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Five sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences (A-F) the ones which fit in each gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence you don’t need to use. (10 marks)
LOGGED OFF: MEET THOSE WHO REFUSE TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA
It is widely believed that young people are hopelessly devoted to social media. Teenagers, according to this stereotype, tweet, gram, Snap and scroll. But for every young person hunched over a screen, there are others for whom social media is no longer that attractive. (1)
“You start doing things that are dishonest,” says Amanda, who quit social media aged 18. (4)
A When it comes to Gen Z’s relationship to social media, “significant cracks are beginning to show”, says the firm’s representative Lesley Bielby.
B Quitting social media is a determined move: apps including Facebook and Instagram are designed to be addictive.
C Among the 45-plus age group, the proportion who value social media has increased from 20% to 28%.
D These teens are turning their backs on the technology – and there are more of them than you might think.
E “I was presenting this dishonest version of myself, on Instagram, a platform where most people were presenting dishonest versions of themselves.”
F For Tyreke Morgan, 18, from Bristol, being a hard man to get hold of – he has no social media presence at all – has its advantages.
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