Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.
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 . They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the 1 of their elders. s which the older generation remembers 2 are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that 3 it.
The old always 4 that they know best for the reason that they have been around a bit longer. They don’t like to feel that their values are being questioned or 5 . And this is 6 what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and 7 their complacency (自豪感，满足感). Who said that all the men in the world should wear drab gray 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 obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material 8
These are not questions the older generation can shrug off (耸肩表示轻蔑) lightly. Traditionally, the young have turned to their elders for 9 . Today, the situation might be reversed. The old could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not " 10 " 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 shed restricting inhibitions.
A. assume
B. basically
C. brutal
D. discouraging
E. disturbing
F. expect
G. guidance
H. ideals
I. preceded
J. precisely
K. possessions
L. reliance
M. sinful
N. threatened
O. vividly Directions: