anxiety B. introduce C. acquaint D. acquisition E. saddled indicated G. resent H. reinforce I. expressed J. sensible transition L. equivalent M. regretting N. acceptable O. shifting There is a special life stage that our generation goes through. It is the 1 period, during which we move from teenage to adolescence. We learn who we are and what we stand for and what inspires us. Also, in this period we are 2 with a lot of pressure from our parents. My parents have already expressed feelings of 3 over my future with academics and life. When I expressed to them recently that I would not mind graduating in five years instead of four in order to study abroad to 4 myself with the world, they seemed so shocked. That idea sounded foreign and to them was 5 to lack of ambition. Apart from that, my mother has 6 to me that she is worried that I am not searching for a boyfriend. I 7 this stupid idea of marrying out of college since it does not suit me one bit. Women today can get what they want out of life without a man, even children, as it becomes more 8 for women to adopt children. I personally want to stay in school as long as I can to 9 my academic work, possibly complete a law degree and start a career, and then after, and only after, begin to think about 10 to marriage. If my math is correct, that means I will be more or less “ ready ” for marriage at the age of 29 or 30, the age when my mother had me.