E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. According to the passage, the Internet was first used
A) by the American army to search for and analyize information
B) to carry out research for the American universities
C) to retrieve information through television screens
D) by businesses to attract more customers
E) by American households to send e-mail messages around the world
2. According to the figures in the passage, in 1999,
A) 20% of British people had access to the Internet
B) the Internet started to develop as a commercial tool
C) the majority of businesses used e-mail as their main form of communication
D) Europe caught America up in terms of number of people using the Internet
E) 100 million British people used the Internet for e-mail messages
3. The author predicts that in the future
A) everybody will be connected to the Internet
B) e-mail messages won't take as long to send as they do now
C) television sets will be used to connect to the Internet as well
D) the military will make less use of the Internet
E) universities will find new ways of using the Internet for both research and teaching
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