Mr. B. English Revision

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Time-telling devices have developed immensely through history.

• It is time for a new type of clocks.

• The first timekeeping devices were very inaccurate.

• Now many clocks have neither springs nor weights.

You would probably find this passage in a ______________________.

• World atlas

• Science book

• Magazine

• Comic book

What belongs in the empty space in this timeline of timekeeping development?

Bell Clocks         Mechanical Clocks        ______________________________     Digital and Electronic Clocks

• Hammer Clocks

• Spring Clocks

• Electric Clocks

• Chronometers

Based on the information in the passage, what prediction can you make about how clocks will change in the future?

• Clocks will not be in use anymore.

• Clocks will be larger.

• Clocks will use solar energy.

• Clocks will be more and more accurate than ever.

What opinion about technology does the author state at the beginning of “The Black Hole of Technology”?

• Technology helps us learn to absorb information.

• Technology makes us instant experts on many topics.

• Technology is keeping us from processing and interacting.

• Technology cannot be compared to printed books or newspapers.

Which of the following choices best gives the meaning of this sentence, which begins “The Black Hole of Technology”?

The black hole of endless, unimportant streams of technology-enabled information is devouring everyone living in the twenty-first century.

• Machines are taking over the jobs and duties that used to belong to human beings.

• Technology was supposed to make us better but instead has made us less human.

• People today are overly distracted and overwhelmed by meaningless texts, posts, and tweets.

• It has not taken long for the entire world to become connected through the powerful reach of technology.

Part A How does the author of “The Black Hole of Technology” feel about spending time with her friends as they check social media?

• completely embarrassed

• comfortable and satisfied

• distracted by something else

• jealous of their technical skill

If you are absorbing information, which is most likely to be true?

• You are adding the information to what you know.

• You are explaining the information to others.

• You are imagining yourself performing research.

• You are growing more puzzled by the information.

In which sentence can the multiple-meaning word sign be defined as “warning”?

• A sign near the shelter invited people to rest.

• You may sign our names on the visitors’ list.

• Other hikers saw no sign of deer along the muddy path.

• That dark sky may be a sign of stormy weather to come.

What is the most likely meaning of devouring in the following sentence?

She is devouring every page of the new book in her favorite series.

• looking at with interest

• taking in greedily

• struggling with

• ripping out