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There was on shop in the town of Mufulira, which was notorious for its color bar. It was a drugstore. While Europeans were served at the counter, a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but, when their turn came to be served, were rudely treated by the shop assistants. One day I was determined to make a public protest against this kind of thing, and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store and waited outside to see what would happen when I went in.

I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine. As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand he shouted at me in a bastard language that is only used by an employed when speaking to his servants. I stood at the counter and politely requested in English that I should be served. The manager became exasperated and said to me in English, “If you stand there till Christmas I will never serve you.”

I went to the District commissioner's office. Fortunately the

District Commissioner was out, for he was one of the old school; however, I saw a young District Officer who was a friend of mine. He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that if ever I wanted anything more from the drugstore all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy my medicine for me. I protested that that was not good enough. I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to make a protest to the manager. This he did, and I well remember him saying to the manager, “Here is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council, and you treat him like a common servant.” The manager of the drugstore apologized and said, “If only he had introduced himself and explained who he was, then, of course I should have given him proper service.” I had to explain once again that he had missed my point. Why should I have to introduce myself every time I went into a store any more than I should have to buy my medicine by going to a European friend? I want to prove that any man of any color, whatever his position, should have the right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted.

1.“Color bar” in the first paragraph comes closest in meaning to ___. A.a bar which is painted in different colors. B.the fact that white and black customers are served separately. C.a bar of chocolate having different colors. D.a counter where people of different colors are served with beer. 2.The writer was, at the time of the story, ___. A.a black school teacher B.an African servant C.a black, but a friend of Europeans D.a rich black

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3.The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in a bastard language because ___.

A.he hadn't learned to speak polite English. B.he thought the writer wouldn't understand English.

C.that was the usual language used by Europeans when speaking to Africans.

D.that was the only language he could speak when he was angry.

4.In the third paragraph,“he was one of the old school” means ___.

A.he believed in the age-old practice of racial discrimination.

B.he was a very old man.

C.he graduated from an old,conservative school.

D.he was in charge of an old school.

5.Why didn't the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other black African?

A.Because he thought he was educated and should be treated differently.

B.Because he thought,being an important person,he should not be kept waiting.

C.Because he thought his white friends would help him out.

D.Because he wanted to protest against racial discrimination. 答案:BACAD

Look at the keyboard of any standard typewriter or computer. "Q," "W," "E," "R," "T" and "Y"

are the first six letters. Who decided on this arrangement of the letters? And why?

People tried for centuries to invent the typewriter. In 1714 in England, Henry Mill

filed a patent for a machine called An Artificial Machine or Method for the Impressing or

Transcribing of Letters, Singly or Progressively one after another, as in Writing, whereby

all Writing whatsoever may be Engrossed in Paper or Parchment so Neat and Exact as not to be

distinguished from Print. That machine probably didn' t sell because no one could remember

its name!

The first practical typewriter was patented in the United States in 1868 by Christopher

Latham Sholes. His machine was known as the type-writer. It had a movable carriage, a lever

for turning paper from line to line, and a keyboard on which the letters were arranged in

alphabetical order.

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But Sholes had a problem. On his first model, his "ABC" key arrangement caused the keys

to jam when the typist worked quickly. Sholes didn' t know how to keep the keys from

sticking, so his solution was to keep the typist from typing too fast.Sholes asked his

brother-in-law to rearrange the keyboard so that the commonest letters were not so close

together and the type bars would come from opposite directions. Thus they would not clash

together and jam the machine.The new arrangement was the QWERTY arrangement typists use

today. Of course, Sholes claimed that the new arrangement was scientific and would add speed

and efficiency. The only efficiency it added was to slow the typist down, since almost any

word in the English language required the typist' s fingers to cover more distance on the

keyboard.

The advantages of the typewriter outweighed the disadvantages of the keyboard. Typists

memorized the crazy letter arrangement, and the typewriter became a huge success. By the

time typists had memorized the new arrangement of letters and built their speed, typewriter

technology had improved, and the keys didn' t stick as badly as they had at first.

1.We know from the passage that the inventor of the first practical typewriter is_____.

A.Henry Mill

B.Christopher Latham Sholes

C.Sholes'brother-in-law

D.Allbert Einstein

2.The author thinks the machine invented by Henry Mill could not be sold because_____.

