36. One cross-generation mark of a successful life is.
- A. trying out different lifestyles
- B. having a family with children
- C. working beyond retirement age
- D. setting up a profitable business
答案：B
答案句：Across generational lines, Americans continue to prize many of the same traditional milestones of a successful life, including getting married, having children, owning a home, and retiring in their sixties.
参考译文：跨越代际，美国人仍然珍视成功生活的许多相同传统里程碑，包括结婚、生子、拥有住房以及在六十多岁时退休。
定位线索：题干“One cross-generation mark of a successful life”→答案句“Across generational lines...traditional milestones of a successful life”；文中“having children”对应选项B“having a family with children”。
解析：题干问成功生活的跨代标志，答案句直接列出传统里程碑包括“having children”，与选项B“having a family with children”同义。选项A、C、D在原文中未提及，属于无中生有。
37. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that young people tend to.
- A. favor a slower life pace
- B. hold an occupation longer
- C. attach importance to pre-marital finance
- D. give priority to childcare outside the home
答案：C
答案句：Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life, to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children, and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found.
参考译文：调查发现，仍在人生起步阶段的年轻人比年长者更可能优先考虑工作中的个人成就感，相信通过定期换工作能最大程度推进职业发展，更喜欢公共服务更多、生活节奏更快的社区，同意夫妻在结婚或生子前应有经济保障，并认为孩子由双亲在外工作抚养最好。
定位线索：题干“Paragraph 3”→答案句取自第3段；文中“couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children”对应选项C“attach importance to pre-marital finance”。
解析：题干问年轻人倾向于什么，答案句明确提到年轻人同意“couples should be financially secure before getting married”，即重视婚前经济，对应选项C。选项A与原文“faster pace of life”相反，选项B与“regularly changing jobs”相反，选项D偷换概念，原文说“children are best served by two parents working outside the home”，并非“childcare outside the home”。
38. The priorities and expectations defined by the young will.
- A. become increasingly clear
- B. focus on materialistic issues
- C. depend largely on political preferences
- D. reach almost all aspects of American life
答案：D
答案句：From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.
参考译文：从职业到社区和家庭，这些对比表明，在严重的大衰退之后，那些刚起步的人正在定义优先事项和期望，这些将日益扩展到美国生活的几乎所有方面，从消费偏好到住房模式再到政治。
定位线索：题干“The priorities and expectations defined by the young”→答案句“those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations”；文中“spread through virtually all aspects of American life”对应选项D“reach almost all aspects of American life”。
解析：题干问年轻人定义的优先事项和期望将如何，答案句明确说“will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life”，与选项D“reach almost all aspects of American life”同义。选项A“become increasingly clear”、B“focus on materialistic issues”、C“depend largely on political preferences”均未在原文提及，属于无中生有。
39. Both young and old agree that.
- A. good-paying jobs are less available
- B. the old made more life achievements
- C. housing loans today are easy to obtain
- D. getting established is harder for the young
答案：D
答案句：Young and old converge on one key point: Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations.
参考译文：年轻人和老年人在一个关键点上达成一致：两个群体中的绝大多数人都表示，他们认为今天的年轻人起步比前几代人更难。
定位线索：题干“Both young and old agree”→答案句“Young and old converge on one key point”；文中“it is harder for young people today to get started in life”对应选项D“getting established is harder for the young”。
解析：题干问年轻人和老年人都同意什么，答案句指出两者“converge”于“it is harder for young people today to get started in life”，即年轻人起步更难，对应选项D“getting established is harder for the young”。选项A“good-paying jobs are less available”是文中提到的“signpost achievements”之一，但并非两者一致同意的核心观点；选项B“the old made more life achievements”和C“housing loans today are easy to obtain”均未在原文提及。
40. Which of the following is true about Schneider?
- A. He found a dream job after graduating from college.
- B. His parents believe working steadily is a must for success.
- C. His parents’ good life has little to do with a college degree.
- D. He thinks his job as a technician quite challenging.
答案：C
答案句：Looking back, he is struck that his parents could provide a comfortable life for their children even though neither had completed college when he was young. “I still grew up in an upper middle-class home with parents who didn't have college degrees,” Schneider said. “I don’t think people are capable of that anymore.”
参考译文：回顾过去，他感到震惊的是，他的父母即使在他小时候都没有完成大学学业，却能为孩子提供舒适的生活。施奈德说：“我仍然在一个中上阶层家庭长大，父母没有大学学位。” “我认为人们再也做不到那样了。”
定位线索：题干“Schneider”→答案句取自第5段关于Schneider的叙述；文中“parents who didn't have college degrees”对应选项C“His parents' good life has little to do with a college degree”。
解析：题干问关于Schneider哪项为真，答案句提到他的父母没有大学学位却提供了舒适生活，说明好生活与学位无关，对应选项C。选项A“found a dream job”与原文“struggled to find a job”矛盾；选项B“His parents believe”未提及；选项D“job as a technician quite challenging”未提及，原文只说找工作难，并非工作本身有挑战。