IX. Read the passage below and choose the correct word to complete each numbered blank. Write your answers A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (5 pts)
A POWERFUL INFLUENCE
There can be no (1) 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 (2) doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (3) to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be harmful 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 parents 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 behavior.
1: | A. doubt | B. reason | C. purpose | D. motive |
2: | A. always | B. rarely | C. never | D. ever |
3: | A. worried | B. concerned | C. curious | D. hopeful |
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 |