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1、考研英语89doc考研英语-89(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：10.00)As human children are unusually dependent far an unusually long time, its obvious that every society must provide a domestic context in which the children are brought up and educated. In present-day English, the word family has two

2、 meanings: firstly, theU (1) /Ugroup of parents and children; and secondly, aU (2) /Uof relations who might be expected toU (3) /Uat a wedding or aU (4) /U. At the first level, my brothers and sisters and myself are all in the sameU (5) /Uas children, but in different ones as parents; but at the sec

3、ondU (6) /U, were all in the same family from start to finish.As nuclear families become moreU (7) /U, families of relations become more dispersed (分散). The young mother can still talk to her Mum on the phone, but she cant ask her toU (8) /Ufor a few minutes to watch the baby. Ideas about theU (9) /

4、Uof women have been changing: wives are thought to be theU (10) /Uof their husbands rather than their (11) . But perhaps theyre moreU (12) /Uenslaved to their children than before. The point is that there doesnt seem to be anyU (13) /U. There is a genuineU (14) /Ubetween the right of the woman to be

5、 treated as a free and self-respectedU (15) /U, and the right of the child to demand care andU (16) /UWe have created for ourselves threeU (17) /U: social equality of men and women;U (18) /Uof the marriage; and lifelong love andU (19) /Ubetween parents and children. However, we haveU (20) /Ua social

6、 system in which its quite impossible for these factors to co-exist.（分数：10.00）A.permanentB.rigidC.casualD.domesticA.paradeB.networkC.collectionD.frameworkA.turn upB.turn aboutC.turn inD.turn overA.parliamentB.settingC.funeralD.troopA.conferenceB.familyC.organizationD.procedureA.trendB.unionC.accessD

7、.levelA.adequateB.challengedC.isolatedD.excessiveA.drop inB.drop onC.drop awayD.drop offA.personalityB.statusC.alternativeD.careerA.companionsB.opponentsC.sponsorsD.reportersA.principalsB.rivalsC.slavesD.neighborsA.flexiblyB.highlyC.presentlyD.thoroughlyA.solutionB.evolutionC.fictionD.locationA.fuss

8、B.clashC.hesitationD.pauseA.residentB.volunteerC.individualD.specialistA.growthB.permissionC.responseD.attentionA.miraclesB.obstaclesC.idealsD.sensationsA.glamourB.permanenceC.managementD.reservationA.cooperationB.distinctionC.tensionD.acquisitionA.modifiedB.predictedC.selectedD.created二、BSection Re

9、adi(总题数：4，分数：40.00)BText 1/BSomeone has calculated that by the time an American reaches the age of 40, he or she has been exposed to one million ads. Another estimate is that we have encountered more than 600, 000 ads by the time we reach the age of only 18. Now, of course, we dont remember what exa

10、ctly they said or even what the product was, but a composite message gets through: that you deserve the best, that you should have it now, and that its okay to indulge yourself, because you deserve the compliments, sex appeal, or adventure you are going to get as a result of buying this car or those

11、 cigarettes.Our consumer-based economy makes two absolutely reciprocal psychological demands on its members. On the one hand, you need the discipline values to ensure that people will be good workers and lead orderly, law-abiding lives. On the other hand, you need the enjoy yourself messages to get

12、people to be good consumers. One author was disturbed about the enjoy yourself side, but acknowledged that without a means of stimulating mass consumption, the very structure of our business enterprise would collapse.The interesting question has to do with the psychological consequences of the discr

13、epancy between the dual messages. The discipline or traditional values theme demands that one compartment of the personality have a will strong enough to keep the individual doing unpleasant work at low wages, or to stay in an unhappy marriage, and, in general, to do things for the good of the commo

14、nwealth.The enjoy yourself message, on the other hand, tends to encourage a very different kind of personality-one that is self-centered, based on impulse, and is unwilling to delay rewards. As an illustration, I cant. resist reciting one of my favorite ads of all time, an ad from a psychology magaz

15、ine: I love me. Im just a good friend to myself. And I like to do what makes me feel good. I used to sit around, putting things off till tomorrow. Tomorrow Ill drink champagne, and buy a set of pearls, and pick up that new stereo. But now I live my dreams today, not tomorrow.So what happens to us as we take in these opposing