单选题：根据以下材料回答第题：Hard work has been an important part of the Ameri

根据以下材料回答第题：
Hard work has been an important part of the American belief from the nation's beginning．The American idea that hard work was to be esteemed(尊重)distinguishes us from Europeans who (1) their gentlemen of leisure．For us．hard work (2) tthan idleness was the way to distinction．
Now, (3) t．1ike many other traditional values，hard work is coming under (4) t．In academic journals，conferences and classrooms，the idea of hard work is considered to be another of those (5) tthat the dominant forces of our society (6) ton the rest of us．It merely advances white—male interests一 (7) tany woman or minority foolish enough to buy into the dominant value system will find out．
In a recent survey，high school students in the United States and Japan were asked to (8) tfactors that contributed (9) tsuccess in the classroom．Of the Japanese．72 percent listed
hard work first (10) t 0nly 27 percent of Americans agreed．
Many factors contribute to the devaluing of hard work．Thinking that self-esteem is crucial．many parents and teachers (11) tto point out the students’failing，even laziness．To make matters (12) t，Americans place an unusually high value on the idea of inborn ability．And aptitude(天资) (13) tdeemphasizes the role that hard work plays in success． (14) if our students fail to see that hard work (15) ．it is because we are telling them time and again that it doesn’t．If we want young people to esteem hard work，it is up to US to show them its worth，its strength and its (16) in everyday life．
(17) while we are at it，we should make the larger argument there are many ideas to which we can all (18) ．The notion that values cannot (19) class，race more than the idea of hard work．It calls into question (20) there can
be an American creed—a public philosophy for us all．
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