问答题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

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American Society Is Changing
In many nations, everyday activities are done in a planned, orderly manner. For example, formal relationships among people may be determined according to customs and habits that have existed for a long time. People visiting an informal country, such as the United States, may find that the American belief in personal initiative or freedom and the whole economic system are quite confusing and uncontrolled. To some visitors such freedoms are too "loose" and too disorganized to be comfortable.
Today, the United States is experiencing great changes in every part of society, therefore life in America may indeed seem confused. Social attitudes are being questioned. Americans are wondering." Is there any morality? ”“ Why has the nation never given all of its citizens full opportunity?" Visitors may notice that some Americans are beginning to leave the cities and make their homes in small cities and towns where life is quieter and slower.