They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that 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, ” Nicollet 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 responsibility 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 people 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．”

1．What Nicollet Steggerda said（para．2）means that________．

A．what the students learn is more than necessary

B．the students cannot get work after graduation

C．the students’ aim in study is not clear

D．school education is not sufficient（enough）

2．What does the underlined word “prosperity” most probably mean?

A．advance in politics

B．economic troubles

C．political crisis（危机）

D．achievements in economy

3．British youths________．

A．have pity on the unemployed on the continent

B．have been the first to show their disappointment over joblessness

C．care about unemployment in France and Belgium

D．are trying to find work on the continent

4．It seems that young Europeans________．

A．are more like Americans than their elders in their way of thinking

B．look more like Americans than their elders do

C．expect more from Americans than from their elders

D．look upon life as their elders do