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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In the past, young people inprefix = st1 /Japanwere expected to take on responsibilities to support their parents and grandparents. Now they expect to be supported well into young adulthood. The "New breed", born since the 1960s, have never known anything but richness. Youth are seen as resistant to entering society as mature adults, to becoming social citizens. Once the great objective of reconstruction after the Second World War was accomplished, a new generation lost the motivating power that had untied the nation together. Japan's birth rate has been falling rapidly, partly because of the recession , and the job and financial insecurity that it has caused. In 1999, the figure was 1. 38 children per woman, the lowest ever recorded. At the same time, youth crime, although still especially low by western standards, rose to its highest level since record-keeping began 32 years ago. Likewise, the percentage of students dropping out before graduating, at 2. 5% also very low by western standards, has been rising. Entrepreneurial ( ) role models are few and far between. Bill Gates is often mentioned, but a foreign model can only have so much influence. The problem is that Japanese culture discourages people from revealing details of personal life, including such ordeal as starting a company. In the past, successful companies such as Honda or Hitachiprovided role models of a sort. But today they have been faded by the downturn, and few others have risen to take their place. Young people also quite often feel isolated from their fathers, who worked too hard at their jobs to establish much of a relationship with their children. "The one thing they're sure of is that they don't want to be like their fathers. And the girls don't want to be with boys who are like their fathers, so the boys are sure not to be," says Professor Morishma. Question: According to the passage, former young people were expected to _ . Options: A: to enter the society before adulthood B: to hold together C: to work hard and support their family D: to study hard and find a good job
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Roger Alvarez, 22, was one of the 52 percent of students who didn't make it through his senior year at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. He dropped out several years ago, but by the time he was in ninth grade, Alvarez says he already knew he wasn't going to graduate. "There's a certain amount of knowledge you have to have when you enter in a specific grade, and I didn't have it." Alvarez says,"Every class I used to go in, I was like, 'Do I know this? I don't know this.'" It was a shameful attitude, he tells his former English teacher, Antero Garcia, 29. "You were determined to help me, but what was I willing to give? I could have actually tried." For his part, Garcia wants to know how he could have reached out to Alvarez better, but Alvarez says Garcia had always been helpful. "I mean, you could cheer me up, and then I see other students doing way better," Alvarez says,"So then, I get nervous. I get stuck, and then _ ." He felt the situation was hopeless. "You talked to me like if I could do it, but inside me, I knew I couldn't." he tells Garcia,"I just didn't want you to think that I'm...stupid." Now, school is a life tool that Alvarez says he's missing--but his teacher isn't to blame. "Always, I just wanted you to know...you were a good teacher, and I always respected you." he tells Garcia,"Some teachers, I felt like they only wanted to teach a certain group of people. But you looked at me and you paid attention." "Maybe it didn't get me to graduate, but there're a lot of teachers, they don't take the time to take a look. And it was never your fault." Alvarez now works the night shift at a loading dock . He still hopes to get his degree one day. Question: When Alvarez entered a grade, he was sure that _ . Options: A: he wasn't going to pass the class B: he would do better than other students C: he might learn an amount of knowledge D: he would try his best to learn at class
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Paris - A winter storm brought blanket of snow across Europe on Monday, forcing the closure of the icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations. Up to four inches of snow was recorded in parts of France, the National Weather Service said.Most areas, including Paris, got around half that amount.French authorities issued traffic alerts in around 30 regions because of icy roads.The Eiffel Tower, one of the main tourist attractions in Paris, was closed because of slippery conditions. " We can't put down salt because it's metallic," Eiffel Tower press officer Is a belle Snouts said." We can't use sand either, because it risks getting into the elevator cogs ." "The cold," she said, "is no problem, but snow can be dangerous." A dozen flights were canceled at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, officials said.The Paris airport authority said bad weather in other parts of Europe continued to the cancellations.Workers had been sent since midnight Sunday to clear runways at Charles de Gaulle and the smaller Only Airport. In Germaine, heavy snowfall snarled road traffic and flight delays and cancellations at the country}y s intimation airports.Glissando of Interactional Airport said no flights were allowed in or out between 6 -9 am Monday because clearing crew were unable to keep up with the snow. More than 30 flights were canceled because of the bad weather, import spokesman Christian Witt said.Up to four inches of snow was reported in Tussled and around six inches in Potsdam, but none had struggled to the roads amid (...... ) heavy post - holiday traffic. Germany's National Weather Service is forecasting subzero temperatures for the coming days.Snow also fell across Britain.Children built snowmen in parts of England, including Cambridge. Question: According to the passage, people usually use _ to avoid slippery conditions. Options: A: salt and wood B: sand and stone C: salt and sand D: wood and stone
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