MOBILE PHONES. INTERMEDIATE

LINK-mobile phones-listening
          -READING AND ANSWERS

Read the questions and choose the right answer.

1. Modern mobile phone technology is based on:
a. two-way radio
b. global positioning devices
c. yuppies

2. More people bought mobile phones in the 1990s because:
 a. traditional phones didn't work anymore
b. they were bad at timekeeping
c. mobile phones became a lot cheaper

3. The first mobile phone call took place between:
a. two scientists
b. two Scotsmen
c. two yuppies

4. Mobile phones are sometimes called cell phones because of:
a. a technical term for telephone masts
b. a technical term for mobile handsets
c. the number of mobile phones used in prisons

5. The first commercially available mobile phones looked like:
a. small, pocket-sized objects
b. telephone masts
c. giant plastic bricks

6. A text message saying "Gr8! Will call U 2nite" means:
 a. Great! I'll call you tonight.
b. Good grief! Please call William tonight.
c. I'll be 15 minutes late.