CLOZE TEST: PROBLEMS WITH YOUR TEENAGE CHILDREN? WHY NOT THROW THEM OUT?

Here you have a cloze test: Read this text and choose one suitable option for each gap from the list of words in the box. Each word can be used only ONCE. There are eleven EXTRA words.
The key is below the test. 

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PROBLEMS WITH YOUR TEENAGE CHILDREN?

WHY NOT THROW THEM OUT?

Do you have 1) …………………….  and moody teenage children living in your house? Have you 2) ……………………. secretly wanted to throw them out? A Spanish couple, Mr and Mrs Serrano, from Zaragoza in Spain, have 3) ……………………. exactly that.

Maria and her husband Mariano lived with their two sons, David, 20 and Mariano, 18. ‘The situation was impossible,’ said Maria. ‘We 4) ……………………. always arguing, our children were treating our house like a hotel, and they weren’t contributing 5) ……………………. . Also they weren’t studying or looking for a 6) ……………………. . They were complaining all the time and insulting 7) ……………………. . There was no respect at all. I love my children, but in the end it was ruining our 8) ……………………. .

So Maria and Mariano asked their sons to leave the family home in Zaragoza. But the two boys didn’t want 9) ……………………. . Then, Mr and Mrs Serrano took an unusual decision – they went to court.

Normally, under Spanish law parents do not have the right to make 10) …………………….  children leave home. But in this case the judge decided that the situation in the Serrano family was ‘intolerable’. He 11) …………………….  Mr and Mrs Serrano the right to tell their children to go.

What did the Serrano’s boys do? In fact they didn’t go very far 12) …………………….  home. The oldest boy David went to live with his girlfriend and has 13) …………………….  started work in her father’s construction company. The youngest son has 14) …………………….  a flat near the family home (his mother paid the first month’s rent only).

Does the story have a happy ending? María Serrano 15) ……………………. me this: ‘I think this was a lesson for our children and I think it was good for them. Things are already better. Now they respect us more and I feel 16) ……………………. . Of course they are welcome to come home again if they can show us that they have changed. I’ve 17) ……………………. them a year. In any case they still come home for lunch 18) ……………………. !                                                   

US	LIVES	RENTED	HAPPIER	WAS
GO	THEIR	YET	TO GO	NOTHING
JUST	GAVE	MADE	TOLD	DONE
EVERYDAY	MORE HAPPY	OF	EVERY DAY	WERE
FROM	ANYTHING	RUDE	GIVEN	LIFES
WORK	EVER	SAID	JOB

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PROBLEMS WITH YOUR TEENAGE CHILDREN?

WHY NOT THROW THEM OUT?

Do you have 1) rude and moody teenage children living in your house? Have you 2) ever secretly wanted to throw them out? A Spanish couple, Mr and Mrs Serrano, from Zaragoza in Spain, have 3) done exactly that.

Maria and her husband Mariano lived with their two sons, David, 20 and Mariano, 18. ‘The situation was impossible,’ said Maria. ‘We 4) were always arguing, our children were treating our house like a hotel, and they weren’t contributing 5) anything. Also, they weren’t studying or looking for a 6) job. They were complaining all the time and insulting 7) us. They didn’t respect us. I love my children, but in the end it was ruining our 8) lives.

So Maria and Mariano asked their sons to leave the family home in Zaragoza in Spain. But the two boys didn’t want 9) to go. Then, Mr and Mrs Serrano took and unusual decision – they went to court.

Normally, under Spanish law parents do not have the right to make 10) their children leave home. But in this case the judge decided that the situation in the Serrano family was ‘intolerable’. He 11) gave Mr and Mrs Serrano the right to tell their children to go.

What did the Serrano’s boys do? In fact they didn’t go very far 12) from home. The oldest boy David went to live with his girlfriend and has 13) just started work in her father’s construction company. The youngest son has 14) rented a flat near the family home (his mother paid the first month’s rent only).

Does the story have a happy ending? María Serrano 15) told me this: ‘I think this was a lesson for our children and I think it was good for them. Things are already better. Now they respect us more and I feel 16) happier. Of course they are welcome to come home again if they can show us that they have changed. I’ve 17) given them a year. In any case they still come home for lunch 18) every day!