Task 6
Questions 26-30
Read the text below.
For each question (26-30), choose the answer (A-G) that best completes the sentence. There are two letters that you do not need. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning $(\mathbf{0} \rightarrow \mathbf{H})$.
Generation Z
Almost $30 \%$ of the world's population belongs to Generation $Z$. They are the 'Zoomers', (0) ______ Gen Z, the generation of people that come after the Millennials.
While the Millennials (26) ______ born from 1980 to 1994, Gen Z are the 2 billion people born in the period from 1995 to 2015. That means the oldest Gen Z would be around 28 years old today.
Statistics (27) ______ us they use social media every single day.
Nearly 99% of them (28) ______ own a smartphone or have access to one.
Instagram is their favourite social media platform and over 60% of them check YouTube at least once a day. All in all, around 73% of the Zoomers use (29) ______ internet-connected devices mainly for chatting and texting.
The good news is (30) ______ half of the Generation Z population prefers socially responsible and eco-friendly businesses, brands and products. There might be a future for us Earthlings after all.