We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the ______ you have with your friends in the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites, such as micro-blog, blog and the Facebook, have actually become ______ of the school hallways(走廊), so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to ______ your online ______ and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were ______ with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no ______ to be good at new technology. ______, more and more parents are beginning to ______ just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the ____ to educate themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are ______ to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over ______ that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is ______ when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our ______ lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to ______. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a(n) ______ of being watched and no longer feel ______ to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t ______ mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be truly _______.” Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the ______ if you do choose not to ______ them to your friends list.
1.A. quarrels B. conversations C. debates D. bargains
2.A. explosions B. focuses C. extensions D. definitions
3.A. spread B. decide C. repeat D. view
4.A. habits B. activities C. images D. shows
5.A. in association B. in conflict C. side by side D. up to date
6.A. need B. choice C. money D. time
7.A. However B. Indeed C. Thus D. Otherwise
8.A. advocate B. realize C. deny D. doubt
9.A. excuse B. ability C. motivation D. chance
10.A. exposed B. attracted C. adapted D. committed
11.A. privacy B. privilege C. personality D. process
12.A. interpreted B. interacted C. insulted D. invaded
13.A. school B. online C. family D. social
14.A. avoid B. dislike C. hide D. refuse
15.A. guilt B. memory C. sense D. obligation
16.A. worried B. satisfied C. real D. free
17.A. nevertheless B. necessarily C. possibly D. entirely
18.A. independent B. available C. popular D. responsible
19.A. voice B. hatred C. result D. blow
20.A. show B. apply C. add D. force
— I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
—______. Don’ t forget that you’ll drive.
A. By all means B. Anything but that
C. Take it easy D. I wouldn’t say no to this
It is ______ his tremendous enthusiasm and devotion that the old teacher is respected by all his students.
A. on account of B. with regard to
C. in terms of D. in reference to
Positive thinking puts power in our mind to act instead of staying stuck considering the circumstance or the mistake ______.
A. made B. to be made
C. having been made D. had made
It was after having her first child at a time ______ my mother was working as a lawyer _______she decided to run for governor of the state.
A. that; that B. which; that
C. that; who D. when; that
— Will it take me long to get to the Sunshine Hotel?
—No, it ______ take you long. It’s not the rush hour now.
A. shouldn’t B. shan’t
C. mustn’t D. needn’t
