共用题干Self-relianceThe most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized._______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beingswho have their own opinions._______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life._________(57)A:prefer B:refuseC:choose D:like

共用题干
Self-reliance

The most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).
You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized.
_______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beings
who have their own opinions.
_______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'
objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life.

_________(57)
A:prefer
B:refuse
C:choose
D:like

参考解析

解析:词义辫析题,devotion的意思是“热爱”。例如:His devotion to work is highly appreciated.人们很欣赏他对工作的热爱。trust“信任”、faith“信仰”、belief“信仰”均不合适。
根据语法和词义判断选项B正确,since意为“自从”,本句为“自人生的早期起他们就被训练……”。
根据上下文含义和句子逻辑可以看出美国人自小就被培养成对自己的人生境遇和命运负责的独立的人。separate在这里意为“独立”,所以此题选D。
逻辑题。在前面说到美国人接受的教育是让他们成为独立的个体,所以他们就不应把自己看作是某些组织体成员。interdependent意为“互相依赖的”,因为是用来描述家人之间的关系,所以比起dependent“依赖的”更合适。
family , religious groups , nation都是collectivity,即“集体”的一种形式,所以选择C。
opportunity意思是“机会”,用在“每个小孩子都被给予_____来作决定”这个句子中很合适。
原句的意思是“美国人给孩子自己选择的机会,甚至在选择哪种糖果棒上都要问孩子更喜欢哪个”,因此prefer“更喜欢”比choose“选择”和like“喜欢”更合适。
这里需要一个表示在两者间选择的词,所以whether表示“其中的一个” 合适。本句的意思是“他是想坐在妈妈身边还是爸爸身边”。
前面提到的是让孩子选择更喜欢什么或更想要怎么做,这些都可以用 preference来归纳。其意思是“偏爱”,放在此句中最符合逻辑。
根据语法,through符合要求。through作为介词意思是“通过”,这里的意思是“通过这种惯常的做法……”。其他三项在此处都不能和practice搭配。
此段开始讲美国有许多书都指出家长们的目标是培养出一名负责任的、独立的个体,很明显是对前面几段的承接,只有表示肯定的indeed(确实)合适。
这里考查的是词汇的使用。此处是“关于如何抚养孩子的书”,raise意为 “养育”用在,这里是正确的。feed意为“喂养”,grow意为“成长”,而bring若要表示“养育”的意思,通常需要和up搭配。例如:It must have been very difficult to manage to bring up four children.
make有“使成为……”的意思,符合句意。本句意思是“家长们的目标是使他们的孩子成为一名负责任的、独立的个体”。
前面提到在美国家长均志在培养出“a responsible, independent individual",所以根据逻辑孩子到了18岁就应该做好搬出父母家的准备。move out:搬出,符合句意。 withdraw:撤退,abandon:抛弃,give up:放弃,均不符合句意和使用习惯。
固定搭配题。这里要表达的意思是“靠自己谋生”。 make a living为固定搭配,而其他各项均无此意,因此选C。

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共用题干Some Things We Know About LanguageMany things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.First , we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.There is no race(种族)of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another.Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language. Second,there is no such thing as a primitive(原始的)language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are,or were, hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A:A language is a means of expressing a particular culture.B:All languages can well express their respective cultures.C:American Indian languages are as complex as English.D:Some languages are better than others.

共用题干Look on the Bright SideDo you ever wish you were more optimistic,someone who always________(51)to be successful? Having someone around__________(52)always fears the worst isn't really a lot of________(53).We all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says,"It looks__________(54)rain."But if you catch yourself thinking such things,it's important to do something_________(55)it.You can change your_________(56)of life,according to psychologists.It only takes a little effort, and you'll find life more rewarding as a_________(57).Optimism,they say,is partly about self-respectand confidence but it's also a more positive way of ______(58)at life and all it has to offer. Optimists are more__________(59)to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.Upbringing is obviously very important in________(60)your attitude to the world.Some people are brought up to_________(61)too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything _________(62)wrong. Most optimists,on the_______(63)hand,have been brought up not to _________ (64)failure as the end of the world一they just___________(65)on with their lives._________(61)A:insistB:buildC:dependD:base

共用题干Look on the Bright SideDo you ever wish you were more optimistic,someone who always________(51)to be successful? Having someone around__________(52)always fears the worst isn't really a lot of________(53).We all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says,"It looks__________(54)rain."But if you catch yourself thinking such things,it's important to do something_________(55)it.You can change your_________(56)of life,according to psychologists.It only takes a little effort, and you'll find life more rewarding as a_________(57).Optimism,they say,is partly about self-respectand confidence but it's also a more positive way of ______(58)at life and all it has to offer. Optimists are more__________(59)to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.Upbringing is obviously very important in________(60)your attitude to the world.Some people are brought up to_________(61)too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything _________(62)wrong. Most optimists,on the_______(63)hand,have been brought up not to _________ (64)failure as the end of the world一they just___________(65)on with their lives._________(53)A:amusement B:playC:enjoymentD:fun

