The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences. One word or expression for each blank only.
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. stereotypes N. mess O. administrators
P.first Q.short R.editor S. aspect T. for
U. contributes V. inferior W. unreasonable X. Federal Y. population
