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4. Choose the times when the author hates receiving calls.

(a) During the time he is sleeping
(b) When he is in the middle of a meal or conversation
(c) When he is about to go out

(d) all of the above
5. What can you infer from the following lines?
“You would not use it unless you were in a hurry…”

(a) The author states that telephones are only for emergency purposes.
(b) The author states that people wait for telephone desperately since it is only used
when they are in a hurry.
(c) The author infers that the telephone only offers short calls which is why it can
only be used during emergencies.

(d) The author infers that the telephone has low connectivity and can only be used
during emergencies.

6. What does the author mean by that? (para 3)
(a) He doesn’t like receiving calls from anyone on the phone.
(b) The phone always manages to dial the wrong number.

(c) He doesn’t like to call people.
(d) He can’t read the digits properly.
7. What answer does the author think is appropriate after being asked this question
“Oh, but don’t you find you have to write an awful lot of letters?”

(a) “Ah well, if you don’t have a telephone, at least you must have a typewriter.”
(b) “Yes, but I should have to write an awful lot of letters anyway”.
(c) “Ah well, it will be the same in a hundred years’ time”.

(d) ”I would still not keep a telephone”.
8. What is the other word for ‘talking to each other’ in the passage? (para 2)
(a) telephone (b) conversation (c) communication (d) dripping

9. Find a word from the passage which means ‘very bad’. (para 1)
10. Find a word from the passage which means the opposite of ‘appealing’. (para 1)
11. The author gives ____________________ (four/two) reasons for not owning the
telephone.

12. The author considers owning a telephone as a pest and time-waster. (True/False)

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