When I was graduating from college，my generation also found the world in a   32  ．The economic machinery had broken   33   almost everywhere：In this country nearly a quarter of the   34   was out of work. A major war seemed all   35   likely．As a college newspaper editor at that time，I protested against this   36   as vehemently as student activists are protesting today．I wonder if this blandness of our diet doesn’t explain   37   so many of  us are  overweight and even dangerously so．When things had flavor, we knew what we were eating all the  38  — and it satisfied us．A   39   of my mother-in-law’s wild strawberry jam will entirely satisfy your j am desire．But，of the  40   tinned or glass-packed strawberry jam，you need half a cupful to get the   41   of what you're eating．Literacy may not be an inalienable human right，but it is   42    that the highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found unreasonable or even   43  ．We are not only not attaining it   44   a nation，statistically speaking，but we are falling further and further  45  of attaining it．And，while 1 would not be so simplistic as to suggest that television is the cause，I believe it   46   and is an influence．To share a bedroom with one of these fellows is to lose one’s   47   in human nature，for, even after the   48   eventful day, there is no comparing notes with them，no midnight confidence，no casting   49   the balance of the day’s pleasure and pain．They sink，  50   once，into stupid，heavy slumber，leaving you to your own   51   devices．And they all snore abominably!Downtown，she   52   her car in a garage．Everything was getting ready for this moment．She did not carry the flowers in her    53   but she carried them in her heart．Now she was going to find out   54    it was death or life．Either   55   could tolerate．It did not   56   to her that the newsreel might not be there． A.why       B.unattainable      C.down          D.most          E.faith       F.while      G.at               H.occur          I.idea            J.just     K.whether    L.teaspoonful       M.mess         N.contributes     O.she    P.too       Q.parked            R.average       S.car             T. as             U.short      V.up               W.one          X.mental         Y.population

然而假如一位病人的哲学观接受安乐死，那么我们不明白为什么他人要用宗教上的反对意见来干预他的死亡。

一个国家的妇女通过她们在生活中的行为来塑造这个国家的道德、宗教和政治。

多数无所事事的富人免于从事单调乏味的工作之苦，但代价是难以言表的无聊。

因此，以科学的名义做错事时，给我的感觉就像自己最喜欢的叔叔染上了酒瘾。

死亡是富有戏剧性的一次性危机，而老年则是日复一日、年复一年地与强大的内外力量的抗争，是一种苦乐参半的逐渐接受自己的个性和生活的过程。

阿拉伯人曾习惯于靠吃几个枣子节俭度日。当他们获得东罗马帝国的财富，居住在几乎令人难以置信的豪华宫殿中时，他们并未因此就闲居不动。饥饿不再是一个动机，因为只需轻轻一点头，希腊奴隶就会奉上精美佳肴。

The curtains in the living room ______ well with the color of the carpet.

She complained to the company about its awful service and received an official ______ three days later.

Instead of formulas and charts，Professor Smith uses games and drawings ______ to the subject being discussed.