[填空题]As long as the American land was not completely settled and the elements of civilized order were not yet imposed on the frontier, the (36) American passion for looking to the future was (37) to prophetic brooding (沉思) on material (38) and to great efforts to make those prophecies come true. But with the closing of the frontier, interest in the future took a more human form. It became the (39) of the American men and women to provide a world in which life would be easier for the next generation. (40) , at least, the closing of the frontier meant a closing of the (41) , since it was no longer possible to (42) the problem of youth’s economic future with a (43) "Go West, young men, and grow up with the country".
As a result, providing a world in which young men and women could grow up in a fairly stable country became a constant national concern. (44) If, on the other hand, the old tradition s

[填空题]As long as the American land was not completely settled and the elements of civilized order were not yet imposed on the frontier, the (36) American passion for looking to the future was (37) to prophetic brooding (沉思) on material (38) and to great efforts to make those prophecies come true. But with the closing of the frontier, interest in the future took a more human form. It became the (39) of the American men and women to provide a world in which life would be easier for the next generation. (40) , at least, the closing of the frontier meant a closing of the (41) , since it was no longer possible to (42) the problem of youth’s economic future with a (43) "Go West, young men, and grow up with the country".
As a result, providing a world in which young men and women could grow up in a fairly stable country became a constant national concern. (44) If, on the other hand, the old tradition s

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America has long been considered the land of opportunity by those from other countries. Americans, too, believe that the United States provides almost limitless opportunity for those who want to open businesses on their own.
Today, Americans are still fond of trying their hand at becoming small business people, even though only one out of two survives the first two years. Many of these people start their businesses for the wrong reasons: to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for freer life styles. But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business. John Shuttleworth, owner of the recently successful news magazine Mother Earth, reports having had to work sixty hours straight in order to bring out the first issue.
John Shuttleworth waited years after thinking about the idea for Mother Earth before he attempted to put out the first issue. During that time, h
A. have a great chance of failure
B. provide large income but less responsibility
C. require longer working hours but less paper work
D. not relieve them from much paper work and responsibility

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The American screen has long been a smoky place, at least since 1942’s Now, Voyager, in which Bette Davis and Paul Henreid showed how to make and seal a romantic deal over a pair of cigarettes that were smoldering as much as the stars. Today cigarettes are more common on screen than at any other time since midcentury: 75% of all Hollywood films—including 36% of those rated G or PG—show tobacco use, according to a 2006 survey by the University of California, San Francisco.
Audiences, especially kids, are taking notice. Two recent studies, published in Lancet and Pediatrics, have found that among children as young as 10, those exposed to the most screen smoking are up to 2.7 times as likely as others to pick up the habit. Worse, it’s the ones from nonsmoking homes who are hit the hardest. Now the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)—the folks behind the designated-driver campaign—are pushing to get the smokes off the screen. "Some
A. To show audiences are easy to be influenced by smoky movies
B. To show 10-year-old kids are the most dangerous group to pick up the habit by screen smoking
C. To show smoking cinematic version give the worst influence to nonsmoking homes’ kids
D. To show why should we prevent cigarettes on screen