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Answer the questions 3-4 according to the text below.

People used different ways to communicate in history. The first way of communication was
just talking. Later, they used cave paintings to send messages. Alphabetic writing appeared
in 1500 BC. In fifteenth century, people learnt how to express their ideas on a book. In 1844
people used telegraph to communicate with people far away from them. Telephone followed
telegraph. It was an important invention for people to buy and sell things to far places. In 1940
black-and-white TV broadcasts started. People could watch different cultures, news, sports
and music programmes at their homes. When modern computers were on our desks, the
world started to change a lot. In 1975, the first personal computer was invented. When it was
1983, the most modern invention in communication appeared. It was a cellular phone. It was
the first step of the smartphone. In 1996, the Internet made our lives easier. We could do our
works very quickly and easily. Now, you can see a smartphone in every person’s hand.

3. The passage is mainly about_____.
A) the history of the communication for human beings
B) the reasons of smartphone usage in our lives

C) the inventions about technology in our lives
D) why people develop some technological devices
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4. Which of the following is NOT correct according to the passage above?
A) The second step of communication was to draw pictures on the cave walls.

B) After telephone was invented, people started to sell their product to far places.
C) After the Internet appeared, people’s lives became hard to live at homes.
D) The invention of the cellular phone was the most important one for humans.

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