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Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and i

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问题     Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it’s always true. It has never been truer than it is today. 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 dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideas of their elders. Events that the older generation remembers vividly are nothing more than past history.  Every generation is different from the older one and today the difference is very marked indeed.
    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 values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing their self satisfaction. They take leave to doubt that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And what about clothing? Who said that all men should wear gray suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional polities or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their problems? Why are they unhappy and guilt ridden in their personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material possessions? Haven’t the old lost touch with all that is important in life?
    These are not questions the old generation can shrug of lightly. Traditionally, the young have turned to their eiders for guidance. 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 "sinful." It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and your leisure. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future. This emphasis on the present is only to be expected because the young have grown up under the shadow of the bomb: the constant threat of complete destruction.
A person who rejects conformity ______.
选项 A、would like to work at home
B、would often do something surprising
C、would like to be the last to come and the first to leave his office
D、would like to quarrel with his boss
答案C
解析 文意理解题。文中第2段第6，7，8句是：What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility?意思是：最抗拒的是服从，例如，坐班时间全然就是强制执行的奴隶制度。如果人们有了彻底的自由和责任，难道还会不出色地工作吗?这几句话的隐含意就是，(他们反对坐班)所以就很可能不遵守坐班制度。所以，C“很可能最后一个来，第一个走”正确。A：喜欢在家工作：B：总是做些惊奇的事情；D：喜欢和老板争吵，都是不正确的理解。
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