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(2)Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of a talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. Very well, I have a few things in my mind which I have often longed to say for the instruction of the young; for it is in one's tender early years that such things will best take root and be most enduring and most valuable. First, then, I will say to you, my young friends and I say it beseechingly—Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment. Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any, also to strangers, and sometimes to others. If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. That will be sufficient. If you shall find that he had not intended any offense, come out frankly and confess yourself in the wrong when you struck him; acknowledge it like a man and say you didn't mean to. Yes, always avoid violence; in this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.
单选题1.According to the passage, why do people have to listen to some instructive advice when they were young?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】文章开头作者指出自己应邀对年轻人进行说教的、教育性的演讲，并表示自己早就有一些想法想要告知年轻人，并提到“for it is in one's tender early years that such thingswill best take root and be most enduring and most valuable”(在人早年时，这些建议和教导最能在人心中生根发芽，意义最深远也最为珍贵)。D项“年轻人会记住这些话，并且不遗忘”与之表达意思相符。其他选项在文中并未提及。
单选题2.What is the author's suggestion concerning the parents' words?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】第一段最后三句作者建议年轻人在父母在场时听从他们的话，并且大多数父母认为他们比年轻人知道得多，还指出“you can generally make more by humoring that superstitionthan you can by acting on your own better judgment”，其中that superstition指的就是“父母认为他们比年轻人知道得多”，可知听从父母的话比按照自己的想法行动，年轻人能取得更多的成就。故B项正确。