单选题
Adolescents are taking longer to become fully productive members of society, Reed Larson, professor of human development, University of Illinois, Champaign, told the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. "What we expect of young people is (21) ," he argued. They must go to school for 12 years or longer without any (22) that their education will mean career success or relevance when they become adults. (23) , they do so without financial rewards, accept an identity (24) by society, and delay starting a family, all of (25) keeps adolescents in a kind of indeterminate state for years. Larson says that "There should be way stations along the climb (26) adulthood that allow young people to rest, gather themselves, and consider (27) . " The success of government, business, and private life in the next 50 years (28) it. Education, literacy, and versatile interpersonal skills (29) the list of necessary preparations for adulthood. Young people negotiating the complex worlds of home, work, and school (30) use these skills in order to do so (31) and competently. "The adolescent who is able to (32) in only one world is increasingly (33) for adult life, " he warns. As the time spent on the road to adulthood increases, so (34) the danger that more youths will fall by the wayside. New and increased opportunities and initiatives will keep more youngsters focused, (35) a smarter, more-versatile generation able to cope with the emerging global, high-tech world.
单选题
A. aggressive B. original C. rigid D. extraordinary
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本题考查形容词词义的辨析以及对下文的理解。后两句较详细地介绍了社会对年轻人究竟有着什么样的期望。本句主语是“what we expect of young people”，是指社会对年轻人的期望。空格处需要的是一个做表语的形容词。4个选项均可做表语，但A选项用来描述人，而不是物；B选项“原创性的”和C选项“严格的，僵化的”虽然既可以用来修饰人，也可以修饰物，但都不符合句意。
单选题
A. qualification B. guarantee C. probability D. recognition