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SectionA

Mostyoungboysaretrainedtobelievethatmenshouldbestrong,tough,cool,and

detached.Thus,theylearnearlytohidevulnerableemotionssuchaslove,joy,andsadness

becausetheybelievethatsuchfeelingsarefeminineandimplyweakness.Overtime,somemen

becomestrangerstotheirownemotionallives.Itseemsthatmenwithtraditionalviewsof

masculinityaremorelikelytosuppressoutwardemotionsandtofearemotions,supposedly

becausesuchfeelingsmayleadtoalossofcomposure（鎮(zhèn)定）.Keepinmind,howeverthatthis

viewischallengedbysomeresearchers.Aswithmanygendergaps,differencesinemotionality

tendtobesmall,inconsistent,anddependentonthesituation.Forinstance,Robertsonand

colleaguesfoundthatmaleswhoweremoretraditionallymasculineweremoreemotionally

expressiveinastructuredexercisethanwhentheyweresimplyaskedtotalkabouttheiremotions.

Males'difficulty7withutender"emotionshasseriousconsequences.First,suppressed

emotionscancontributetostress-relateddisorders.Andworse,menarelesslikelythanwomento

seekhelpfromhealthprofessionals.Second,men'semotionalinexpressivenesscancauseproblems

intheirrelationshipswithpartnersandchildren.Forexample,menwhoendorsetraditional

masculinenormsreportlowerrelationshipsatisfaction,asdotheirfemalepartners.Further,

childrenwhosefathersarewarm,loving,andacceptingtowardthemhavehigherself-esteemand

lowerratesofaggressionandbehaviorproblems.Onapositivenote,fathersareincreasingly

involvingthemselveswiththeirchildren.And30percentoffathersreportthattheytakeequalor

greaterresponsibiIityfortheirchildrenthantheirworkingwivesdo.

Oneemotionmalesareallowedtoexpressisanger.Sometimesthisangertranslatesinto

physicalaggressionorviolence.Mencommitnearly90percentofviolentcrimesintheUnited

Statesandalmostallsexualassaults.

47.Mostyoungboyshavebeentrainedtobelievethatmenwhoshowtenderfeelingsare

consideredtobe.

48.Somemenbelievethatiftheyexpressedtheiremotionsopenlytheymight.

49.Accordingtotheauthor,menwhosuppresstheiremotionsmaydevelop.

50.Menwhoobservetraditionalmasculinenormsaresaidtoderivelesssatisfactionfrom

51.Whenmalesgetangry,theycanbecomeorevencommitviolence.

SectionB

PassageOne

Intheearly20thcentury,fewthingsweremoreappealingthanthepromiseofscientific

knowledge.Inaworldstrugglingwithrapidindustrialization,scienceandtechnologyseemedto

offersolutionstoalmosteveryproblem.Newlycreatedstatecollegesanduniversitiesdevoted

themselvesalmostentirelytoscientific,technological,andengineeringfields.ManyAmericans

cametobelievethatscientificcertaintycouldnotonlysolvescientificproblems,butalsoreform

politics,government,andbusiness.TwoworldwarsandaGreatDepressionrockedtheconfidence

ofmanypeoplethatscientificexpertisealonecouldcreateaprosperousandorderedworld.After

WorldWar〃，theacademicworldturnedwithnewenthusiasmtohumanisticstudies,which

seemedtomanyscholarsthebestwaytoensurethesurvivalofdemocracy.Americanscholars

fannedoutacrossmuchoftheworld—withsupportfromtheFordFoundation,theFulbright

program,etc.—topromotetheteachingofliteratureandtheartsinanefforttomakethecasefor

democraticfreedoms.

IntheAmericaofourowntime,thegreateducationalchallengehasbecomeaneffortto

strengthentheteachingofwhatisnowknownastheSTEMdisciplines（science,technology,

engineering,andmath）.ThereisconsiderableandjustifiedconcernthattheUnitedStatesis

fallingbehindmuchoftherestofthedevelopedworldintheseessentialdisciplines.India,China,

Japan,andotherregionsseemtoheseizingtechnologicalleadership.

Atthesametime,perhapsinevitably,thehumanities-whilestillpopularinelitecollegesand

universities-haveexperiencedasignificantdecline.Humanisticdisciplinesareseriously

unde/funded,notjustbythegovernmentandthefoundationsbutbyacademicinstitutions

themselves.Humanistsareusuallyamongthelowest-paidfacultymembersatmostinstitutions

andareoftenlightlyregardedbecausetheydonotgenerategrantincomeandbecausethey

providenoobviouscredentials（資質(zhì)）formostnonacademiccareers.

UndoubtedlyAmericaneducationshouldtrainmorescientistsandengineers.Muchofthe

concernamongpoliticiansaboutthestateofAmericanuniversitiestodayisfocusedonthe

absenceof“realworld“education-whichmeanspreparationforprofessionalandscientific

careers.Buttheideathatinstitutionsortheirstudentsmustdecidebetweenhumanitiesand

scienceisfalse.Oursocietycouldnotsurvivewithoutscientificandtechnologicalknowledge.But

wewouldbeequallyimpoverished（貧困的）withouthumanisticknowledgeaswell.Scienceand

technologyteachuswhatwecando.Humanisticthinkinghelpsusunderstandwhatweshoulddo.

Itisalmostimpossibletoimagineoursocietywithoutthinkingoftheextraordinary

achievementsofscientistsandengineersinbuildingourcomplicatedworld.Butfrytoimagine

ourworldaswellwithouttheremarkableworksthathavedefinedourcultureandvalues.Wehave

alwaysneeded,andwestillneed,both.

52.Intheearly20thcenturyAmericansbelievedscienceandtechnologycould.

Asolvevirtuallyallexistingproblems[Chelpraisepeoplefslivingstandards

BquickenthepaceofindustrializationIDpromotethenationsocialprogress

53.WhydidmanyAmericanscholarsbecomeenthusiasticabouthumanisticstudiesafterWorld

WarII?

ATheywantedtoimprovetheirownstatuswithinthecurrenteducationsystem.

BTheybelievedthestabilityofasocietydependedheavilyonhumanisticstudies.

CTheycouldgetfinancialsupportfromvariousfoundationsforhumanisticstudies.

DTheyrealizedscienceandtechnologyalonewerenoguaranteeforabetterworld.

54.WhyareAmericanscholarsworriedabouteducationtoday?

ATheSTEMsubjectsaretoochallengingforstudentstolearn.

BSomeAsiancountrieshaveovertakenAmericainbasicsciences.

CAmericaislaggingbehindintheSTEMdisciplines.

DTherearenotenoughscholarsinhumanisticstudies.

55.Whataccountsforthesignificantdeclineinhumanisticstudiestoday?

AInsufficientfunding.

BShrinkingenrollment.

CShortageofdevotedfaculty.

DDimprospectsforgraduates.

56.Whydoestheauthorattachsomuchimportancetohumanisticstudies?

ATheypromotethedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology.

BTheyhelppreparestudentsfortheirprofessionalcareers.

CHumanisticthinkinghelpsdefineourcultureandvalues.

DHumanisticthinkinghelpscultivatestudentsfcreativity.

PassageTwo

Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

WillthereeverheanotherEinstein?ThisistheundercurrentofconversationatEinstein

memorialmeetingsthroughouttheyear.AnewEinsteinwillemerge,scientistssay.Butitmaytake

alongtime.Afterall,morethan200yearsseparatedEinsteinfromhisnearestrival,IsaacNewton.

ManyphysicistssaythenextEinsteinhasn7beenbornyet,orisababynow.That'sbecause

thequestforaunifiedtheoiythatwouldaccountforallthefarcesofnaturehaspushedcurrent

mathematicstoitslimits.Newmathmustbecreatedbeforetheproblemcanbesolved.

ButresearcherssaytherearemanyotherfactorsworkingagainstanotherEinsteinemerging

anytimesoon.

Foronething,physicsisamuchdifferentfieldtoday.InEinstein'sday,therewereonlyafew

thousandphysicistsworldwide,andthetheoreticianswhocouldintellectuallyrivalEinstein

probablywouldfitintoastreetcarwithseatstospare.

Educationisdifferent,too.OnecrucialaspectofEinstein勺trainingthatisoverlookedisthe

yearsofphilosophyhereadasateenager—Kant,SchopenhauerandSpinoza,amongothers.It

taughthimhowtothinkindependentlyandabstractlyaboutspaceandtime,anditwasn7long

beforehebecameaphilosopherhimself.

“Theindependencecreatedbyphilosophicalinsightis—inmyopinion—themarkof

distinctionbetweenamereartisan（工匠）orspecialistandarealseekeraftertruth,nEinstein

wrotein1944.

