Part II Reading Comprehension (15 minutes)
2、Directions : In this part, you. will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1 - 7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
　　 N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
　　NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8- 10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
　　Social and Cultural Changes of America
　　An economics professor from the United States was teaching in Britain in the early 1980s. One of his students asked this question, "What is most important to Americans these days?" He said,"Earning money. "
　　Clearly, his answer was far too simple. Still, many observers would agree that great numbers of Americans in the 1980s were concerned with money. These people wanted the good life that they believed money could buy.
　　In some ways, the 1980s were the opposite of the 1960s. The Nineteen-Sixties were years of protest and reform. Young Americans demonstrated against the Vietnam War. African Americans demonstrated for civil fights. Women demonstrated for equal treatment. For many, society's hero was the person who helped others.
　　For many in the 1980s, society's hero was the person who helped himself. Success seemed to be measured only by how much money a person made.
　　The period of change came during the 1970s. For a while, these years remained tied to the social experiments and straggles of the 1960s. Then they showed signs of what American would be like in the 1980s. There were a number of reasons for the change.
　　One reason was that the United States ended its military involvement in Vietnam. Another was that the civil fights movement and women's movements reached many of their goals. A third reason was the economy. During the 1970s; the United States suffered an economic recession. Interest rates and inflation were high. There was a shortage of imported oil.
　　As the 1970s moved toward the 1980s, Americans became tired of social struggle. They became tired of losing money. They had 'been working together for common interests. Now, many wanted to spend more time on their own personal interests.
　　This change appeared in many parts of American society. It affected popular culture, education, and politics.
　　For example, one of the most popular television programs of that time was about serious social is- sues. It was called "All in the Family". It was about a factory worker who hates black people and opposes equal rights for women. His family slowly helps him to accept and value different kinds of people.
　　Other television programs, however, were beginning to present an escape from serious issues. These included "Happy Days" and "Three's Company". Music showed the change, too. In the1960s, folk music was very popular. Many folk songs were abou
3、Americans' concerns during the 1960s were different from that of the 1980s in all aspects.[Y．N．NG．]
4、In the 1980s, the amount of money one made appeared to be the only measurement of his or her success.[Y．N．NG．]
5、Throughout the 1970s, Americans put more value on common interests than on personal interests.[Y．N．NG．]
6、The Republican seemed to be more interested in economy, while the Democratic Party showed more concern about politics.[Y．N．NG．]
7、"The 'me' generation" and "yuppie" in the 1980s were those who lived just to make more mon ey and spend more. [Y．N．NG．] 
8、Unlike common Americans, many characters in TV programs and movies during the 1980S spent much to meet their life requirements.[Y．N．NG．]

9、In the 1980s, the program on which people talked about their private things in public was _________
10、Although once talked and sung about openly,___________increasingly made many people watch out their own activities.
11、American life in the 1980s was changed much by the widespread use of________