Cell phones have been (1) produced in Japan since the early 1990s, but it was not until

1999 that
their use really took (2) place. The age of cell phones has emerged but with it come (3) first. Cell
phones are used on business trains, in restaurants, and in all areas of life. They cause problems
when they (4) rang during meetings, concerts, weddings or (5) during funerals. What’s more,
people speak loudly in public and students read and text messages during lessons. More
seriously, when a cell phone is used near a person using a pacemaker to regulate his heartbeat, its
radio waves may (6) contact with the functioning of the machine. Now, something is being done
to solve these problems. In many places, new technology is being used to (7) replace the cell
phones. Airline passengers are requested to stop using cell phones while on (8) flight. Concert
halls ask their audience to switch their phones to (9) airplane mode. However, phone (10) users
fear that if they do not answer their phones, they will lose valuable business opportunities. That’s
why many do not turn off their phones even when they are.

The Greek philosopher, Socrates, (1) referred to peace as 'the time when children bury their
parents' and war as 'the time when parents bury their children' . War, in other words, is a time
when the natural state of things is thrown (2) into chaos and (3) none of any good comes out of
it.
The people who suffer in a war need not (4) to be the losing party. There are always two sides to
an argument. Both warring parties will inevitably sustain casualties, and it is the people who pay
for all the senseless damage. In a war, the soldiers (5) may be enemies to each other, but they are
still somebody's father, brother, son or husband. Someone will (6) cry for them if they die.
Our generation is fortunate (7) that we have not had the misfortune to go (8) through a war. We
should prevent such tragic events from recurring in the future. We should do our utmost to
preserve peace, first in our (9) own lives, and then in others. Only then can we live in (10) peace
with one another.