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This text discusses the negative impacts of smartphone overuse. It links smartphone addiction to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and increased risk of vision loss. Studies show smartphones can negatively impact intellectual development by diminishing attentiveness. Excessive smartphone use rewires the brain to prioritize phone notifications over other tasks. While smartphones provide access to information, experts recommend using technology wisely to avoid psychological vulnerabilities, especially in children.

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Test 7

This text discusses the negative impacts of smartphone overuse. It links smartphone addiction to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and increased risk of vision loss. Studies show smartphones can negatively impact intellectual development by diminishing attentiveness. Excessive smartphone use rewires the brain to prioritize phone notifications over other tasks. While smartphones provide access to information, experts recommend using technology wisely to avoid psychological vulnerabilities, especially in children.

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Task 4

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yourself! Aa DIY online store
Designa new thing or modify an old item! B a designing bureau
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C a dentist
willfind everything you need here at D a job offer
www.becreative.com E a furniture shop
F a quiz show
worldwide—$10 per kilo
Shipping G a shipping game
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best fits sheet.
Choose from (A-H) the one which separate answer
Read the text below. on the
your answers
two choices you don't need to use. Write

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Smart Phone or Smart
most
for more than a year, and for the
dependency a day
Scientists have been studying the issue of telephone most people are distracted many times
or not,
part, agree that this is a serious problem. Consciously
message from the social network. And while in the
- whether it's an email from your boss or a with it.
to be quite natural, the human body may not agree
digital world, this all seems (34) . And
anxiety and sleep disorders,
Overuse of smartphoneshas been linked to depression,high light from electronic devices
can
also concluded that the blue
recently in a new study, scientists have
more dependent on their smartphones.
significantly increase the risk of vision loss. People are becoming
addiction is already so widely recognized that there is even a name for fear of being left without a
This
mobile phone - nomophobia.
impact on the intellectual
Anumber ofstudies have also shown thatthe use of smart gadgets has a negative
level of people. Attentivenesscan be diminished even (35) even with a gadget just nearby, it is
enough to subconsciously distract.
The point is that smartphones have become an integral «window into the world», and so our brain
automatically determines them since the signal from the phone activates the same involuntary system of
attention, (36) Frequent relying on the PocketPC in search of answers also significantly reduces the
brain's ability to memorize information.
Modern children are under the biggest threat. A generation (37) has even been called the «iGen»
generation. It is believed that this generation is psychologically much more vulnerable than others.
However, experts believe that the negative impact of smartphones and social networks should not make
people abandon the use of technology, (38)

A that gadgets are not working


B which in turn lead to a host of other illnesses
C that never knew a time without phones
D when smartphones are not in use
E by different types of signals from their smartphones
F which is responsible for the perception of the
sound of your name
G just need to use it wisely
H with calls and constant messages from
Instagram and social
networks

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Read the texts below. For questions (39-48) choose the correct answer
(A, B, C or D).Write
your

WWF

the variety of international organisationsj WWF is always


worth mentioning.Its missionis
(40) nature and help to maintain a healthy ecosystem on our beautiful to
Earth,The areaswhichtheycare
are our food, climate, freshwater, wildlife, forests and oceans.

Thesad truth is that we, humans, destroy the glorious animal and plants kingdoms withoutany thought
aboutthe horrifying consequences. The small group of nature enthusiasts and scientists is the base of
hWF,whoactually think about the results of actions and try to stop the inevitable outcome,

g2)____preserving nature, this organisation is concerned about food and its footprint.The problemis
hatyearly1.3 billion ton of food goes to waste still leaving over 800 (43) people malnourished,Its
nottoolate for humanity to stop and think over actions, help itself and nature.

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C keep D conserve
40 A defend B solve
C around D off
41 A about B from
c As well as D Furthermore
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For questions (49-58) choose the correct answer (A,
Readthe texts below. B, C or D). Write your
answer sheet.
onthe separate
answers

How Streaming Services Are Conquering the Market

of streaming services, cable TV networks (49) in their attempts to attract


thegrowingvariety
Whyis that, you might wonder. TV networks and everything they do depend (50)
viewers. the viewers
whereasstreaming services are not (51)
ratings,
limited by censorship. As a resulti such streaming
as Netflix are more flexible in choosing plots for the shows or movies and budget shifts.

lastdecade, the number of people who still have cable TV at their homes (52) significantlyr
the audience chooses not to cut the cable and in the best case to have two options intact:the
de andNetflix.The reason behind such a choice is that none of the streaming services can provide
testospotts. And a lot ofAmericans love sports so much that even the bargain price ofthe subscription
EL-—change their minds.

B struggle C is struggling D were stru oofing


49 A are struggling

B from C of D off
A on

B strict C strictness D restricted


A strictly
C drops D will drop
52 A drop B has dropped
must not D should not
A cannot B may not C

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