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Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.

People must be 1.............. the kind of personal information they post on sites.It is difficult to imagine life in what seems like a century ago without the 2......................... and the cell phone,Just how did we manage our lives before the age of instant communication at a fraction of the cost of landline? As a little child in 1960's, I could not 3............. what my teenage sons do with technology today.

Could I have even dreamt of a cell phone, a device that could have taken to school with me and been 4.......... to chat with my friends whenever I wanted?You know the answer.However, today's heaven of instant 5.............. can easily turn into the hell of deadly sin.I mean quite literally.Instant communication devises and portable entertainment products 6 .............. of course be addictive to 7..........., but such addiction can be particularly destructive to young people in school.They can 8.............. students from homework and house chores.They can also 9............ ear drums.Think of the ubiquitous iPod which the youth equate to oxygen 10....... which life is unsuitable!

  

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Martin
1. careful

2.internet

3. visualize

4.able

5.communication

6. could

7.anybody

8.distract

9.damage

10.without
marto answered the question on March 4, 2020 at 06:05


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