大学英语II作业题
东北农业大学网络教育学院
大学英语第二册作业题（2014更新版）
一、单项选择题
1. Last year the advertising rate ___D___ by 20 percent.
A raised
B aroused
C arose
D rose
2. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats
were __A__ and many houses collapsed.
A wrecked
B spoiled
C torn
D injured
3. As ___B___ announced in today's papers. The Shanghai Export Commodities Fair
is also open on Sundays.
A being
B is
C to be
D been
4. Manufacturing companies spend millions of pounds trying to convince customers that their products are _____D______ to those of others.
A. better
B. best
C. super
D. superior
5. It has been suggested that we ______A_____ the authorities.
A. not wait for
B. would not wait for
C. will not wait for
D. must not wait for
6. If you get lost just ask one of the ___A______ for directions.
A. locals
B. individuals
C. colleagues
D. principles
7. The detectives made a ___B____ search of the suspect's house.
A whole
B thorough
C deep
D solid
8. It rained a few times during our holiday but on the __A____ the weather was fine.
A whole
B rule
C general
D total
9. Mr. and Mrs. Allen both have good jobs, so they must be __B____.
A well up
B well off
C well over
D well on
10. He believed in conventional behavior which ____C____ to the highest standards.
A confirmed
B confronted
C conformed
D affirmed
11. According to the contract he had signed, John had a (an) ___A____ to pay the
bank on the first day of every month.
A obligation
B duty
C responsibility
D ethics
12. The men had to ___A____ all their strength to lift the tree from the ground.
A exhaust
B reinforce
C harness
D exert
13. The ___C______ is working on the house today,
A carpenter
B plumber
C mason
D electrician
14. The neighbors do not consider him quite ___B______ as most evening he awakens them with his drunken singing.
A respectful
B respectable
C respected
D respective
15. You must walk through the underground___C______ to get across that busy street
A way
B road
C passage
D route
16. When was ____C___ the government decided to move the citizens out of the downtown area?
A. that what
B. that which
C. it that
D. it which
17. -Excuse me, Sir! Could you tell me the way to Tianfu Square?
-Sorry, but I?m a stranger here as well.
-_____A____.
A．Thanks, anyway. B．It does n?t matter.
C．Never mind. D．No problem.
18. The number of people in the world _____C____ about 6 billion and large
quantities of waste ________ each year.
A．total; has been produced B．totals; is produced
C．totals; are produced D．total; are being produced
19. Jim?s close __C_____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.
A. alike
B. likely
C. likeness
D. dislike
20. The husband and wife run their own business near the entrance to the park. They do a(n) __B___trade in souvenirs and gifts.
A. lovely
B. lively
C. active
D. busy
21. “I can't your rudeness any more，leave the room，_ D__”shouted Mary．A．put up to B．put up from C．put up into D．put up with
22. The __D______to the moon took the astronauts three days.
a. trip
b. way
c. journey
d. flight
23. I'm very busy, so I can't ____A___that problem with you for the moment.
a. discuss
b. quarrel
c. answer
d. explain
24. These trees cannot be grown in such a cold __B______as ours.
a. weather
b. climate
c. season
d. space
25. Please ____B___ in ________ front of the classroom.
A. seat, the
B. be seated, the
C. sit, /
D. sit down, the
26. We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into __C___.
A. fact
B. reality
C. practice
D. deed
27. It's getting warmer. It's time to _B____ your fur coat.
A. put down
B. put away
C. put up
D. put aside
28. ----You look ____D_____. Take a rest. ---The work is really _______.
A. like tired, tiring
B. like tire, tiring
C. tired , tired
D. tired, tiring
29. It was careful _____D____ the official ________ the secret to the spy.
A. for , not to let out
B. of , not let out
C. that, didn?t let out
D. of , not to let out
30. When he came in, I stopped _D___ to talk to him.
A. to work
B. for work
C. for working
D. working
31. The little man was ___B____ one metre fifty high.
A almost more than
B hardly more than
C nearly more than
D as much as
32. As __B___ announced in today's papers. The Shanghai Export Commodities Fair
is also open on Sundays.
