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(how do you feel?)

Everywhere you go nowadays, you see people using mobile phones. From school children to the people, you see them talking in the supermarket, on trains, in the street, everywhere!

So what are the advantages of mobile phones?

First of all, they are very convenient because you can phone from nearly everywhere. Another advantage is that they are really useful in emergency situations.

For example, if you are alone in your car and it breaks down, you can get help quickly. In addition, you can also use mobile to text your friends or connect to the net.

However, there are disadvantages such as the cost. Mobile phone calls cost more than normal calls. Furthermore, it can be annoying if you are on the train or a bus, and you have to listen to someone else’s boring conversation. It happens because people can contact you anywhere, at anytime, unless you switch your phone off!

In conclusion, there are both advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I feel mobile phones are a good thing because they give us more freedom and make communication easier.

What the text is about?

• Mobile phone calls cost

• How people use their mobile phone

• How people communicate nowadays

• The advantages and disadvantages of having mobile phones

• The reasons why people have a mobile phone

“Another advantage is that they are really useful in emergency situations.

The similar meaning of the underlined word is . . .

• busy

• spare

• critical

• important

• impossible

What kind of the text above?

• Explanation

• Cause Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Description

• Discussion

What is the plus point of gaming?

• Violence habit

• Time spending

• Entertaining

• Addictive

• Money spending

Which does not belong to a discussion text?

• Benefit and Harm of Mall Development

• Advantage and Disadvantage of Nuclear Weapon

• Pros and Cons of Immunization

• Where Do You Stand on Internet Limited Access?

• The Benefit of Open Own Business

Below are the things that can be done by the parents to keep their children away from the negative sides of having mobile phones, except...

• Setting a guideline while using mobile phones

• Giving a suitable mobile phone according to their children's age

• Purchasing a brand new iPhone for them

• Telling them the wiser way to use mobile phone

How many reasons are presented by those who are against homework ....

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A further point they make is that a lot of homework is pointless and doesn't help the child learn at all." (Paragraph 2).

The underlined word is synonymous with ....

• Terrible

• Careless

• Difficult

• Unimportant

• Uninteresting

television stations should also take part in filtering quality ads to show audiences.

The underlined words have synonymous meaning with ….

• separate

  
  

• assemble

• resemble

• create

• participate