You may not use any of the words more than once.
5 Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
- A. anticipate
- B. diminishesK. mutual
- C. approval
- D. furnishesL. obsession
- E. attainH. immersedM. removal
- F. concentrateI. lureN. scenario
- G. continualJ. maintainO. successionThrough online interactions, young people can share ideas, acquire information and be exposed to many opportunities out there. Social media gives them the avenue to make new friends and allows them to 1)____contact with their old friends.However, too much social media also leads to addiction. We are quite familiar with the 2)____of people sitting next to each other, not talking, but just staring at their phones.Young people are more likely to be 3)____in social media rather than spend time with their families and friends. They may check their social media accounts first thing in the morning and check social media updates last thing before going to sleep. With too many distractions, they cannot fully 4)____on their tasks.Social media also leads to 5)____. Some people are crazy about likes and comments and they will do anything to get them on a daily basis. Everything they do, they want to post on social media to get some form of 6)____from strangers. They work tirelessly to buy the latest clothes, eat expensive meals, and visit unusual places, just for a show. They even do things that they would never do in real life, just to impress people. Since they cannot get the same popularity in real life as they do in social media, they yield to the 7)____of social networks.