UNIT 2: RELATIONSHIPS

1. Circle the word (A, B, C, or D) that is stressed differently from the others.
1. A. relation B. argument C. attachment D. permission
2. A. popular B. beautiful C. romantic D. passionate
3. A. decision B. emotion C. dependence D. honesty
4. A. necessary B. sympathetic C. voluntary D. interesting
5. A. conflict (v) B. appear C. strengthen D. record (v)
6. A. potential B. confident C. possible D. personal
7. A. imaginable B. understandable C. argumentative D. economical
8. A. independence B. popularity C. conversation D. diversity
9. A. anger B. damage C. idea D. problem
10. A. cultural B. attached C. parental D. attractive
2. Circle the correct sound (A or B).
1. recipe A. / i / B. / e /
2. sympathy A. / ð / B./ θ /
3. date A. / eɪ / B./ a /
4. honesty A. / h / B. /  /
5. suggest A. / g / B. / dʒ /
6. damage A. / a / B. / I /
7. opportunity A. / ju: / B. / ʌ /
8. psychology A. / p / B. /  /
9. posting A. / əʊ / B. / ɒ /
10. counsellor A. / s / B. / z /
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
1. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word provided.
1. I haven't got the ________ to sing at a wedding party. There are too many strangers.
(CONFIDENT)
2. Lying to your parents or ________ is one of the worst habits that children should avoid.
(HONEST)
3. Bringing your children to the orphanage to help the homeless kids is a good way to teach them
to
become more ________ towards the others. (SYMPATHY)
4. It would be better to talk to a ________ , who may give you helpful advice to improve your
relationship with your roommates. (COUNSEL)
5. Matt has such a great ________ that everyone must like him after the first meeting.
(PERSON)
6. Despite being friends for more than three years, Jack and I usually have a lot of ________
when
discussing an issue. (ARGUE)
7. Communication helps to form ________ between a baby and his or her mom. (ATTACH)
8. The ________ relationship between Romeo and Juliet seems to be endless. (ROMANCE)
9. Though Steve's accent was strange, his words were perfectly ________. He succeeded in
passing
on his message of teenager love to the audience. (UNDERSTAND)
10. Current media put much ________ on developing face-to-face relationship with people
around
you. (EMPHASIZE)
11. Despite being the easiest means of communication, social media are likely to be ________
among
adolescents if they use them too much. (PROBLEM)
12. School children make a great ________ to charity by donating their unused stationery.
(CONTRIBUTE)
13. Teenagers are advised to ask for their parents' ________ before enrolling in an online course.
(PERMIT)
14. Mai's parents are ________. She is currently living with her mom and seldom meets her dad.
(DIVORCE)
15. Leaving home after having a lot of arguments with her parents, Jane feels regretful and wants
to be
________ with them and return home. (RECONCILE)
2 Complete each gap with a word/phrase to form collocations.
success a child one's mind one's trust
tension a contribution an ear a lie
part in a community

