British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time glued to television and not enough time (1) ________ other activities like sports and reading. A survey recently carried out on people’s viewing habits does not disprove this. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average 23 hours a week in front of the television, (2) ________ works out at over three hours every day.

What is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours (3) _________ week. We seem to have become a nation of addicts. Just about every household in the country has a television and over half have two (4) _________ more. According to the survey, people nowadays don’t only watch television sitting in their living- rooms, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as (5) _________.