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You're complaining(抱怨) to your parents about something. Maybe your laptop(笔记本电脑) isn't fast enough to run the ________(late) games. Or your friends' houses are ________(large) than yours. Then you hear ...
When I was of your age, there weren't any computers ________ video games. And I didn't get a bike before I was sixteen. And it was second - hand and was too big for me.
So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It's ________(certain) true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays. But typical(典型的) family is smaller now, so parents can spend more money ________(raise) each child. And many things are cheaper than they were ________ our parents were children.
Technology is probably the ________(great) change. For example, 40 years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and ________(amaze) smartphones. And now these things are used widely in our daily life.
However, technology often ________(mean) we spend more time at home. Teenagers are not as healthy as ________ because they don't exercise enough. Although young people still get on well with their friends, some people think teenagers today aren't as sociable as they were in the past.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

答案： 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要对比了技术大发展时代之下的孩子们和40年前孩子们的生活，启迪现在的孩子们走出虚拟世界，享受美丽的现实世界。
1. latest 2. larger 3. or 4. certainly 5. raising 6. when
7. greatest 8. amazing 9. means 10. before