Andhewasanaccomplishedmusician.Theinterplaybetweenmusicandmathiswellknown.

Einsteinwouldfuriouslyplayhisviolinasawaytothinkthroughaknottyphysicsproblem.

Today,universitieshaveproducedmillionsofphysicists.Therearen7manyjobsinsciencefor

them,sotheygotoWallStreetandSiliconValleytoapplytheiranalyticalskillstomore

practical—andrewarding-efforts.

“MaybethereisanEinsteinouttheretoday,saidColumbiaUniversityphysicistBrian

Greene,“butitwouldbealotharderforhimtobeheard.n

EspeciallyconsideringwhatEinsteinwasproposing.

“Theactualfabricofspaceandtimecurving?MyGod,whatanidea!”Greenesaidata

recentgatheringattheAspenInstitute."〃takesacertaintypeofpersonwhowillbanghishead

againstthewallbecauseyoubelieveyou71findthesolution.f,

PerhapsthebestexamplesarethefivescientificpapersEinsteinwroteinhismiracleyear"

of1905.These"'thoughtexperiments^werepagesofcalculationssignedandsubmittedtothe

prestigiousjournalAnnalenderPhysikbyavirtualunknown.Therewerenofootnotesorcitations.

Whatmighthappentosuchasubmissiontoday?

（＜Weallgetpaperslikethoseinthemail,“Greenesaid.Weputtheminthejunkfile.v

57.Whatdoscientistsseemtoagreeupon,judgingfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?

AEinsteinpushedmathematicsalmosttoitslimits.

BItwilltakeanotherEinsteintobuildaunifiedtheory.

CNophysicistislikelytosurpassEinsteininthenext200years.

DItwillbesometimebeforeanewEinsteinemerges.

58.WhatwascriticaltoEinsteinfssuccess?

AHistalentasanaccomplishedmusician.

BHisindependentandabstractthinking.

CHisuntiringefforttofulfillhispotential.

DHissolidfoundationinmaththeory.

59.Whatdoestheauthortellusaboutphysiciststoday?

ATheytendtoneglecttraininginanalyticalskills.

BTheyareverygoodatsolvingpracticalproblems.

CTheyattachgreatimportancetopublishingacademicpapers.

DTheyoftengointofieldsyieldinggreaterfinancialbenefits.

60.WhatdoesBrianGreeneimplybysaying”…itwouldbealotharderforhimtobeheard't

(Lines1-2,Para.9)?

APeoplehavetocompeteinordertogettheirpaperspublished.

BItishardforascientisttohavehispaperspublishedtoday.

CPaperslikeEinsteinswouldunlikelygetpublishedtoday.

DNobodywillreadpapersonapparentlyridiculoustheories.

61.Whenhesubmittedhispapersin1905,Einstein.

Aforgottomakefootnotesandcitations

Bwaslittleknowninacademiccircles

Cwasknownasayounggeniusinmathcalculations

Dknewnothingabouttheformatofacademicpapers

47.

答案：feminineandweak

解析：文中提至U...becausetheybelievethatsuchfeelingsarefeminineandimply

weakness.要填在tobe后面就應(yīng)該轉(zhuǎn)化成形容詞形式。

48.

答案：losecomposure

解析：文中提到mayleadtoalossofcomposure0要用在主語后面就要把loss變

成動(dòng)詞loseo

49.

答案：stress-relateddisorders

解析：文中提到cancontributetostress-relateddisorder。

50.

答案：theirrelationshipwithpartners

解析：文中提至(..reportlowerrelationshipsatisfactionasdotheirfemalepartners.

故這里要重新組合轉(zhuǎn)換表達(dá)形式。

51.

答案：aggressive

解析：文中提到…intophysicallyaggressionorviolence,而此處在become后就要

用aggression的形容詞形式。

SectionB

PassageOne

52)Asolvevirtuallyexistingallproblems

細(xì)節(jié)題。抓住時(shí)間點(diǎn)“Intheearly2othcentury”我們從第一句"offersolutionsto

almosteveryproblem^^便可知道答案。選擇A選項(xiàng)。

53)DTheyrealizedthatscienceandtechnologyalonewerenoguaranteeforabetter

world.

