Informania - Module 4

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Expert Proficiency Resource Book, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

LINE

DO

REPEAT

COMPULSION

CONTINUE

DATE

STATE

SENSE

Does this sound like a familiar (0) ___ ? I'm on my desk trying to meet the (1) ___ on a college assignment when I hear that little popping noise. It tells me that somebody, somewhere wants to get hold of me. Unable to resist the temptation, I have a quick look to see who it is. Before I know it, I've wasted hours off chatting, and my urgent assignment remains (2) ___ . Annoyed with myself, I wonder how I manage to (3) ___ fall into the same trap. The answer may be that I'm an 'Informaniac'. That's the new term for people whose use of text messages, emails and social networking sites has become a (4) ___ to the point where it dominates their lives. Another symptom is (5) ___ checking your phone in case somebody you know has (6) ___ their status. To say I spend a lot of time looking at my phone and my tablet would be an (7) ___ . I urgently need to get a grip on myself and do the (8) ___ thing: ration my use of them.

Informania

SCENE

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