A) a nxiety B ) introduce C ) acquaint D ) acquisition E ) saddled F ) indicated G ) resent H ) reinforce I ) expressed J ) sensible K) 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 who want us to make something out of ourselves. 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. The 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.