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