For questions 1 - 12 read the text bwlow and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap There is an example at the beginning. Mark your answers in the Google form below the text
Multitasking children
The trend for children to multitask by juggling all sorts of electronic gadgets at the same time is seriously damaging their levels of concentration, scientists have warned. (1) _____ use of the internet, iPods, mobile phones and DVDs (2) _____ behind that finding. Scientists have (3) _____ the belief of many parents that it is imposible to concentrate on more than one thing at the same time. They found that children (4) _____ homework while sending messages via the internet can (5) _____ up spending 50% longer than if they had done each task _____
David E Meyer, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Michigan, said that true multitasking is (7) _____ possible for simple activities such as ironing and listening to the radio. He (8) _____ experiments demonstrating that young adults who had to (9) _____ from one maths problem to another wasted significant amounts of time. Meyer said: "For situations (10) _____ more complex tasks, especially those requiering language, the total time taken to get all the tasks done will increase (11) _____. Over long periods, this kind of multitasking can stress you aout and (12) _____ to mental and physical exhaustion.
