5. Read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c, d) best fits each space.

Family Helping

Do you (0) feel depressed? Do you and your brothers or sisters (1) _______ to argue all the time and you don’t understand why? Does your brother or sister (2) _______ you, or is everything perfect?

Statistics show that there are times in every family when things just (3) _______ out of control. It’s nobody’s (4) _______, but everybody’s responsibility. At times (5) _______ that, Family Helpline can help. Here at Family Helpline, we care (6) _______ families. We want to help you make your family work. Our trained counselors deal (7) _______ people just like you every day. We are not always successful, but we (8) _______ help many families to live together again in peace.

Our counselors help you to stop (9) _______ each other of causing the problem. You all want to (10) _______ a solution and sometimes talking to somebody outside the family makes a difference. We’re here to listen call our operators on 555-26515. They’re available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

0. A be B behave C feel D act

1. A seem B look C resemble D involve

2. A argue B complain C annoy D mind

3. A go B get C come D turn

4. A fault B blame C cause D reason

5. A such B as C similar D like

6. A over B about C with D of

7. A for B with C at D by

8. A do B are C try D agree

9. A attacking B blaming C criticizing D accusing

10. A make B find C get D do

6. Write one word in each gap.

Arranged Marriages

The usual western idea of marriage is that you meet someone, (1) _______ in love, and then decide to marry each other. For those born (2) _______ some cultures, however, marriage may have quite a different meaning. In an arranged marriage, it is the parents who choose the partner and it’s possible (3) _______ the young person getting married not to meet their future bride or groom (4) _______ person until the day of the wedding. Indeed, a young person might be promised to another (5) _______ a child, many years before the wedding day.

Amongst communities that practice arranged marriage, it’s not unusual for a generation (6) _______ to open up between parents and children, with many young people refusing to accept an arranged marriage. However, if the parents treat each other (7) _______ respect and recognize that they are both (8) _______ equal value, there doesn’t seem to be any real barrier to having a happy married life.

7. There are many patterns of family relations. Study some of them, add to their characteristics. Think about the ideal family type.

A friendly family	Members of family always help each other.
A caring family	Members of family take care of each other.
A hospitable family	They like to invite guests.
A conservative family	Parents don’t allow their children go out late.
An ideal family	?