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1) One in four people spend more time socializing online, using sites such as Facebook, than they
do in person, according to research.
2) People now have 11 different ways of staying in contact with their friends from the comfort of
their sofa or bedroom.
3) These include simple email, messenger, text and several forms of social networking from Twitter
to Facebook, said the survey by online casino Yazino.
4) It is found even when there is time to see people face to face, like at a weekend, up to 11 percent
of all adults still choose to .
5) This could be down to laziness, the cost of going out or simply not wanting too much personal
contact with friends and family but just enough to swap brief messages and online chats.
6) It all adds up. The average online Brit spends 4.6 hours a week talking to friends online and only
six hours a week talking to people in person, said Yazino.
7) There is even an army of "extreme sofalisers"－the three percent who spend a staggering 25 hours
or more each week talking to friends via electronic devices.
8) The survey of 2, 000 adults also found 11 percent organize all their social diary around Facebook,
Bebo or other network sites.
9) Yazino founder Hussein Chahine said, "Communication is constantly evolving. Some people are as
used to seeing their friends' online image as they are their face."
10) "We are now just as likely to SMS or email a friend as we are to call them."
11) "People increasingly prefer quick and frequent engagement with instant updates on news than a
prolonged chat and are also finding new ways to catch up with friends from their comfort of their sofa."
12) More than seven in ten text their friends and family and 31 percent use social networking sites
while just 27 percent now use email as their primary means of contact.
13) A further 18 percent use live chat and instant messaging systems.
1. What is the title of the passage? (no more than 10 words)
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2. Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 4 words)
Some people see their friends' online image so often that they feel as if .
3. Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the
sentence. (no more than 8 words)
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4. List two reasons why many people don't want to talk to people in person. (no more than 15 words)
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5. What does the underlined word "These" (Line 1, Paragraph 3) probably refer to? (no more
than 10 words)
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