A. expressed B. acquaint C. saddled D. reinforce E. acceptable F. shifting G equivalent H. resent I. transition J. anxiety 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. 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.