專升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀）模擬試卷121

專升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀）模擬試卷121

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題7.0分，共25分。）

Nowcustomhasnotbeencommonlyregardedasasubjectofanygreatimportance.The

innerworkingsofourownbrainswefeeltobeuniquelyworthyofinvestigation,but

custom,wehaveawayofthinking,isbehavioratitsmostcommonplace.Asamatterof

fact,itistheotherwayaround.Traditionalcustom,takentheworldover,isamassof

detailedbehaviormoreastonishingthanwhatanyonepersoncaneverinindividual

actions.Yetthatisarathertrivial（微不足道的）aspectofthematter.Thefactoffirst-rate

importanceisthepredominantrolethatcustomplaysinexperienceandinbeliefandthe

verygreatvarietiesitmaymanifest.Nomaneverlooksattheworldwithpristineeyes.

Heseesiteditedbyadefinitesetofcustomsandinstitutionsandwaysofthinking.Even

inhisphilosophicalprobinghecannotgobehindthesestereotypes;hisveryconceptsof

thetrueandthefalsewillstillhavereferencetoparticulartraditionalcustoms.John

Deweyhassaidinallseriousnessthatthepartplayedbycustominshapingthebehavior

oftheindividualasoveragainstanywayinwhichhecanaffecttraditionalcustom,isas

theproportionofthetotalvocabularyofhismothertongueoveragainstthosewordsof

hisownbabytalkthatarctakenupintothelanguageofhisfamily.Whenoneseriously

studiessocialordershavehadtheopportunitytodevelopindependently,thefigure

becomestomorethananexactandmatter-of-factobservation.Thelifehistoryofthe

individualisfirstandforemostanadjustmentlothepatternsandstandardstraditionally

handeddowninhiscommunity.Fromthemomentofhisbirththecustomsintowhichhe

isbornshapehisexperienceandbehavior.Bythetimehecantalk,heisthelittlecreature

ofhisculture,andbythetimeheisgrownandabletotakepartinitsactivities,itshabits

archishabits,itsbeliefshisbeliefs,itsimpossibilitieshisimpossibilities.

1、Theauthorthinksthereasonwhycustomhasbeenignoredintheacademicworldis

that.

A^customrevealsonlythesuperficialnatureofhumanbehavior

B、thestudyofsocialorderscanreplacethestudyofcustom

C^peoplearestillnotawareoftheimportantrolethatcustomplaysinformingtheir

worldoutlook

D、customhaslittletodowithourwaysofthinking

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)第一段第二句"Theinnerworkingsofourownbrainswefeeltobe

uniquelyworthyofinvestigation,butcustom,wchaveawayofthinking,isbehavior

atilsniosicommonplace.”可知，人們認(rèn)為人腦內(nèi)出活動(dòng)值得研究，而認(rèn)為風(fēng)俗傳

統(tǒng)只是最常見(jiàn)的行為。由此說(shuō)明人們認(rèn)為前者重要，后者不重要，因此不對(duì)其進(jìn)行

學(xué)術(shù)研究，所以C正確。

2、WhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtoJohnDewey?

A^Anindividualcanexerciseverylittleinfluenceontheculturaltraditionintowhichhe

isborn.

B、Customisthedirectresultofthephilosophicalprobingsofagroupofpeople.

C、Anindividualisstronglyinfluencedbytheculturaltraditionevenbeforeheisborn.

D、Customrepresentsthecollectivewisdomwhichbenefitstheindividual.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞JohnDewey定位至第二段第四句"JohnDeweyhassaid

inallseriousnessthatthepartplayedbycustominshapingthebehavioroftheindividual

asoveragainstanywayinwhich...thatarctakenupintothelanguageofhis

family.”可知，根據(jù)JohnDewey所打的比方，風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣對(duì)個(gè)人的行為的影響相對(duì)

于個(gè)人對(duì)傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗的影響，就像母語(yǔ)對(duì)個(gè)人語(yǔ)言的影響相對(duì)個(gè)人會(huì)對(duì)整個(gè)母語(yǔ)詞匯

的影響一樣。也就是說(shuō)個(gè)人對(duì)傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣的影響非常小，所以A正確。

3、Whichofthefollowingcanbestdescribe"custom"?