A.it was difficult for people to accept new things

B.there were great disadvantages of the keyboard

C.the machine could not be distinguished from print

D.the name of the machine was too long

3.Sholes decided the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard in order to_____.

A.arrange the letters in alphabetical order

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B.cause the keys to jam when the typist worked quickly

C.solve the problem of the keys jamming

pete with "ABC" key arrangement

4.It is inferred that the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard__. A.is the most scientific arrangement B.adds speed and efficiency of typists C.keeps the typist from typing too fast D.is easy for typists to memorize

5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.The Arrangement of The Letters on Keyboard

B.The Story of Christopher Latham Sholes

C.How to Invent The Typewriter

D.The First Practical Typewriter

参考答案:BDCCA

A scientific panel convened by the World Health Organization recommended guidelines on Friday for doctors conducting clinical studies of SARS patients. The panel urged doctors to apply the guidelines in analyzing the masses of potentially useful information about various therapies that were collected in this year’s epidemic. Much of that information has not been published or analyzed.

“It is a matter of urgency to get better analysis and review,” said Dr. Simon Mardel, a WHO official who led the two-day meeting that ended on Friday. He said thousands of potential therapies and compounds had been tested so far as researchers try to determine treatments for SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. “We recognize that having no

treatment for SARS is hindering our ability to control an epidemic in so many ways.” He said.

In the epidemic earlier this year, various treatments, like drugs to fight the virus or strengthen the immune system, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, were delivered under emergency conditions, in widely different settings and countries to patients suffering from varying stages of the illness. Those conditions—generally without standardized measurements or controlled situations—have made it hard to interpret results.

Standard supportive therapy like nursing, and in severe cases the use of mechanical respirators(呼吸器)to help patients breathe, is the mainstay(主要支持)of SARS care, and helped many patients survive. But doctors still do not know how best to treat SARS patients who have breathing difficulties. Dr. Mardel said. One method is invasive ventilation. A second method involves blowing oxygen into the lungs through a mask. Both carry the risk of transmitting the virus to hospital employees. Without proper analysis, the panel was unable to say

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definitively which treatment worked best, or which caused the most harm. “There is a lack of shared information,” Dr. Mardel said, noting that a lot of data have not been published.

The panel also agreed on guidelines that would allow doctors to conduct quick and safe clinical trials, a process that generally takes years to complete. The world Health Organization, a United Nations agency did not release the guidelines. Dr. Mardel said they were flexible because no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS would return. Experts in many countries have already listed the treatments they want to test, and the health agency is leaving these decisions to individual nations.

1. Guidelines recommended by the scientific panel can be used for _____.

A. gathering potentially useful information about various therapies collected

B. conducting clinical studies of SARS patients

C. determining treatment for SARS

D. publishing all the information about SARS

2. According to the passage, it is difficult to interpret the results of certain treatments for SARS because _____.

A. patients were in different countries

B. patients were given medicines in widely different settings

C. patients were at different stages of the illness

D. these conditions had no standardized measurements or controlled situations

3. According to doctors, the two methods to treat SARS patients who have breathing difficulties both _______.

A. carry the risk of infecting hospital employees

B. are effective in curing patients who have breathing difficulties

C. don’t run the risk of transmitting the virus to hospital employees

D. prove to work effectively and cause no harm

4. According to a WHO official, Dr. Mardel, the guidelines were flexible because _____.

A. SARS would reemerge in poor countries

B. no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS would return

C. SARS would not appear in developed countries

D. no one knew whether SARS would return or not

5. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. SARS, a Dreadful Disease B. No Good Methods to Treat SARS C. SARS Will Return One Day D. Health Panel Recommends New Guidelines on SARS

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参考答案: B D A B D

In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available. Today, excellent

anthologies(文选)and other introductory texts exist, and books on individual Asian Americans are published almost weekly. Even professors who are experts in the field find it difficult to decide which of these to assign to students; non-experts who teach in related areas and are looking for writings for and by Asian American to include in survey courses are in an even worse position.

A complicating factor has been the continuing lack of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would enable students taking Asian American studies courses (and professors in related fields) to look up basic information on Asian American individuals, institutions, history, and culture without having to wade through(费力的阅读冗长或艰深的材料)mountains of primary source material. In addition, given such works. Asian American studies professors might feel more free to include more challenging Asian American material in their introductory reading lists, since good reference works allow students to acquire on their own the background information necessary to interpret difficult or unfamiliar material.

