Question

Young people are definitely less courageous (勇敢的) than they were 30 years ago. Why is this? It’s because they are spoiled, and take for granted everything that they have or are given.
Thirty years ago, there wasn’t nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. At that time, young people were taught that to get anything or get anywhere in life, they’d have to work for it and earn it.
If young people aren’t being taught the basics of respecting others, and aren’t being taught that they need to work to make a living, then where are they to learn courage?
Courage isn’t necessarily about risking your life, for whatever reason. It is about being able to face any kind of hardship, and to make decisions and face the consequences of those decisions.
Courage means being able to learn from hard times, and to take those lessons with you through life. It means having the resourcefulness (足智多謀) to find ways to deal with your problems yourself, and not being afraid to do so.
Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life. Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.
If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them, and teach them the skills necessary to make basic life decisions on their own.
Once these basic principles are instilled (灌輸) in our young people, I think we’ll find that they are more courageous than we could have dreamed, and more like the young people of thirty years ago than we had ever imagined.
It’s time to go back to older values and ideas, and to bring courage back into our young people and society.

Theme	小題1:_____with young people 30 years ago, those are less courageous.
The behavior of young people today	*They generally show 小題2:_____for elders and other people. *They take for granted whatever they have or receive. *Many of them are too小題3:_____ on their parents or other relatives to get them through life.
小題4:______	*They are not小題5:_____ of the basics of respecting others. *They are not taught to work hard to 小題6:____ their dreams    *They don’t have the 小題7:______ to make wise decisions and overcome difficulties independently. *They tend to expect others, such as their parents or siblings, to help them out when they are in小題8:____.
Tips	*Never 小題9:____ them; only help them when necessary. *Teach them the skills they need to make basic life decisions by themselves.
Conclusion	It’s time we went back to older values and ideas, and小題10:____ courage back into our young people and society.

Answer 1

小題1:Compared  
小題2:disrespect
小題3:dependent  
小題4:Reasons/ Causes 
小題5:aware
小題6:realize / live
小題7:ability
小題8:trouble
小題9:spoil
小題10:brought

試題分析： 本文講述了現(xiàn)在的年輕人和30年前的人相比較，現(xiàn)代人缺少勇氣。因為他們被過分溺愛，對于他們所擁有的或所給予的都認為是理所當然。太多的年輕人常依賴于他人的幫助來解決問題。應該給年輕人灌輸原來的價值原則，把勇氣帶回到年輕人的社會中。
小題1:句意：與30年前的年輕人相比，現(xiàn)在的年輕人更缺乏勇氣。Compare with……“與……相比”。 
小題2:根據(jù)第二段“Thirty years ago, there wasn’t nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. ”30年前幾乎沒有這么多公然對長輩或其他人的不恭之處。而文章一直在將現(xiàn)代人和30年前的比較，可知現(xiàn)在年輕人常對長輩或其他人無禮。所以填disrespect。
小題3:根據(jù)第六段“Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life.”可知現(xiàn)在太多年輕人依賴于父母，兄弟姐妹，長輩和其他人來幫他們度過一生。所以填dependent。  
小題4:后面列出的都是現(xiàn)代年輕人缺乏勇氣的原因。故填Reasons/ Causes。 
小題5:根據(jù)上下文可知，現(xiàn)代年輕人不知道尊敬他人的基本要素。所以填aware。
小題6:根據(jù)第三段的那句反問，可知現(xiàn)代年輕人沒有被教授要通過努力工作來實現(xiàn)夢想。所以此空填realize / live。
小題7:通過文章第 4.5.6段可知，現(xiàn)代年輕人沒有明智作出決定和獨立克服困難的能力。故填ability。
小題8:根據(jù)“Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.”可知他們一有麻煩就向這些人求救，并期待能為他們解決這些問題。所以此處填trouble。
小題9:根據(jù)“If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them,”如果我們要幫助年輕人變得更勇敢，應該停止溺愛他們，不要什么都為他們做。所以這里的建議是“不要溺愛他們”，故填spoil。
小題10:結論就是文章最后一段，只是這里用了一般過去時，所以填bring的過去式brought。
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