CEPT Practice C1 level Open cloze test about Doodling is Good (1minute to answer)

 

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

Doodling Is Good

The next time you are caught doodling, that is making unconscious or unfocused drawings (1) _____ you should be listening, declare that you are simply trying to boost your concentration. Recent research suggests that, (2) ____ than something to be frowned on, doodling should be actively encouraged because it improves our ability to pay attention. A study which compared (3) ____ well people remembered details of a dull speech found that people who doodled throughout retained much more information than those trying to concentrate on listening.

Doodling, however, is not the same as daydreaming. It is quite common (4) ____ people to start daydreaming when they are stuck in a boring lecture (5) ____ listening to a tedious discussion, and then to pay little attention to what is (6) _____ on around them. But the research suggests that doodling should no (7) _____ be considered an unnecessary distraction. Not (8) _____ is doodling sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting our task performance, it may actually help keep us (9) _____ track with a boring task.

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