[单项选择]We live in a materialist society. We are trained from our earliest years to be (31) . Our possessions, "mine" and "yours ", are clearly (32) from early childhood. When we grow older enough to earn a living, it does not surprise us to discover that success is measured (33) the money we earn. We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses. If we buy a new television set, Jones is (34) to buy a bigger and better one.
It is not only in affluent society that people are (35) with the idea of making more money. Consumer goods are (36) everywhere and modern industry deliberately (37) create new markets. Gone (38) the days when industrial goods are made to (39) forever. The wheels of industry must be kept turning. Unfashionable goods are made to be (40) . Cars get tinnier and tinnier. You no sooner acquire this year’s model (41) you are thinking hard about its (42)