推論題。我們首先比較容易排除A和C項(xiàng)。B項(xiàng)具有迷惑性，關(guān)鍵是看“the

stabilityofasocietydependedheavilyonhumanisticstudy”這個(gè)選項(xiàng)仔細(xì)看就會(huì)發(fā)

現(xiàn)說得太絕對了，社會(huì)的問題主要是靠人文主義的研究？顯然不是很恰當(dāng)。我們

從下面那句也可以推斷出選D比較恰當(dāng)。"TwoworldwarsandaGreatDepression

rockedtheconfidenceofmanypeoplethatscientificexpertisealonecouldcreatea

prosperousandorderedworld.”

54)CAmericaislaggingbehindintheSTEMSdisciplines.

細(xì)節(jié)題。主要在第二段里找答案。從段落后兩句"Thereisconsiderableandjustified

concernthattheUnitedStatesisfallingbehindmuchoftherestofthedeveloped

worldintheseessentialdisciplines.^^我們可以推斷出是選C選項(xiàng)。A和D選項(xiàng)比

較容易排除。不選B選項(xiàng)，因?yàn)槲恼轮小癐ndia,China,Japan,andotherregionsseem

tobeseizingtechnologicalleadership.seemto表明這幾個(gè)國家只是有種趨勢，但

還沒有haveovertakeno

55)AInsufficientfunding.

細(xì)節(jié)題。我們在第三段里可以找到答案。從”...areseriouslyunderfunded...,5

"'Humanistsareusuallyamong由elowest-paidfacultymembers…”這些信息中，可

以很快知道是A選項(xiàng)。、

56)CHumanisticthinkinghelpscultivateanddefineourcultureandvalues.

細(xì)節(jié)題。本題不難。作者為什么如此著重人文主義的研究，其他三項(xiàng)都是非常具

體的，且都不是重點(diǎn)。只有C選項(xiàng)符合。J1我們從最后這一句"Buttrytoimagine

ourworldaswellwithouttheremarkableworksthathavedefinedourcultureand

values?,及作者的語氣可以更加確定是C選項(xiàng)。

PassageTwo

57.D.ItwillbesometimebeforeanewEinsteinemerges.

解析：這道題針對開頭兩節(jié)。A和C答案比較容易排除，A說愛因斯坦把數(shù)學(xué)

推到了一個(gè)極限，C說在將來的兩百年都不會(huì)有物理學(xué)家超過愛因斯坦，這兩個(gè)

都明顯不合文章大意。B答案說需要一個(gè)愛因斯坦才能建立一種大一統(tǒng)理論，屬

于過度推理，并且細(xì)節(jié)性太強(qiáng)了。D答案是正確答案，很多同學(xué)不敢選D的原

因是，因?yàn)橛行┛茖W(xué)家們認(rèn)為愛因斯坦或許還沒有誕生或許還是個(gè)小嬰兒，他們

認(rèn)為這樣一來就有可能愛因斯坦已經(jīng)存在了。但是這句話里面的愛因斯坦是代表

偉大的科學(xué)家的意思，那么這個(gè)題目選擇D就是正確的，大家都同意的是像愛

因斯坦那樣偉大的科學(xué)家還需要一定的時(shí)間才會(huì)出現(xiàn)。

58.B.Hisindependentandabstractthinking

解析：B他獨(dú)立與抽象思維能力。這一段是文章中間部分的內(nèi)容概括。根據(jù)上下

文意思推斷，愛因斯坦成功的原因，不能說是他在音樂方面的天分，也不能說他

的努力或者他在數(shù)學(xué)方面的深厚基礎(chǔ)，因此答案選擇B。

59.D.Theyoftengointofieldsyieldinggreaterfinancialbenefits.

解析：正確答案選擇D。這段文章是在問今天的物理學(xué)家們的情況，A說他們

缺乏分析能力，B說他們擅長處理實(shí)際問題，C說他們重視發(fā)表文章，都是從根

據(jù)文章細(xì)節(jié)中捏造出來的錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)。D是對于文章內(nèi)容的一個(gè)總結(jié)概括，數(shù)量眾

多的物理學(xué)家進(jìn)入了更有經(jīng)濟(jì)利益的領(lǐng)域。

60.D.Nobodywillreadpapersonapparentlyridiculoustheories.

