Anyonewhoworksinanofficeknowsthepoweroftechnology．Whenitworkslifeiswonderful．Informationfilesacrosstheworldinseconds．Itsavestimeandmakesourjobseasier．Butwhentechnologygoeswrongeveryone

Question

 

       Anyone who works in an office knows the power of technology．When it works life is wonderful．Information files across the world in seconds．It saves time and makes our jobs easier．But when technology goes wrong everyone hates it．

       In March Peter Golota received a gas bill for $0．00．He threw it away．In April he received another bill for $0．00．He threw that one way too．In May the gas company sent him a letter which said he had to pay his gas bill．If he didn’t pay it they were going to cut off his gas．He called and told them the bill was for $0．00．They said it was a computer error．But the bills continued．Finally he sent a check for $0．00．This caused the bank’s computer to crash．After a lot of angry phone calls and the letters between the man the gas company and the bank the case went to court．The gas company lost and had to pay Peter Golota $8 000．It all happened because of a bill for $0．00．

       A man from Colorado appeared on the news when he shot his computer because it crashed all the time．The man who owned a bar put the “dead” laptop on the wall for everyone to see．The police said “It’s the first time someone shot a computer because he was angry with it．” They arrested him．

       In December Margaret Smart of Energies Solutions stood up in front of 2 000 people in Taxes．As she began to speak her microphone stopped working．They found another one．After two minutes that one also died．When she decided to show her notes on PowerPoint the computer refused to start up．The title of her presentation was “Technology: The way Forward”．

1. Why did the bank’s computer crash?

       A．Because it kept sending gas bills for $0．00．

       B．Because Peter Golota sent a check for $0．00．

       C．Because the gas company sent a letter to the bank．

       D．Because the gas bill case went to court．

2. Who got angry with his computer and shot it?

       A．A bar owner．                                    B．A policeman．

       C．Peter Golota．                                    D．A bank manager．

3. Margaret Smart’s computer refuses to start up probably because ________．

       A．there was a power failure                     B．it worked too long

       C．it went wrong                                     D．someone shot her computer

 

Answer 1

1. B

2. A

3. C