Too many emails

Part 3.- For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Too many emails

 

Some years ago, there were (0)_PREDICTIONS (PREDICT) that email would soon be replaced as the most common means of online communication by social (17)_________(WORK) sites. Since then, however, the number of emails sent has increased (18)__________(STEADY), to the point that the volume received on a daily basis has become (19)_______(STRESSING) for many people.

For some users, the situation has become so (20)_______(BEAR) that they regularly delete all the emails they receive without even bothering to read them, which is rather (21)_________ (RISK) to say the least. A less extreme measure is to install software that sorts incoming mail into different categories. By doing this, promotions from (22)_________(COMMERCE) organisations, for instance, go into a separate folder from messages arriving from friends or emplyers. (23)_____(ABLE) us to see which emails are more important than others. Not all of us, though may be son keen to let software make such (24)_______(DECIDE) for us.