1. achieve
2. make
3. change
4. raise
5. join
6. ease
7. take
8. betray
9. tell
10. lend
3. Complete the following sentences with the phrases inthe Exercise 2. You may need to
change the forms of the words to fit the sentence.
1. In order to ________ in studying, students need to set up clear and realistic goals.
2. It is true that ________ frequently lets someone down and their relationship is likely to get
worse. They
no longer believe in each other.
3. It may be hard for parents to ________ to become a caring and empathic person as he or she
grows up.
4. Best friends sometimes ________ to each other because they understand that the truth may
upset their
friend.
5. High school students should ________ many co-educational activities and community
services in
order to develop their soft skills.
6. Anna always ________ or listens sympathetically and attentively to all the problems that her
daughter
shares with her.
7. Music is a wonderful therapeutic tool to help you get through difficult times or to ________.
8. Students of all ages should be encouraged to ________ to charity so that they learn how to
care and
share with others.
9. One of the most common motivators for a person to ________ is to interact with other
people of a
shared passion or a specific hobby such as sport, dance, theatre or comedy.
10. At first, James decided to go on a date with Kate, but he ________ because they had always
argued
with each other.
4. Complete each sentence with a suitable word (A, B, C or D).
1. Jamie looked ________ in her new dress at her 20th birthday party.
A. amazed B. amazing C. amaze D. amazingly
2. What's wrong with your mother? She sounded very ________ when I talked with her last
Saturday at
the supermarket.
A. sad B. sadness C. sadly D. sadder
3. Ami has said goodbye to her boyfriend for many months, but it doesn't ________ she can
forget their
relationship.
A. get B. grow C. seem D. stay
4. For the reason of personal safety, the informant wishes to ________ anonymous.
A. seem B. look C. remain D. feel
5. We went to a five-star restaurant last night. All the dishes we ordered tasted as ________ as
they
look.
A. good B. well C. better D. best
6. It is likely that children spend less time talking with or going out with their parents when they
older.
A. become B. grow C. get D. All are
correct
7. Having her song in the top-hit of last year, Ann Rich has become ________ as a well-known
singer
not only in England, but also all over the world.
A. success B. successful C. successfully D. succeeding
8. Teenagers tend to ________ their relationship a secret if their parents are too strict to them.
A. keep B. appear C. stay D. sound
9. Mai was so surprised when a friend of hers, who has left Vietnam for more than twenty years,
________, appeared at her house.
A. sudden B. suddenly C. depressing D.depressed
10. It doesn't ________ right for parents to force their teenage children to share everything with
them.
A. taste B. become C. feel D.sound
5. Circle the one word or phrase (A, B, or C) that would not be appropriate.
1. What a marvelous view from my window! The beach in the early morning looks
so peacefully. A B C
2. Teenagers are too young to get involving in a
romantic relationship. A B C
3. Thanks to society media such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, people can
easily maintain the A B
relationship with their friends.
C
4. A true friend is always willing to borrow a sympathetic ear to all the stories or troubles
you share with. A B C
5. It was the Nooju garden with whom we spent the whole day enjoying amazing colors of the
trees last
A B
C
autumn.
6. Marie has tried to reconcile with her husband, but their conflicting seems to get worse and
worse.
A B C
7. My friend has decided to drop out of school because she needs to earn money to remain her
family.
A B C
8. Moving to a new school, it took Kate months to build over her relationship
with new friends. A B C
9. The true value of a person lies in what he or she can contribution to
the community. A B C
10. It appears like that teenagers confide their relationship to their close friends rather than
their parents. A B C
C. READING
1. Read the passage and choose the best answer(A, B, C or D) to each of the following
questions.
Teenage relationships
Romantic relationships are a major developmental milestone. They come with all the other
changes going on during adolescence - physical, social and emotional. And they're linked to a
teenager's growing interest in body image and looks, independence and privacy.
Romantic relationships can bring lots of emotional ups and downs for a teenager- and
sometimes for the whole family. The idea that the teenager might have these kinds of feelings
can sometimes be a bit confronting for his or her parents. But these feelings are leading your
child towards a deeper capacity to care, share and develop intimate relationships. 
There isn't a ‘right age’ to start having relationships - every child is different. But here are
some averages of when teenage relationships start. From 9-11 years, your child might start to
show more independence from the family and more interest in friends. From 10-14 years, your
child might want to spend more time in mixed gender groups, which might eventually end up
in a romantic relationship. From 15-19 years, romantic relationships can become central to
social life. Friendships might become deeper and more stable.
Many teenagers spend a lot of time thinking and talking about being in a relationship. In these
years, teenage relationships might last only a few weeks or months. It's also normal for
children to have no interest in romantic relationships until their late teens. Some choose to
focus on schoolwork, sport, or other interests.
Before starting having relationships, a teenager might have one or more first crushes. An
identity crush is when a teenager finds someone he or she admires and wants to be like. A
romantic crush is the beginning of romantic feelings. It is about a teenager imagining another
person as perfect or ideal, which can tell a lot about what he or she finds attractive in people.
Romantic crushes tend not to last very long because ideas of perfection often break down
when he or she gets to know the other person better. These intense feelings are real, so it's best
to take crushes seriously and not make fun of them.
(Text adapted from http://raisingchildren. net. au/articles/relationships_teenagers. html)
1. According to the passage, romantic relationships among teenagers signal ……………….. .
A. an important stage of their development.
B. the most serious emotional challenges.
C. the physical, social and emotional changes.
D. feelings of independence and privacy.
2. Who may romantic relationships of a teenager affect?
A. the teenager himself or herself
B. the teenager and his or her friends
C. both the teenager and his or her family
D. none of them
3. What do the phrase ‘these feelings’ in the paragraph 2 refer to?
A. a teenager's feelings about their parents
B. a teenager's intimate relationships
C. parents' arguments against a teenager's romantic relationships
D. good and bad emotional feelings
4. According to the passage, in what way do romantic relationships do good to a teenager?
A. helping him or her grow physically
B. helping him/her grow up as a caring, sharing and friendly person
C. confronting with his or her parents' objections
D. developing their family relationship
5. At what age is a teenager likely to become more independent of their family?
