💡 Adapted from Close-up (C2) Student’s Book.
Supply each blank with one suitable word to make a meaningful passage.
We are becoming over-exposed to technological gadgets. Parents are coming (1)
Explanation
Correct Answer: under

When people come under attack, they are strongly criticized for doing something.

attack for unashamedly using tablets to babysit very young children or to (2)
Explanation
Correct Answer: keep / get

We use verbs like keep or get to describe the action of helping someone maintain or reach a relaxed state (keep them calm).

them calm and settled. These little ones (3)
Explanation
Correct Answer: are

The present simple passive form (are attracted) is required here to describe a general truth or fact about the children.

attracted by the easy-to-use interface and colourful, engaging apps. They soon develop the need for a constant feed of entertainment and (4)
Explanation
Correct Answer: cannot / can’t

The context requires a negative modal verb of ability to show that it is impossible to calm the children down (be pacified) without giving them the tablet.

be pacified without it. In (5)
Explanation
Correct Answer: all

The phrase in all likelihood means something is very highly probable or almost certain to happen.

likelihood, a crying fit will ensue if you try taking the iPad away from them.

All you (6)
Explanation
Correct Answer: have / need

The structures all you have to do or all you need to do are commonly used to emphasize how simple or easy an action is.

to do is watch a group of grown-ups sitting around a table in a wi-fi-enabled restaurant or café to see that they are as addicted as their own children. The (7)
Explanation
Correct Answer: chances

The expression the chances are is a conversational way to say that something is very likely to be true.

are they are not talking to each other, not in the real world at least. Technology has slowly eased its way into our lives and formed walls between individuals who (8)
Explanation
Correct Answer: can

A modal verb of ability is needed here to express that these individuals have the capability to communicate, even though they intentionally choose not to.

communicate with each other but instead choose not to. If human communication is disrupted by this digital divide, what will (9)
Explanation
Correct Answer: become

The phrase become of is used to ask what will happen to someone or something in the future.

of us? What kind of adults will the tablet-wielding toddlers of today grow (10)
Explanation
Correct Answer: up

The phrasal verb grow up means to gradually develop from a child into an adult.

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