A being
B is
C to be
D been
33. I'd rather read than watch television ; the programs seem __B______ all the time.
A to get worse
B to be getting worse
C to have got worse
D getting worse
34. I ____B_______ what this has to do with the argument.
A. failed to seeing B . failed to see
C. confused with seeing
D. confused about seeing
35. ___A_______ wasn?t believed until the fifteenth century that the earth revolves around the sun.
A. It
B. What
C. That
D. Such
36. A photo should be __A_______ to the application form.
A. attached
B. combined
C. connected
D. surrounded
37. As you are sixty-three years old, you are ____D___ for this job.
A improper
B inconvenient
C mistaken
D unsuitable
38. ___C___ terrible weather we had last week!
A What a
B How
C What
D What an
39. Mr. and Mrs. Allen both have good jobs, so they must be _B_____.
A well up
B well off
C well over
D well on
40. You do not have to go to the lecture, because the attendance is __B______.
A elective
B optional
C choice
D representative
41. The men had to ____A___ all their strength to lift the tree from the ground.
A exhaust
B reinforce
C harness
D exert
42. We finally abandoned our efforts to save the old building when it became clear
that the owner really wanted to __A______.
A tear it down
B knock it over
C pull it off
D put it down
43. ___C______ of this country' s abundance in natural resources.
A Little we know
B Little did we know
C Little we did know
D Little we had know
44. Being a pupil with a low IQ, Henry could ____B_____ little of what the teacher was saying in class.
A take on
B take in
C take up
D take for
45. The ___C______ is working on the house today,
A carpenter
B plumber
C mason
D electrician
46. No tricks are allowed __A__ the performers are skilled enough to perform safely. A．unless B．if C．once D．after
47. Don?t be too ru de to old Jack. Never in his life ____B___ in that way.
A．has he spoken to B．has he been spoken to
C．he has spoken to D．he has been spoken to
48. It will take us another five years ___C____ the construction of all the 121 roads is completed.
A. when
B. since
C. before
D. after
49. Students, who are better at class, always ___C____ more attention on what the teachers teach them than those who are not good at it.
A. pay
B. draw
C. fix
D. attract
50. The ___A______ of geese was flying through the sky in perfect formation following its leader.
A. flock
B. crowd
C. herd
D. swarm
51. “I can't your rudeness any more，leave the room，_D____”shouted Mary．A．put up to B．put up from C．put up into D．put up with
52. The __A______of the clock showed that it was time for dinner.
A. hands
B. fingers
C. numbers
D. arms
53. The taxi driver was badly ___C_____when his car crashed into a wall.
A. pained
B. hit
C. hurt
D. wound
54. I don't ____B___why he 's so angry with us.
A. believe
B. understand
C. think
D. suppose
55. We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into _C____.
A. fact
B. reality
C. practice
D. deed
56. It's __C__ impossible for us to finish the task within half a month.
A. very
B. rather
C. quite
D. much
57. Tom, as far as I know, _D_____ like to eat fish.
A. seems
B. looks
C. is
D. does
58. It was careful ____D_____ the official ________ the secret to the spy.
A. for , not to let out
B. of , not let out
C. that, didn?t let out
D. of , not to let out
59. When he came in, I stopped __D__ to talk to him.
A. to work
B. for work
C. for working
D. working
60. When and where to build the new hotel ___B_______ yet.
A. won?t be decided
B. hasn?t been decided
C. hasn?t decided
D. haven?t decided
61. Last year the advertising rate _D_____ by 20 percent.
A raised
B aroused
C arose
D rose
62. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were __A__ and many houses collapsed.
A wrecked
B spoiled
C torn
D injured
63. __C___ one time, Manchester was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.
A On
B By
C At
D Of
64. It so happened _____D______ there was no one in the house at the time of the accident.
A. but
B. why
C. what
D. that
65. The bomb attack caused ______B____ condemn all over the world.
A. social
B. universal
C. vital
D.personal
66. Keep the medicine out of the _____A______ of the children.
A. reach
B. mind
C. hands
D. trouble
67. The detectives made a __B_____ search of the suspect's house.
A whole
B thorough
C deep
D solid
68. __B____ is careless when disposing of his garbage.
