Use of English (test english)

You know exams are around the corner and you can’t stop checking your Facebook? If that is _____ , you are likely to get bad results because of your more than apparent internet addiction.

• so

• it

• like

• which

______ can be considered an internet addict when the internet becomes a priority in life, above other priorities, such as exams.

• He

• One

• They

• People

Social media is known _____ a rush of happiness and contentment  _____ the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter which helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure centres, and which plays a key role in addictions.

• to trigger

• to have triggered

• because

• owing to

• since

The more people use social media,  (a)   stimulation they receive, which makes them more vulnerable to addiction.

And teens get more easily addicted to the internet and social media because their brains are still developing and they still have to set their priorities, and that makes it more difficult _____ control their use of social media even when they know that they really need to study for exams.

• for them to

• them

• they

• that they

Social media is a constant source of text, photographs, videos – all of _____ provide stimulus to the brain making the activity addictive.

• it

• that

• which

• what

And peer pressure also adds to it, because teenagers feel that they would miss out on what’s going on among their friends if they _____ constantly check their Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook.

• wouldn’t

• won’t

• don’t

• didn’t

It seems that addiction to social media is more common in teens with lower self-esteem, since their online interactions make them ____ they are part of a group.

• feel

• to feeling

• to feel

• feeling

Of course, parents on _____ don’t have a clue what their kids do online.

• the whole

• general

• most

• all

Not only _____ have little or no idea how to technically control their children’s behaviour online,(...)

• they might

• do they

• they

• they do