Review 4 - Skills

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question Telephones help people speak to one another when they are apart. For more than a hundred years, nearly every telephone was a landline. A landline telephone is one that needs to be connected by a wire to a network of other telephones. Because of the wires, people could not take those telephones with them when they left their homes or offices. What if you had to make a call while you were away from home? You had to find a pay phone. Pay phones are landlines found in public places. Many pay phones are on the street. You can make a call from inside a glass or metal space called a phone booth. Once you are inside the booth, you put coins into a slot in the phone to make a call. Telephones have seen a lot of progress. Today, many people carry cell phones. Cell phones do not need to be connected with wires. They can be used almost anywhere and can fit in an adult’s hand. Many cell phones sold today are smart phones. A smart phone is a cell phone that has lots of computer-style features. For example, people use smart phones to check e-mail and go on the Internet. And all that can be done using something small enough to carry in a pocket!

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Email, and chat rooms let children communicate (6) ............. friends and family members. They can also allow children to connect with people that they have never (7) ............... in person. Knowing a little about each of these communication services can help parents (8) .................... children safer while online. Through e-mail, (9) ............ can easily send and receive messages. These messages may also have text, audio, and  picture  files  attached.  Signing  up  for  an  email  account  is  simple (10) .............. most services offer them for free. Sometimes these messages contain viruses, or other inappropriate content, so  parents  should  warn  children  to  be  wary  of  email  from unknown people. Chat rooms are online hang-out spots where anyone can talk about anything current events, books, and other common interests. Users often do not know each other in real life, so it is important that parents keep a close eye on the content of any conversations.