Read the following text and then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
I was reading an article last week in (1)______ the writer described how her children has changed as they grow up. When they were small she had to (2)______ up with noisy games in the house, or join in interminable games of football in the garden which wore her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were getting up to, or what crisis she would have to (3)______ with next. She dreaded the fact that they might take after her husband, who admitted having (4)_____ an uncontrollable child who (5)______ most of the time showing off to his friends by breaking things or getting into fights. What was worse was that (6)______ else thought he was a sweet child, and he got away with the most terrible things! However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her children. They had (7)______ out of all their naughty behavior, and (12)______ up serious hobbies (8)______ as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything without (9)______ it over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to face up to the fact that they made her feel rather childish as they got (10)______, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy.
I was reading an article last week in (1)______ the writer described how her children has changed as they grow up.
