Reading. Read the article about Cindy Lewis and do the tasks.
Cindy Lewis is a journalist. She works for Gender, a weekly magazine on the Internet. Cindy writes the
problem page for her magazine. She has two young children so she doesn’t work in the magazine office
every day, she works at home using her computer.
Every morning she checks her e-mail messages. She usually receives about 35 messages every day. Most
of the messages come from the Gender office, but she also gets messages from her friends and colleagues
around the world. They send messages to her e-mail address . Sometimes they just send messages with
attachments. Some friends send longer pieces of writing in a text file, or photographs in an image file, or
even music in a sound file. Cindy can open these attachments and see the texts, pictures or listen to the
recordings.
Cindy also uses the Internet to find the information she needs. For example, last week she wanted to find
out about the history of an illness called polio. She switched on her computer and modem. She opened the
web browser called Internet Explorer. She clicked on the Favourites menu, typed the word polio and in a
few seconds the history page gave her information she needed.
Task 1 Choose true or False. [3 points]
1
Gender is an Internet magazine where Cindy works.
2
The woman checks her e-mail every Sunday.
3
Cindy can find any information in a few seconds thanks to the Internet.
Task 2 Choose the right variant. [5 points]
1
Cindy writes the problem page because
A. she has many problems.
B. she has two children.
C. she works for a magazine on the Internet.
2
The woman doesn’t go to the magazine office
A. but she goes shopping every day.
B. but works at home.
C. and doesn’t use her computer.
3
Cindy receives messages from
A. different people.
B. the Gender office only.
C. her two young children.
4
She also uses the Internet
A.
to find the information she needs.
B.
to buy food.
C.
and find it boring.
5
She found information about an illness
A. with the help of her children.
B. last week.
C. and got ill too
Writing [4 points]
Answer all the questions with appropriate details:
1 What do you usually do in your free time?
2 Why you think your hobby is interesting?
3 How many text messages do you send per day?
4 What do you use your mobile for?