Use of English Facebook generation: Madrid 2012

TRUE-FALSE

FACEBOOK GENERATION SUFFERS FROM INFORMATION WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME

 

3.- Find the words in the text that mean:

• a)  lonely (paragraph 1): isolated 
• b)  uneasy (paragraph 2): restless 
• c)  depend on (paragraph 3): rely upon
• d)  when (paragraph 4): as 

4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given.

• a)  1% of Norwegians are addicted to the internet. An additional 5% are at risk of developing (develop)  internet  addiction.  The highest (high)  rate  of addiction is in the 16-29 year old group.
• b)  Internet users in Greece have an internet addiction rate of 8.2%. Most internet addicts are males who play online games.
• c)  It wasn’t until the 1940s, with the development of electronic data machines, that manual calculation became (become) obsolete.
• d)  Technology addiction amongst teenagers is having a negative effect on learning. The report revealed that, last year, students spent (spend) 1-2 hours a day on social network sites.

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