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  3. Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a "Me Generation" that rejects traditional values. " Around 1980 many Ja

Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a "Me Generation" that rejects traditional values. " Around 1980 many Ja

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问题     Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a "Me Generation" that rejects traditional values.
    " Around 1980 many Japanese, 【31】______young people abandoned the values of economic success and began【32】______for new sets of values to【33】______them happiness, " writes sociologist Yasuhiro in Comparative Civilizations Review. Japanese youth are placing more importance on the individual’ s pursuit of【34】______and less on the values of work, family, and society.
    Japanese students seem to be losing patience with work, 【35】______their counterparts in the United States and Korea. In a 1993【36】______of college students in the three countries, only 10% of the Japanese regarded 【37】______as a primary value compared with 47% of Korean students and 27% of American students. A greater 【38】______of Japanese aged 18—24 also preferred easy jobs【39】______heavy responsibility.
    The younger Japanese are. showing less concern for family values as they pursue an inner world of private satisfaction. Data collected【40】______the Japanese government in 1993 shows that only 23% of Japanese youth are thinking about supporting their aged parents, in contrast【41】______63% of young Americans. It appears that many younger-generation Japanese are【42】______both respect for their parents【43】______a sense of responsibility to the family. Author Yoshizaki attributes the change【44】______Japanese parents’ over-indulgence of their children, material affluence, and growing【45】______for private matters.
    The shift【46】______individualism among Japanese is most pronounced among【47】______very young.
    According to 1991 data【48】______the Bunka Center of Japan, 50% of Japanese youth aged 16—19 can be labeled "self-centered" compared with 33% among【49】______aged 25-29. To earn the self-centered label, the young people responded positively to【50】______ideas as " I would like to make decisions without considering traditional values" and "I don’t want to do anything I can’t enjoy doing. "
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答案happiness
解析 根据上下文，日本年轻人更看重追求个人的幸福。所以此处应填“happiness”。
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