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When you do something "by the numbers," you _____.
a. rely on your feelings
b. follow the steps carefully
c. do it as fast as you can
A. Answer the questions about By the Numbers.
1. Main Idea The article is about how teens today _____.
a. spend their free time
b. learn
c. prepare for college
2. Vocabulary Having a "competitive" college application gives someone more _____ for college.
a. advantage in applying
b. time to apply
c. chances to apply
3. Detail Students today are more involved in activities _____ than in the past.
a. in school clubs
b. in the community
c. in the classroom
4. Detail According to the article, technology has changed the way teens today _____.
a. speak b. travel c. connect with friends
5. Inference The advantage of online communication is that it allows people to _____.
a. visit friends
b. understand each other better
c. interact with more people
B. Complete the sentences. Use information from the charts in the article.
1. Participation in __________ showed the greatest decrease between 1991 and 2011.
2. About __________ more teenagers use Snapchat compared to Twitter and Google+.
3. In __________ , the percentage of high school seniors going to the movies decreased to about 50%.
4. In 2011, about __________ more teens volunteered compared to 1981.
C. Talk with a partner. How do you think your leisure time compares to that of an American teen? What do you think you do more or less of these days compared to the past?
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