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EXERCISE 5: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to  indicate the  correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Why is text messaging so popular, especially with young people? There are two main reasons. One is cost, as many teenagers have to use pay-as-you-go mobile tariffs (1)                                 of contracts, and so it is cheaper to send a  text message than make a  voice call. So  texters get  better  value of  (2)                       . But there is a second, less practical reason for its popularity. A generation is growing up happy to communicate mostly by text, and this new form of instant communication is even more relaxed and informal than either email or phone calls. Text messaging  has   created  a   completely  new language,  (3)              of abbreviations and unusual spellings.

It is a language that is not understood by adults, even though they can buy special  dictionaries  explaining  it,  and  it  has  opened  up  a  huge generation (4)                                 between teenagers and their parents. For teenagers, text is convenient and quick, but it  confuses parents. Text messaging is a teenage response to grown up technology and provide young people with a means of communicating that is always accessible. It is also something (5)                                 they can call their own, and in spite of some concern in  the  teaching profession that literacy skills are  being lost text messaging is a form of communication that is certainly here to stay.

(Source: haps://enwikipediaorgAviki/Text messaging)

 

Question 1: A. instead

B. in spite

C. as a result

D. in case

Question 2; A. cash

B. income

C. money

D. earnings

Question 3: A. capable

B. independent

C. full

D. consisting

Question 4: A. distance

B. gap

C. length

D. obstacle

Question 5: A. which

B. who

C. what

D. that

 

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