1. The author is primarily concerned with ______.

A. responding to a criticism

B. describing a course of study

C. discussing a problem

D. evaluating a past course of action

2. The “dilemma”(Line 2, Para.1) can best be characterized as being caused by the necessity to make a choice when faced with a ______.

A. lack of acceptable alternatives

B. lack of strict standards for evaluating alternatives

C. preponderance of bad alternatives as compared to good

D. multitude of different alternatives

3. Biographical dictionaries and desktop encyclopedias are _____ A. primary source materials B. introductory texts C. excellent anthologies D. reference materials

4. Which of the following is implied about the introductory courses in Asian American studies a few decades ago?

A. The range of different textbooks that could be assigned for such

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courses was extremely limited

B. The texts assigned as readings in such courses were often not very challenging for students

C. Students often complained about the texts assigned to them in such courses

D. Such courses were offered only at schools whose libraries were rich in primary sources

5. According to the passage, the existence of good one-volume reference works about Asian Americans could result in ______.

A. increased agreement among professors of Asian American studies regarding the quality of the sources available in their field

B. an increase in the number of students sighing up for introductory courses in Asian American studies

C. increased accuracy in writings that concern Asian American history and culture

D. the inclusion of a wider range of Asian American material in introductory reading lists in Asian American studies

参考答案:C D D A D

As you all know, the United States is a country on wheels. Nearly eight million new cars are made each year; four households out of five own at least one ear, and more than a quarter have two each. Yet you’ll be surprised to learn that some of the car-owners even suffer from malnutrition(营养不良).

In 1968, a nation-wide survey of malnutrition was made for the first time. It found that 10 million people are suffering in health through inadequate feeding; the causes of their plight(困境)were varied. Unemployment over a long period should be considered as the main factor. And unemployment, strange to say, nine times out of ten results from automation, both in industrial and agricultural areas. For example, in the rural South when a cotton plantation suddenly cuts its force from 100 people to three, the problem to help the displaced arises. So is the case with industrial automation. In fact, probably 2 million jobs are made unnecessary each year in the whole country as a result of the automation process, thus making unemployment a chief social concern. According to government statistics, the number of people unemployed was over 5 percent for the period from 1958 to 1963. In July 1981, it rose to 7.8 percent. As a matter of fact, it has long been known that even during the most prosperous periods there have been people without enough to eat. So I think that’s why President Kennedy said in his inauguration speech in 1961, if the government did not help the poor, it could not save the rich. In 1966, the Social Security Administration calculated that a family of four needed an income of $3,355 a year to be above the line of poverty.

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And in 1977, the average poverty line of the country was slightly more than $6,200 annual income for a non-farm family of four. According to the Social Security Act, families of that size below poverty line are eligible to receive benefits from the special welfare program. The average weekly payment of benefits now is equivalent to 36 percent of the worker’s normal wage. And the number of people who receive government benefits is

increasing. In 1973, social insurance payments by governments, mainly to old age pensioners and people who had lost their jobs or were off work through illness, amounted to $86,000 million. Those not fully qualified for insurance payments received $29,000 million in public aid. But problems still exist. Many people are not reached by the

anti-poverty program, because local authorities and agencies do not want to play their part or do not gave the resources to do so. Some poor people will not accept help for various reasons. Of course, there are some more important factors which lie in the structure of the society, but I don’t consider it necessary to dig into them here. Yet we will perhaps agree that social welfare programs have solved to some extent the problems of feeding, clothing and housing those below the poverty line. On the whole, it perhaps might be said that American people are living a better life than people in most other countries.

1. The United States is called a country on wheels because______.

A. about one-fourth Americans own two cars

B. a bit over one out of four households are the owners of two cars

C. nearly 8 million new cars drive in the country every year

D. 80% Americans have at least one car

2. According to a 1968 survey, ten million Americans found themselves in a difficult health situation chiefly due to _______.

A. inadequate feeding

B. malnutrition

C. unemployment

D. automation

3. The author use ”the displaced”(Line 9, Para. 2) to refer to those who are _______.

A. unemployed

B. disabled

C. sick

D. poor

4. The word “eligible”(Line 6, Para.3) is synonymous with “_______”

A. necessary

B. urgent

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C. needed

D. worthy

5. Americans are living a better life than those in most of other countries because, to some degree, _____.

A. many Americans receive benefits from the special welfare program

B. some poor people can receive help for some reason or other

C. there is the anti-poverty program in the U.S.

D. social welfare programs have some measure settled the problems of those below the poverty line.

参考答案:B C A D D

As you all know, the United States is a country on wheels. Nearly eight million new cars are made each year; four households out of five own at least one ear, and more than a quarter have two each. Yet you’ll be surprised to learn that some of the car-owners even suffer from malnutrition(营养不良).