A. 10 years old B. 12 years old
C. 14 years old D. all are correct
6. The word ‘eventually’ in paragraph 3 most closely means .
A. importantly B. recently
C. in the end D. lastly
7. Beside romantic relationships, what else do some teenagers spend more time on?
A. talking with their parents
B. studying, taking up sports or other hobbies
C. thinking about their future study
D. thinking about themselves
8. The word ‘crush’ in paragraph 5 most closely means .
A. crowd or mass B. love or passion
C. interaction D. friendship
9. What phase is best referred to the relationship that starts when a teenager admires his or
her classmate's talent in mathematics?
A. an identity crush B. a romantic crush
C. an early relationship D. a close relationship
10. Why are romantic crushes among teenagers unlikely to last for a long time?
A. Teenagers may have had an identity crush.
B. Teenagers may change their image of a perfect person.
C. Teenagers are attractive people.
D. The other people make fun of their romantic crushes.
2. Read the text and put in these phrases/ sentences (A-G) where appropriate. Change
the first letter in each phase/sentence into Upper case if needed.
A. a wide variety of immoderated match making services, most of which are profile- based
B. members can limit their interactions to the online space
C. opinions and usage of online dating services also differ widely
D. an online dating service is a company
E. most services also encourage members to add photos or videos to their profile
F. others offer free registration and use
G. other sites target highly specific groups of people
H. the sites have layouts and functionalities
Online dating
Online dating (or Internet dating) is a system that enables strangers to find and introduce
themselves to new personal connections over the Internet, usually with the goal of developing
personal, romantic, or sexual relationships. (1) that provides specific websites or
applications for online dating
through the use of Internet-connected personal computers or mobile devices. Such companies
offer (2)
………………. .
Online dating services allow users to become "members" by creating a profile and uploading
personal information including (but not limited to) age, gender, sexual orientation, location,
and appearance. (3)..........................Once a profile has been created, members can view the
profiles of other
members of the service, using the visible profile information to decide whether or not to
initiate contact. Most services offer digital messaging, while others provide additional services
such as webcasts, online chat, telephone chat (VOIP), and message boards. (4) , or they can
arrange a date to meet
in person.
A great diversity of online dating services currently exists. Some have a broad membership
base of diverse users looking for many different types of relationships. (5) ……………….
based on features like shared interests, location, religion, or relationship type. Online dating
services also differ widely in their profit streams. Some sites are completely free and depend
on advertising for profits. (6).............................................................................................................................,
with optional, paid, premium services. Still others rely solely on paid membership subscriptions.
(7) ……………….. . A study of data collected by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in
2005 found that individuals are more likely to use an online dating service if they use the
Internet for a greater number of tasks, and less likely to use such a service if they are trusting
others. It is possible that the mode of online dating resonates with some participants'
conceptual orientation towards the process of finding a romantic partner. That is, online dating
sites use the conceptual framework of a "marketplace metaphor" to help people find potential
matches. (8)................................................................................................that make it easy to
quickly browse
and select profiles in a manner similar to how one might browse an online store. Under this
metaphor, members of a given service can both "shop" for potential relationship partners and
"sell" themselves in hopes of finding a successful match.
(Text adapted from https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Online dating service/)
3. Circle the best answer to fill in each gap in the following passage.
Advice for parents of teenagers
You've always brought up your children to come to you when they are in trouble. You feel it's
your job to
(1) ……………….. them when they're having problems. But now, as your children
are (2)
……………….., they often don't want to share their (3) ……………….. with you. That's
perfectly normal, so don't worry. Of course, you want to get on (1) ……………….. with your
children, but that means you have to give them some (5). ., deciding whether to confide in
with you or not.
Maybe they've fallen out with their best friend and (6)................................upset and angry.
Maybe they've
just (7) ……………….. with the boyfriend or girlfriend they've been going out (8)
…………………
Maybe they've been let down by a friend who (9) ……………….. their trust. Teenagers go
through all these problems. If they want to talk to you about it, then that's fine. But if they
don't want, don't force them. They'll come to you (10) they're ready.
(Text adapted from Destination B1, by Mann, M. & Talylore-Knowles, S.)
1. A. solve B. look after C. look for D. conflict
2. A. raising B. bringing up C. growing up D. increasing
3. A. problems B. solutions C. answers D. arguments
4. A. good B. badly C. well D. close
5. A. conflict B. emotion C. attachment D. freedom
6. A. grow B. feel C. like D. taste
7. A. divorced B. fallen off C. broken up D. greeted
8. A. with B. about C. for D. by
9. A. defeated B. betrayed C. challenged D. developed
 10. A. why B. how C. what D. when
D. WRITING
1. Rewrite each of the following sentences to emphasize the underlined part.
1. Good family relationship makes children feel secured and love, which helps their brains
develop.

2. I really admire my teacher for his memory.

3. Jane decided to break up with her boyfriend, with whom she had been dating for many
years.

4. My daughter finds YouTube helpful to her English learning.

5. Owning a business is more interesting to many young people these days.

6. Teenagers tend to talk to their close friends about their romantic relationships.

7. James usually argues with his parents about whom to play with.

8. Parents' hugs, kisses and eye contact send a message that they want to be closer to their
kids.

9. My best friends give me much help with my personal problems.

10. Her parents' divorce resulted in Lilly's decision to leave home before 16.

2. Write meaningful sentences using the words given.

2. it / appear / Mai / not / get / well / her friends / new school/.

3. parents /not / criticise / me / but / listen / problems / sympathetically.

4. it / my parents / inspire / me / become / successful /doctor/.

5. my /relationship / Kate / remain / intimate /although / we / not /see / each other /ages/.

6. these / days / many / young/ stay / single / because / too / busy / partner/.

7. it / her /aggressive /attitude /the elderly /that /really /upset/ me/.

8. it /her /qualities /not /appearance / make / a girl /attractive / others/.

9. many / people / believe / there / no / real / friendship / a boy / a girl/.

10. fridge / smell / awful / because/ much / leftover food / uncovered/.