A、Theconceptofthetrueandthefalseofasociety.

B、Theindependentlydevelopedsocialorders.

C、Theadjustmentoftheindividualtothenewsocialenvironment.

D、Thepatternsandstandardsofbehaviorofacommunity.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第三句"Thelifehistoryoftheindividualisfirstand

foremostanadjustmenttothepatternsandstandardstraditionallyhandeddowninhis

community.”（一個(gè)人一生首先就是要不斷調(diào)節(jié)自己以適應(yīng)由他所處環(huán)境所保留下

來(lái)的生活模式及標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。）再結(jié)合第一段第二句后半部分”…butcustom...isbehaviorat

itsmostcommonplace”，由此可知，習(xí)俗是一種行為。所以D正確。A、B、C三個(gè)

選項(xiàng)不全面，而且僅僅壬習(xí)俗看為一種規(guī)則和觀念類的東西，故排除。

4、Accordingthepassage,aperson'slife,fromhisbirthtodeath,is.

A、constantlyshapingtheculturaltraditionsofhispeople

B、predominatedbytraditionalcustom

C、continuallyinfluencedbythehabitsofothercommunities

D、chieflyinfluencedbythepeoplearoundhim

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞"fromhisbirthtohisdeath”定位至第二段最后兩句“From

themomentofhisbirththecustomsintowhichheisbornshapehisexperienceand

behavior.Bythetimehecantalk,heisthelittlecreatureofhisculture…”可知，從一

出生，人所處其中的社會(huì)習(xí)俗就塑造著他的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和行為。由此推斷，人的一生擺脫

不了傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗對(duì)個(gè)人的影響，所以B正確。

5、Theauthor'spurposeinwritinghispassageisto.

A、urgeindividualstofollowtraditionalcustoms

B、stressthestronginfluenceofcustomsonanindividual

C、examinetheinteractionofmanandsocialcustoms

D^showman'sadjustmenttotraditionalcustoms

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由上面的文章大意可知，作者通篇都在強(qiáng)調(diào)風(fēng)俗對(duì)個(gè)人的影響，所以

B正確。

TheUnitedStatesofAmericaisoftenseenasanationinwhichthepursuitofhappiness

isnotadreambutareality.Thesadtruthisthatalthoughportrayedasanunusuallyeasy

life,lifeinAmericaisasmuchofastruggleasinanyothernation.Forexample,higher

leveleducationforAmericansdoesnotcomeeasy.Althoughtherearescholarships,

grantsandloansavailable,ifthestudentfailstomeetthecriteria（標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）heisleftwith

onlypersonalresourcestodrawfrom.Thistakeshimintoalifewithnotonlyaschool

scheduletofollowbutperhaps,also,aworkscheduleandfamilylife.Theseareoftenthe

difficultiesthatarenotportrayedthroughtheTVandmovies.Thesearealsothe

difficultieswhichmanybelievetheywillnotencounterbyattendinganAmerican

college.Inthesecondplace,thereisfinancialsecurity.Manytimeswhatisportrayedof

lifeinAmericaisalifewhere"money1'isnoobject.Thefallacy（謬論）inthisisthat,in

spiteofthecomparativelyhigherwagesavailable,thecostoflivingisalsohigher.Even

thoughitmayseemlikeoneismakingmoremoney,justasmuchisspentinsurviving.

Eachpersonhastheirownpersonalstruggleandmoneyisanobjectforthemajorityof

thepeople.ThirdlyisthebeliefthatinAmericanwayoflifeeveryonehasagoodjob.

Withtheincreasingadvancementsintechnology,awell-paidjobfbrthosecurrentlyin

theworkforceisgettinghardertofind.Thosewhohavenotbeenexposedtocomputers

andothernewmethodsofcommunicationarefindingthistobetrue.Asitstandsnow,

thejobmarketisrequiringatleastatwo-yeardegreefromcollege,inordertomake

enoughtolivecomfortably.Eventhenwell-paidjobsarenoteasytofind,asitis

sometimesbelievedbecauseoftheportrayaloflifeinAmerica.

6、ThelifeinAmericaemphasizesmoreon.