In 1968, a nation-wide survey of malnutrition was made for the first time. It found that 10 million people are suffering in health through inadequate feeding; the causes of their plight(困境)were varied. Unemployment over a long period should be considered as the main factor. And unemployment, strange to say, nine times out of ten results from automation, both in industrial and agricultural areas. For example, in the rural South when a cotton plantation suddenly cuts its force from 100 people to three, the problem to help the displaced arises. So is the case with industrial automation. In fact, probably 2 million jobs are made unnecessary each year in the whole country as a result of the automation process, thus making unemployment a chief social concern. According to government statistics, the number of people unemployed was over 5 percent for the period from 1958 to 1963. In July 1981, it rose to 7.8 percent. As a matter of fact, it has long been known that even during the most prosperous periods there have been people without enough to eat. So I think that’s why President Kennedy said in his inauguration speech in 1961, if the government did not help the poor, it could not save the rich. In 1966, the Social Security Administration calculated that a family of four needed an income of $3,355 a year to be above the line of poverty. And in 1977, the average poverty line of the country was slightly more than $6,200 annual income for a non-farm family of four. According to the Social Security Act, families of that size below poverty line are eligible to receive benefits from the special welfare program. The average weekly payment of benefits now is equivalent to 36 percent of the worker’s normal wage. And the number of people who receive government benefits is

increasing. In 1973, social insurance payments by governments, mainly to old age pensioners and people who had lost their jobs or were off work

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through illness, amounted to $86,000 million. Those not fully qualified for insurance payments received $29,000 million in public aid. But problems still exist. Many people are not reached by the

anti-poverty program, because local authorities and agencies do not want to play their part or do not gave the resources to do so. Some poor people will not accept help for various reasons. Of course, there are some more important factors which lie in the structure of the society, but I don’t consider it necessary to dig into them here. Yet we will perhaps agree that social welfare programs have solved to some extent the problems of feeding, clothing and housing those below the poverty line. On the whole, it perhaps might be said that American people are living a better life than people in most other countries.

1. The United States is called a country on wheels because______. A. about one-fourth Americans own two cars B. a bit over one out of four households are the owners of two cars C. nearly 8 million new cars drive in the country every year D. 80% Americans have at least one car

2. According to a 1968 survey, ten million Americans found themselves in a difficult health situation chiefly due to _______.

A. inadequate feeding

B. malnutrition

C. unemployment

D. automation

3. The author use ”the displaced”(Line 9, Para. 2) to refer to those who are _______.

A. unemployed

B. disabled

C. sick

D. poor

4. The word “eligible”(Line 6, Para.3) is synonymous with “_______”

A. necessary

B. urgent

C. needed

D. worthy

5. Americans are living a better life than those in most of other countries because, to some degree, _____.

A. many Americans receive benefits from the special welfare program

B. some poor people can receive help for some reason or other

C. there is the anti-poverty program in the U.S.

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D. social welfare programs have some measure settled the problems of those below the poverty line.

参考答案:B C A D D

Feminist sociolinguists(社会语言学家),over the course of the last few decades,have conducted studies that they believe support the conclusion that women are routinely discriminated against in Endlish-speaking society.They point to the words used to describe women,as well as the words used to describe society as a whole,as indications that the English language ,and therefore the English-speaking culture,is slanted towards the advantage of males.

The words used to describe women are used as instrument by feminist sociolinguists to denote an inherent sexism in the English language.Word pairs such as master and mistress and sir and madam,they claim ,epitomize such sexism.All of the words in question once held positive connotations but,while the masculine (男性的)forms have retained their respectable associations,the feminine forms have undergone pejoration and now imply sexual promiscuity(混杂) and other negative characteristics.Feminist researchers assume that such pejoration indicate that the status of women in English-speaking society is relatively low.

These researchers also find fault with the use of masculine words to describe unisex entities .For example ,they feel that there is nothing inherently mainly about mankind, the best man for the job,or the common man.Similarly,the use of such constructions as the “the average students is worried about his grades” indicate to these researchers an inherent sexism in English that is reflective of the cultures in which they are produced .

