I recommend that you talk to your friend about his     1    . It is not unusual for     2     of your generation to be attracted to computer games and the online world. But spending too much time online is     3     and makes it very difficult to focus on other things in life. Some students even become     4     to the Internet and cannot concentrate on school and family life. I think you should     5     your friend to try new hobbies. Why not discuss the problem together? I am sure he will listen to you since you are his good friend.

In Britain and the USA, the managing directors or presidents of big companies are often     1     of being “fat cats”, i.e. bosses whose salaries are often twenty-five times more than the company’s     2     worker. When times are hard and workers are     3     off, they     4     very little. Departing directors, on the other hand, get big golden     5    .

The United States is a     6     nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms. Most sports are     7    , so that what is happening in sports     8     upon the time of year. Some sports are called     9     sports, as the number of spectators greatly     10     the number playing in the game.

In Britain and the USA, the managing directors and presidents of big companies are often accused of being ‘fat cats’, i.e. bosses     1     salaries are often twenty-five times more than the company’s     2     worker. When times are hard and workers are laid off, they     3     very little. Departing directors, on the other hand, get big golden handshakes.

By     4    , in Japan the ratio between the highest and lowest paid is normally a more modest seven or eight to one. In addition, large Japanese companies have the reputation of     5     care of all their employees, and the concept of a ‘job for life’ is still, by and large, true.