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CAE Mulitlple Choice Cloze: The 'Youth Of Today' Myth
For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
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I'd like to help (0) a popular myth that is constantly being (1) into us by the media and in general, people of a certain age. We are told that people in their teens and twenties have no (2) manners, are constantly using (3) language at inappropriate times and generally display serious (4) problems. In this way, we have been led to believe that our society is (5) into chaos at an ever increasing rate and that everywhere you go nowadays, you will met with (6) behaviour that simply didn't exist thirty years ago.
As far as I'm concerned, this view of the current young generation is (7) unfair, not least because of the appalling behaviour I can remember witnessing (and occasionally participating in) during these so-called golden decades. I was never permanently (8) from a school but I can clearly remember those who were. I can also remember the many occasions when I had to stay (9) after school, kept in (10) for one of my many misdemeanours.To me, the current younger generation seem no better and no worse than any other. It may simply be that when older people, expecting the worst, are apt to give youngsters the cold (11) , it is hardly surprising that they should take offence. In this way a vicious (12) is created, one that can only be broken with a lot of good will from both sides.
As far as I'm concerned, this view of the current young generation is (7) unfair, not least because of the appalling behaviour I can remember witnessing (and occasionally participating in) during these so-called golden decades. I was never permanently (8) from a school but I can clearly remember those who were. I can also remember the many occasions when I had to stay (9) after school, kept in (10) for one of my many misdemeanours.To me, the current younger generation seem no better and no worse than any other. It may simply be that when older people, expecting the worst, are apt to give youngsters the cold (11) , it is hardly surprising that they should take offence. In this way a vicious (12) is created, one that can only be broken with a lot of good will from both sides.