Carolyn Jacobson ,author of Non-sexist Language has proposed a solution to this conundrum(难题).She advocates the elimination of all sexed words in favor of gender-neutral terms.No longer should we refer to actors and actresses or waiters and waitresses, as such dichotomies(男女有别) allow for the possibility of negative connotations being associated with the feminine designation.Likewise,she believes that phrases such as mankind should give way to human kind and that the use of the masculine pronoun as the default should be abandoned in favor of neutral constructions.Thus, when sexism is eliminated from the English language ,the culture will be more amenable to he deliverance of women as well .

1. The primary purpose of this passage is to_____ A compare and contrast ideology in various cultures B prove a commonly held belief to be wrong C describe a problem and a possible solution D analyze the historical origins of a modern situation

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2 According to the passage,gender-neutral constructions should be advocated because_____

A the elimination of sexism in the English language will precede the elimination of sexism in the culture

B they are more grammatically sound than sexed structures

C unisex terms are less awkward in casual speech

D sex-specific terms always carry negative connotations

3 The author refers to mankind ,the best man for the job,and the common man in order to_____

A demonstrate the superiority of males in English-speaking society

B provide an example of speech that is slanted towards the advantage of males

C list the characteristics of the feminist socialinguist movement

D discount the notion that the English language discriminates against women

4 The word“perjoration most probably means_____ A negative connotation B positive connotation C sexual characteristic D respectable characteristic

5 In favor of gender-neutral terms,which of the following words can be used to describe unisex entities?

A mankind

B chairperson

C superman

D dragon lady

参考答案:CABAB

One of my favorite posters1 says, “ Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been a real life you would have been instructed where to go and what to do.” Whenever I think of this humorous bit of wisdom2, it reminds me to not take my life so seriously.

When you look at life and its many challenges as a test, or series of tests, you begin to see each issue you face as an opportunity to grow, a chance to discover more about life. Whether you're being bombarded(攻击;质问) with problems,responsibilities,even insurmountable(不能克服的,不能超越的) difficulties, when looked at as a test, you always have a chance to succeed, in the sense of rising above that which is challenging you. If, on the other hand, you see each new issue you face as a serious battle that must be won in order to survive, you're probably in for a very rocky6 journey. The only time you're likely to be happy is

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when everything is working out just right. And we all know how often that happens.

As an experiment, see if you can apply this idea to something you are forced to deal with. Perhaps you have much pressure from your parents or you have a demanding7 boss. See if you can redefine the issue you face from being a “ problem” to being a test. Rather than8 struggling with your issue, see if there is something you can learn from it. Ask yourself, “ Why is this an issue in my life? What would it mean and what would be involved to rise above it? Could I possibly look at this issue any differently? Can I see it as a test of some kind?”

If you give this strategy a try you may be surprised at your changed responses. It has become far more acceptable to me to accept things as they are.

1.According to the passage,what is the author's attitude towards life? A.He takes his life seriously. B.He considers life as test. C.He knows where to go and what to do. B.He thinks life is full of humorous wisdom. 2.When you begin to consider life as a test,you will find _____. A.you are bombarded with problems and responsibilities B.the result of the test is so good that you are delighted C.you have many opportunities to grow D.you have to go to school to take tests everyday

3.Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the author?

A.When you look at life as a test,you have a chance to overcome problems you face.

B.When you take life seriously,you are more likely to succeed and become happy.

C.When you see each problem as a serious battle,you have more chance to survive.

D.When everything is working out just right,you can know how often it happens.

4.It is implied from the passage that you'd better look at life as a test when_____.

A.you try to get the meaning of the poster

B.your parents give you much pressure

C.you are carrying out an experiment

D.you are in a rocky journey

5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.My Favorite Poster

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B.Take Life Seriously

C.Face Challenge of Life

D.Life Is Only A Test

参考答案:BCADD

The moden world only recently reached the Yanomano, a native people of the Amazon basin. Sheltered by thick rainforest,the Yanomano lived a self-contained existence until gold was discovered in their jungle homeland. Miners flocked into the forests, cutting down trees and bringing disease and shot those Yanomano who would not get out of the way. In just seven years from the early 1980s, the population fell 20 per cent. Hands Around the World, a native American cultural association, says the Yanomano are believed to be the most culturally intact people in the world. They wear loin cloths, use fire sticks and decorate their bodies with dye from a red berry(桨果). They don’t use the wheel and the only metal they use is what has been traded to them by outsiders. When a Yanomano dies, the body is burned and the remaining bones crushed into a powder and turned into a drink that is later consumed by mourners in memory of the dead.

