Question 22 is based on the recording you have just heard. 

        I would like particularly to talk about the need to develop a new style of aging in our own society. (22) [Young people in this country have been accused of not caring for their parents the way they would have in the old country. ]And this is true. (23) [But it is also true that old people have been influenced by an American ideal of independence and autonomy.] So we live alone, perhaps on the verge of starvation, in time without friends. But we are independent. This standard American style has been forced on every ethnic group, although there are many groups for whom the ideal is not practical. It is a poor ideal and pursuing it does a great deal of harm. This ideal of independence also contains a tremendous amount of unselfishness.

        In talking to today’s young mothers, I have asked them what kind of grandmothers they think they are going to be. I hear devoted loving mothers say that when they are through raising their children, they have no intention of becoming grandmothers. (24) [They are astonished to hear that in most of the world, throughout most of its history, families have been three- or four-generation families, living under the same roof.] We have overemphasized the small family unit—father, mother, small children. We think it is wonderful if grandma and grandpa, if they’re still alive, can live alone. We have reached the point where we think the only thing we can do for our children is to stay out of their way. And the only thing we can do for our daughter-in-law is to see as little of her as possible. Old people’s nursing homes, even the best one, are filled with older people who believe the only thing they can do for their children is to look cheerful when they come to visit. (25) [So in the end, older people have to devote all their energies to not being a burden. ]

        We are beginning to see what a tremendous price we’ve paid for our emphasis on independence and autonomy. We’ve isolated old people and we’ve cut off the children from their grandparents. One of the reasons we have as bad a generation gap today as we do is that grandparents have stepped out. Young people are being deprived of the thing they need most—perspective—to know why their parents behave so peculiarly and why their grandparents say the things they do.

22. What have young Americans been accused of?（美国的年轻人因为什么而受到指责？）

解析：C。录音开头指出，美国的年轻人因为没有像旧时那样照顾父母而备受指责。C项中的Failing to care for parents为录音中not caring for their parents的同义替换，in the traditional way是对录音中the way they would have in the old country的同义替换，故正确答案为C。

错项排除：录音中没有提到美国年轻人追求休闲和物质上的舒适，故A项排除。B项利用independence设置干扰，但录音说的是美国老年人受到了美国独立自主理念的影响，并不是年轻人受到指责的原因，故B项错误。D项利用on the verge of starvation设置干扰，但录音中是说老年人因受到独立自主思想的影响，即使挨饿也愿意独立生活，并没有说年轻人让父母忍饥挨饿，故D项错误。