There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly___(1)__doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are __(2)___to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be__(3)__for their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time __(4)__their computers?

Obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours, __(5)__in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should __(6)__of the Internet, and the child should give his or her__(7)__that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not __(8)__to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic__(9)__ . Dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is not much different from__(10)__any other sort of bargain about behaviour.

Any parent who is__(11)__alarmed about a child’s behaviour should make an appointment to _(12)___the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not __(13)__affect  a child’s performance at school. Even if a child is__(14)__crazy about using the Internet, he or she is probably just __(15)__through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about.

  1.       A. always            B. rarely              C. never                       D. ever

  2.       A. worried              B. concerned               C. curious           D. hopeful

  3.       A. harming          B. harmful              C. hurting                    D. hurtful

  4.       A. staring at    B. glancing at              C. looking        D. watching

  5.       A. supposed         B. occupied       C. interested       D. absorbed

  6.       A. do      B. have       C. make          D. create

  7.       A. word      B. promise     C. vow       D. claim

  8.       A. holding      B. sticking     C. following     D. accepting

 9.        A. rules          B. procedures    C. regulations              D. steps

10.       A. dealing     B. negotiating             C. having        D. arranging

11.       A. widely    B. heavily   C. seriously                 D. broadly

12.       A. speak  B. discuss         C. talk                         D. debate

13.       A. possibly     B. necessarily      C. probably     D. consequently

14.       A. absolutely       B. more        C. quite          D. a lot

15.       A. going      B. passing          C. traveling                 D. walking