Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passag

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their elders. Parents【B1】______ that children did not show them proper respect and【B2】______ , while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong？ Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared？【B3】______ , the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics【B4】______ that it is built into the fabric of our society.

One important cause of the generation gap is the【B5】______ that young people have to choose their own life-styles. In more【B6】______ societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and【B7】______ of, and often to continue the family【B8】______ . In our society, young people often travel great distances for their educations, move out of the family home at an early age,【B9】______ .

In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however,【B10】______ . Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.

Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture,【B11】______ .

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