Write about 80 to 100 words on one of the following topics. a. Some people believe that children under the age of 13 should not have mobile phones. What do you think? Discuss. b. Describe an unusual personal experience you have had that involved a mobile phone.

Here are the answers to the questions based on the provided text:

I. READING COMPREHENSION

1.

a) TRUE.
Evidence: "Now, everywhere you look on trains, on buses, in shopping centres, in restaurants, at wedding receptions what a miracle! What a transformation So many people talking away into their mobile phones. Connected at last!"

b) TRUE.
Evidence: "if you really have to either make or receive an urgent call during a social occasion, you should explain the situation to the others at the outset."

2.

a) The use of mobile phones is sometimes seen as antisocial behavior because people using them during social occasions are not joining in, they are imposing on others, and they are disrupting the social interaction.

b) The text recommends that if you encounter rude mobile phone addicts, you should interrupt them and ask them to move away or switch off their phones. If they are passengers in your car, you should stop and ask them to get out.

II. VOCABULARY

3.

a) maybe (paragraph 2): perhaps

b) beginning (paragraph 3): outset

c) say sorry (paragraph 3): apologise

d) encounter (paragraph 4): come across

III. USE OF ENGLISH

Q4.

a) The link between using a mobile phone when driving and road accidents is well established and this is applied to all kinds of phones, including hands-free.

b) More technological advances have been made in the last fifty years than in all previous centuries.

c) Charles, who is a mobile phone addict, can't stand being away from his phone.