READING. INTERMEDIATE

Electronic technology has produced significant changes in the way that humans interact. Before telephones, computers, and digital pagers, people communicated primarily by writing. We had to sit down, compose our thoughts, and then spend some time writing them down on paper. There was also a delay between the expression of our ideas and their reception on the other end, but folks were patient enough to wait. With technology, however, communication happens in “real time.” We don’t take time beforehand to consider what we want to say, and how to say it best. We Express ourselves directly, and bluntly. Now we are irritated when no one answers the phone, or get overly anxious if we don’t receive an immediate response to an email or page. We want all of our communication to happen instantaneously.

1) The author of this passage probably believes that the effects of technology on human communication are
A)  not very important       B) mostly negative       
C)  not well understood     D)  almost negligible

2) By  “Stop putting me on.” the speaker means ;
A) “I prefer to dress myself.”                                           B)  “Don’t lie to me.”
C)  “I don’t want you to put things on top of me.”      D)  “Don’t think that I am the same as you are.”

3) The federal government is not ____ any economic problems for the second half of the year; all the indicators are positive.
A)  anticipating                   B)  accommodating      
C)  asphyxiating                  D)  administering



READING COMPREHENSION 2 (ANSWER KEY)
1.B          2.B          3.A