I.

Read the following text carefully.

The Net Trap

Teenagers of today find that the Internet and computers are a necessity if they are
going through high school. They need the Internet and computers to do research for their
assignments. If you dont have a computer, you will get left behind in this information age.
Internet addiction among teenagers is not specifically targeted towards the teenagers
themselves; even children in lower grades will require a computer to research their
assignments.
If parents need to combat Internet computer addiction among children, how are they
going to do it without confiscating the computer and depriving their children of it? It is not
going to be possible to stop adolescents from going anywhere near a computer.
Computers are in schools, in Internet cafes and with friends. These are just some of the
challenges faced by the parents of teens who are suffering from computer and Internet
addiction.
So, what sort of signs do parents of teenagers addicted to the computer have to
look out for?
Internet computer addiction ranges from being addicted to games to spending hours
and hours in chat rooms. Either way, the adolescent is living out a fantasy life. The Internet
and the computer are often an escape from reality for young people who feel they do not fit
in with the real world. Either in chat rooms or with games, teenagers can be whoever they
choose to be. All it takes is a click of the mouse and they are in their fantasy world living
out their dream life, either in the form of a hero in a game or being somebody they are not
in a chat room.

A) Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false ones.
1. Books and magazines are no longer the main means of research for teenagers
doing homework or projects.
2. It is quite simple to cure a teenager of Net-addiction.
3. There are no visible symptoms of Net-addiction.
4. Teenagers can adopt an ideal personality online and live out a make-believe life.

B) Give a complete answer to each question.

1. Why are the computers indispensable in the world of today?
2. Why is it difficult to keep a teenager from accessing a computer?
3. What form does an adolescents Net-addiction take?
4. Why do teenagers become addicted to chat rooms and games?

C) Find equivalents in the text for the following expressions:

1. homework
2. directed
3. taking something away
4. risks
5. symptoms
6. varies

II.
A) Fill in the gaps with the corresponding verb tense.
1. If the teenager didnt want to get addicted to computer games, he
__________________ (not / play) them all day long.
2. If parents dont work, they __________________ (not/have) money to pay for the
Internet.
3. If teenagers _______________ (continue) doing their assignments properly, they
will have a nice professional future.
B- Rewrite the following sentences using grammar items that you learnt and
beginning them as suggested below.
1. Students require a computer to do their assignments.
A computer
2. Wont you get bored at home without your computer?
His mother asked
3. Perhaps Ill look for more information on the Internet, he says.
He said
4. He found the information he was looking for easily because the Internet offers
endless possibilities.
If the Internet didnt
5. He spent many hours in chat rooms. Then he never socialised again.
After he had
6. Thats the Internet cafe. He works there.
Thats the Internet cafe
C) Fill in the table with the missing words.
Verb

Noun
1.
3.
5.
dependence
9.

work
compete
6.
7.
10.

Adjective
2.
4.
imaginative
8.
courageous

III.
Choose ONE of the following groups

A) In the cartoon, two girls are sending e-mail messages to one another. What makes
the cartoon so funny? Do you think computers have changed peoples lives?
Comment on the cartoon:

B) Imagine your best friend has become addicted to the Internet. He / She no longer
spends time with you or answers your SMS. You decide to take an attitude and write him /
her a letter of advice. Write about 80 100 words on this issue.