解析：正確答案選擇D。結(jié)合Greene講的話，他說Whatanidea!還說是需要把

頭往墻上撞的人才會(huì)相信能找到個(gè)解決方案呢！說明內(nèi)容實(shí)在是比較荒誕。

61.B.waslittleknowninacademiccircles

解析：正確答案選擇B,說的是愛因斯坦在學(xué)術(shù)圈里面默默無聞，跟原文里面的

“byavirtualunknown”相對應(yīng)。有迷惑性的選擇項(xiàng)是D,因?yàn)槲闹刑岬搅藧垡蛩固?/p>

的文章沒有配上腳注和注釋footnoteandcitations.但是D選擇項(xiàng)是說，愛因斯坦

不懂得論文的格式，這個(gè)屬于過度推理了。

2010年6月英語六級閱讀理解

SectionA

Question:Myninth-gradeartteacherdoesn'tgiveanygradeabove94%because,shesays,

“There'salwaysroomforimprovement."Inpreviousyears,Iearneda99%anda100%.The94I

receivedthistermdoesnotreflectthehardworkthatIputintothiscourse.Becauseofher

"improvement"theory,IgotalowergradethanIdeserve.Ishergradingphilosophyethical（符合

職業(yè)道德規(guī)范的）？

Answer:Yourteachefsgradingsystemmaybeunwise,butitisnotunethical.Ateacher

deserveswidelatitudeinselectingthemethodofgradingthatbestpromoteslearninginher

classroom;thatis,afterall,theprimefunctionofgrades.Itisshewhohasthetrainingand

experiencetomakethisdecision.Assumingthatyourteacherisneitherbiasednorcorruptandthat

hersystemconformstoschoolrules,youcan*tfaultherethics.

Youcancriticizehermethodology.A100neednotimplythatthereisnopossibilityof

improvement,onlythatastudentsuccessfullycompletedthecoursework.Aninthgradercouldget

awell-earned100inEnglishclassbutstillhaveawaytogobeforeshewritesaswellasJane

Austen.What'smore,gradesarenotonlyaneducationaldevicebutarealsopartofascreening

systemtohelpassignkidstotheirnextclassorprogram.Bycappinghergradesat94whilemost

otherteachersgradeonascalethattopsoutat100,yourteachercouldjeopardizeastudent's

chanceofgettingascholarshiporgettingintoatopcollege.

Whatitiswrongtocondemnherforisoverlookingyourhardwork.Youdiligenceisworthy

ofencouragement,buteffortdoesnotequalaccomplishment.Ifscholarssuddenlydiscoveredthat

Rembrandthaddashedoff'TheNightWatch"inanafternoon,itwouldstillbe"TheNight

Watch/'

Icouldspendmonthssweatingovermyown"paintings”,butI'dproducesomethingyou

wouldn'twanttohanginyourlivingroom.Oryourgarage.

Onefeatureofagoodgradingsystemisthatthosemeasuredbyitgenerallyregarditasfair

andreasonable—notthecasehere.Simmering（難以平息的）resentmentisseldomanaidto

education.Andsoyournextstepshouldbetodiscussyourconcernswithyourteacherorthe

principal.

47.Theninth-graderthoughtthathisartteachershouldhavegivenhim.

48.Accordingtotheanswer,ateachershouldhavethefreedomtotoencourage

learning.

49.Welearnfromtheanswerthatastudentwhogetsa100shouldstillworkhardandkeep

50.TheexampleofRembrandt'spaintingsuggeststhatadistinctionshouldbemadebetween

51.Theninth-graderisadvisedtogotohisteacherortheprincipalto.

SectionB

Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestions

orunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).You

shoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2witha

singlelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions51to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Onlytwocountriesintheadvancedworldprovidenoguaranteeforpaidleavefromworkto

careforanewbornchild.Lastspringoneofthetwo,Australia,gaveupthedubiousdistinctionby

establishingpaidfamilyleavestartingin2011.Iwasn'tsurprisedwhenthisdidn'tmakethenews

hereintheUnitedStates—we'renowtheonlywealthycountrywithoutsuchapolicy.

TheUnitedStatesdoeshaveoneexplicitfamilypolicy,theFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct,

passedin1993.Itentitlesworkerstoasmuchas12weeks'unpaidleaveforcareofanewbornor

dealingwithafamilymedicalproblem.Despitethemodestyofthebenefit,theChamberof

Commerceandotherbusinessgroupsfoughtitbitterly,describingitas"government-runpersonnel

management'*anda"dangerousprecedent'*.Infact,everystepoftheway,as(usually)Democratic

leadershavetriedtointroducework-familybalancemeasuresintothelaw,businessgroupshave

beenstronglyopposed.

