35. The passage is
mainly about ________.
A short term
memmoryl
B long term memory
C English learning
D language
proficiency
B
We Americans are
wasteful people, not used to saving. The frontiersman began this pattern, for
naturels resources were so plentiful that no one ever imagined a shortage,
within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers
burned down their houses when they were ready to move west. They wanted to have
the nails for future use. No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hardwoods
that went up in smike. As a peole we destroy many things that other people
save. I noticed a letter from one of England’s largest banks. It was enclosed
in a used envelope that had been readdressed to me. Such a practice would be
unthinkable in the United States. American banks, even the smallest, always use
expensive staionery with the names of all twenty-eight vice-presidents listed
on one side of the page.
