Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The young are better educated. They have a lot more mone

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问题     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 freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so【C1】________on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers【C2】________are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it.
    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【C3】________are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and【C4】________their coynplacency (自满). Who said that all the men in the world should wear dull grey 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【C5】________with mean ambitions and the desire to amass (积累) more and more material【C6】________?
    These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Traditionally, the young have turned to their elders for【C7】________. Today, the situation might be【C8】________. The old could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not "【C9】________". 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【C10】________restricting inhibitions.
    A) disturbing  B) distinctively C) guidance  D) shed
    E) reliance    F) dependent     G) obsessed  H) sinful
    I) dissolving  J) vividly       K) reversed  L) brutal
    M) possessions N) values        O) rein
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解析 此处需填入宾语从句的主语,由are可知是名词的复数形式。前一句说老人们总是认为自己懂得最多,因为他们活得更久,经历得更多。这是一种观念,因此values“价值观”符合语境。
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