Question

There is no shame in asking

"Does anybody here know anything about chips?”
Nobody expected such a question during an art class. Not from an old teacher of
nusic. And he added, "I must confess that I know nothing about chips. I really don't know
nything at all. Sometimes I feel like a Jurassic teacher".
A quiet girl with curly hair asked shyly, "What do you want to know, professor? 1
have some information about it."
"Start from the beginning, dear Lucy."
Lucy was her name. Everybody remained silent. No one sang. Nobody played. Lucy
stood up and spoke up, "A computer consists of hundreds of parts, including a monitor, a
mouse, disk drives and a keyboard. Inside the computer is a circuit board. It houses all sorts
of microchips, including those for ROM (read-only memory) and RAM (random-access
memory). Mounted on the circuit board is a microprocessor, which is housed in a protective
container and connected to rows of gold-plated pins. Inside the microprocessor package is
the chip itself. This tiny square of silicon is packet with transistors that process instructions
and data for the computer. A chip can process 500 million instructions every second and it
has the size of a fingernail."
After this explanation everybody clapped their hands. The teacher said, "Where
have you learned all this, Lucy, my dear?'
"Well, said the pink-cheeked girl lowering her head. "I've read it from an old
magazine at the library.


1 - Choose the correct answer:
a) The students were surprised with the girl's question.
b) The girl was disappointed at her teacher.
c) The teacher asked his students something that he didn't know.
d) The old teacher should leave the school.
e) Lucy was a great music student.

2 - The teacher considers himself:
a) Ignorant about computers.
b) An expert in technology.
c) An expert in music.
d) Ignorant about music.
e) An extinct animal.

3 - Lucy taught about "chips" probably because she :
a) Reads a lot of books at the library.
b) Is a computing teacher.
c) Studied the subject in another class.
d) Felt sorry for the old teacher.
e) Wanted to show off.
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Answer 1

Resposta:

1: c

2: a

3: a

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