A^justice

B、entertainment

C、liberty

D^happiness

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第一段的第一句話我們可以知道，美國(guó)人特別崇尚追求快樂(lè)幸福的

生活?，因此他們也特別注重幸福。因此D正確。A公正、B娛樂(lè)、C自由，這些都

與文章的意思不相符。

7、Accordingtothepassage,ifthestudentsinAmericacannotobtainscholarships,

grantsandloans,theyhaveto.

A、dependongovernmenttohelpthem

B、getcollegeadmissionbytheirownhardwork

C、dependonthemselvesevenincollege

D、borrowmoneyfromtheirparents

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞"scholarships,grantsandloans”定位至第二段第二句

“Althoughtherearescholarships,grantsandloansavailable,ifthestudentfailsto

meetthecriteriaheisleftwithonlypersonalresourcestodrawfrom.”由此可知，假如

學(xué)生沒(méi)有資格獲得獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的話，那他只有用自己的財(cái)力支付這筆費(fèi)用了。所以選

CoA依靠政府的幫助，這與文章中的意思“由自己承擔(dān)”不一致；B通過(guò)自己的努

力學(xué)習(xí)進(jìn)入大學(xué)，這與誰(shuí)來(lái)承擔(dān)費(fèi)用沒(méi)有直接的關(guān)系；D向父母借錢，這與文章中

的意思也不一致。

8、Mostpeopleregardmoneyaslife'sobjectbecause.

A、moneyiseverythinginAmerica

itiseasytoearnmoneyinAmerica

C^moneyisasymbolofstatus

D、theyrequiremoremoneyforsurvival

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞"moneyaslife'sobject”定位至第三段最后兩句“Even

thoughitmayseemlikeoneismakingmoremoney,justasmuchisspentin

surviving.Eachpersonhastheirownpersonalstruggleandmoneyisanobjectforthe

majorityofthepeople.”由此可知，即使一個(gè)人看起來(lái)賺了更委的錢，其實(shí)也只是

能滿足日常生活所需。所以一個(gè)人的生存需要更多的費(fèi)用。A在美國(guó)錢是一切，B

在美國(guó)掙錢很容易，C金錢是地位的象征，根據(jù)上句分析可知，人們把錢作為一個(gè)

目標(biāo)是因?yàn)樗麄兊纳钪行枰S多錢，并不是因?yàn)樯厦媪谐龅娜N原因。

9、ThelaborforceinAmerica.

A、providesmanypositionsforapplicants

B、onlyneedsthepeoplewithadvancedscienceandtechnology

C>seldompromisesaqualifiedapplicantahighwage

D、hasfiercecompetitionoutofourimagination

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D:

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第四段我們可以知道，隨著科技的不斷進(jìn)步，對(duì)目前勞動(dòng)力來(lái)說(shuō)高

收入的工作更難找了。那些沒(méi)有接觸過(guò)計(jì)算機(jī)和其他信息手段的人很真實(shí)地體會(huì)到

了這一點(diǎn)。而且目前的就業(yè)市場(chǎng)對(duì)人們的要求是至少要接受過(guò)兩年的大學(xué)教育。所

以工作競(jìng)爭(zhēng)比我們想象的要激烈得多，所以選D。

10、Whichofthefollowingistheexamplecitedbytheauthortotestifyhisjudgmentof

thelifeinAmerica?

A^Thedescriptioninmovies.

B、Higherwelfarestandard.

C^Technologicalsecurity.

D、Workforce.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本文從三個(gè)方面來(lái)討論美國(guó)的生活并闡述觀點(diǎn)，第二段是從教育方

