Doodling Is Good - Test 5

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 2, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

The next time you are caught doodling, that is making unconscious or unfocused drawings (0) ___ you should be listening, declare that you are simply trying to boost your concentration. Recent research suggests that, (9) ___ than something to be frowned on, doodling should be actively encouraged because it improves our ability to pay attention. A study which compared (10) ___ well people remembered details of a dull speech found that people who doodled throughout retained much more information than those trying to concentrate on listening. Doodling, however, is not the same as daydreaming. It is quite common (11) ___ people to start daydreaming when they are stuck in a boring lecture (12) ___ listening to a tedious discussion, and then to pay little attention to what is (13) ___ on around them. But the research suggests that doodling should no (14) ___ be considered an unnecessary distraction. Not (15) ___ is doodling sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting our task performance, it may actually help keep us (16) ___ track with a boring task.

Doodling Is Good

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