福建师范大学.大学英语作业题.Afewyearsagoitwascommontospeakofagenerationgapbetweenyoungpeopleandtheirelders.Parentssaidthatchildrendidnotrespectandlistentothem,whilechildrensaidthattheirparentsdidnotund

　　福建师范大学.大学英语作业题.

　　Afewyearsagoitwascommontospeakofagenerationgapbetweenyoungpeopleandtheirelders.Parentssaidthatchildrendidnotrespectandlistentothem,whilechildrensaidthattheirparentsdidnotunderstandthematall.Whathadgonewrong?Whyhadthegenerationgapsuddenlyappeared?Actually,thegenerationgaphasbeenaroundforalongtime.Manypeoplearguethatitisbuiltintoeverypartofoursociety.

　　Oneimportantcauseofthegenerationgapistheopportunitythatyoungpeoplehavetochoosetheirownwaysoflife.Inamoretraditionalsociety,whenchildrengrowup,theyareexpectedtoliveinthesameareaastheirparents,tomarrypeoplethattheirparentsknowandlike,andoftentocontinuethefamilyjobs.Inoursociety,youngpeopleoftentravelgreatdistancesfortheireducation,moveoutofthefamilyatanearlyage,marryorlivewithpeoplewhomtheirparentshavenevermet,andchoosejobsdifferentfromthoseoftheirparents.

　　Inoursociety,parentsoftenexpecttheirchildrentodobetterthantheydid,tofindbetterjobs,tomakemoremoneyandtodoallthethingsthattheywereunabletodo.Often,thatisanothercauseofthegapbetweenthem.Often,theydiscoverthattheyhaveverylittleincommonwitheachother.

　　Finally,thespeedatwhichchangestakeplaceinoursocietyisthethirdcauseofthegapbetweenthegenerations.Inatraditionalculture,seniorpeoplearevaluedfortheirknowledge,butinoursocietytheknowledgeofalifetimemaybecomeoutofdate.Theyoungandtheoldseemtoliveintwoverydifferentworlds,separatedbydifferentskillsandabilities.Nodoubt,thegenerationgapwillcontinueinAmericanlifeforsometimetocome.

　　1.Thefirstparagraphtellsusthat______.

　　a.theproblemofthegenerationgapdrawsmuchattentionfrompeople

　　b.itisoutofdatetotalkaboutthegenerationgap

　　c.childrenandparentsaretryingtounderstandeachother

　　d.itisveryimportantforpeopletofrequentlycommunicatewitheachother

　　2.Inamoretraditionalsociety,oldpeople_______.

　　a.havetheirchildrenrespectandlistentothem

　　b.donotcarefortheirchildrenatall

　　c.expecttheirchildrentorebelagainstthem

　　d.do