面，第三段是從收入方面，第四段是從美國(guó)工作方面來(lái)說(shuō)的，所以只有D對(duì)應(yīng)了

第四段內(nèi)容，故選D。

Didyouknowthatallhumanbeingshavea"comfortzone"regulatingthedistancethey

standfromsomeonewhentheytalk?Thisdistancevariesininterestingwaysamong

peopleofdifferentcultures.Greeks,othersoftheEasternMediterranean,andmanyof

thosefromSouthAmericanormallystandquiteclosetogetherwhentheytalk,often

movingtheirfacesevencloserastheywarmupinaconversation.NorthAmericansfind

thisawkwardandoftenbackawayafewinches.Studieshavefoundthattheytendtofeel

mostcomfortableatabout21inchesapart.InmuchofAsiaandAfrica,thereiseven

morespacebetweentwospeakersinconversation.Thisgreaterspacesubtlylendsanair

ofdignityandrespect.Thismatterofspaceisnearlyalwaysunconscious,butitis

interestingtoobserve.Thisdifferenceappliesalsototheclosenesswithwhichpeoplesit

together,theextentthattheyleanoveroneanotherinconversation,howtheymoveas

theyargueormakeanemphaticpoint.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,peopletryto

keeptheirbodiesaparteveninacrowdedelevator4;inParistheytakeitasitcomes!

AlthoughNorthAmericanshavearelativelywide"comfortzone"fortalking,they

communicateagreatdealwiththeirhands——notonlywithgesturebutalsowithtouch.

Theyputasympathetichandonaperson'sshouldertodemonstratewarmthoffeelingor

anarmaroundhiminsympathy;theynudgeamanintheribstoemphasizeafunnystory;

theypatanarminreassuranceorstrokeachild'sheadinaffection;theyreadilytake

someone'sarmtohelphimacrossastreetordirecthimalonganunfamiliarroute.To

manypeople-especiallythosefromAsiaortheMoslemcountries-suchbodycontactis

unwelcome,especiallyifinadvertentlydonewithlefthand.Thelefthandcarriesno

specialsignificanceintheU.S..ManyAmericansaresimplyleft-handedandusethat

handmore.

1KIntermsofbodydistance,NorthAmericans.

A、aresimilartoSouthAmericans

B、standfartherapart

C^feelillateasewhentooclose

D、movenearerduringconversation

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：題「關(guān)鍵詞"NoahAmericans”定位至第：段第：句“NorthAmericans

findthisawkwardandoftenbackawayafewinches.”北美人發(fā)現(xiàn)這（指前文說(shuō)的“談

話時(shí)靠得很近，甚至達(dá)到面對(duì)面的程度”）很尷尬并且常退后幾英寸。awkward與ill

atease同義，所以C正確。

12、ForAsians,thecomfortzone.

A、isdeliberatelydetermined

B、measures21inches

C^variesaccordingtostatus

D、impliesesteem

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞"Asians”定位至第二段后面部分“InmuchofAsiaand

Africa,thereisevenmorespacebetweentwospeakersinconversation.Thisgreater

spacesubtlylendsanairofdignityandrespect.Thismatterofspaceisnearlyalways

unconscious.”大意為：在談話時(shí)，亞洲人之間的距離更大，并且距離空間越去越

顯示出一種尊重的氛圍。人們保持這樣的距離常常是無(wú)意識(shí)的。所以D正確。

13>Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatinacrowdedelevator,aFrenchmanwould

A、behaveinthesamewayasanAmericanwould

B、makenoparticularefforttodistancehimself

C、beafraidofbodycontact

D、dohisbesttoleave

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞"crowdedelevator”和“Fienchman”定位至第三段最后一

句“IntheUnitedStates,forexample,peopletrytokeeptheirbodiesapartevenina

crowdedelevator；inParistheytakeitasitcomes!”在擁擠的電梯里，美國(guó)人盡量讓

他們的身體分開(kāi)一些；而在巴黎，人們比較隨意!所以B正確。

14、WhenAmericanstellajoke,theyoften.

A、patpeopleonthehead

B、givepeopleahug

C、digpeopleintheribs

D、touchpeopleonthearm

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞"Americanstellajoke”定位至最后一段第二句”…（hey

nudgeamanintheribstoemphasizeafunnystory…”可知，他們（美國(guó)人）在強(qiáng)調(diào)一個(gè)

有趣的故事時(shí)，常常碰一下談話對(duì)象的肋骨……。所以C正確。

15、Whichofthefollowingistrueabout"left-handedness*'?

A、TheAsiansarelikelytopatanarminreassurancewithlefthand.

B、PeopleintheUSAareallleft-handed.

C、PeopleinMoslemcountriestendtouselefthand.

