I. Multiple choice question: Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). (2pts/10 sentences)

British parents are always (1) ...………….….that their children spend too much time (2) .....………….TV and not enough time doing other activities like sports and reading. A (3) .....…….….survey of people’s free time activities (4) ....……….….that young people spend about 23 hours a week in (5) .....…….….of the television set, that means over 3 hours (6) .....…….…..  (7) .....…….…., the average adult watches even more: 28 hours a week. Every household in the country has a TV set and over half have two or more. (8)....…………….to the survey, people do not only sit in their living room watching TV but also watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

We can not deny that television also (9)....………….….some negative effects especially children, because many films shown on TV contain violence, crime and other bad things. Excessive watching of TV by children has lowered (10).....……….….results in studying at school.

1.

A.

complain

B.

complaining

C.

complains

D.

complained

2.

A.

to watch

B.

Watch

C.

watching

D.

watched

3.

A.

recent

B.

recently

C.

late

D.

lately

4.

A.

show

B.

to show

C.

showing

D.

shows

5.

A.

back

B.

Front

C.

side

D.

behind

6.

A.

a day

B.

a week

C.

a month

D.

a year

7.

A.

Surprise  

B.

Surprised

C.

Surprisingly

D.

To surprise 

8.

A.

Because

B.

Addition

C.

Besides

D.

According

9.

A.

have

B.

Having

C.

has

D.

had

10.

A.

its

B.

Their

C.

his

D.

her