The digital divide - Review 2

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Close-up C2, National Geographic Learning

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

We are becoming over-exposed to technological gadgets. Parents are coming (9) ___ attack for unashamedly using tablets to babysit very young children or to (10) ___ them calm and settled. These little ones (11) ___ attracted by the easy-to-use interface and colourful, engaging apps. They soon develop the need for a constant feed of entertainment and (12) ___ be pacified without it. In (13) ___ likelihood, a crying fit will ensue if you try taking the iPad away from them. All you (14) ___ to do is watch a group of grown-ups sitting around a table in a wi-fi-enabled restaurant or cafe to see that they are as addicted as their own children. The (15) ___ are they are not talking to each other, not in the real world at least. Technology has slowly eased its way into our lives and formed walls between individuals who (16) ___ communicate with each other but instead choose not to. If human communication is disrupted by this digital divide, what will become of us? What kind of adults will the tablet-wielding toddlers of today grow up to be?

The digital divide

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