Question

Young people are definitely less courageous (勇敢的) than they were 30 years ago. Why is this? It’s because they are spoiled, and take for granted everything that they have or are given.

Thirty years ago, there wasn’t nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. At that time, young people were taught that to get anything or get anywhere in life, they’d have to work for it and earn it.

If young people aren’t being taught the basics of respecting others, and aren’t being taught that they need to work to make a living, then where are they to learn courage?

Courage isn’t necessarily about risking your life, for whatever reason. It is about being able to face any kind of hardship, and to make decisions and face the consequences of those decisions.

Courage means being able to learn from hard times, and to take those lessons with you through life. It means having the resourcefulness (足智多谋) to find ways to deal with your problems yourself, and not being afraid to do so.

Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life. Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.

If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them, and teach them the skills necessary to make basic life decisions on their own.

Once these basic principles are instilled (灌输) in our young people, I think we’ll find that they are more courageous than we could have dreamed, and more like the young people of thirty years ago than we had ever imagined.

It’s time to go back to older values and ideas, and to bring courage back into our young people and society.

Theme	1._____with young people 30 years ago, those are less courageous.
The behavior of young people today	*They generally show 2._____for elders and other people. *They take for granted whatever they have or receive. *Many of them are too3._____ on their parents or other relatives to get them through life.
4.______	*They are not5._____ of the basics of respecting others. *They are not taught to work hard to 6.____ their dreams    *They don’t have the 7.______ to make wise decisions and overcome difficulties independently. *They tend to expect others, such as their parents or siblings, to help them out when they are in8.____.
Tips	*Never 9.____ them; only help them when necessary. *Teach them the skills they need to make basic life decisions by themselves.
Conclusion	It’s time we went back to older values and ideas, and10.____ courage back into our young people and society.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.Compared  

2.disrespect

3.dependent  

4.Reasons/ Causes 

5.aware

6.realize / live

7.ability

8.trouble

9.spoil

10.brought

【解析】

试题分析： 本文讲述了现在的年轻人和30年前的人相比较，现代人缺少勇气。因为他们被过分溺爱，对于他们所拥有的或所给予的都认为是理所当然。太多的年轻人常依赖于他人的帮助来解决问题。应该给年轻人灌输原来的价值原则，把勇气带回到年轻人的社会中。

1.句意：与30年前的年轻人相比，现在的年轻人更缺乏勇气。Compare with……“与……相比”。 

2.根据第二段“Thirty years ago, there wasn’t nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. ”30年前几乎没有这么多公然对长辈或其他人的不恭之处。而文章一直在将现代人和30年前的比较，可知现在年轻人常对长辈或其他人无礼。所以填disrespect。

3.根据第六段“Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life.”可知现在太多年轻人依赖于父母，兄弟姐妹，长辈和其他人来帮他们度过一生。所以填dependent。  

4.后面列出的都是现代年轻人缺乏勇气的原因。故填Reasons/ Causes。 

5.根据上下文可知，现代年轻人不知道尊敬他人的基本要素。所以填aware。

6.根据第三段的那句反问，可知现代年轻人没有被教授要通过努力工作来实现梦想。所以此空填realize / live。

7.通过文章第4.5.6段可知，现代年轻人没有明智作出决定和独立克服困难的能力。故填ability。

8.根据“Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.”可知他们一有麻烦就向这些人求救，并期待能为他们解决这些问题。所以此处填trouble。

9.根据“If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them,”如果我们要帮助年轻人变得更勇敢，应该停止溺爱他们，不要什么都为他们做。所以这里的建议是“不要溺爱他们”，故填spoil。

10.结论就是文章最后一段，只是这里用了一般过去时，所以填bring的过去式brought。

考点：任务型阅读。