单选题 Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so 27 on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers 28 are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it.
The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their 29 are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and 30 their complacency(自满). Who said that all the men in the world should wear dull grey suits and convict haircuts? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives, so 31 with mean ambitions and the desire to amass (积累) more and more material 32 ?
These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Traditionally, the young have turned to their elders for 33 . Today, the situation might be 34 . The old could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not ' 35 '. Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure; to 36 restricting inhibitions.
A. disturbing
B. distinctively
C. guidance
D. shed
E. reliance
F. dependent
G. obsessed
H. sinful
I. dissolving
J. vividly
K. reversed
L. brutal
M. possessions
N. values
O. rein

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【正确答案】F

【答案解析】空格前的so表明此处需填入形容词或分词，且能与on搭配。从后面一句“他们独立思考得更多”可知，他们不那么“依赖”父母。dependent“依赖的”符合要求。 [参考译文] 老人们常说现在的年轻人不像他们以前那样了。青年一代受到了更好的教育，有更多的钱花，享有更多的自由。他们成长得更快，并且不那么依赖父母。他们独立思考得更多，不盲目接受老一代的思想。老一辈刻骨铭心的事件对他们而言只不过是过去的历史而已。这是理所当然的事。新的一代总是与上一代不同的。老人们总是认为自己懂得最多，因为他们活得更久，经历得更多。他们不喜欢自己的价值观受到质疑或威胁。而这正是年轻一代正在做的事。他们质疑老一代人的设想，打击他们的满足感。谁说世界上所有的男人都该穿单调沉闷的灰色西装，留着剪得像罪犯似的短发?为什么老一代人都那么喜欢用暴力解决问题?为什么他们在个人生活中这么不开心，充满负罪感，老是被狭隘的野心和欲望所迷惑而去追求越来越多的物质财富? 这些都不是老一代人耸耸肩就可以避开的问题。以前，年轻人都把他们的长辈视为人生向导。今天，情况可能会发生逆转。老年人可能从孩子们那里学到了一些东西。他们学到的最重要的一课是：享受不是“有罪的”。享受是一个可以应用于生活中各个方面的原则。享受工作、享受闲暇肯定是没有错的，可以摆脱限制和束缚。

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【正确答案】J

【答案解析】空恪前的which... remembers是修饰主语events的定语从句，空格处应填人修饰从句谓语动词remembers的副词。上文提到年轻人不肓目接受老一代的思想，因此老一辈记得的事件对他们来说是过去的历史。vividly“生动地”，可形容记忆深刻，符合语境要求。

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【正确答案】N

【答案解析】此处需填入宾语从句的主语，由are可知是名词的复数形式。前一句说老人们总是认为自己懂得最多，因为他们活得更久，经历得更多。这是一种观念，因此values“价值观”符合语境。

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【正确答案】A

【答案解析】此处需填入与questioning并列的动词，也是现在分词形式。根据上义questioned or threatened，及空格后的宾语their complacency，可知填入的动词应与threatened语义接近，故选disturbing“扰乱，使不安”，表示年轻人质疑老一代人的设想，打击他们的满足感。

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【正确答案】G

【答案解析】空格前的so表明此处应与上文so unhappy and guilt-ridden结构一致，故需填入形容词或过去分词，且能与with搭配。be obsessed with意为“被……所迷惑”，符合此处语境，表示老年人总是被狭隘的野心和欲望所迷惑。

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【正确答案】M

【答案解析】此处需填入material修饰的名词。根据句意逻辑，积累的应该是越来越多的物质“财富”，故possessions“财产”正确。

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【正确答案】C

【答案解析】空格前的介词for表明此处需填入名词作宾语。上文提出了一些问题，Traditionally表明这是传统做法，年轻人会向长辈寻求guidance“指引”。

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【正确答案】K

【答案解析】空格在句末，前面是be动词，故可能填入形容词、分词或名词。下一句提到，老年人可能从孩子们那里学到了一些东西，由此可知，现在的情况与传统“相反”，用reversed。

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【正确答案】H

【答案解析】空格在is not之后，形容词、分词或名词都有可能。根据下文It is surely not wrong to...，选择与wrong语义一致的sinful“有罪的”，表示“享受不是有罪的”。

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【正确答案】D

【答案解析】不定式标志词to表明此处需填入动词原形。空格后的restricting inhibitions指“限制束缚”，与上义的enjoy相反，故需填入的词应含有否定意义。shed“摆脱”符合句意逻辑。