Read the text and choose is the statements below are true, false or not stated. Modern Technology has had a tremendous effect on the lives of people and their entertainment habits. Today, the Internet has undergone a phenomenal global growth. It has become such an important data-gathering and communication source that few can't afford to ignore. The Net encircles the globe. Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because it’s exciting and they have found in the Net new ways of meeting a basic human need: the desire to communicate with other people. E-mail sends electronic messages from one person to another – like letters, but capable of crossing the Atlantic in 15 minutes. File transfers move bulk data from one computer to another with these capacities, the Internet becomes post office, printing press and meeting-place all in one. Some people are making a fortune in cyberspace. Most companies have their own websites; others exist only on the Internet. They are something called “dot com” companies. Some of the most successful Net entrepreneurs are teenagers who are still at school. They are called internet nerds. Tom Hadfield, 16, started a football results website called soccer-net and it became a great business. To become a successful entrepreneur all you need is: to start a webpage of your own, have a good idea for a business, think of a catchy name and find someone to lend you money. And remember! English is the most used business language! 1. The Internet is an important source of communication that very few people can afford to ignore. 2. Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because they have no other way of meeting their basic human needs. 3. Through e-mail, one can send a message across the Atlantic in 15 minutes. 4. The primary language used for international business communication is English. 5. The text implies that everyone who starts their own webpage and gets a catchy business name will automatically become a successful entrepreneur.

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Read the text and choose is the statements below are true, false or not stated.

Modern Technology has had a tremendous effect on the lives of people and their entertainment habits. Today, the Internet has undergone a phenomenal global growth. It has become such an important data-gathering and communication source that few can't afford to ignore. The Net encircles the globe.
Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because it’s exciting and they have found in the Net new ways of meeting a basic human need: the desire to communicate with other people. E-mail sends electronic messages from one person to another – like letters, but capable of crossing the Atlantic in 15 minutes. File transfers move bulk data from one computer to another with these capacities, the Internet becomes post office, printing press and meeting-place all in one.
Some people are making a fortune in cyberspace. Most companies have their own websites; others exist only on the Internet. They are something called “dot com” companies. Some of the most successful Net entrepreneurs are teenagers who are still at school. They are called internet nerds.
Tom Hadfield, 16, started a football results website called soccer-net and it became a great business. To become a successful entrepreneur all you need is: to start a webpage of your own, have a good idea for a business, think of a catchy name and find someone to lend you money. And remember! English is the most used business language!

1. The Internet is an important source of communication that very few people can afford to ignore. ...
2. Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because they have no other way of meeting their basic human needs. ...
3. Through e-mail, one can send a message across the Atlantic in 15 minutes. ...
4. The primary language used for international business communication is English. ...
5. The text implies that everyone who starts their own webpage and gets a catchy business name will automatically become a successful entrepreneur. ...

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