A recent survey (Q.1) ..... that office workers are suffering from an increasingly common
21st-century problem: too many emails. The study, which involved observing the (Q.2) ..... of over
50 companies, appears to show that the huge number of messages they are now receiving is
(Q.3).....many of them from doing their jobs properly. In some cases, (Q.4) ..... to the authors of the
report, the negative (Q.5) ..... on concentration can be as bad as losing a whole night's sleep.
The main problem seems to be that whenever employees receive emails, they feel (Q.6) to
reply to them immediately. Often the message has nothing at all to (Q.7) ..... with the work they are
currently involved in, requiring them to focus on a completely different issue - until the next email
arrives. These constant changes are tiring for the brain and this inevitably (Q.8) ..... to poor overall
performance.
Many employees continue to do this outside working (Q.9) ..... , checking their emails at home again
and again just in (Q.10) ..... there are any new messages. Some even do so while they are on holiday.
The solution, say the scientists who (Q.11) ..... the survey, is relatively simple. Companies should
advise people to check their emails far less often, possibly as (Q.12) ..... as three or four times a
day, reminding them that not every message needs an instant reply. They could also encourage
their employees to relax more, and not (Q.13) ..... their work quite so seriously.
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Answer :
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "edit" as "to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown."
The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.
The correct passage is as follows :
A recent survey (Q.1) found that office workers are suffering from an increasingly common 21st-century problem: too many emails. The study, which involved observing the (Q.2) staff of over 50 companies, appears to show that the huge number of messages they are now receiving is (Q.3) preventing many of them from doing their jobs properly. In some cases, (Q.4) according to the authors of the report, the negative (Q.5) effects on concentration can be as bad as losing a whole night's sleep. The main problem seems to be that whenever employees receive emails, they feel (Q.6) obliged to reply to them immediately. Often the message has nothing at all to (Q.7) do with the work they are currently involved in, requiring them to focus on a completely different issue - until the next email arrives. These constant changes are tiring for the brain and this inevitably (Q.8) leads to poor overall performance. Many employees continue to do this outside working (Q.9) hours , checking their emails at home again and again just in (Q.10) case there are any new messages. Some even do so while they are on holiday. The solution, say the scientists who (Q.11) carried out the survey, is relatively simple. Companies should advise people to check their emails far less often, possibly as (Q.12) little as three or four times a day, reminding them that not every message needs an instant reply. They could also encourage their employees to relax more, and not (Q.13) take their work quite so seriously.
From the above paragraph, some suitable prepositions can be used to completely make the sentenses sound good. Here are the most suitable prepositions for their respective blanks.
1. found
2. staff
3. interfering
4. according
5. effect
6. obliged
7. do
8. results
9. hours
10. case
11. carry out
12. few
13. take
With these prepositions the passage can be completely understood. Even some other words/prepositions can also be used without changing the meaning of the passage likewise instead of found, showed can also be used, employees for staff, etc.