These conclusions (26) me as reasonable, at least from their point of view.The (27) question for the arriving generation is not (28) our society is imperfect, but how to deal with it.For all its harshness and (29) , it is the only world we've got.Choosing a (30) to cope with it, then, is the first decision young adults have to make, and usually the most important decision of their lifetime.
The trouble with television is that it discourages (31) .Almost anything interesting and (32) in life requires some constructive, (33) applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can (34) things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything.But television encourages us to apply no (35) . It sells us instant gratification.It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain.
I believe that over a period of (36) newspapers have become a habit rather than a (37) They have held their franchise so long that change has (38) inadmissible.I do not know, in fact, of any medium that has changed as (39) in the last twenty years as the daily press.And this resistance to change is the end of growth-which,in (40) ,marks the end of usefulness.
Old age is neither inherently miserable (41) inherently sublime--like every stage of life it has problems, joys, fears and (42) .The process of aging and (43) death must ultimately be accepted as the natural progression of the life cycle, the old (44) their prescribed life spans and making way (45) the young.
Homes and restaurants do what they can with this stuff- (46) my mother-in-law would (47) on the spot.I have long thought that the famed (48) test for cigarettes should be (49) to city vegetables.For I am sure that if you pureed them blindfolded, you couldn't tell the (50) from the peas, the turnips from the squash.
A.consistently
B.nor
C.applied
D.rewarding
E.for
F.irrationality
G.little
H.which
I.strike
J.decades
K.effort
L.potentials
M.concentration
N.discard
O.strategy
P.eventual
Q.relevant
R.function
S.turn
T.blindfold
U.beans
V.become
W.achieve
X.completing
Y.whether
【正确答案】：26.I 27.Q 28.Y 29.F 30.O 31.M 32.D 33.A 34.W 35.K 36.J 37.R 38.V 39.G 40.S 41.B 42.L 43.P 44.X 45.E 46.H 47.N 48.T 49.C 50.U
