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Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Today's American Youth Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings and actions of the youth. Today there are about seven million Americans in the colleges and universities. Young persons under 25 make up nearly half of the American population. Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally, their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel. College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before. They see much that is wrong in the older ways of their elders. So they insist on changing them. As a result, there is often trouble in American families.

 

Young people are very important in the USA because （）.

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