AsYalelawprofessorAnneAlstottargues,justifyingparentalsupportdependsondefining

thefamilyasasocialgoodthat,insomesense,societymustpayfor.InherbookNoExit:What

ParentsOweTheirChildrenandWhatSocietyOwesParents,shearguesthatparentsareburdened

inmanywaysintheirlives:thereis“noexit"whenitcomestochildren.''Societyexpects—and

needs——parentstoprovidetheirchildrenwithcontinuityofcare,meaningtheintensive,intimate

carethathumanbeingsneedtodeveloptheirintellectual,emotionalandmoralcapabilities.And

societyexpects-andneeds—parentstopersistintheirrolesfor18years,orlongerifneeded.n

Whilemostparentsdothisoutoflove,therearepublicpenaltiesfornotprovidingcare.What

parentsdo,inotherwords,isofdeepconcerntothestate,fortheobviousreasonthatcaringfor

childrenisnotonlymorallyurgentbutessentialforthefutureofsociety.Thestaterecognizesthis

inthelargebodyoffamilylawsthatgovernchildren'welfare,yetparentsreceivelittlehelpin

meetingthelife-changingobligationssocietyimposes.Toclassifyparentingasapersonalchoice

forwhichthereisnocollectiveresponsibilityisnotmerelytoignorethesocialbenefitsofgood

parenting;really,itistostealthosebenefitsbecausetheyaccrue(不斷積累)tothewholeof

societyastoday'schildrenbecometomorrow'sproductivecitizenry(公民).Infact,bysome

estimates,thevalueofparentalinvestmentsinchildren,investmentsoftimeandmoney(including

lostwages),isequalto20-30%ofgrossdomesticproduct.Iftheseinvestmentsgeneratehuge

socialbenefits—astheyclearlydo-thebenefitsofprovidingmoresocialsupportforthefamily

shouldbethatmuchclearer.

52.Whatdowelearnaboutpaidfamilyleavefromthefirstparagraph?

A)Americaisnowtheonlydevelopedcountrywithoutthepolicy.

B)IthasnowbecomeahottopicintheUnitedStates.

C)ItcameasasurprisewhenAustraliaadoptedthepolicy.

D)ItsmeaningwasclarifiedwhenitwasestablishedinAustralia.

53.Whathaspreventedthepassingofwork-familybalancelawsintheUnitedStates?

A)TheincompetenceoftheDemocrats.

B)TheexistingFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct.

C)ThelackofaprecedentinAmericanhistory.

D)Theoppositionfrombusinesscircles.

54.WhatisProfessorAnneAlston'sargumentforparentalsupport?

A)ThecostofraisingchildrenintheU.S.hasbeengrowing.

B)Goodparentingbenefitssociety.

C)TheU.S.shouldkeepupwithotherdevelopedcountries.

D)Childrenneedcontinuouscare.

55.WhatdoestheauthorthinkofAmerica'slargebodyoffamilylawsgoverningchildren's

welfare?

A)Theyfailtoensurechildren'shealthygrowth

B)Thefailtoprovideenoughsupportforparents

C)Theyemphasizeparents*legalresponsibilities.

D)Theyimposethecareofchildrenonparents.

56.Whydoestheauthorobjecttoclassifyingparentingasapersonalchoice?

A)Itisregardedasalegalobligation.B)Itrelieslargelyonsocialsupport.

C)Itgenerateshugesocialbenefits.D)Itisbasicallyasocialundertaking.

PassageTwo

Questions57to62arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

AnewstudyfromtheCenterforInformationandResearchonCivicLearningand

Engagement(CIRCLE)atTuftsUniversityshowsthattoday'syouthvoteinlargernumbersthan

previousgenerations,anda2008studyfromtheCenterforAmericanProgressaddsthat

increasingnumbersofyoungvotersandactivistssupporttraditionallyliberalcauses.Butthere's

noeasywaytoseewhatthosefiguresmeaninreallife.Duringthepresidentialcampaign,Barack

Obamaassembledaraciallyandideologicallydiversecoalitionwithhismessageofhopeand

change;astherealityoflifeunderanewadministrationsettlesin,someofthosesupportersmight

becomedisillusioned.AsthenationmovesfurtherintotheObamapresidency,willpolitically

engagedyoungpeoplecontinuetosupportthepresidentandhisagenda,orwilltheygradually

driftaway?

