公共英语五级考试试题五十.docx

1、公共英语五级考试试题五十公共英语五级考试试题(五十)一、Reading Comprehension（共15小题,共15.0分）Read the following three textsAnswer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D 第1题 The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive attachment period from birth to three may

2、sear a childs personality and predispose to emotional problems in later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlbys 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 ar

3、e 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, in some tribal societies, such as the Ngoni, the father and mother

4、 of a child did not rear their infant alone-far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents, care-takers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the results woul

5、d 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 childrens development. But tests that have had to be

6、 used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue. But Bowlbys 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

7、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

8、 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-out, though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants.Which of the following statements would Bowlby support?AStatistical studi

9、es should be carried out to assess the positive effect of day care for children at the age of three or older.BEarly day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children.CThe first three years of ones life is extremely important to the later development of personality.DChildren under three

10、 get used to the life at nursery schools more readily than children over three.【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第2题 Which of the following is derivable from Bowlbys work?AMothers should not send their children to day care centers until they are three years of older.BDay care nurseries have positive effects on a c

11、hilds development.CA child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problems in late life.DDay care would not be so popular if it has noticeable negative effects on a childs personality.【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第3题 It is suggested that modem societies differ from traditional so

12、cieties in that _ .Athe parents-child relationship is more exclusive in modem societiesBa child more often grows up with his/her brothers or sisters in traditional societiesCmother brings up children with the help of her husband in traditional societiesDchildren in modem societies are more likely to

13、 develop mental illness in later years【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第4题 Which of the following statements is NOT an argument against Bowlbys theory?AMany studies show that day care has a positive effect on childrens developmentBDay care is safe, otherwise there wouldnt be so many nursery schools.CSeparation fr

14、om parents for very young children is common in some traditional societies.DParents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with.【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第5题 Which of the following best expresses the writers attitude towards early day care?AChildren under three should stay with thei

15、r parents.BEarly day care has positive effects on childrens development.CThe issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics.DThe effects of early day care on children are exaggerated and parents should ignore the issue.【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第6题 Atmospheric pressure can suppor

16、t a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher: the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top, more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the movement of water in trees and other tall plants was a mystery. Some botanists hypothesized that the living cells of plants acted as pumps