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15学位英语阅读理解分析3
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TracyMcGradyisareal-lifesuperstar.HespentthesummertravelinginEurope,workingwithAdidasonhislatestbasketballshoeandplayingwithTeamU.S.A.inanOlympicqualifyinggame.Healsospentcountlesshoursinthegym."Iworkonthingseverydayintheoff-season,'saysMcGrady,24,anAll-StarguardwiththeNationalBasketballAssociation'sOrlandoMagic.
UntilMcGradywas17,fewoutsidehistinyhometownknewofhisskills.Hewasraisedmostlybyhisgrandmotherinaroughpartoftown.Sportswerehisescapes.Togainmoreexposureforhisbasketballskills,McGradytransferredtoplayhisseniorseasonatMountZionChristianAcademyinNorthCarolina.AfterleadingtheMightyWarriorstoa26-2recordthatseason,McGradywasnamedPlayeroftheYearbyanationalnewspaper.
At18,McGradywasstarringforTorontobytheendofhisnewplayers'season.ButhewantedtobecomeoneoftheNBA'selite(精英),sohehiredatrainerandbeganintenseworkouts.It'snotuncommonforMcGrady,whosignedwithOrlandoin2002,toshoot200jumpersafterpractice,grabahealthybitetoeatandgotoworkoutwiththeLosAngelesLakers'ShaquilleO'Neal,whoownsahomeinOrlando.
"He'sstayedatahighlevel,"OrlandocoachDocRiverssaysofMcGrady."Alotofyoungplayerscanplayagood20minutes,orhaveagreatmonth.Tracydoesitallseasononbothends."Tobethatgoodtakesalotofwork.Tobebettertakesevenmore.McGradyisreadyforthechallenge,becauseheknowswhathewants."Idon'twanttobeoneofthoseplayersthat'sknownforbeingagreatplayerthatneverwonachampionship,"McGradysays,“Iwantatitle.”
16.WhichofthefollowingteamshasMcGradyNOTsofarplayedfor?
lA]TeamU.S.A.lB]LosAngelesLakers.
lC]TheMightyWarriors.[D]OrlandoMagic.
17.Thesentence"Iworkonthingseverydayintheoff-season"impliesthat
[A]McGradypracticesotherthingsmoreoftenthanhedoeswithbasketball
[B]McGradykeepsonhisskillstrainingparticularlyhardintheoff-seasondays
[C]McGradykeepsontrainingwithotherexercisesthanwithbasketball
[DMcGradypracticeshisskillseverydayincludingtheoff-seasontime
18.McGradyisdifferentfromotherplayersmainlyin
[A]hisparticularshootingskillsinplayingbasketball
lB]histryingtosaveeveryminutetoworkoutwithO'Neal
[C]hispersistenceinconstanthardtraining
[D]hisstrongerdesireforatitlethanotherplayers
19.McGradywashonoredPlayeroftheYearbyanationalnewspaperbecause
[Alhehasstayedatahighleveloftraining
[B]hehascreatedarecordamongthebestplayersthatseason
[C]hewaswellreadyforthecomingchallenge
[DheisregardedasanAll-StarguardwiththeNBA
20.Thesentence"Sportswerehisescapes"(Line2,Paragraph2)canbestmeanthat
[A]sportingactivitieswerethemeansforhimtogetfullesthappinessby
lB]physicalexercisesweretheonlywaytorelievehimofhispains
[C]hedidn'twanttodomorethingsthansportiveactivities
[D]sportsenabledhimtorunawayfromhishometown
LastDecember'searthquakesintheIraniancityofBamtookahugedeathtoil-roughly40,000people-----largelybecauseofthecollapseofthousandsofmud-brickbuildings.IfagroupofresearchersinIndiaaresuccessful,.thenextearthquakemightnotbeasdestructive.BritishandIndianengineersaredevelopingearthquake-proofhousingusingacheap,universalmaterial:
bamboo.
Theydesignedamodelhousebuiltaroundwaterproofbamboo-sheetroofingandbamboo-reinforcedconcretewalls.Totestthestructure,theengineers,sponsoredbytheU.K.DepartmentofInterenationalDevelopment,tookittotheEarthquakeEngineeringandVibrationResearchCentreinBangalore,whichhasastate-of-the-artearthquakesimulator(模拟装置).The-researchersshookthehousewithfivesuccessive30-secondpulses,beingequalto7.8ontheRichter(里氏)scale.Thesimulationwasmorethan10timeasviolentastheBarnearthquake,yetthehouseemergedundamaged."Wedidn'tevencrackthepaint,"saysengineerPaulFollett,ofBritain'sTimberResearchandDevelopmentAssociation.
Bysomeestimates,morethanabillionpeoplealreadyliveinbamboostructures.Theinnovationliesindevelopingwaystoexploitbamboo'sspring.Easilypre-built,fireresitant,andfarlighterthansteel,bamboo-basedstructurescouldbeassembledinthreeweeksandlast50years.Atfivedollarsasquarefoot,theywould'lastroughlyhalfasmuchasbrick-and-blockconstructions.Follettsaystheprojectwillfollowan"opensource"model:
"Whateverisdevelopedisfreelyavailableforthecommongood."
