3. READING COMPREHENSION
1. What idea best summarizes
paragraph 1?
A. “At” was invented by e-mailers.
B. “At” is different in Europe and Africa.
C. “At” has different ways to be called around
the world.
D. “At” looks like some animal tails.
4. READING COMPREHENSION
2. Who is Ray Tomlinson?
A. The man who created “at” after e-mail was
invented.
B. The man who created e-mail after “at” was
invented
C. The man who was told to invent e-mail and
“at”
D. None
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4. Why did Tomlinson invent e-mail?
A. Because he had to do something funny in less
than a day.
B. Because he was trying out something funny.
C. Because he hadn’t done something funny for
over a week or two.
D. None.
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5. How long did it take to Tomlinson
to create “at”?
A. A week
B. Less than a day
C. Four to six hours
D. He can’t remember exactly.
8. READING COMPREHENSION
6. What does he mainly think about
spam and viruses?
A. That it is a problem and it is necessary to find
a solution.
B. That an ISP could throw them away.
C. That an attachment brings a virus or spams.
D. They make e-mails impossible to be used.
9. READING COMPREHENSION
7 What would the consequence of
ISP be?
A. That e-mails won’t use “at”.
B. That not any attachment would be received
by en e-mail.
C. That ISP throws spams away
D. None.
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8. How famous is he?
A. Everyone knows who he is.
B. Only in Computing world he is known.
C. Only nerds know about him
D. None.
12. READING COMPREHENSION
10 What phrase best summarizes
this reading?
A. Virus and spams complicate our lives.
B. Symbols get inspired in animals.
C. Although you are not known at all, you do
something important for society.
D. An invention can take a week, A good
invention can take too long.
