[单项选择]We live in a materialistic society and are trained from our earliest years to be acquisitive. Our possessions, "mine" and "yours", are clearly (62) from early childhood. When we grow older enough to earn a living, (63) does not surprise us to discover that success is measured (64) the money we earn. We spend the whole of our lives keeping (65) our neighbors, the Joneses. If we buy a new television set, Jones is (66) to buy a bigger and better one.
It is not only in affluent societies (67) people are obsessed with the idea of making more money. Consumer goods are (68) everywhere and modem industry deliberately sets out to create new markets. (69) are the days (70) industrial goods are made to (71) forever. The wheels of industry must be kept turning. "Built-in obsolescence" provides the means: goods are made to be (72) Cars get tinnier and tinnier. You no sooner acquire this year’s mod