It is true that times are changing for the old people in Britain. But not all the changes are bad ones. Modern machine has made old people healthier than 1       . Besides,old people have a good social life 2        their own clubs and organizations. Old people,too,have more money than their own parents and grandparents 3       (have) .

The biggest problem of modern life is loneliness. The young leave their homes to another part of the country when they grow up. They have their own work 4       (do) and their own children to look 5       . They have not much time for the old 6        feel lonely.

The world 7      ( change) so fast since 1900 that it is difficult for old people to understand the problems of the young. And the world 8    (change) even faster these days than it 9       (be) fifty years ago. It makes you think,doesn't it? What will it be like 10        today's young are old?

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1. before   2. with   3. had   4. to do   5. after   6. who   7. has changed   8. is changing   9. was   10. when

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