A Man who
B Man
C It is man
D The man who
69. "You realize that you were driving at 100 mph, don't you?"
"No, officer, I ___D____. This car can't do more than 80 (mph)."
A needn't have been
B may not have been
C didn't need to be
D couldn't have been
70. He believed in conventional behavior which __C___ to the highest standards.
A confirmed
B confronted
C conformed
D affirmed
71. According to the contract he had signed, John had a (an) ____A___ to pay the
bank on the first day of every month.
A obligation
B duty
C responsibility
D ethics
72. ___C____ of half-starving wolves were roaming the snow-covered mountainous area.
A Flocks
B Herds
C Packs
D Swarms
73. An iron and steel works together with some satellite factories _____B____built here.
A will
B is to be
C is being
D are to be
74. You must walk through the underground_____C____ to get across that busy street
A way
B road
C passage
D route
75. ___C______ , and James, too, ceased smoking.
A Did not answer Ian
B When Ian did not answer
C Ian did not answer
D Not did Ian answer
76. When was ____C___ the government decided to move the citizens out of the downtown area?
A. that what
B. that which
C. it that
D. it which
77. -Excuse me, Sir! Could you tell me the way to Tianfu Square?
-Sorry, but I?m a stranger here as well.
-_____A____.
A．Thanks, anyway. B．It doesn?t matter.
C．Never mind. D．No problem.
78. The number of people in the world ______C___ about 6 billion and large
quantities of waste ________ each year.
A．total; has been produced B．totals; is produced
C．totals; are produced D．total; are being produced
79. Jim?s close __C_____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.
A. alike
B. likely
C. likeness
D. dislike
80. Take care during the holidays! Drinking too much can heart_A___ disease and cause
high blood pressure．
A．contribute to B．relate to C．attend to D．devote to
81. I like the city, but I like the country better ___A___ I have more friends in the country.
A. in that
B. for that
C. with that
D. at that
82. The government lost a great deal of ____B____because of the large increase in food prices.
a. strength
b. support
c. power
d. progress
83. The letter I had been anxiously waiting for _____C___me just now.
a. arrived
b. received
c. reached
d. got to
84. I'm very busy, so I can't __A_____that problem with you for the moment.
a. discuss
b. quarrel
c. answer
d. explain
85. Please _______ in ___B_____ front of the classroom.
A. seat, the
B. be seated, the
C. sit, /
D. sit down, the
86. Please lend me a hand. Don't just _A___ by.
A. stand
B. go
C. pass
D. look
87. It's getting warmer. It's time to ___B__ your fur coat.
A. put down
B. put away
C. put up
D. put aside
88. ----You look ___D______. Take a rest. ---The work is really _______.
A. like tired, tiring
B. like tire, tiring
C. tired , tired
D. tired, tiring
89. "How about taking a walk?" " Oh, I think it's ___C_ cold for a walk."
A. very much
B. too much
C. much too
D. so much
90. We must _A___ speaking English more often.
A. practise
B. use
C. promise
D. mean
91. The little man was __B_____ one metre fifty high.
A almost more than
B hardly more than
C nearly more than
D as much as
92. As ___B___ announced in today's papers. The Shanghai Export Commodities Fair
is also open on Sundays.
A being
B is
C to be
D been
93. I'd rather read than watch television ; the programs seem ____B____ all the time.
A to get worse
B to be getting worse
C to have got worse
D getting worse
94. I ___B________ what this has to do with the argument.
A. failed to seeing B . failed to see
C. confused with seeing
D. confused about seeing
95. ____A______ wasn?t believed until the fifteenth century that the earth revolves around the sun.
A. It
B. What
C. That
D. Such
96. A photo should be ______A___ to the application form.
A. attached
B. combined
C. connected
D. surrounded
97. As you are sixty-three years old, you are ___D____ for this job.
A improper
B inconvenient
C mistaken
D unsuitable
98. __C____ terrible weather we had last week!
