首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Generation Gap A few years ago, it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their e
Generation Gap A few years ago, it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their e
admin
2014-09-13
71
问题
Generation Gap
A few years ago, it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their elders. Parents complained that children did not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society.
One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life styles. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and often to continue the family occupation. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, most out of the family home at an early age, marry or live or choose occupations different from those of their parents.
In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them. Often they discover that they have very little in common with each other.
Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete overnight.
The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities. No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedoms and opportunities of our society, and in the rapid pace at which society changes.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
选项
A、Parents should be more tolerable towards their children.
B、The young generation should value the older generation for their wisdom.
C、The generation gap is partly created by the older generation.
D、The generation gap should be avoidable in American society.
答案
C
解析
文章主要讲的是美国社会中所存在的代沟问题及其形成的原因,并没有提到如何解决这一问题,因此排除A、B选项;而D项(美国社会应该避免代沟问题)文中也未提及。由文章第三段可知,父母对孩子期望过高也是形成代沟的原因。因此C为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tIFd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类C级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类C级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
ThepeopleofKiribatiworrythatonedaytheircountrywillbetakenawaybyasuddenhightide.Thepeopleofthecoralislan
ThepeopleofKiribatiworrythatonedaytheircountrywillbetakenawaybyasuddenhightide.Thecoralislandnationsoft
TheThreattoKiribatiThepeopleofKiribatiareafraidthatonedayinthenot-too-distantfuture,theircountrywilldisappea
"HappyBirthdaytoYou"ThemainproblemindiscussingAmericanpopularcultureisalsooneofitsmaincharacteristics:itwon’
AOngoingResearchBExtensionofUseCRobotHeroesDGreaterReliabilityEFallingDemandFHiddenDanger*
TheAmericanFamilyIntheAmericanfamilythehusbandandwifeusuallyshareimportantdecisionmaking.Whenthechildrenare(5
TheAmericanFamilyIntheAmericanfamilythehusbandandwifeusuallyshareimportantdecisionmaking.Whenthechildrenare(5
TheAmericanFamilyIntheAmericanfamilythehusbandandwifeusuallyshareimportantdecisionmaking.Whenthechildrenare(5
Thereportadvocatedsettingupdaytrainingcolleges.
随机试题
Spoilingchildrentoomuchdoesnogoodtotheirgrowth.
患者,男性,50岁。肺癌,右肺叶切除术后第3日,为防止患者出现“冻肩”,应教其做的康复运动是
扪诊要点如下,除了
一般资料:求助者,男性,17岁,高中二年级学生。案例介绍:求助者有一次上课迟到,着急跑向自己的座位,不小心被绊倒并摔到一位女同学的身上,顿时引起同学哄堂大笑,事后还有人取笑他。此后每次到教室时就会紧张焦虑,觉得同学看不起他。常常会用力抓自己的头发
一次射击游戏中,5个气球挂成3列(如右图),小辛按下列规则去击破气球:先挑选一列,然后必须击破这列中尚未被击破的气球中最低的一个,若每次都遵循这一原则,击破这5个气球可以有多少种不同的次序?()
灵渠为秦始皇征服岭南时修建。(广西民族大学2017)
在党的十六大、十七大确立的全面建设小康社会目标的基础上,努力实现的新要求是经济持续健康发展,实现国内生产总值和城乡居民人均收入比2010年翻一番;同时还包括以下几点
在Windows操作系统的发展过程中,从______开始,以后的操作系统都是32位操作系统。
Iwasparkedinfrontofthemallwipingoffmycar.Comingmywayfromacrosstheparkinglotwas【C1】______societywouldconsid
Afterspendingtwodays(argue)______aboutwheretogofortheirholidays,finallytheydecidednottogoanywhere.
最新回复
(
0
)