Part I Blank Filling.docx Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. I A) peers B) unique C) dramatically D) praise E) nontraditional F) voluntarily G) predict H) regarding I) unequal J) expansion K) definitely L) anniversary M) consequences N) process O) spectators The world of today's youth is different from that of the youth of our time. The rate of separation, divorce, and remarriage has increased_________________ . Unheard of in our time,_________________ families have proliferated ( 增生 ): Gay couples raising children together; single women having children; a divorced parent living with a lover; marriages of househusbands and career-wives; two-career marriages;_________________ childless marriages; test-tube babies; surrogate ( 替身 ) mothers. Teenage girls can attend Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton right along with their male_________________ . Yet the old double standard lingers ( 徘徊 ): Women still receive_________________ pay for equal or comparable work. We may_________________ female leaders of other nations, but we have yet to elect one as our president. It is true that today's women are not in the back of the bus — but neither are they all the way up front with the men. And they're_________________ not driving. Today's youth have far more confusing and complex choices than we did as adolescents. As they engage in the_________________ of trying out new behavior and values to see what feels right, they must make decisions_________________ the use of alcohol and drugs — decisions that often bear serious_________________ . Whereas we had to make choices about using alcohol at ages fifteen or sixteen — when we were in high school — today's youth face these decisions in grade school, at ages nine or ten.