A What a
B How
C What
D What an
99. Mr. and Mrs. Allen both have good jobs, so they must be __B____.
A well up
B well off
C well over
D well on
100. You do not have to go to the lecture, because the attendance is ___B_____.
A elective
B optional
C choice
D representative
101. The men had to __A_____ all their strength to lift the tree from the ground.
A exhaust
B reinforce
C harness
D exert
102. We finally abandoned our efforts to save the old building when it became clear that the owner really wanted to ____A____.
A tear it down
B knock it over
C pull it off
D put it down
103. _____C____ of this country' s abundance in natural resources.
A Little we know
B Little did we know
C Little we did know
D Little we had know
104. Being a pupil with a low IQ, Henry could ___B______ little of what the teacher was saying in class.
A take on
B take in
C take up
D take for
105. The ___C______ is working on the house today,
A carpenter
B plumber
C mason
D electrician
106. No tricks are allowed __A__ the performers are skilled enough to perform safely.
A．unless B．if C．once D．after
107. Don?t be too rude to old Jack. Never in his life ____B___ in that way.
A．has he spoken to B．has he been spoken to
C．he has spoken to D．he has been spoken to
108. It will take us another five years ____C___ the construction of all the 121 roads is completed.
A. when
B. since
C. before
D. after
109. Students, who are better at class, always __C_____ more attention on what the teachers teach them than those who are not good at it.
A. pay
B. draw
C. fix
D. attract
110. The ____A_____ of geese was flying through the sky in perfect formation following its leader.
A. flock
B. crowd
C. herd
D. swarm
111. “I can't your rudeness any more，leave the room，_D____”shouted Mary．A．put up to B．put up from C．put up into D．put up with
112. The ____A____of the clock showed that it was time for dinner.
A. hands
B. fingers
C. numbers
D. arms
113. The taxi driver was badly __C______when his car crashed into a wall.
A. pained
B. hit
C. hurt
D. wound
114. I don't ___B____why he 's so angry with us.
A. believe
B. understand
C. think
D. suppose
115. We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into _C____.
A. fact
B. reality
C. practice
D. deed
116. It's _C___ impossible for us to finish the task within half a month.
A. very
B. rather
C. quite
D. much
117. Tom, as far as I know, ___D___ like to eat fish.
A. seems
B. looks
C. is
D. does
118. It was careful _____D____ the official ________ the secret to the spy.
A. for , not to let out
B. of , not let out
C. t hat, didn?t let out
D. of , not to let out
119. When he came in, I stopped ___D_ to talk to him.
A. to work
B. for work
C. for working
D. working
120. When and where to build the new hotel _____B_____ yet.
A. won?t be decided
B. hasn?t been decided
C. hasn?t decided
D. haven?t decided
121. The little man was _B______ one metre fifty high.
A almost more than
B hardly more than
C nearly more than
D as much as
122. As __B____ announced in today's papers. The Shanghai Export Commodities Fair is also open on Sundays.
A being
B is
C to be
D been
123. You see the lightning __A___ it happens , but you hear the thunder later.
A the instant
B for an instant
C on the instant
D in at instant 124. A large _____C_____ of women return to work after having a baby.
A. company
B. organization
C. percentage
D. faculty
125. People have lived in this valley since ______C_____ times.
A. remote
B. present
C. ancient
D. permanent
126. It so happened ___D________ there was no one in the house at the time of the accident.
A. but
B. why
C. what
D. that
127. As you are sixty-three years old, you are ___D____ for this job.
A improper
B inconvenient
C mistaken
D unsuitable
128. ___C___ terrible weather we had last week!
A What a
B How
C What
D What an
129. "You realize that you were driving at 100 mph, don't you?"
"No, officer, I ____D___. This car can't do more than 80 (mph)."
A needn't have been
B may not have been
C didn't need to be
D couldn't have been
130. You do not have to go to the lecture, because the attendance is ____B____.
A elective
B optional
C choice
D representative
131. The men had to ____A___ all their strength to lift the tree from the ground.
A exhaust
B reinforce
C harness
D exert
132. I was told that this sweater would not ____B___ in the wash but it has.
A dwindle
B shrink
C decrease
D contract
133. ______C___ of this country' s abundance in natural resources.
