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E Open gap fill: Youth “cannot live” without web Read the text about young people and their use of the internet. Some words are missing. Complete the text by writing one word for each gap (1–10) in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. How important is the internet for our lives? A survey of 16- to 24-year-olds has … 0 that 75% of them feel they “couldn’t live” without the internet. The report also found that four out of five young people used the web to … 1 for advice. About one third added that they felt no need to talk to a person face to … 2 about their problems because of the resources available online. Despite high-profile examples of internet security breaches, 76% of the survey group thought the internet was a safe … 3 “as long as you know what you’re doing”. “Probably the middle-aged are the most vulnerable,” said Open University psychologist Graham Jones. “I think children, teenagers and people under their mid-20s have grown up with technology and they understand it deeply,” he said. He thinks it is the parents who … 4 to become more sophisticated. Charlie McDonnell is a 19-year-old video blogger on YouTube. With 200,000 subscribers and more than 20 million hits overall, he is the third most subscribed to on the site. He amassed around 150 … 5 until he made a tongue-in-cheek film called “how to get featured on YouTube”. His use of the net … 6 how sophisticated young consumers are. “I never really look for news, I find out about stuff that interests me from blogs. I use them as a filter to find news that I find … 7 . Twitter’s not very accurate – it’s one person saying they saw something on one website – but it’s good for getting information … 8 away,” he said. The survey looked at how the web influences the well-being of people aged between 16 and 24. Professor Michael Hulme of Lancaster University, the author of the survey, names this age group “digital natives” as they have … 9 up in an environment rich with computer and mobile technology. “For young people the internet is … 10 of the fabric of their world and does not exist in isolation from the physical world,” he said. 0 found ✔ 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 Word formation: Combatting climate change Read the text about climate change. Some words are missing. Change the word in brackets to form the missing word for each gap (1–9). Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 2 Tip • • Read the whole text very carefully before you start filling the gaps. • • If possible, do not repeat words which you have found in the text. • • When finished, read through the whole text once more and check if it really makes sense. T 3 Tip • • Work with various word families when preparing for a test. • • Before deciding on an answer play around with various endings. • • Read through the passage again to check if all the words are correct. T 5 10 15 20 154 Exam preparation Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv