I. Fill in the blank with a suitable word Hollywood kids
In Hollywood, everybody (1)…………………….to be rich, famous and beautiful. (2) …………………….wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up in such (3) ……………………….unreal atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious, and the children are part of the parents’ (4) ……………………….
Parents pay for extravagant parties, expensive cars, and designer clothes. When every dream can come true, kids learn the value of nothing because they have (5) …………………. A 13-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants, when he wants. ‘One day, I’ll earn (6) ……………….than my father” he boasts.
Parents buy care and attention (7) …………………….their children because they have no time to give it themselves. Amanda’s mother employs a personal trainer, a nutritionist, a bodyguard/ chauffeur, a singing coach, and a counselor to look after her 15-year-ol daughter’s needs.
Often there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals (8) …………………….go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework. They organize their own social lives. They play (9)………………….childhood games. They become (10) ………………….before they are ready.
Hollywood has (11) …………………….been the city of dreams. The kids in Los Angeles live unreal (12) …………………. where money, beauty, and pleasure are the only gods. Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?
I. Fill in the blank with a suitable word Hollywood kids
In Hollywood, everybody (1)………wants…………….to be rich, famous and beautiful. (2) …………nobody………….wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up in such (3) ……………an………….unreal atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious, and the children are part of the parents’ (4) …………ambitions…………….
Parents pay for extravagant parties, expensive cars, and designer clothes. When every dream can come true, kids learn the value of nothing because they have (5) …………everything………. A 13-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants, when he wants. ‘One day, I’ll earn (6) …………more…….than my father” he boasts.
Parents buy care and attention (7) …………for………….their children because they have no time to give it themselves. Amanda’s mother employs a personal trainer, a nutritionist, a bodyguard/ chauffeur, a singing coach, and a counselor to look after her 15-year-ol daughter’s needs.
Often there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals (8) ……………or……….go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework. They organize their own social lives. They play (9)……………no…….childhood games. They become (10) ……………aldults…….before they are ready.
Hollywood has (11) …………………….been the city of dreams. The kids in Los Angeles live unreal (12) …………………. where money, beauty, and pleasure are the only gods. Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?
1 wants
2 Nobody
3 an
4 ambitions
5 everything
6 more
7 for
8 or
9 no
10 adults
11 always
11 lives
