Read the text. Use the words in capitals to form a
word that fits the gaps (1-5).

How often have we heard how technology is
making us 1)
.? But what
about the other less 2)
effects technology is having on us? Take search
engines, for example. They feed us with3)
information and targeted
advertising based on what we have searched or
liked'. Then, there are the small but significant
effects on our memory. With answers only a click
away, information is no longer
being 4) .Few people remember
phone numbers by heart, relying instead on their
smartphones, in contrast to the pre-tech days when
people had 5)numbers in their heads.

Social, Identify, Select, Memory,Count.​

1) Do you like winter, summer, spring or autumn?
-I like summer.
2) Does Rose speak French or English?
- Rose speaks English.
3) Do they want to play football or basketball?
- They want to play basketball.
4) Does this girl like to sing or dance?
- This girl likes to sing.
5) Do you ride your bike in the street or in the park?
- I ride my bike in the park.
6) Do your grandparents live in the city or village?
- My grandparents live in the city.
7) Do you want to watch cartoon or film?
- I want to watch cartoon.
8) Does your cat sleep in the hall or in the bedroom?
- My cat sleeps in the hall.
9) Do you have coffee or tea for breakfast?
- I have tea for breakfast.
10) Does Tim learn French or Spanish?
- Tim learns French.
11) Does your father like to read newspapers or magazines?
- My father likes to read newspapers.
12) Do they like to eat meat or fish?
- They like to eat fish.

1. I went to the conference but for most of the time I felt like (1) a fish out of water. I knew nobody there and everyone else behaved ___as

(2) if they had all known each other for years. I left just as (3) soon as I could and arrived home ___earlier (4) than planned.

 

2. I've always preferred classical music to (1) pop music. I'd much __rather (2) listen to a forty-five-minute symphony than (3) a three-minute song. Pop songs seem so much (4) less interesting, harmonically and melodically, and the insistent, repetitive drumming is about ___as (5) much fun ___as. (6) banging your head against a wall.

 

3. My father was a jack of all trades in those days, as ___were (1) all village school headmasters: digging holes for swimming pools as (2) a full-time labourer, marking out athletics tracks in the manner of___ (3) a professional, teaching arithmetic to the top class in ___as (4) time as he had free. The more (5) he did, the more was expected of him by the village community, as if he should devote (6) every waking hour to the well-being of his pupils. And he did. Nowadays one hears people talk of headmasters as if they ___were (7) accountants, balancing their books (8) as efficiently ___as (9) they can. I think I'd __not (10) have been a headmaster in the old days.

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