21.ThousandsofpeoplediedintheBarnearthquakemainlybecause
IA]theearthquakeoccurredinthecoldDecember
[BImanymud-brickhousescollapsed
IC]theearthquaketeached7.8ontheRichterscale
[Dbamboohouseshadn'tbeenbuiltyet
22.Thephrase"auniversalmaterial'(Line5,Paragraph1)referstoamaterialthatcanbefound
IAIeverywhereinIndia[BIintheuniverse
ICIinauniversityID]inauniqueplace
23.Whatwastheresultofthetest?
IATheshakelasted150seconds.
[BThesimulationwasover10timesasviolent.
ICThepaintwascracked.
[DThemodelremainedundamaged.
24.Theresearchershavebeenworkinghardto
[Alreducethedamagebyearthquakes
lB]explorethefunctionsofbamboo
ICIbuildbamboohousesforabillionpeople
ID]designbamboohousemodels
25.Whichofthefollowingaretheadvantagesofbamboosinbuildinghouses?
1.Cheaptoget.2.Lighttocarry.3.Easytobuild.
[Al1.and2.[BI2.and3.ICI1.2and3.D]1.and3.
Astheyenteredthe21stcentury,peoplecouldnothelplookingbacktothepast20yearswhentheymanagedtocopewithanewthreat-------thecomputer.Bytheyearof1980,computershadbecomeafactoflife.Theywere,themagazineDISCOVERnotedthatdecember,"incars,offices,schoolsandhomes,toysandwatches.Xnsomeairplanes,pilotsneednothandlethecontrols;theyare'flightmanagers'whowatchthecomputermanagetheflightandlanding.Onthewayarevoice-driventypewriters,robotsthatcan'see',andhand-heldcomputersthatcancoverthecontentsoftheLibraryofCongress."
Butatthesametime,observedthewriterJohnLeo,alargenumberofAmericanswerecomputerphobes(电脑恐惧者)andtechno-peassants,whofearedthatcomputerswere"designedtodestroyprivacy,eliminatejobs,carrytheTVgenerationevenfurtherawayfromliteracy,readfewwordsonfoodboxessothatthegrocercancheathiscustomersmoreeasily,andallowWorldWarIIItobelanchedentirelybytechnicalerror.'
Someexecutivesespeciallyhatedcomputers,Leoreported.Theyworriedthattheywouldlosestatus-andtheirassistants-iftheywereseenatakeyboard.Publishersandjournalists,hecontinued,werefrightenedthattheprintedwordwouldbeeliminated."True,thenewspapertravelswell-youcannotputacomputerunderyourannwhilerushingforatrain,'hewrote."Notnow,butamoreadvancedandcomplicatedportableversion,aboutthesizeofahandheldelectronicgame,maynotbefaroff.'
Todaythosesameexecutivesandjournalistswhofearedcomputerswouldn'tbefoundwithouthavingtheirportablecomputersontheirlaps.Thewidespreadfearofcomputersseemsathingofthepast-ashiftthatLeocorrectlypredicted."Everyonewillacceptcomputers,'hewrote,“becausethereisnoalternative.”
26.ThemagazinelistedtheusesofcomputersinthefollowingfieldsEXCEPT
IAIeducation[BItransportationICIpublicationID]medicine
27.Someexecutivesdidnotlikecomputersinthat
[A]theymightlosetheirimportanceandrespect
[B]theyhadtolearnhowtousecomputers
[C]theyhadtohiremoreassistants
[D]theyhadtobuyexpensiveportablecomputers
28.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwhatthecomputerphobesareexpecting?
IA]Moreprivacy.[BIMorejobs.ICIMoreliteracy.ID]Moreworldwars.
29.Todaythesameexecutivesandjournalistscanbefoundto
IA]dislikecomputerslB]fearusingcomputers
[C]usecomputersfrequently[D]usecomputersrarely
30.“thereisnoalternative”inthelastsentenceofthepassage,hemeansthat
[A]computersprovidenochoice
[B]computersaretobeaccepted
[C]computersoffernohelptopilots
ID]morecomplicatedcomputershavetobemadeinfactories
Ascontrastsgo,therearefewotherpairsofcultureasdistinctfromeachotherastheJapaneseandtheAmericans.Japan'smanycenturiesofhistoryandespeciallyitsBuddhistheritage(佛教文化)havegiventheJapaneseanattitudeofrepose(从容)-------thebestcourseistoletisbe:
Whenthetimeisripe,thingswillworkontbythemselves.America,ontheotherhand,isjustafewcenturiesoldanddisplaysanalmostvolcanticlivelinessandrestlessness.FortheJapanese,socialharmonyhasapriorclaimineverycirumstance;Fortheamerieans,harmonyistheresultoftherationalinteractionoffreeandfair-mindedpeople.OnedoesnotlightlymovefromtraditionsinJapan,manyofwhicharecenturiesold;IntheUnitedStates,thehabitsandattitudesofevenone'sparent'sgenerationaresuspect.
Everyculture,throughitslegalandinstitutionalarrangements,mirrorsthesociety'sresolutionofsomebasichumanproblems.Thesecanprovideausefulframeworkfortheanalysisofculturaldifferences.Organizationsalsofacethegameproblemsandusuallytaketheircuefromtheprevailingcultureindesigningsolutionstotheseproblems.Thissuggeststhattheperspectiveprovidedbyviewingculturethroughtheframeworkofthisproblemwillbeusefulfororganizationalanalysisaswell.Thefollowingsectionspresentadiscussionofsuchaframe-workinthecontextofthecontrastbetweenJapanandtheUnitedSt