D、Japanesearelesslikelytouselefthand.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由題干關(guān)鍵詞“l(fā)eft—handedness”定位至最后一段最后兩句"Tomany

people—especiallythosefromAsiaortheMoslemcountries—suchbodycontactis

unwelcome?especiallyifinadvertentlydonewithlefthand.Thelefthandcarriesno

specialsignificanceintheU.S.ManyAmericansaresimplyleft-handedandusethat

handmore.”對(duì)于一些人來(lái)說(shuō)——特別是來(lái)自業(yè)洲和伊斯蘭國(guó)家的人——這樣的身

體接觸（上文提到的如輕拍胳膊表示確信等）是不受歡迎的，尤其是有人不小心用左

手做了這些動(dòng)作。在美國(guó)，用左手沒(méi)有特殊的含義，很多美國(guó)人就是左撇子，用左

手的機(jī)會(huì)更多。由"Tomanypeople―especiallythosefromAsiaortheMoslem

countries一suchbodycontactisunwelcome”可知,D正確,A、C不正確;由Many

Americansaresimplyleft-handed可知，B不正確。

Therearetwomainchangescomparingwiththepast.First,therearenewdefinitionsof

whatmancanachieve,ofwhatahumanstandardoflifeshouldbe.Inrecenttimesthis

hasbeenparticularlytruesincetechnologyhasconsistentlybroadenedman'spotential,it

hasmadealonger,healthier,betterlifepossible.Thus,intermsofwhatistechnically

possible,wehavehigheraspirations.Thosewhosufferlevelsoflifewellbelowthosethat

arepossible,eventhoughtheylivebetterthanmedievalknights（中世名己騎士）orAsian

peasants,arepoor.Relatedtothistechnologicaladvanceisthesocialdefinitionof

poverty.TheAmericanrichinHongKongorinthesixteenthcenturyarepoorhereand

nowintheUnitedStates.Theyarcdispossessedintermsofwhattherestofthenations

enjoy,intermsofwhatthesocietycouldprovideifithadthewill.Theyliveonthe

fringe,themargin.Theywatchthemoviesandreadthemagazinesofaffluent（豐富的）

American,andthesewilltellthemthattheyareinternalexiles.Andfinally,oneofthe

reasonsthattheincomefiguresshowfewerpeopletodaywithlowincomesthan20years

agoisthatmorewivesareworkingnow,andfamilyincomehasrisenasaresult.In1940,

15%ofwiveswereinthelaborforce;in1957thefigurewas30%.Thismeansthatthere

wasmoremoneyand,presumably,lesspoverty.Yetatremendousgrowthinthenumber

oftheimpoverishmentofhomelife,ofchildrenwhoreceivelesscare,love,and

supervision.Thisonefact,forinstance,mightwellplayasignificantroleintheproblems

oftheyounginAmerica.Itcouldmeanthatwehavemadeanimprovementinincome

statisticsatthecostofhurtingthousandsandthousandsofchildren.Ifapersonhas

moneybutachievesthisthroughmortgagingthefuture,whoistosaythatheorsheisno

longerpoor?

16、Inrecenttimes,asfarastechnologyisconcerned,thosewhoarepoor.

A、livebetterthanAsianpeasants

BNleadbetterlivesthanmedievalknights

C、cannotachievethelivingstandardthattechnologycanmake

D^havenoaspiration

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：C選項(xiàng)所表達(dá)的意思與第一段最后一句中的“…sufferlevelsoflifewell

belowthosethatarepossible”一致，故選C（參見(jiàn)難句分析）。A、B雖然正確，但不

是就技術(shù)而言的，所以排除；D為干擾項(xiàng)，原文第四句中出現(xiàn)了“wchavehigher

aspiration",但這里的we是一個(gè)寬泛的概念，不是只針對(duì)富人或窮人而言的，跟

題干所問(wèn)的不相干。

17、Inthesecondparagraph,"theyareinternalexiles"implies.

A、theirinternalfeelingsaredifferentfromtherestofnation

B、theyarediscriminatedbytherestofthenation

C、theyareexcessivelylonelythanpeopleinothercountries

D、theycan'tenjoywhattherestofthenationdoconcerningwhatthesocietyprovides

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：將線索定位在第二段最后一句中的“theyareinternalexiles”就可.以得出

D項(xiàng)正確（參考難句分析）。A、B是根據(jù)internalexiles的字面意思得出的錯(cuò)誤理

解；C是對(duì)exile的錯(cuò)誤理解。

18、Theso-calledAmericanpoorcanonlybedefinedby.

