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A．children B．from C．watch D．talk with E．a(chǎn)nd F．easily
G．busiest H．each I．both J．turn off K．busier L．care |
It seems that everywhere around the world，people are sending more time at work（66）Eless time with their families and friends．people are（67）Kthan ever before!
In the past in many countries，the father worked and the mother stayed home，took（68）Lof the children，and did the food shopping，cooking and cleaning．At present，in most of the families，parents need work on weekdays，so they（69）I have to do the shopping，cooking and cleaning in their free time．Parents don't have as much time with their（70）A，however，they often had time in the past．There are also many single-parent（單親的）families．In these families，the single parents has to do everything．
These days，many children come home（71）Bschool to an empty apartment or house．A lot of children spend many hours（72）H day in front of the television．Even the families are together，it is common for families members to do things by themselves．For example，they（73）Cprograms on separate TVs in different rooms，they use the Internet，they（74）Dfriends on the telephone，and they do other individual by themselves．
Isn't it strange？Thanks to technology（科技），people are able to communicate so（75）Fwith people far away，but sometimes they don't communicate with people their own homes．
