[单项选择]In the British theater young people under thirty-five have not had much ______ getting recognition onstage, but offstage--in the ranks of playwrights, directors, designers, administrators--they have mostly been relegated to relative obscurity.
A. trouble
B. satisfaction
C. curiosity about
D. fear of

[单项选择]Where do most British young people spend their spare time
A. Youth clubs.
B. Service groups.
C. Voluntary organizations.
D. Homes.

[单项选择]In previous generations, young people were under their parents’ control ; now the teenage children of the West’s richest generation were ready for something to get excited about. The Beatles simply put a spark to a fuse(导火线) that was waiting to be lit.
Everything changed, and what changed for the Beatles was their lives and their working habits, in the midst of the hysterical(歇斯底里的) following the band attracted. Because of the demand of the fans to see them perform, they played bigger and bigger venues (meeting-places) , especially in America. They played pop music’s first "stadium" concert—to 60,000 people in Shea Stadium.
But John, Paul, George and Ringo became increasingly unhappy that, because of the screaming of their fans, neither the band nor the audience could hear the music. Creatively frustrated and tired of the pressures of life under siege(围攻) from their fans, they retired from playing concerts in 1966 and decided to concentrate on recording.
It was
A. They made the young people of their time very excited.
B. They attracted a large following wherever they played.
C. They were always pleased with their popularity.
D. No other pop music group had ever played to bigger audience than they di

[简答题]镇里的长跑比赛 Young people under 16不能参加

[单项选择]British universities, groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk. The universities have threatened to impose an admission fee on students to plug a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks.
The government responded to the universities’ threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation, under a non-party troubleshooter (调停人), Sir Ron Dearing.
One in three school-leavers enters higher education, five limes the number when the last review took place thirty years ago.
Everyone agrees a system that is feeling the strain after rapid expansion needs a lot more money--but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayer and not much scope for attracting more finance from business.
Most colleges believe students should contribute to tuition costs, something that is common elsewhere i
A. the British government will be forced to increase its spending on higher education
B. British employers demand an expansion in enrollment at the expense of quality
C. the best way out for British universities is to follow their European counterparts
D. British students will probably have to pay for their higher education in the near future