So at least the historical evidence seems to suggest. When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a__1__. The economic machinery had broken down almost__2 __. In this country nearly a quarter of the__3__ was out of work. A major war seemed all too likely. As a college newspaper__4__ at this time, I protested against that just as__5__ as student activists are protesting today.
When a bright young woman graduate starts looking for a job, why is the__6__question always: “Can you type?” A history of prejudice lies__7__ that question. Why are women thought of as secretaries, not__8__ ? Librarians and teachers, but not doctors and lawyers? Because they are thought of as different and__9__. The happy homemaker and the contended darky are both__10__ produced by prejudice.
Literacy may not be an inalienable human right, but it is one that the highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found__11__ or even unattainable. We are not only not attaining it as a nation, __12__ speaking, but we are falling further and further__13__ of attaining it. And, while I would not be so__14__ as to suggest that television is the cause, I believe it__15__and is an influence.
Now, very often, television coverage of news is__ 16__ and inadequate. Very often the picture takes__17__ over the point. But by and large the news reports and__18__ on CBS and NBC and ABC make every effort to present viewers with more than one__19__ of an issue, either by letting opposing spokesmen have their say, or by __20__ the positions held by both major parties on the subject involved.
American politics, at both the state and the__21__ levels, is too much concerned with the protection of large fortunes. The wealth qualification__22__ the aspiring politician is taken for granted; a government system__23__to the promotion of personal wealth in a few selected areas will never act for the public good. The time has come, __24__ , for citizens to demand, from their government, amenities for the many, of which adequate state__25__ and sickness benefits, as well as nationalized transport, should be priorities.
A. superficial
B. simplistic
C. behind
D. dedicated
E. vehemently
F. nevertheless
G. everywhere
H. precedence
I. pensions
J. statistically
K. outlining
L. commentaries
M. stereptypes
N. mess
O. administrators
P. firstQ. short
R. editor
S. aspect
T. for
U. contributes
V. inferior
W. unreasonable
X. Federal
Y. population
【正确答案】：1. N
2. G
3. Y
4. R
5. E
6. P
7. C
8. O
9. V
10. M
11. W
12. J
13.Q
14. B
15. U
16.A
17.H
18.L
19.S
20.K
21. X
22. T
23. D
24. F
25. I
