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Trang 4 headphones, listening to music on their MP3 players. That's just the way life is today. We all spend a fair amount of our time connected to technology. Now imagine living in a world without smartphones, tablets or any of the electronic gadgets we take for granted these days. There's no internet and you go to the library and look at a book when you want to find anything out. You play outside with friends in the real world instead of playing online video games in virtual worlds. There are no texts, no DVDs and no email. Welcome to 1986! That's the world the McMillan family from Ontario, Canada, decided to live in for a year. Blair, 27, Morgan, 28, and their two sons Trey and Denton, aged five and three, got rid of their cable TV, smartphones, internet, new games console, digital camera, DVD player and sat nav, and instead used an old TV, a radio, old telephones, a VHS video player, an old games console and maps. They decided to try it after seeing how their young children were becoming dependent on technology. They aren't alone. More and more parents today worry about the effect technology is having on their children, particularly very young children. The McMillans decided to get back to basics to see how things have changed. So how did they find their year without modern technology? ‘I thought Blair was mad when he suggested doing this whole thing,’ says Morgan, but it's made me realise how much time we wasted. We seem much more relaxed now, not checking in on email or Facebook all the time.’ The McMillans are now back in the present with a different attitude to today's technology. Blair said, ‘I'm not anti- technology. I wanted to taste, and I wanted my kids to taste what it would be like without it, and to see if we could actually do it.” (Adapted from Optimise) Question 23. What is indicated about modern life in paragraph 1? A. People tend to use technology in public places. B. People are increasingly dependent on technology. C. People mainly surf the Internet to kill time. D. People prefer using their phones to walking in the park. Question 24. The word fair in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______ . A. limited B. equal C. pretty small D. quite large Question 25. The phrase take for granted in paragraph 2 is OPPOSITE in meaning to _______ . A. idolise B. disregard C. appreciate D. oppose Question 26.The word They in paragraph 3 refers to _______ . A. electronic gadgets B. The McMillans C. modern parents D. young children Question 27. Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 3? The McMillans decided to get back to basics to see how things have changed. A. The McMillans opted to return to simpler methods to observe any differences. B. The McMillans resolved to change their methods to improve their results. C. The McMillans decided to embrace modern techniques to identify changes. D. The McMillans chose not to do anything special to test their theories. Question 28. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage? A. The McMillans experimented with a tech-free year by removing all electrical equipment. B. People didn’t play online video games and use electronic devices in 1986. C. Morgan’s first reaction to Blair’s idea of living a tech-free year was not quite positive. D. Their children’s reliance on technology caused the McMillans to live a tech-free year. Question 29. In which paragraph does the writer explore the result of an experiment? A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 Question 30. In which paragraph does the writer discuss a past lifestyle? A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 Read the following passage about globalisation and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.