A Hands Around the World report says that in South America not only are the cultures and traditions in danger of disappearing, but some tribes are in danger of extinction. “The Yanomano is a well-known tribe that is rapidly losing its members through the destruction of Western

disease,” the report says. Before illegal gold miners entered their rainforest, the Yanomano were isolated from modern sociaty.

They occupy dense jungle north of the Amazon River between Venezuela and Brazil and are catalogued by anthropologists(人类学家) as neo-indians with cultural characteristics that date back more than 8,000 years. Each community lives in a circular communal house, some of which sleep up to 400, built around a central square.

Though many Yanomano men are monogamous, it is not unusual for them to have two or more wives. Anthropologists from the University of

Wisconsin say polygamy is a way to increase one’s wealth because having a large family increases help with hunting and cultivating the land. These marriages result in a shortage of women for other men to marry, which has led to inter-tribal wars.

Each Yanomano man is responsible for clearing his land for gardening, using slash-and-hum farming methods. They grow plantains, a type of banana eaten cooked, and hunt game animals, fish and anaconda(南美热带蟒蛇) using bows and arrows.

1. Miners flocked into the forest and shot those Yanomano who _______.

A. sheltered in thick rainforest

B. would not leave their jungle homeland

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C. lived a self-contained existence

D. would stand in their way

2. The organization called Hands Around the World believes that culturally, the Yanomano is the world’s__________.

A. most primitive people

B. most backward people

C. most advanced people

D. oldest people

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to an American cultural association report?

A. In South America, the cultures are on the verge of extinction.

B. In South America, the traditions are on the verge of extinction.

C. In South America, the Yanomano can survive extinction.

D. In South America, some tribes are on the verge of extinction.

4. _________caused the Yanomano to have inter-tribal wars. A. The shortage of women resulting from polygamy B. The difference in wealth resulting from polygamy C. The shortage of women resulting from monogamy D. The difference in wealth resulting from monogamy

5. We can infer from the passage that it is imperative for us to protect the Yanomano because__________.

A. it is a clturally most intact people

B. it is a primitive people deep in jungle

C. it is a native people of the Amazon basin

D. it is primitive people in danger of disappearing

参考答案:DACCD

The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive “attachment” period from birth to three may scar a child's personality and predispose to emotional problems in later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby's work that children should not be subjected to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation it entails, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion. Firstly, anthropologists point out that the insulated love affair between children and parents found in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies. For example, we saw earlier that among the Ngoni the father and mother of a child did not rear their infant alone——far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not so widespread today if parents, caretakers found children had

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problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial.

Thirdly, in the last decade, there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, and they have uniformly reported that day care had a neutral or slightly positive effect on children's development. But tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.

But Bowlby's analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with. Children under three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the transition to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of child care at this time. The matter, then, is far from clear-cut, though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants.

1.This passage primarily argues that ___.

A.infants under the age of three should not be sent to nursery schools.

B.whether children under the age of three should be sent to nursery schools.

C.there is not negative long-term effect on infants who are sent to school before they are three.

D.there is some negative effect on children when they are sent to school after the age of three.

2.The phrase “predispose to” (Para. 1, line 3) most probably means ___.

A.lead to

B.dispose to

C.get into

D.tend to suffer

3.According to Bowlby's analysis, it is quite possible that ___.

A.children's personalities will be changed to some extent through separation from their parents.

B.early day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children.

C.children will be exposed to many negative effects from early day care later on.

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D.some long-term effects can hardly be reduced from children's development.

4.It is implied but not stated in the second paragraph that ___.

A.traditional societies separate the child from the parent at an early age.

B.Children in modern societies cause more troubles than those in traditional societies.

C.A child did not live together with his parents among the Ngoni.

D.Children in some societies did not have emotional problems when separated from the parents.

5.The writer concludes that ___.

A.it is difficult to make clear what is the right age for nursery school.

B.It is not settled now whether early care is reasonable for children.

C.It is not beneficial for children to be sent to nursery school.

D.It is reasonable to subject a child above three to nursery school. 参考答案:BCCCD

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