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