填空题
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} For each numbered bracket in the following passage, fill
in a suitable word in the blank on the ANSWER SHEET.
Old people are always saying that the young people are not{{U}}
(61) {{/U}}they were. The same comment is{{U}} (62)
{{/U}}from generation to generation and it is always{{U}} (63)
{{/U}}. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better
educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy{{U}} (64)
{{/U}}freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so{{U}} (65)
{{/U}}on their parents. Events which the older generation remember vividly
are{{U}} (66) {{/U}}more than past history. This is as it should be.
Every new generation is{{U}} (67) {{/U}}from the one that preceded it.
Today the difference is very marked indeed.
The old always
assume that they know best for the simple{{U}} (68) {{/U}}that they have
been{{U}} (69) {{/U}}a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their
values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the{{U}}
(70) {{/U}}are doing. They are questioning the{{U}} (71)
{{/U}}of their eiders and disturbing their complacency. They take leave
to{{U}} (72) {{/U}}that the older generation has created the best of all
possible words. What they reject more than{{U}} (73) {{/U}}is
conformity. Office, hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery.
Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and{{U}} (74)
{{/U}}? And what{{U}} (75) {{/U}}the clothing? Who said that all the
men in the world should{{U}} (76) {{/U}}drab grey suits? If we turn
our{{U}} (77) {{/U}}to more serious matters, who said that human
differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent
means? Why have the older generation so often used{{U}} (78) {{/U}}to
solve their problems? Why are they are so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their
personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and
more{{U}} (79) {{/U}}possessions? Can anything be right with the
rat-race? Haven't the old lost{{U}} (80) {{/U}}with all that is
important in life?