MID-TERM TEST – 1.

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 MID-TERM TEST – QUESTIONS
READING 1
A Consequently, I was always losing scraps of paper containing vital
bits of information. The computer has transformed me into an E A report entitled PC Usage in UK Homes provides the following
organised worker, particularly when it comes to office administration. profile of the millennium computer user: 38 and well educated; 93%
own a personal computer and 32% have a CD-ROM device; 38% have
B If all this sounds too good to be true, there is a dark side to a laser printer and 50% a modem.
computing from home. You can be in isolation from physical human
contact. There are the distractions of putting urgent jobs about the F Though far from being adroit, I did manage to learn the basic skills
house first, and when the children are home there are power struggles I needed - it was all so logical, easy and idiot-proof. And, like
in our house over whose turn it is to use the computer. everything that you persevere with, you learn a little more each day.

C To get an idea of the speed and convenience with which someone G Supplied with a laptop computer to free my husband from his desk,
based at home can send their work back to the office, this article will
and a personal computer for us all, we dived in at the deep end into a
be sent in a matter of minutes via a modem straight into the editor's
strange new world and terms such as cyberspace, Internet and surfing
computer. became commonplace in our vocabulary. We took to chatting like old
pals via the Internet to strangers around the world. The children
D I thought I had a better chance of hosting a seminar in nuclear forsook the television and I set up a mini-office in a corner of the
physics than attempting to lay out a page on a computer. I was the kitchen with a telephone-answering facility, a fax machine, a CD-
family technophobe; even pocket calculators were a mystery to me ROM, and a modem linking me into the information superhighway.
and I still don't know how to use the timer on the video.

READING 2
1 ...... Some of the staff like it and some don't. Code
2 ...... Advice from an expert has had a good effect. A3
3 ...... Staff there benefit from the range of work involved.
4 ...... Some members of staff prefer unsuitable furniture.
5 ...... A particular rule has been beneficial.
6 ...... The air quality is better than might be expected.
7 ...... It is often either very hot or very cold.
8 ...... Staff can work in privacy if they want to.
9 ...... The staff are not told what they can and cannot do there.
10 ...... There is not enough room for every member of staff to work.
11 ...... It would be better if the furniture were arranged differently.
12 ...... Evidence of the company's achievements is visible.
13 ...... Staff can control the temperature effectively.
14 ...... Staff appear to be under pressure.
15 ...... Working here is like being on display.
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READING 3
4 What does the writer imply about the decision not to use mains water in
1 According to the writer, the exterior of the Vales'
the Vales' house?
house is
A It was impractical.
A unique.
B It was later regretted.
B unattractive.
C It was an extreme choice.
C controversial.
D It caused unexpected problems.
D unremarkable.

5 In Robert Vale's opinion, his home challenges the idea that houses
2 Why did Robert Vale apologise to the writer on
designed with the environment in mind must be
his arrival?
A draughty.
A The ventilation system had failed.
B primitive.
B The temperature was uncomfortable.
C small.
C The conservatory was not functioning properly.
D ugly.
D The draughts were unwelcome.
6 The planned changes to the house's electrical system will mean that
3 What does the writer suggest about
A the house will produce more electricity than it uses.
environmental issues in the fourth paragraph?
B the Vales will not use electricity from the mains supply.
A They have alwas been a difficult topic.
C the house will use more electricity than it does now.
B They have become a subject of political debate.
D the Vales' electricity bills will remain at their current level.
C The Vales have changed their views in recent years.
D The Vales have begun to take a political interest in
the subiect. 7 According to Robert Vale, the house was comfortable in February because
A no variations in temperature could be noticed.
B 18°C was acceptable for ordinary houses.
C it was not a particularly cold winter.
D he had got used to the temperature.