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REVISION TEST 
 
Task 1. Read the text and decide which word (a, b or c) best fits each gap. 
Teenage TV addicts prone to crime 
Teenagers who watch more than four hours television a night are more 
prone to crime, drug-taking, and becoming (1) … from society, according 
to the (2) … research. The (3) … followed publication of a report which 
found that TV addicts – whose who (4) … at least four hours a night in 
front of the television – are more likely to have anti-social attitudes, (5) … 
on badly with their parents and feel disillusioned. The researchers said that 
these youngsters developed spectator mentalities which prevented them 
from taking an active (6) … in life. 
Of the 20,000 teenagers aged between 13 and 15 who participated in 
the (7)…, more than a quarter said they watched at least four hours a 
night. After comparing their answers with those of other respondents, the 
researchers said that their findings (8) … a disturbing picture. Almost 50 
per cent of the addict group dismissed school as boring compared with 
fewer than 30 per cent of those who watched less television. TV addicts 
were also happier to accept that they might be unemployed after (9) … 
school and more than 20 per cent would prefer it to work they did not like. 
More than one in ten condoned shoplifting, compared with one in twenty 
other teenagers, while one in five (10) … graffiti as acceptable. TV ad-
dicts were also more tolerant of drug-taking. 
1. a. isolated 
b. distracted 
c. disappointed 
2. a. current 
b. recent 
c. new 
3. a. notice 
b. warning 
c. advice 
4. a. use 
b. spend 
c. relax 
5. a. get 
b. put 
c. go 
6. a. play 
b. part 
c. place 
7. a. report 
b. survey 
c. questionnaire 
8. a. displayed 
b. showed 
c. described 
9. a. graduating 
b. leaving 
c. abandoning 
10. a. regarded 
b. observed 
c. remarked 

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