<CD-RAT><Entry><HWD>PART\PART 2</HWD><Activity><GapFillInput layer="1" h="380" w="620" y="10" x="10" show-wordpool="0" wordpool-position="above"><Title alignment="left" isOn="1">2 Open cloze<br /></Title><Instruction alignment="left" isOn="1">For questions <B>1-12</B>, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only <B>one </B>word in each space. There is an example at the beginning <B>0</B>. <br /></Instruction><ReferenceObject soundIsOn="0" videoIsOn="0" defaultHeight="200" alignment="left" isOn="0" /><ScrollableAssets /><Content><Question><FONT SIZE="14"><B>Why speak when you can text instead?</B></FONT><br />Why is text messaging so popular, especially <B>(0)</B> <I><U>among</U></I> young people?<br />There are two main reasons. One is cost. Many teenagers have to use pay-as-you-go mobile tariffs<br /> <B>(1)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />instead</Gap> of taking out contracts, and it is cheaper for them to send a text message <B>(2)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />than</Gap> to make a voice call. So texters get better value <B>(3)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />for</Gap> money.<br />But there is a second, less practical reason why texting is so widespread. A generation is growing<br /> <B>(4)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />up</Gap> happy to communicate mostly by text, and <B>(5)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />this</Gap> new form of instant communication is more relaxed and informal than either email or phone calls.<br />Text messaging has created <B>(6)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />a</Gap> completely new language, full of abbreviations and unusual spellings. It is a language that is not understood by adults, even <B>(7)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />though</Gap> they can buy special dictionaries explaining it, and it has opened up a huge generation gap <B>(8)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />between</Gap> teenagers and their parents.<br />Text messaging is a teenage response to technology and provides young people with a means of communicating <B>(9)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />that|which</Gap> is always accessible. It is also something that they can call <B>(10)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />their</Gap> own, and in <B>(11)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />spite</Gap> of some fears among teachers that literacy skills are <B>(12)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />being</Gap> lost, text messaging is a form of communication that is certainly here to stay. <LineBreak size="12" /><br /><FONT SIZE="10"><I>Adapted from THE SUNDAY TIMES</I></FONT></Question></Content></GapFillInput><Feedback playallOn="1" showAnswersOn="1" animatedFeedbackOn="1" testModeOn="0" instantFeedbackOn="0"><Sounds /></Feedback><GenericActivity hintsNextTo="0" timerIsOn="0" CDPrefsFolder="preferences/" CDPrefsFile="cd1.xml"><ActivityCanvas graphicAlpha="100" folder="" file="" colourAlpha="100" colour="transparent" /><SoundLibrary y="10" x="10" isOn="0" /><VideoLibrary h="252" w="385" y="78" x="10" isOn="0" /><Assets /></GenericActivity></Activity></Entry></CD-RAT>
