B2 TELEVISION ADDICTION FOCUS ON FCE - Use of English, Part 1 For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). The television is often singled out as an (0) ......C...... which is responsible (1)........... numerous, negative (2)........... on the public and the reason behind many problems which afflict today s society. However, that does not mean we can forget about its merits and educational (3)........... and, without a doubt, it cannot take all the blame for the (4)........... in the phenomenon of television addiction in the last few years. Like every instrument of communication, the television can be used for (5)........... or bad and it can become an object which people depend (6)........... B2 when looking to satisfy their needs and when, in a society like today s, there is a crisis in an institution which is solved by (7)........... the problem to this communication device, which should not be done, as it is not designed for this (8)........... . Television addiction, like many other types of modern addiction, is in fact the product of a meeting between some modern psycho-social factors and certain behavioural factors; the former provide fertile ground on which erratic behaviour can develop and which can degenerate into various forms of addiction, which can occasionally be found in the (9)........... person. When people suffer (10)........... modern addictions, such as television addiction, other addictions, which are related, can often be seen; for instance, internet or shopping addictions (11)........... cause B2 B2 television addicts to buy the products advertised on (12)........... television. 0. A. instrument B. item C. object D equipment 1. A. with B. of C. in D. for 2. A. effects B. results C. diseases D. mistakes 3. A. skills B. capabilities C. capacities D. prerequisites 4. A. augment B. abundance C. increase D. size 5. A good B. well C. better D. the best 6. A. in B. on C. for D. from 7. A. delegate B. give C. giving D. delegating 8. A. scope B. result C. purpose D. problem 9. A. same B. equal C. identical D. similar 10. A. of B. with C. for D. from 11. A. must B. will C. may D. shall 12. A. the B. a C. --- D. this 166