DAILY TEST XII SCIENCE 1-6

The Pro and Cons of Video Games

Nowadays, the video games industry is developing rapidly. It becomes a multibillion dollar
industry. Video games have become an important part not only in the children’s life but also the adults.
Nevertheless, there is an argument whether video games bring good or bad influences on children.

People who have a pro argument claim that video games give a lot of benefits. Playing video
games is good way to kill children’s boredom. It can refresh the children’s mind after a tiring school day
moreover, they also argue that video games can trigger children to be more creative because the game
provide challenging ways to win. In other words, they believe that the video games can actually sharpen
a human’s brain.

Conversely, some people believe that video games make children lazy. They argue that playing
video games is addictive. As a consequence, most of the children prefer playing video games to studying.
These children find it hard to concentrate on their study because they always think about how to spend
more time playing video games. In fact, there are also some children who skip their extracurricular
lessons, just because they want to play video games. In addition, most of the video games often expose
too much violence. Two years ago in the USA, for example, a student shot his teacher and some of his
friends. Newspapers said that the boy was deeply influenced bu the actions in the video games he used
to play with.

It is obvious that video games have more disadvantages than advantages. Therefore parents
should be very careful in selecting the appropriate games for their children.

1. The text on the above page is written in the form of a/an……….

a. recount d. narrative
b. discussion e. procedure
c. explanation
2. What is the communicative purpose of the text on page 12 (i.e. “The Pros and Cons of Video
Games”)?
a. To tell the process of how something happens.
b. To deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis which in turn finds a solution
c. To present information and opinions about more than one side of an issue
d. To tell the readers that something is the case
e. To inform the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy
3. The text organization consist of……….
a. Goal, material, and methods
b. Newsworthy event, background events, and sources
c. Thesis, arguments, and reiteration
d. Thesis, argument, and recommendation
e. Issue, arguments for (+), arguments against (-), and conclusion
4. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Children like playing video games.
b. Adults like playing video games.
c. The writer takes side towards the pros opinion.
d. Parents should select the games carefully.
e. Violence in the games influence the children very much.
5. Carla : “Do you think that free education for poor people will be an effective policy?”
Karen : “……………. Because this is what they really need”
a. I think this will help them a lot.
b. I don’t think that this is good.
c. I think they will be spoiled.
d. I don’t think that it’s necessary.
e. I disagree with the idea.
6. Mother : “Ooooh dear, why should it happen? It’s out of our plan”
Ronald : “Calm down. We should evaluate it first”
Mother : “What about if we make over the agenda”
Ronald :”I don’t think it’s a good idea”
The bold typed sentence expresses……..
a. Agreement.
b. Disagreement
c. Satisfaction
d. Dissatisfactions
e. Pleasure

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