Grade: 7 Full name
Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 1
Reading
Today we talk to Ray Tomlinson, the man who invented @ and email.
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Q: When and why did you invent email?
It was in 1971 and I'm not sure there was a real reason for inventing it. It was
a fun thing to try out and probably took four to six hours to do. I can't
remember exactly how long it took Less than a day; spread over a week or
two
Q: How do you feel about spam and viruses?
I get annoyed when I get spam. It's a tough problem but we re going to solve
it. So far the solutions aren't working – they either filter too much or not enough. We must find a better way
to stop spam Viruses are another problem and you usually get them from an email attachment or a
downloaded app or file. For example, an ISP could throw away all emails with attachments, but then email
wouldn't be any use. We'll have to find a solution.
Q: Does it bother you that you're not a household name that most people don't know what
vou ve done?
No, it doesn't bother me. Computer nerds know that I've done it I get emails from people who say "What
you did is great. Why don't you do something about spam? It's a kind of nice that some people are interested
in what I did – but it's not the center of my life.
1. Has he got a car? 2. Have they got a house? 3. Has she got children? 4. Have you got brothers? 5. Has he got a new job? 6. Has she got a lot of friends? 7. Have they got a camera? 8. Have you got fish soup for dinner today?
1. I haven’t got a family. 2. She hasn′t got children. 3. He hasn′t got a car. 4. They haven′t got a house. 5. You haven′t got French books. 6. I haven’t got a brother. 7. My friend hasn′t got relatives in Moscow. 8. She hasn′t got friends.
2. He hasn't given them any money. Has he given them any money?
3. You haven't brought anything for us. Have you brought anything for us?
4. I haven't taken any English books from you. Have I taken any English books from you?
5. She wasn't reading anything. Was she reading anything?
6. He hasn't written a letter to anybody. Has he written a letter to anybody?
7. Nobody by the name of Petrov lives on the third floor. Does anybody by the name of Petrov live on the third floor?
8. They don't have any English books. Do they have any English books?
9. There aren't any tall trees in front of their house. Are there any tall trees in front of their house?
10. Peter doesn't have anything in his box. Does Peter have anything in his box?
11. There aren't any parks in his town. Are there any parks in his town?
12. There aren't any good bookshops in our district. Are there any good bookshops in our district?