江苏省2003年成人学士学位英语考试试卷及答案Word格式.doc

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RecentlyIdecidedtoholdsomepoetryreadingsforfriends,partlyforaselfishreason,likingtohearthesoundofmyownvoice,butalsobecauseIsuspectedthatthereisadimensionofpleasureandunderstandingthatwemissbyreadingpoemsonlytoourselves.

Themostbasicpreliminaryquestionofanyreadingiswhoreads.Oneanswerwouldbetoaskeveryonetoprepareoneortwopoems,andtogoaroundtheroom.Thisgiveseveryonesomethingtodo,anditexposeseveryonetoavarietyoftastesandinterpretations.

Analternativeistoletonehamruntheshow.Theabilitytoreadaloud,likeanyothertalent,isunevenlydistributed;

it’sprobablybetternottohearapoematallthantohearitmangled.Readingaloudisalsoamentaland,toadegree,aphysicaleffort.（86）Ifonlyonepersondoesit,then,everyoneelsecanenjoytheunalloyedpleasureoflistening.Ifit’snotapleasure,thereaderwillhavenoguestsforhissecondreading.

Ithoughtitwasonlyfairtomylistenerstorewardthemfortheirattentionwithfoodanddrink,butonlyfairtometowithholdituntilIhadfinished.Ilimitedthereadingtoonehour.

16．Accordingtothispassage,readingpoetryaloudtootherpeople

A. 

Isaselfishthing

B. 

Givesonenopleasureorunderstanding

C. 

Givesoneakindofpleasuredifferentfromsilentreading

Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswherepeoplearesimilarinmanyways.Thesimplereasonforthisisthattherearemoredifferentwaysoflookingatthingspresentinthefirstkindofsociety.Therearemoreideas,moredisagreementsininterest,andmoregroupsandorganizationswithdifferentbeliefs.Inaddition,thereisusuallyagreaterworldlyinterestandgreatertoleranceinmixedsocieties.（87）Allthesefactorstendtopromotesocialchangebyopeningmoreareasoflifetodecision.Inasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanyways,therearefeweroccasionsforpeopletoseetheneedortheopportunityforchangebecauseeverythingseemstobethesame.Andalthoughconditionsmaynotbesatisfactory,theyareatleastcustomaryandundisputed.

　Withinasociety,socialchangeisalsolikelytooccurmorefrequentlyandmorereadilyinthematerialaspectsoftheculturethaninthenon-material,forexample,intechnologyratherthaninvalues;

inwhathasbeenlearnedlaterinliferatherthanwhatwaslearnedearly;

inthelessbasicandlessemotionalaspectsofsocietythanintheiropposites;

inthesimpleelementsratherthaninthecomplexones;

informratherthaninsubstance;

andinelementsthatareacceptabletothecultureratherthaninstrangeelements.

　　Furthermore,socialchangeiseasierifitisgradual.Forexample,itcomesmorereadilyinhumanrelationsonacontinuousscaleratherthanonewithsharpdichotomies（一分为二）.（88）ThisisonereasonwhychangehasnotcomemorequicklytoBlackAmericansascomparedtootherAmericanminorities,becauseofthesharpdifferenceinappearancebetweenthemandtheirwhitecounterparts.

　21.Thepassageismainlydiscussing__________.

　　A.thenecessityofsocialchange

B.certainfactorsthatdeterminetheeasewithwhichsocialchangesoccur

　C.twodifferentsocieties

D.certainfactorsthatpromotesocialchange

　　22.______isoneofthefactorsthattendtopromotesocialchange.

　　A.Jointinterest　　B.Differentpointsofview

　　C.LessemotionalpeopleD.Advancedtechnology

　　23.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

　　A.Socialchangetendstomeetwithmoredifficultyinbasicandemotionalaspectsofsociety.

　　B.Disagreementwithandargumentaboutconditionstendtoslowdownsocialchange.

　　C.Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinthematerialaspectofsociety.

　　D.Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurinwhatpeoplelearnedwhentheywereyoung.

　　24.Theexpression"

greatertolerance"

（paragraph1）refersto_____.

　　A.“greaterwillingnesstoacceptsocialchange”

　　B.quickeradaptationtochangingcircumstances"

　　D."

morerespectfordifferentbeliefsandbehavior"

　　D.greaterreadinesstoagreetodifferentopinionsandideas"

　　25.Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurinasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanywaysbecause________.

　　A.peopletherehavegotsoaccustomedtotheirconditionsthatthey

seldomthinkitnecessarytochange

　　B.peopletherehaveidenticalneedsthatcanbesatisfiedwithoutmuch

difficulty

　　C.peoplethereareeasytoplease

　　D.peop