A Little we know
B Little did we know
C Little we did know
D Little we had know
134. Being a pupil with a low IQ, Henry could ___B______ little of what the teacher was saying in class.
A take on
B take in
C take up
D take for
135. An iron and steel works together with some satellite factories ____B_____built here.
A will
B is to be
C is being
D are to be
136. No tricks are allowed ___A_ the performers are skilled enough to perform safely.
A．unless B．if C．once D．after
137. I' m sorry. I can' t give you the telephone number _A___without Mr. Smith's A. permission B. allowing C. agreement D. performance
138. The concert_A___ by Lang Lang was so well that all the tickets had been sold out on the first three days last month.
A．received B．recognized C．admitted D．taken
139. When I __D____ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with Grandma bending over me.
A. woke up
B. took to
C. picked up
D. came to
140. Students, who are better at class, always ___C____ more attention on what the teachers teach them than those who are not good at it.
A. pay
B. draw
C. fix
D. attract
141. Take care during the holidays! Drinking too much can heart _A____disease and cause
high blood pressure．
A．contribute to B．relate to C．attend to D．devote to
142. The taxi driver was badly ____C____when his car crashed into a wall.
a. pained
b. hit
c. hurt
d. wound
143. You'll be paid ____A____money if you work late tonight.
a. extra
b. much
c. a lot of
d. many
144. I don't __B_____why he 's so angry with us.
a. believe
b. understand
c. think
d. suppose
145. It's getting warmer. It's time to __B___ your fur coat.
A. put down
B. put away
C. put up
D. put aside
146. It's __C__ impossible for us to finish the task within half a month.
A. very
B. rather
C. quite
D. much
147. We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into __C___.
A. fact
B. reality
C. practice
D. deed
148. "How about taking a walk?" " Oh, I think it's __C__ cold for a walk."
A. very much
B. too much
C. much too
D. so much
149. When and where to build the new hotel ______B____ yet.
A. won?t be decided
B. hasn?t been decided
C. hasn?t decided
D. haven?t decided
150. We must __A__ speaking English more often.
A. practise
B. use
C. promise
D. mean
二、阅读理解
1.
Now custom has not been commonly regarded as a subject of any great importance. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation, but custom, we have a way of thinking, is behavior at its most commonplace. As a matter of fact, it is the other way around. Traditional custom, taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behavior more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions. Yet that is a rather trivial aspect of the matter. The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom plays in experience and in belief and the very great varieties it may manifest .
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. Even in his philosophical probings he cannot go behind these stereotypes; his very concepts of the true and the false will still have reference to his particular traditional customs. John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behavior of the individual as over against any way in which he can affect traditional custom, is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue over against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the language of his family. When one seriously studies axial orders that have had the opportunity to develop independently, the becomes no more than an exact and matter-of-fact observation. The life history of the individual is first and foremost an adjustment to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.
1. The author thinks the reason why custom has been ignored in the academic world is that__C___________.
A custom reveals only the superficial nature of human behavior
B the study of social orders can replace the study of custom
C people are still not aware of the important role that custom plays in forming our world outlook
D custom has little to do with our ways of thinking
2. Which of the following is true according to John Dewey?_A____
A An individual can exercise very little influence on the cultural tradition into which he is born.
B Custom is the direct result of the philosophical probings of a group of people.
C An individual is strongly influenced by the cultural tradition even before he is born.
D Custom represents the collective wisdom which benefits the individual.
3. The world "custom" in this passage most probably means__D________.
A the concept of the true and the false of a society
B the independently developed social orders
C the adjustment of the individual to the new social environment
D the patterns and standards of behavior of a community
4. According to the passage a person's life, from his birth to his death,__B______.
A is constantly shaping the cultural traditions of his people
B is predominated by traditional custom
C is continually influenced by the habits of other communities
D is chiefly influenced by the people around him
5. The author' s pump in writing this passage is _____B___.
A to urge individuals to follow traditional customs
B to stress the strong influence of customs on an individual
C to examine the interaction of man and axial customs
D to show man' s adjustment to traditional customs
2.
