第三篇 Generation Gap A few years ago, it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their elders. Parents complained that children did not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society. One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life styles. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and often to continue the family occupation. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, most out of the family home at an early age, marry or live or choose occupations different from those of their parents. In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them. Often they discover that they have very little in common with each other. Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, hut in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may Become obsolete overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities. No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedoms and opportunities of our society, and in the rapid pace at which society changes. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage
A. Parents should be more tolerable towards their children.
B. The young generation should value the older generation for their wisdom.
C. The generation gap is partly created by the older generation.
D. The generation gap should be avoidable in American society.
下列选项中,对历史文化街区的基本特征的叙述错误的是( )。
A. 历史文化街区是有一定的规模,并具有较完整或可整治的景观风貌,没有严重的视觉环境干扰,能反映某历史时期某一民族及某个地方的鲜明特色,在这一地区的历史文化上占有重要地位
B. 有一定比例的真实遗存,携带着真实的历史信息
C. 历史文化街区应在城镇生活中仍起着重要的作用,是生生不息的、具有活力的社区,这也就决定了历史文化街区不但记载了过去城市的大量的文化信息,而且还不断并继续记载当今城市发展的大量信息
D. 构成历史风貌的历史建筑和历史环境要素基本上是历史存留的原物