完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） A while ago my family and I went sledding(滑雪橇) and as I watched my children climbing up the slope I started thinking. Many people are convinced that most of today’s 26 problems are because of the “me” generation. Youngsters are just out for themselves and pay no   27   to others or their needs. Indeed, a common belief is that today’s youngsters won’t do anything 28 there is something in it for them. Yet, while sledding, I saw a 29 side. I watched my two oldest children (then five and four) take my youngest(then two years old)by the hand to help her up the slippery slope 30 they went up. They would have been   31  without her, but not once did they try to sneak （溜掉）by her without helping. And when the sled  32  my two daughters was aimed toward the edge, it was my five year old son who ran to them to  33  them from falling and hurting themselves. These children sometimes 34 among themselves and, on occasion, behave horribly. But I can  35  them shopping and know that they won’t ask for anything, I can talk to them about tsunami or hurricane victims and know that they will offer to  36  some of their own money to the cause, and I can ask them to play with those children  37  on the sideline(作为旁观者) and know that they will befriend（照顾）them. Perhaps, therefore, the “me” generation is to blame 38 much of society’s problems—not the youngsters who want everything,   39  the adults who have taught them to selfishly 40 only of themselves. Most adults have been 41 at some time or another, sadly, many   42  that disappointment down to their children. Then the children learn to put themselves first! Most young children want to help. We can  43  that feeling by teaching the lesson my children learned while sledding: Life is a slippery slope with  44  of bumps(撞伤) and bruises(擦伤), but we can all make it to the 45 if we remember to help those who need it. 26.A.social         B.private                   C.serious                    D.slight 27.A.thought            B.attention                         C.permission             D.pleasure 28.A.if                                  B.as                             C.while                                 D.unless 29.A.same                          B.different                          C.strange                            D.moral 30.A.some time                 B.any time                          C.each time                        D.the time 31.A.faster                         B.slower                     C.easier                               D.lighter 32.A.containing                 B.loading                    C.driving              D.carrying 33.A.avoid                           B.stop                                  C.help                                   D.warn 34.A.cry                               B.cooperate                       C.assist                                D.fight 35.A.take                      B.drive                                 C.accompany            D.guide 36.A.lend                   B.send                                  C.collect                     D.pay 37.A.forgotten                   B.missed                    C.left                                    D.ignored 38.A.of                                 B.within                               C.on                             D.for 39.A.and                    B.but                                    C.thus                                  D.though 40.A.consider           B.speak                                C.believe                    D.think 41.A.depressed                 B.surprised                         C.disappointed                  D.embarrassed 42.A.extend                        B.intend                       C.pass                                  D.spread 43.A.encourage                 B.strengthen                      C.discourage                     D.approach 44.A.opportunities  B.occasions                  C.promises                         D.fates 45.A.top                     B.bottom                   C.middle                     D.tip