Computer addiction

COMPREHENSION

A-Are these statements true or false? Justify.

1-The writer went to a café on a sunny day. False

The writer  went to a  café on a cold and rain day.

2-Steve answered the writer's question immediately. False

Steve answered the writer's question  after a couple of times.

3-The people in the café didn't care about what was going on between Steve and the writer.
True

B-Answer these questions.

1-Why didn't the writer apologise?

Because the writer was ashamed and astonished. 

2-What was Steve busy doing? 

Steve was chatting and playing in a war game with a people didn't know.

3-Why did Steve start shouting? 

Because the writer put his hand in front of the screen of the computer.

C-Complete these sentences.

1-The writer felt lonely in the café although --there were a lot of pleople there.

2-When the writer saw that Steve was too busy, he wanted--to see what he was doing.

3-The writer can't imagine afuture where people --prefer to share their lives with machines instead of 

D-What do the underlined words in the text refer to?

1-they: refer a other people in the café

2-machines: refer a computer.

E-Find in the text words that mean almost the same as:

1-surprised (paragraph 2): astonished

2-computer screen (paragraph 3): monitor

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Look at the pictures and answer these questions.

1-What do the pictures have in common?
The pictures has in common a problems computer addictions produce.

2-What problem does each one refer to?
It refer to a problems with the eyes.

3-How do children become addicted to the Internet?
The children addicted to the Internet surf in the net all the time.

4-What are the negative effects of Internet addiction upon children?
The negative effect is scare.

5-What measures should be taken to protect children from Internet addiction?

His fathers should control the time his sons pass in front of the computer, television.