vocabulary

According to the passage, what do the following words mean? Select your are the answer and underline it.

1 .      e-mail means

1. Electricity mail
2. Entertainment mail
3. Early mail
4. Electronic mail

2 .      large-scale nuclear war means

1. widespread nuclear war
2. huge bombs
3. world war
4. large-scale weapons

3 .     decentralized means

1. in the centre
2. not centrally controlled
3. on the outskirts
4. every where

4 .     academics means

1.  teachers doing research
2. subjects in the university
3. discipline in the university
4. army officials

5 .     professional collaboration means

1. job satisfaction
2. working together
3. professional qualifications
4. job the sri lanka description

6 .    net working means

1. exchanging information
2. working with nets
3. working quietly
4. working quietly  

7 .     software program means

1. a complicated program
2. a computer
3. an internal computer program
4. a computer engineer

8 .     destination means

1. goal
2. destiny
3. airport 
4. route

9 .     log in to means

1. reserving
2. opening
3. eaving
4. carrying

10 .   must have access means

1. must be able to use
2. must know
3. must buy 
4. must carry

11 .   reliable means

1. can buy 
2. can lie
3. can depend on  
4. can relate to

12 .    "snail mail" means

1. ordinary mail
2. sea mail
3. telegrams
4. telephones

13 .    the main topic of this passage is

1. why e-mail is popular
2. e- mail in USA
3. e-mail in sri lanka
4. how e- mail evolved

14 .    e-mail was started in the 1960 s by

1. the government of usa
2. the universities  of usa
3. the armed forces of usa
4. the academics usa

15 .    “ ….. a number of university disciplines ” means

1. many subjects
2. many rules
3. many universities 
4. many academics

16 .    in the 1990s what happened to e-mail?

1. everything fell apart
2. millions were using it.
3. many computers exploded
4. a few thousands were using it.

17 .    how long does it take for an e-mail message to be received?

1. two to three days
2. A convenient time
3. two to three seconds
4. two to three minutes

18 . last year we decided to go on a pilgrimage.  ………………. (1) spot we selected        was………. (2)   the most we are going to the bus start yor for the my frinds .