ThewritersofGenerationO(shortforObama),anewNewsweekblogthatseekstochronicle

thelivesofagroupofyoungObamasupporters,wanttoanswerthatquestion.Forthenextthree

months,MichelleKremerand11otherObamasupporters,ages19to34,willblogaboutlife

acrossmainstreamAmerica,withonetwist:bytyingalloftheirideasandexperiencestothenew

presidentandhisadministration,thebloggerswilltrytostartaconversationaboutwhatitmeans

tobeyoungandpoliticallyactiveinAmericatoday.MalenaAmusa,a24-year-oldwriterand

dancerfromSt.Louisseestheprojectasawaytopreservehistoryasithappens.Amusa,whois

travelingtoIndiathisspringtofinishabook,thentoSenegaltoteachEnglish,hasongoing

conversationswithherfriendsabouthowtheObamapresidencyhaschangedtheirdailylivesand

hopestoputsomeofthoseideas,alongwithherglobalperspective,intoherposts.She*sexcited

because,assheputsit,"Idon'thavetowait[until15yearsfromnow"tomakesenseofthe

world.

HenryFlores,apolitical-scienceprofessoratSt.Mary'sUniversity,creditsthisyounger

generation'spoliticalstrengthtotheirembraceoftechnology.n[TheInternetexposesthemtomore

thinking,"hesays,nandgroupsthatarelike-mindedindifferentpartsofthecountrystarttocome

together.HThat'sexactlywhattheGenerationObloggersarehopingtodo.Theresultcouldbea

groupofyoungpeoplethat,liketheirboomer(二戰(zhàn)后生育高峰期出生的美國人)parents,grows

upwithastrongsenseofpurposeandshedstheimageofapathy(冷漠)they'veinheritedfrom

GenerationX(60年代后期和70年代出生的美國人).It'snosmallchallengeforablogrunbya

groupofordinary—ifambitious—youngpeople,butthemembersofGenerationOareuptothe

task.

注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。

57.WhatisthefindingofanewstudybyCIRCLE?

A)Moreyoungvotersaregoingtothepollsthanbefore.

B)Theyounggenerationsupportstraditionallyliberalcauses.

C)YoungvotersplayedadecisiveroleinObama'selection.

D)YoungpeopleinAmericaarenowmorediverseideologically.

58.WhatisamainconcernofthewritersofGenerationO?

A)HowObamaisgoingtoliveuptoyoungpeople'sexpectations.

B)WhetherAmericaisgoingtochangeduringObama'spresidency.

C)WhetheryoungpeoplewillcontinuetosupportObama*spolicy.

D)HowObama'sagendaisgoingtoaffectthelifeofAmericans.

59.WhatwilltheGenerationObloggerswriteaboutintheirposts?

A)TheirowninterpretationofAmericanpolitics.

B)PolicychangestotakeplaceinObama'sadministration.

C)Obama*spresidencyviewedfromaglobalperspective.

D)TheirlivesinrelationtoObama'spresidency.

60.Whataccountsfortheyoungergeneration'spoliticalstrengthaccordingtoProfessor

HenryFlores?

A)Theirembraceofradicalideas.B)TheirdesiretochangeAmerica.

C)TheirutilizationoftheInternet.D)Theirstrongsenseofresponsibility.

61.WhatcanweinferfromthepassageaboutGenerationX?

A)Theyarepoliticallyconservative.B)Theyrejectconventionalvalues.

C)Theydaretotakeupchallenges.D)Theyareindifferenttopolitics.

答案：47文中第一段告訴我們，這個(gè)九年級學(xué)生不滿意藝術(shù)老師給出的94分，因?yàn)樵谇?/p>

一學(xué)年中，他獲得了一個(gè)99,一個(gè)100,他認(rèn)為這個(gè)94不能反映出他花在這門課上的心血。

因此，這個(gè)九年級同學(xué)認(rèn)為他的老師應(yīng)該給他一個(gè)比94更高的分?jǐn)?shù)。題目中的shouldhave

givenhim指“本應(yīng)該給他”，表示一種與事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)。

48答案在Answer部分的第——段第二句。原文中的deservewidelatitude與havethe

freedom意義相近,promotelearning與encouragelearning