Read the passage given below and write the option that you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheets (5MARKS) Is technology good or bad? In today’s world of technology, our lives have been made very easy. But apart from the various advantages it has given us a lot of trouble too. It is a gift so that we can live our lives more comfortably but many people tend to abuse this gift for their own pleasure. Cell Phone is one such device that has made our life so easy that we cannot even think of a world without it. Cell phones are used to stay in contact with your friends and family no matter where you are. But these services can also be abused by people. A rather new problem with cell phones is ‘Scam messaging’. Criminals try to trick people into sending money into their account. Messaging which should have been a fun way of staying in contact with your friends is also used for this purpose and in this way the service is abused. Cell phones are also used to carry out pranks and other jokes which in actuality are not funny and they do more damage that good. Pranks such as bomb threats and death threats are not funny at all, yet people send them to random numbers just to have a good laugh. For example bomb scares spread like wild fire by forwarding that sms to a large number of people, which is forwarded to other people and so on. This can create paranoia and anxiety. Cell phones can be used positively and negatively. Proper usage would yield higher global efficiency and output. But if exploited, it would almost equally generate the same degree of damage. It is no longer a question of how technology can affect people but how do people tend to use that technology. Answer the following questions by choosing an appropriate option from those given below: 1. The device that has made our life easy is (a) a microwave.(b) a cell phone.ANSWER(c) Technology. (d) Television. 2. An example for playing pranks through cell phones is (a) dangerous.(b) not advisable.(c) making hoax calls about bomb threats and spread terror. ANSWER (d) funny. 3. In ‘Scam messaging’ the criminals (a) try to trace people and kidnap them. (b) try to message the scam and cheat people. (c) try to trick people into sending money into their account. ANSWER(d) try to hack the bank account details. 4. A cell phone is used positively when the owner (a) makes hoax calls. (b) troubles unknown people. (c) informs about his well- being. (d) it would yield higher global efficiency and output. 5. The word in the passage that means ‘Terror or fear’ is (a) ‘Pranks’. (b) ‘Paranoia’. (c) ‘Technology’. (d) ‘Global efficiency’.
Answers
The answers to the various questions asked in the passage are given below.
1. ( b ) Cell phone
2. ( c ) making hoax calls about bomb threats and spread terror
3. ( c ) try to trick people into sending money into their account
4. ( d ) it would yield higher global efficiency and output
5. ( b ) Paranoia
Passage:
Thanks to cutting-edge technology, our lives have been made very easy. But apart from
the various advantages it has given us a lot of trouble too. It is a gift so that we can live our
lives more comfortably but many people tend to abuse this gift for their own pleasure. Cell
Phone is one such device that has made our life so easy that we cannot even think of a
world without it. Cell phones are used to stay in contact with your friends and family no
matter where you are. But these services can also be abused by people. A rather new
problem with cell phones is „Scam messaging‟. Criminals try to trick people into sending
money into their account. Messaging which should have been a fun way of staying in
contact with your friends is also used for this purpose and in this way the service is abused.
Ccell phones are also used to carry out pranks and other jokes that in actuality are not funny
and they do more damage than good.
Pranks such as bomb threats and death threats are not funny at all, yet people send them
to random numbers just to have a good laugh. For example, bomb scares spread like wild
fire by forwarding that SMS to a large number of people, which is forwarded to other
people and so on. This can create paranoia and anxiety.Cell phones can be used
positively and negatively.Proper usage would yield higher global efficiency and output. But
if exploited, it would almost equally generate the same degree of damage. It is no longer a
question of how technology can affect people but how do people tend to use that
technology
Questions:
1. What is the device that has made our life easier?
2. What example does the passage give for playing pranks via cellphones?
3. What do the criminals do in Scam messaging?
4. When is a cell phone said to be used positively?
5. Find the word that means „fear‟ in the passage.
6. What do you mean by cutting edge technology?
7. According to the passage, what does proper use of cell phones yield?
8. How does a bomb scare spread?
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