Each child has his individual（个人的）pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles （打斗）. An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else.
A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself （where he can?t get into trouble）or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile （幼稚的）pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers（障碍）toward social contact.
6．Which of the following may have effect on children?s paten of social development? _C___
A. Age.
B. Education
C. Home life.
D. Gender（性别）
7．The passage implies that which of the following may have the earliest time learning to get along with others?_B____
A. An only child
B. A child from a large family
C. Twins
D. Children who are continually scolded
8．Which of the following is implied by the passage?_A___
A. Too much scolding of children may make their social development difficult.
B. All children developed in the same ways.
C. Children who are constantly scolded may learn to get along with others quickly.
D. Deserted children often exhibit quicker social development.
9．We can inferred from the passage that__B______.
A. continual scolding is not harmful to the child.
B. continual scolding holds back healthy social development.
C. continual scolding has no effect on obeying orders.
D. continual scolding has no effect on physical development
10．Where does the passage say the only child learns his social lessons?_C____
A. School and home
B. Home and playground
C. Classroom and playground
D. All of the above
3.
A network ---whether for work, play, or research---- interweaves departments and flung branches. What if they were all interconnected --- the libraries, the hobbyists, and the businesses--- internet worked into one all -encompassing, multipurpose network of networks?
Hence comes the word “Inter-net”. Simply put, it?s all of these computers hooked up to each other. It?s commonly called the network of networks; plug into any part , and you plug into the whole. (As an open system, however, this doesn?t mean that anyone can then access file on your hard disk. And you?re not susceptible() to viruses unless
you take some software from the Net and run it with your computer, which you might not ever do).
Why do we say, “Plug into any part, and you plug into the whole?” Because there?s no center to it. Just as there?s no global central bank or post office, yet bankers accept all currencies and post offices accept it all stamps, the Internet accepts all participant. Thus the technology carries with it a certain philosophic perspective and culture: a do-it-yourself, anarchic, “bottom-up”, fluid, horizontal interdependency, rather than a canned , top-down, rigid, vertical hierarchy.
This is part of what makes it so attractive to so many, but also very discouraging to people who expect to jump right in. To be a successful Netizen means realizing that, along with a relatively simple set of computer rules, the Internet has its own culture.
11. The passage that comes before this abridge one may possibly discusses__B____.?
A. the theory of networks
B. the application of networks
C. the advantages of networks
D. the definition of networks
12. The third paragraph is developed by____A_____.
A. analogy
B. illustration
C. data analysis
D. summary
13. What is NOT mentioned in the passage as the culture of Internet?_C___
A. fluid
B. anarchy
C. rigidness
D. horizon
14. The pronoun “this” in line 7 stands for ____C____.
A. Internet
B. an open system
C. the saying “Plug into any part, and you plug into the whole”
D. computers hooked up to each other
15. Which of the following statements is true?___D__
A. The Internet has a global center that deals with all the businesses.
B. The Internet has the similar culture as the human being.
C. Rules in the Internet are quite hard for Netizens to master.
D. It is likely to be infected with computer viruses if one takes some software from the Net and run it with his computer.
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They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group t hat explains the cause of 40 percent of the nation?s unemployed.
A storm of anger boils up at the government -sponsored（政府资助的）youth center, event among those who are continuing their studies.
“We study for jobs that don?t exist, ” Nicollets Steggerda, 23, said.
After thirty years of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European Community has reached as much as 11 percent, affecting a total of 12.3 million people, and the number is climbing.
The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the Continent. The title of a rock song“ No Future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France.
Recent surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the deployment（部署）in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths' confidence（信心）in the future.
One form of protest （an action that shows disagreement ）tends to put the responsib ility for a country?s economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from Third World nations, people welcomed in Western Europe in the years of prosperity.
Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to be similar to Americans more than they do their own parents. Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation , even the right, to a standard of living that they see around them.
“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet peop le at the cafe, and sit and stare, ” said Isabella Cault. “There is usually not much conversation. You look for happiness. Sometimes you even find it.”