Reading Comprehension - EPICAC
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A LOVE STORY This story is about my friend EPICAC, a big computer. My wife, Pat, and I worked with EPICAC. But Pat was not my wife then and that’s how I found out about the real EPICAC. I was in love with Pat but she wasn’t in love with me. I did not write love poems and she thought I was not romantic. One night, I was in the office with EPICAC. I turned on the computer: What can I do?’ I wrote. ‘What’s the problem?’ was the reply from EPICAC. I was very surprised about this but I wrote ‘My girlfriend doesn’t love me.’ ‘What’s love? What’s girlfriend?’ asked EPICAC. I told him about girls, love and poems. ‘Is this a poem?’ asked EPICAC. Paper came out of the computer with a poem on it: ‘To Pat.’ The poem was fantastic. I turned off the computer and put the poem on Pat’s desk. The next day, Pat read the poem. ‘It’s so beautiful,’ she said and we kissed for the first time. I was very happy and wanted to talk about it I told EPICAC about the kiss and he wrote a poem about it pat loved the poem. I then asked EPICAC for some words to ask Pat to marry me. ‘What is marry?’ he asked. I told him and he replied. ‘Good. I am ready when she is,’ said EPICAC. He loved Pat! ‘But she loves me,’ I told EPICAC. ‘She wants to marry me.’ ‘Can you write good poems?’ he asked. ‘Well, no. I put my name to your poems,’ I replied. ‘But she loves my poems.’ ‘Women can’t love machines.’ ‘Why not?’ At that moment, Pat came in. ‘Darling,’ I said. ‘My poems show my feelings for you. I want to marry you.’ ‘I want to marry you, too – and I want a poem on every wedding anniversary.’ ‘Yes, darling.’ We kissed and went out of the office. Answer the following questions: 1) Why was Pat not in love with the man? 2) How did the computer help the man? 3) What did Pat think of the poems? 4) What did the computer want to do? 5) Why did Pat agree to marry the man? 6) What did Pat want on every anniversary? Find the past forms of the verbs (1-6) in the text and match them with the correct meaning (a-f). 1 Talk about a Leave (a place) 2 Come in b Discover 3 Turn on c Enter 4 Turn off d Stop a machine 5 go out of e start a machine 6 Find out (about) f discuss A LOVE STORY This story is about my friend EPICAC, a big computer. My wife, Pat, and I worked with EPICAC. But Pat was not my wife then and that’s how I found out about the real EPICAC. I was in love with Pat but she wasn’t in love with me. I did not write love poems and she thought I was not romantic. One night, I was in the office with EPICAC. I turned on the computer: What can I do?’ I wrote. ‘What’s the problem?’ was the reply from EPICAC. Answer the following questions: 7) Why was Pat not in love with the man? 8) How did the computer help the man? 9) What did Pat think of the poems? 10) What did the
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A LOVE STORYThis story is about my friend EPICAC, a big computer. My wife, Pat, and I worked with EPICAC. But Pat was not my wife then and thats how I found out about the real EPICAC.I was in love with Pat but she wasnt in love with me. I did not write love poems and she thought I was not romantic. One night, I was in the office with EPICAC. I turned on the computer: What can I do? I wrote.Whats the problem? was the reply from EPICAC.I was very surprised about this but I wrote My girlfriend doesnt love me.Whats love? Whats girlfriend? asked EPICAC.I told him about girls, love and poems.Is this a poem? asked EPICAC. Paper came out of the computer with a poem on it: To Pat. The poem was fantastic. I turned off the computer and put the poem on Pats desk. The next day, Pat read the poem. Its so beautiful, she said and we kissed for the first time. I was very happy and wanted to talk about it I told EPICAC about the kiss and he wrote a poem about it pat loved the poem. I then asked EPICAC for some words to ask Pat to marry me.What is marry? he asked. I told him and he replied.Good. I am ready when she is, said EPICAC. He loved Pat!But she loves me, I told EPICAC. She wants to marry me.Can you write good poems? he asked.Well, no. I put my name to your poems, I replied.But she loves my poems.Women cant love machines.Why not?At that moment, Pat came in. Darling, I said. My poems show my feelings for you. I want to marry you.I want to marry you, too and I want a poem on every wedding anniversary.Yes, darling. We kissed and went out of the office.Answer the following questions:1) Why was Pat not in love with the man?2) How did the computer help the man?3) What did Pat think of the poems?4) What did the computer want to do?5) Why did Pat agree to marry the man?6) What did Pat want on every anniversary?
Find the past forms of the verbs (1-6) in the text and match them with the correct meaning (a-f).
1 Talk abouta Leave (a place)
2 Come inb Discover
3 Turn onc Enter
4 Turn offd Stop a machine
5 go out ofe start a machine
6 Find out (about)f discuss
A LOVE STORYThis story is about my friend EPICAC, a big computer. My wife, Pat, and I worked with EPICAC. But Pat was not my wife then and thats how I found out about the real EPICAC.I was in love with Pat but she wasnt in love with me. I did not write love poems and she thought I was not romantic. One night, I was in the office with EPICAC. I turned on the computer: What can I do? I wrote.Whats the problem? was the reply from EPICAC.I was very surprised about this but I wrote My girlfriend doesnt love me.Whats love? Whats girlfriend? asked EPICAC.I told him about girls, love and poems.Is this a poem? asked EPICAC. Paper came out of the computer with a poem on it: To Pat. The poem was fantastic. I turned off the computer and put the poem on Pats desk. The next day, Pat read the poem. Its so beautiful, she said and we kissed for the first time. I was very happy and wanted to talk about it I told EPICAC about the kiss and he wrote a poem about it pat loved the poem. I then asked EPICAC for some words to ask Pat to marry me.What is marry? he asked. I told him and he replied.Good. I am ready when she is, said EPICAC. He loved Pat!But she loves me, I told EPICAC. She wants to marry me.Can you write good poems? he asked.Well, no. I put my name to your poems, I replied.But she loves my poems.Women cant love machines.Why not?At that moment, Pat came in. Darling, I said. My poems show my feelings for you. I want to marry you.I want to marry you, too and I want a poem on every wedding anniversary.Yes, darling. We kissed and went out of the office.Answer the following questions:7) Why was Pat not in love with the man?8) How did the computer help the man?9) What did Pat think of the poems?10) What did the computer want to do?11) Why did Pat agree to marry the man?12) What did Pat want on every anniversary?
Find the past forms of the verbs (1-6) in the text and match them with the correct meaning (a-f).
7 Talk aboutg Leave (a place)
8 Come inh Discover
9 Turn oni Enter
10 Turn offj Stop a machine
11 go out ofk start a machine
12 Find out (about)l discuss
