What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And what about clothing? Who said that all the men in the world should wear dull gray suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? 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 obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material possessions? Can anything be right with the rat-race? Haven’t the old lost touch with all that is important in life?

These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasn’t been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have turned to the older for guidance. Today, the situation might be reversed. The old—if they are prepared to admit it—could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not sinful. 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 shed restricting inhibitions. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future. The world is full of uncertainty and tension. This is their glorious heritage. Can we be surprised that they should so often question the sanity of the generation that passed it down?

31. Which of the following features in the young is NOT mentioned?

［A］ Better educated［B］ More money and freedom.

［C］ Greater independence. ［D］ Respect for work.

32. What do the young have an attitude for?

［A］ The differences between the old and young.

［B］ The assumption of the old generation.

［C］ The emphasis on violence as a solution to social problems.

［D］ The social conventions that they are expected to follow.

33. Why do the young stress on the present because.

［A］ the past is full of sanity that should be done with

［B］ the present is more secure than the past

［C］ the present world is substantial and sustaining

［D］ the present is made up of a glorious heritage

34. What can the old learn from the young generation?

［A］ Enjoyment is not despicable for what it is

［B］ People should have more time for leisure.

［C］ It is a blessing that people can learn to enjoy life

［D］ One should break free of the restrictions that life imposes

35. How do the young think about office hours?

［A］ They are more painful than enforced slavery

［B］ They are happier than enforced slavery

［C］ They are almost as painful as enforced slavery

［D］ They are the most painful enforced slavery

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Researchers are finding that boys and girls really are from two different planets. Experts say boys and girls have different “crisis points”, stages in their emotional and social development where things can go very wrong. Until recently, girls got all the attention. But boys are much more likely than girls to have discipline problems at school and to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Boys far outnumber girls in special-education classes. They’re also more likely to commit violent crimes and end up in jail.