Part II. Give the correct form of words in brackets. (5 points)
THE GENERATION GAP
People talk about the generation gap as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is (1. GERERAL) _________ a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results in (2. COMPLAIN) ____________ on both sides. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are disrespectful and disobedient, and in (3. ADD)____________, young people tend to be
(4. RESPONSIBLE) _______________ when spending because they don't appreciate the value of money. Adolescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don't understand them.
What has gone wrong? One (5. EXPLAIN)_____________ lies on how society has changed in the past, children would (6. TYPICAL)____________ continue the way of life of their parents. In today's world, parents are very (7. AMBITION)____________ for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that the children often (8. AGREE)____________ with their parents's plans. (9. TEENAGE) ____________also reach maturity at an (10. EARLY)______________ age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides.