Touchscreen teething problems - Module 4

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Expert Proficiency Resource Book, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

familiar

accustomed

comfortable

proficient

strewn

caked

stashed

clogged

amplified

deteriorated

compounded

exacerbated

haste

transit

foot

move

whims

kinks

glitches

quirks

prone

apt

inclined

liable

hence

furthermore

thereby

otherwise

hold

take

put

bring

The (0) ___ of touchscreen typing didn't suit everyone initially. Some people who had grown (1) ___ to using a conventional keyboard, missed the physical feedback on whether they had hit the correct key or not. They found the touchscreen slow to use, whilst the text they produced was (2) ___ with errors, a situation that was (3) ___ if the text was produced on the (4) ___ using a smartphone. Researchers at Maryland University found that many of these errors resulted from (5) ___ in each individual's typing style. For example, a user might be (6) ___ to hitting the bottom of a key rather than the centre, increasing the likelihood that they would also hit the key below by mistake, (7) ___ producing so-called 'fat finger' errors. They also found that if typing and walking simultaneously, there was a tendency for people to hit a different part of the key if the tap coincided with their foot striking the ground. The data produced by the team eventually allowed designers to (8) ___ these very human characteristics into account in the next generation of touchscreen keyboards.

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