Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 1 to 5
British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time glued to telly and not enough time on other activities (1)_____ sports and reading. A survey recently (2)_____ on people’s viewing habits does not disprove this. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average 23 hours a week in front of the television, which works out at over three hours everyday.
What is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We seem to have become a nation of addicts. Just about every household in the country has a television and over half have two or more. According to the survey, people nowadays don’t just watch television sitting in their living-rooms; they watch it in the kitchen and in bed (3)_____
The education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain’s pupils should spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example; adults do (4)_____ reading than young people. In fact reading is at the bottom of their list of favoring pastimes. They would (5)_____ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their televisions at home.
(2)_____
A.carried
B.researched
C.investigated
D.carried out