Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?
Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”
The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.
Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”