

• Advice about meeting a chat-line contact for the first time

• The main points from a survey about using chat-lines

• People’s attitudes to meeting chat-line contacts in person

• The reasons why chat-lines are popular

1. 1ii) Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 2?

• The reason why chat-line users do not tell the truth about themselves

• Advice about meeting a chat-line contact for the first time

• The main points from a survey about using chat-lines

• People’s attitudes to meeting chat-line contacts in person

• The reasons why chat-lines are popular

1. 1iii. Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 3?

• The reason why chat-line users do not tell the truth about themselves

• Advice about meeting a chat-line contact for the first time

• The main points from a survey about using chat-lines

• People’s attitudes to meeting chat-line contacts in person

• The reasons why chat-lines are popular

1. 1iv) Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 4?

• The reason why chat-line users do not tell the truth about themselves

• Advice about meeting a chat-line contact for the first time

• The main points from a survey about using chat-lines

• People’s attitudes to meeting chat-line contacts in person

• The reasons why chat-lines are popular

1. 1v) Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 5?

• The reason why chat-line users do not tell the truth about themselves

• Advice about meeting a chat-line contact for the first time

• The main points from a survey about using chat-lines

• People’s attitudes to meeting chat-line contacts in person

• The reasons why chat-lines are popular

2. 2. In line 2, ‘respondents’ means ….

   
   

• teenagers

• Internet users.

• people who answered the survey.

• experts.

3. 3. According to paragraph 2, the main reason why chat-line users do not tell the truth about themselves is because they want to...

4.  In paragraph 2, the 16-year-old boy implies (but does not say directly) that…..

• other users know he is pretending to be a girl.

• boys like talking to pretty girls.

• there are no girls using the chat-lines.

• he lies about himself so no-one can find out his personal details.

5. In paragraph 3, what does ‘the most popular’ refer to?

6. In paragraph 4, the phrase ‘surprisingly large number of young people’ means that...

• young people are surprised that the number is so large.

• young people are surprised that the number is not larger.

• the writer is surprised that the number is so large.

• the writer is surprised that the number is not larger.