SECTION III: READING

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.

A POWERFUL INFLUENCE

          There is no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. (56) _______, most parents worry that their children spend too much time browsing the Internet or playing computer games, hardly (57) _______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are curious to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be harmful for their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (58) _______ their computers.

 

          Obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours, absorbed (59) _______ some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should make of the Internet, and the child should give his or her (60) _______ that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not holding to this arrangement, parents can (61) _______ more drastic steps. Dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is not much different from negotiating any other sort of bargain about behaviour.

          Any parents (62) _______ is seriously alarmed about a child’s behaviour should make an appointment to discuss the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of a computer screen does not necessarily affect a child’s (63) _______ at school. Even if a child is (64) _______ crazy about using the Internet, he or she is probably just going through a phase, and in (65) _______ months there will be something else to worry about!

There is no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. (56) _______,