May 02-08, 2005

Scientific Conference Falls for Gibberish Prank
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1. How many students participated in this prank?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four

2. What was the reason for this prank?
A. revenge for spam
B. a job advertisement
C. to become famous
D. to earn money at the conference

3. What made the prank possible?
A. large amounts of money
B. support from many Internet users
C. a computer program especially invented for this
D. illegal hacking of the mainframe computer of the organisers

4. What is a "randomly generated talk"?
A. clear speech
B. carefully planned and chosen words
C. selective copying of speeches of other famous people
D. saying any words that come to mind and not worry about the sense

5. Why do the students want to give a "randomly generated talk"?
A. to match their submitted paper
B. to explain the full extend of the research
C. to impress the audience with their knowledge
D. to impress the audience with their knowledge


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. gibberish
A. data
B. hardware
C. examples
D. nonsense

7. prank
  A. hit
B. joke
C. promise
D. adventure

8. notorious
A. liked
B. famous
C. revered
D. infamous

9. bogus
A. fake
B. great
C. unusual
D. intelligent

10. rescind
A. renew
B. cancel
C. confirm
D. validate

 

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