共用题干Some Things We Know About LanguageMany things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language. According to the author,language changes are most likely to occur in______.A: grammarB: pronunciationC: vocabularyD: intonation

共用题干Self-relianceThe most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized._______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beingswho have their own opinions._______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life._________(52)A:after B:sinceC:at D:of

共用题干Self-relianceThe most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized._______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beingswho have their own opinions._______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life._________(51)A:trust B:devotionC:belief D:faith

共用题干Self-relianceThe most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized._______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beingswho have their own opinions._______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life._________(61)A:Conversely B:What's moreC:However D:Indeed

共用题干Look on the Bright SideDo you ever wish you were more optimistic,someone who always________(51)to be successful? Having someone around__________(52)always fears the worst isn't really a lot of________(53).We all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says,"It looks__________(54)rain."But if you catch yourself thinking such things,it's important to do something_________(55)it.You can change your_________(56)of life,according to psychologists.It only takes a little effort, and you'll find life more rewarding as a_________(57).Optimism,they say,is partly about self-respectand confidence but it's also a more positive way of ______(58)at life and all it has to offer. Optimists are more__________(59)to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.Upbringing is obviously very important in________(60)your attitude to the world.Some people are brought up to_________(61)too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything _________(62)wrong. Most optimists,on the_______(63)hand,have been brought up not to _________ (64)failure as the end of the world一they just___________(65)on with their lives._________(51)A:failedB:feltC:expectedD:waited

共用题干Some Things We Know About LanguageMany things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language. In the second paragraph the passage tells us that______.A: some backward race doesn't have a language of its ownB: some race in history didn't possess a language of its ownC: any human race,whether backward or not,has a languageD: some races on earth can communicate without language

Culture differences 【文化差异】  People from different cultures sometimes do things that make each other uncomfortable, sometimes without realizing it. Most Americans ___A__1___ out of the country and have very __B___2____ experience with foreigners. But they are usually spontaneous, friendly and open, and enjoy __C__3____ new people, having guests and bringing people together formally or informally. They tend to use first names __D__4____ most situations and speak freely about themselves. So if your American hosts do something that ___A__5___ you uncomfortable, try to let them know how you feel. Most people will _C__6___ your honesty and try not to make you uncomfortable again. And you’ll all __C___7______ something about another culture!  Many travelers find _____8__B___ easier to meet people in the U.S. than in other countries. They may just come up and introduce themselves or even invite you over ____9__D_ they really know you. Sometimes Americans are said to be _C___10___. Perhaps it seems so, but they are probably just __A__11____ a good time. Just like anywhere else, it takes time to become real friends __A__12____ people in the U.S..  If and when you ___D__13____ American friends, they will probably _D___14____ introducing you to their friends and family, and if they seem proud ___A__15____ you, it’s probably because they are. Relax and enjoy it!文章(51~65)A) have never been B) have been never C) has never been D) has been never

共用题干Some Things We Know About LanguageMany things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language. According to the author,people of undeveloped cultures can have______languages.A: complicatedB: uncivilizedC: primitiveD: well-known

共用题干Self-relianceThe most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized._______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beingswho have their own opinions._______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life._________(53)A:single B:onlyC:divided D:separate

共用题干Look on the Bright SideDo you ever wish you were more optimistic,someone who always________(51)to be successful? Having someone around__________(52)always fears the worst isn't really a lot of________(53).We all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says,"It looks__________(54)rain."But if you catch yourself thinking such things,it's important to do something_________(55)it.You can change your_________(56)of life,according to psychologists.It only takes a little effort, and you'll find life more rewarding as a_________(57).Optimism,they say,is partly about self-respectand confidence but it's also a more positive way of ______(58)at life and all it has to offer. Optimists are more__________(59)to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.Upbringing is obviously very important in________(60)your attitude to the world.Some people are brought up to_________(61)too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything _________(62)wrong. Most optimists,on the_______(63)hand,have been brought up not to _________ (64)failure as the end of the world一they just___________(65)on with their lives._________(52)A:whoB:thatC:whenD:which

单选题The word “cinch” (Line 3, Para. 1 ) most probably means______.Aa very easy thing.Ba very complex thing.Ca great challenge.Dan extremely hard problem.