Gateway B2+ Unit 3 Listening

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Listen to a researcher explaining how she believes the Internet is affecting our minds. Complete the notes with one word in each gap. Social networking sites are increasingly popular for making on-line friendships although the interaction is via chat rooms, texts or [Blank] and not face to face. But how do people maintain real friendships?
3.

I believe a friend is a person you can call, meet for coffee or invite to your house whenever you have a [Blank] .
4.

I also believe a friend is for life and it needs [Blank] , just like a marriage. For the young, a long friendship that lasts years would be ‘too boring’.
5.

Children today are very selfish and either eliminate or ignore a friend who is in [Blank] . I blame the Internet.
6.

Children can’t concentrate on things for more than a few minutes, unlike the older generation who could develop relationships because they had more [Blank] .
7.

Listen again and choose the best answers, A, B or C. What does the speaker say about her daughter?
- A.
  
  She has over a thousand online friends.
- B.
  
  She has friends who can access her personal information.
- C.
  
  She knows people who communicate with numerous people they have never met.
8.

What is the speaker’s attitude towards the younger generation?
- A.
  
  They don’t have meaningful relationships.
- B.
  
  They are friendly.
- C.
  
  They take risks by meeting strangers.
9.

The speaker thinks that friendship ...
- A.
  
  Is as important as a marriage.
- B.
  
  Is more important for old people.
- C.
  
  Is something that lasted longer in the past.
10.

The speaker says that children are self-centred because ...
- A.
  
  They get everything they want.
- B.
  
  They have hundreds of friends.
- C.
  
  Their priority is themselves.
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What does the speaker suggest about the younger generation?
- A.
  
  Their minds have not developed in the same way as their parents and grandparents.
- B.
  
  They lose concentration because they have too many buttons to press.
- C.
  
  They blame the Internet for their problems.