Question

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My name is Carol Visconti. I was born in 2001, which makes me one of the people that the adults call “Generation Z”, as well as my brother David, who was born in 1998. David taught me how to use my first cell phone, but soon I was better than he at downloading songs or making ringtones. Remember that we used to choose fancy ringtones for our flip phones? Mine was the beginning of Hold It Against Me by Britney Spears. I used to be a huge Britney fan, and every time her clip appeared on MTV, I would dance along in our living room.
Internet existed, of course, but it was very expensive to use. We would turn it on, use Yahoo to find what we were looking for – where to buy Pokémon Gold or Silver for David’s Game Boy, for example – and then click out of the internet screen hoping they would not charge us for those three seconds of use. My parents used to control the minutes of internet use, and if we used too much, they would give us a lecture about how much it cost.
At only 11, David fell in love with a girl from school who then moved to Paris, France. When my parents were not looking, he would call her in Paris. This lasted for three weeks, until the telephone bill came. As far as I know, David never called Paris again in his life.
Our computer – one for the whole family – used to crash in the middle of anything important we were doing. Once my father got so angry at losing his work, he wanted to throw the monitor out the window. Thank God my mother stopped him in time. But not even our mother knew that David and I used to play with the mouse ball, until one day it rolled down the stairs into the basement. We never found it again, and David rushed to the mall and spent all his allowance on a new mouse. Those were good times.
Answer these questions about the text.
a) How did Carol learn how to use her first cell phone?
b) What singer did Carol use to be a fan of?
c) What did Carol use to do every time Britney’s clip appeared on MTV?
d) Why did the Viscontis control the minutes of internet used by their children?
e) What did Carol and David use to do with the mouse ball?
f) Why did David have to buy a new mouse for the family computer?

Answer 1

Olá!

A) Carol learned how to use her first cellphone with his brother, David.

B) Carol used to be a huge fan of Britney Spears.

C) Every time Britney’s clip appeared on MTV, Carol would dance along.

D) The Viscontis controled the use of internet because of it’s high price.

E) They used to play with the mouse ball.

F) David had to but a new mouse because the other one fell down the stairs to the basement.


Espero ter ajudado!