Listening - The Generation Gap

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 1:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 2:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 3:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 4:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 5:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 6:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 7:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 8:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 9:

Listen and fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What does family(1)___to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and everyone should(2)___together. I know(3)___families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters(4) ___each other, parents who never talk each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live so(5)___to your family members? There is a lot of talk in the(6)___about the breakdown of family life.(7)___is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents have to spend(8)___whit their children, which creates problems. Maybe the(9)___of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It(10)___as though family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Question 10:

Listen and state whether the following sentence is True or False

Question: The speaker doesn’t know any person who has family problems.

Listen and state whether the following sentence is True or False

Question: There is an increasing number of divorces in every corner of the world.

Listen and state whether the following sentence is True or False

Question: One possible reason for family problems is the stress of modern life.

Listen and state whether the following sentence is True or False

Question: The speaker believes that the family life today is a lot better than in the past.