A、technology

B、Americansocialbackground

C、thelivingstandardintheU.S.

D^thelivingstandardofHongKong

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章第一段最后一句及第二段可知，美國(guó)所謂的窮人是以美國(guó)本身

的生活水平來(lái)劃分的。第二段第一句“對(duì)于貧窮的社會(huì)定義是和這種科技進(jìn)步聯(lián)系

在一起的“，這里講的是定義“貧窮'’時(shí)需要考慮到科技進(jìn)步的因素，因此科技只是

影響“貧窮”的一個(gè)因素而不是決定因素，所以排除A；B項(xiàng)從字面上看講得通，但

文中未提到社會(huì)背景方面的內(nèi)容，而且生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn)僅是社會(huì)背景的一個(gè)方面；D項(xiàng)

“香港的生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”顯然不對(duì)。

19、MorewomenareworkinginAmerica,whichmeans.

A、improvementofallaspectsofpeople'slives

B、fewerpeoplearepoorintheU.S.today

C、thenation,seconomygrowsrapidly

D、therisingoffamilyincomes

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)文章第三段第一句：婦女參加工作的結(jié)果是家庭收入增加可知答

案應(yīng)選D。A項(xiàng)是說(shuō)人民生活各個(gè)方面的提高，與原文內(nèi)容不符；選項(xiàng)B中的

poor沒(méi)具體交代是哪一方面，在一個(gè)國(guó)家的不同時(shí)期，是否“貧窮”的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是不同

的，更多婦女參加工作，家庭收入增加，不能直接得出貧窮人口更少的結(jié)論；C項(xiàng)

原文未提及c

20、Whichofthefollowingsentencesbestdescribesthelastparagraph?

A、Womenareplayingalessimportantroleineducatingchildren.

B、It'sreallyunnecessaryfbrwomentowork.

C、Improvementinincomeatthecostofthehappinessofchildrendoesn'tmeanrich.

D、Problemsoftheyoungwillbesolvedifwomendonotwork.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C'」

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第三段中說(shuō)婦女參加工作使得家庭收入增加，但卻以傷害成千上萬(wàn)兒

童的幸福為代價(jià)。最后一句是對(duì)該段的總結(jié)，也為該段的主旨，與選項(xiàng)C相符。A

項(xiàng)這一說(shuō)法本身正確，但不全面；B”婦女有沒(méi)有必要出去工作”和D“如果婦女不工

作就可以解決孩子的問(wèn)題”原文未提及。

OnestudyshowsthatAmericansprefertoanswerwithabrief"Yes""No""Sure",orthe

verypopular,'Yeah"ratherthanwithalongerreply.Butbriefrepliesdonotmean

Americansareimpoliteorunfriendlytosomeextent.Veryoften,Americansareina

hurryandmaygreetyouwithasingleword"Hi",indeed;thisisagreetingyouwillhear

againandagainduringyourstayintheUnitedStates.Itisusedbyeveryone,regardless

ofrank,ageoroccupation.However,thosewhoareaccustomedtolongergreetingsmay

requirealittlemoretimebeforetheyleelcomlortablewithAmericansimpletalk.

Americanssometimesuseplaintalkwhentheyareuncomfortable.Ifpeoplepraisethem

orthanktheminanespeciallypoliteway,theymaybecomeuncomfortableandnotknow

whattosayinreply.Theydon'twanttobeimpoliteorrude,andyoucanbesurethatthey

likedwhatwassaidaboutthem.Exceptforcertainholidays,suchasChristmas,

Americansdon'tusuallygivegifts.Thus,youwillfindAmericansembarrassedasthey

acceptgifts,especiallyiftheyhavenothingtogiveinreturn.Theyaregenerallyawarm

butinformalpeople.

21、ThefactthatAmericanslikeshorteranswerstellsus.

A、theyreplyveryquicklyinahurry

theychoosewordstoocarefully

C>theylikereplyingbrie