Passage Three
Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and actions of youth.
[32]Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities. Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population. [33]Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.
College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. [34]They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. [35]They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older way. As a result, there is often trouble in American families. Your country may be meeting such problems, too.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. How many Americans are there in colleges and universities?
正確答案:A
解析:短文提到,“目前美國約有700萬在校大學(xué)生”,故A正確。
33. Why do older people need to understand the ideas of young people according to the passage?
正確答案:B
解析:短文說,“年輕人很快就要領(lǐng)導(dǎo)社會(huì),很自然他們的觀點(diǎn)很重要”,故B正確。
34. What are college students deeply interested in?
正確答案:B
解析:短文說,“他們對(duì)如何使所有人過上更好的生活深感興趣”,由此可判斷B正確。
35. What is the opinion of American young people about the lives of their parents?
正確答案:A
解析:短文提到,年輕人在父母的生活中看到許多錯(cuò)誤的東西,他們很難在舊的生活方式中看到正確的、好的東西,因此常與父母發(fā)生沖突。故A正確。