节选自美国总统比尔·克林顿的第一次就职演说。
The original：
It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice. But it can be done, and done fairly, not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children. Our Founders（奠基者）saw themselves in the light of posterity（子孙，后裔）. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched a child’s eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come—the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred（神圣的）responsibility.
We must do what America does best; offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility, not only for our families and ourselves but also for our communities and our country.
Question：
What was not the action that Clinton encouraged to take？
A. Sacrifice
B. Bear the responsibility
C. Expecting something for nothing
Key to the exercise: C
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