When I visited the Netherlands last year, my first impression was that it was all too good to be true: a country where everyone is satisfied! So, ___46___ that young people everywhere are gifted social critics, I sought out some university students and ___47__ what issues young people were ___48___ . I was stunned to learn that the main problem students there see is with employment. IN a country that’s made good work conditions a(n) ___49___ , this came as a real surprise. Even more stunning was the fact that it wasn’t unemployment ___50___ these students were worried about --- it was a shortage of highly paid management positions ___51___ to fresh university graduates. As the students expressed their resentment toward the older generation for “ ___52___ all the good jobs” and their bitterness over the thought of struggling to ___53___ on an entry – level salary, I couldn’t help ___54___ my own early employment experiences. I had graduated with honors form. a good school, but my first job was doing door – to – door market research for a salary that just barely allowed me to get by. For some reason I never doubted that I’d ultimately ___55___ a better job. I simply accepted that a young person who was just starting out would have to struggle a bit at first. (216 words) 46. A. thinking B. to see C. knowing D. found 47. A. inquired after B. inquired of C. inquired into D. inquired 48. A. worrying B. concerned about C. concerned with D. cared about 49. A. priority B. choice C. must D. importance 50. A. which B. whom C. the D. that 51. A. preferred B. limited C. supplied D. available 52. A. taking on B. taking up C. taking over D. taking to 53. A. earn B. make ends meet C. survive with D. live with 54. A. calling back B. memorizing C. looking back on D. recalling on 55. A. end up with B. end with C. end in D. end on