Bill was 18, but he didn't want to live ____  (1)  ____ himself because he wanted to enjoy the comfortable life in his parents' home. In fact, he had ____  (2)  ____ to find a job but there never seemed to be one good enough for him.

   Bill's father, Mr James, worked far from home, ____  (3)  ____ he had to leave home early and got back home late. When he got home in the evenings, Bill was usually out, so they could ____  (4)  ____ meet on weekdays.

   When they sometimes ____  (5)  ____ at weekends, Mr James often asked Bill to change his ____  (6)  ____ of living. But Bill didn't agree with his father. He wanted to be popular with his ____  (7)  ____.

   One Saturday morning, they had an ____  (8)  ____. Mr James later told Bill that his father was very ____  (9)  ____ with him and he was brought up in a quite different way. Bill said that his grandfather must have been a ____  (10)  ____ old man.

   “Not at all!” Mr James was so angry that he said, “I had a much nicer father than you'll ever have!”