Write a summary of the passage in 150 words.

Transitions: Read the following text and choose the best transition answer.

As with all technology, mobile phones can have their pros and cons, depending on how
they are used. (1) Therefore/Although/Since they can be useful tools for staying in touch,
finding out new information and coordinating social activities, studies show that they can
negatively affect concentration, communication and natural patterns of sleep. Phones can have
nasty side effects, (2)similarly/moreover/however, there are ways to minimize their impact on
students. For tasks that require attention and cognitive demands (i.e. homework), researchers
have found that the mere presence of a mobile phone may be sufficiently distracting to damage
attention. In a fascinating study, researchers asked strangers to talk to each other for 10 minutes.
Half the participants had the conversation with their mobile phones on the table, the other half
had a notebook (3) instead/whereas/in the same manner.It was observed that those who chatted
in sight of their mobile phone said they were less likely to be friends with their partner and
reported feeling less close to them. (4) In fact/thus/ conversely, mobile phones can affect the
quality of face-to-face communication even if you don’t consciously know it. As a result, using
your mobile phone too much in the evening can lead to going to bed later, getting less overall
sleep, and lower quality sleep. Mobile phones are now so entwined in our daily lives that, even if
banned at school, teenagers will be on their phones for long periods at home. (5) In that case/for
instance/Certainly, there are ways to help students manage their mobile phone usage –
encourage students to put their phone away during homework and dim the backlight on their
screens during bedtime.

Grammar and Editing

Each highlighted part in the following passage contains an error (in parallelism or misplaced
modifiers/dangling modifiers). Circle the most appropriate answer.

Japan is widely known as a country of wonders. (A)This country can boast of

incredibly beautiful stature, rich culture, and technological progressing that has outpaced the
rest of the world for decades. One of the manifestations of this progress is the famous Tokyo
Skytree. (B) This enormous skyscraper, built right in the city center dramatically, has
changed the city’s appearance. The Tokyo Skytree belongs to the most prominent constructions
ever raised by human beings. It would not be an exaggeration to say, (C)in Tokyo because it is
so incredibly high, the tower can be seen at almost any place. To be precise, the Tokyo
Skytree is 2,080 feet high, which makes it Japan’s tallest structure, and the second highest
building in the world, before the famous Burj Khalifa. Besides, the tower I illuminated with LED
lights, so the Tokyo Skytree’s colors change daily, from pale purple to sky blue. (D)Using
modern technologies, can withstand even powerful earthquakes, which occur in Japan
rather often.(E) Without a doubt, the TokyoSkytree is a wonder of technology and
industrialized design. It makes Tokyo, which has consistently been futuristic, look like a city
from the distant future.

A
i) This country can boast of incredibly beautiful nature, richness of culturing, and
technological progressing …
ii) This country can boast of incredibly beautiful natural, rich culture, and technological
progressing …
iii) This country can boast of incredibly beautiful nature, rich culture, and technological
progress …
iv) None of the above.
B
i) This enormous skyscraper dramatically built right in the city center, has changed the
city’s appearance.
ii) This enormous skyscraper built right in the city center, has changed the city’s appearance
dramatically.
iii) This enormous skyscraper built right in the city center dramatically, has changed the
city’s appearance.
iv) This enormous dramatically skyscraper built right in the city center, has changed the
city’s appearance

C
i) … because it is so incredibly high, the tower can be seen at almost any place in Tokyo.
ii) in Tokyo, because it is so incredibly almost high, the tower can be seen at any place.
iii) … the tower can be seen at almost any place, because it is so incredibly high, in Tokyo.
iv) None of the above.

D
i) Using modern technologies, can withstand even powerful earthquakes, which occur in
Japan rather often.
ii) Using modern technologies, which occur in Japan rather often, can withstand even
powerful earthquakes.
iii) Even powerful earthquakes, which occur in Japan rather often, can withstand using
modern technologies.
iv) None of the above.

E
i) Without a doubt, it is a wonder of technology and industrial design, the Tokyo Skytree.
ii) The Tokyo Skytree is a wonder of technology and without a doubt is an industrial design.
iii) Without a doubt is a wonder of technology and industrial design.
iv) Without a doubt, the Tokyo Skytree is a wonder of technology and industrial design.