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The combination of music and study has long been  source of disagreement between adults and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that  (silent) is important when learning, whereas youngsters insist that (they) favourite sounds help them concentrate.

Now a study shows that the (grown-up) have been right all along. Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essays and without music in the background. They (find) that the sounds slowed progress down by about sixty words per hour. "This demonstrates (clear) that it is difficult to cope with listening and writing at the same time," said Dr. Sarah. She also came to the conclusion it is a myth that instrumental music is less disturbing than songs. "All types of music had the same effect," she said in her report. "One's ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely (disturb) by both songs and instrumental music." she added.

Dr. Sarah claimed the research demonstrated that the idea that music could improve performance was wrong. "Writing an essay is a complex task. You (recall) information and putting it in order. But what is particularly worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying in front of the television."

I was never very neat. Yet, when I arrived at college, my roommate didn't seem to appreciate my 1 . I am not sure why they 2 us together. Kim was extremely organized. She 3 everything and each item she owned had its place. We were always having a hard time with each other. She would be mad at my dirty clothes and I would 4 washing powder headaches. She would push my clothing over to one side and I would lay one of my books on her 5 desk.

However, it all came to an end one late evening and I didn't even know why we had both returned to each other's 6 . When the phone rang, she picked it up and I could tell from her end of the conversation that her father was 7 ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled under her covers and I could hear her quiet 8 . Though I didn't mean for it to happen, 1 could feel the warm feelings of 9 rising up in my heart. It was something no girl should 10 alone. What to do? I smiled as I got the idea.

Slowly, 1 began to clear up my side of the room. I took back the 11 I had set on her desk. I got so 12 in my work that I didn't even notice Kim had come out from under the covers. She was watching my every move, her tears dried and her expression one of 13 . When I was finally done, I went and sat at the end of her bed. Her hand was warm as it 14 over to grasp mine. I looked up into Kim's eyes and she smiled at me.

Kim and I stayed roommates for the rest of that year. We didn't always see eye to eye, but we learned the 15 to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

In 2013, digital media consultant Baratunde Thurston launched an experiment. He decided to disconnect from his online life for twenty-five days: no Facebook, no Twitter, not even e-mail. He needed the break. 

It didn't take him long to adjust to a disconnected life. By the end of that first week, he was less stressed about not knowing new things. He enjoyed food without Twittering the experience. But the end came too soon. After the twenty-five days. he had to restore his online presence.

His experiment summarizes two important points about our relationship with social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The first point is that we increasingly recognize that these tools fragment (碎裂) our time and reduce our ability to concentrate. But the problem is especially serious if you're attempting to improve your ability to work deeply.

To fight back against these distractions, Thurston felt his only option was to quit the Internet altogether. But the problem is that no one is meant to actually follow Thurston's lead. That is to accept our current distracted state as unavoidable. This brings me to the second point summarized by Thurston's story: it didn't take him long once the experiment ended to slide back into the fragmented state where he began.

This rule proposes a third option: accepting that these tools might be vital to your success and happiness, but meanwhile accepting that most people should be using fewer such tools. I won't ask you, in other words, to quit the Internet altogether like Thurston did. There is a middle ground, and if you're to develop a deep work habit, you must fight to get there.

A. He struck up conversations with strangers.

B. It is a real problem for many different people.

C. "I was burnt out, fried, and done," he explained.

D. This reality accounts for the remaining alternative.

E. He had to return to the online world with books to market.

F. But I'll ask you to reject the state of highly distracted connectedness.

G. Fortunately, you will break the habit of surfing the Internet gradually.