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1. Reading Skills Comprehension – Mobile Phones: Uses and Abuses

Mobile Phones: Uses and Abuses

Read the following Passage and answer the following Questions:-

1. Most of us nowadays carry the world in our pocket! It is amazing but true. A mobile phone can make us connected to the rest of the world within a second. Today, mothers do not have to remain in tension if their sons or daughters are late. Businessmen do not have to queue up before a telephone booth to make an important call. Apart from making calls and sending SMS, the mobile phone is used as a multipurpose gadget. It is a calculator, timepiece, calendar, voice recorder, media player, camera, gaming device, net browser and what not. Though the mobile phone is a giant step of technological advancement, its abuses cannot at all be overlooked. Talking or texting while driving may lead to accidents. Students misuse this tool in various ways and give way to social pollution. The invention of mobiles phones is a great achievement and plays an important part in our daily life. Its many aspects are beneficial but some are negative effects as well.

Its development brought convenience and advantages to the world. Communication between people has become quite easy and very fast. We can keep in contact with others from any place on the bus, in a street or in a meeting by sending a message for less than the price of a call. The Internet can be accessed through it and it is also used to click photos and shoot videos.

At the same time, parents can control their children and it is essential during emergencies. Business deals can be done on a single call through cell phone outside the office, in a park or in any shopping centre. This invention gets the world closer to a single point. The Internet is also available on the cell phone.

The radiations of mobile may be dangerous to health and may cause a headache, earache and blurring vision. These invisible radiations destroy the cells located in ear and head which cause damage to the brain and nephrons in the head region. Its use in certain places causes disturbance sometimes, such as in a classroom etc. Mobile phones with camera are causing —privacy problems such as using it as a hidden camera to take pictures and making videos.

Complete the following statements appropriately :

1.A mobile phone is like a world in our pockets as ……………………………….

2. The parents do not have to remain in tension if their sons and daughters are late because…………………

3. Some of the negative effects of a mobile phone are:

( a)……………………………………

( b)…………………………………….

( c)…………………………………….

( d ) ………………………………….

4. Excessive use of mobile phones can be hazardous to one’s health as………………………………

5. A mobile phone is a threat to one’s privacy as …………………………………………..

 (Word Attack)

Find words from the passage which mean the same as

1. having many uses (Para I )

2. That cannot be seen (Para 4)

ANSWERS

1.it can make us connected to the rest of the world

2. they can contact their children on mobile phones

3. (a) Talking or texting while driving can cause accidents.

    (b) Students misuse them and cause social pollution.

    (C) Their radiations may be dangerous to health.

   (d) Their use in certain places causes disturbances.

4. it can cause a headache, earache and blurring vision

5. it can be used as a hidden camera to take pictures

Type-Il

1. Multipurpose                   2. Invisible

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