Semester 2 Test (b2) - Form 11

Read the text and choose the most appropriate answer.

You know exams are around the corner and you can’t stop checking your Facebook? If that is       [which, like, so, it], you are            [probably, probable, likely, definitely] to get bad results because of your more than apparent internet addiction.

3        [He, They, One, People]can be considered an internet addict when the internet becomes a priority in life, above other priorities, such as exams. Social media is known                   [to have triggered, trigger, to trigger, that it triggers] a rush of happiness and contentment          [to, since, owing to, because] the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter which helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure centres, and which plays a key role in addictions.

Read the text and choose the most appropriate answer.

The more people use social media,             [more, the most, incrisingly, the more] stimulation they receive, which makes them more vulnerable to addiction.

And teens get more easily addicted to the internet and social media because their brains are still developing and they still have to set their priorities, and that makes it more difficult             [for them to, they, that they, them] control their use of social media even when they know that they really need to study for exams.

Social media is a constant source of text, photographs, videos – all of       [which, it, that, what] provide stimulus to the brain making the activity addictive. And peer pressure also adds to it, because teenagers feel that they would miss out on what’s going on among their friends if they          [won't, didn't, wouldn’t, don't] constantly check their Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook.

10       [That, Which, It, There]seems that addiction to social media is more common in teens with lower self-esteem.

Read the text and choose the most appropriate answer.

Addiction to social media is more common in teens with lower self-esteem,               [on account of, yet, since, because of]their online interactions make them            [to feeling, to feel, feel, feeling]they are part of a group.

Of course, parents on           [general, all, the whole, most]don’t have a clue what their kids do online. Not only            [do they, they, they might, they do]have little or no idea how to technically control their children’s behaviour online, but they also have the added problem that teenagers are absolute experts     [for, to, at, in]concealing everything from their parents.