问题 单项选择题

除了中国之外,没有哪个国家会把英语强调到比本国语言还重要的程度。这绝对令人悲哀。语言的背后是文化,而文化的背后是实力,英语在世界范围内的盛行是英美体系获胜的结果。中国虽然经济快速发展,但软实力不够,语言文化的发展落后于经济的发展,自信心不足,故而才有对英语的崇拜;对英语的崇拜,实际上是对本民族文化不自信的体现。这段文字意在说明( )。

A.应加快文化的发展步伐,使其与经济的快速发展同步

B.应破除对英语的盲目崇拜,树立对本民族文化的自信心

C.目前对英语的重视程度是不正常的,应该引起人们的反思

D.语言是民族文化的重要部分,必须重视对本国语言的保护

答案

参考答案:B

解析: 这段文字由中国目前对英语过度重视的现象,引出其背后隐藏的心理层面的原因,即对本民族文化不自信。A项不对,文段强调的是“对本民族文化不自信”,而不是其发展缓慢.排除。C项笼统地说要“反思”,具体反思什么内容。没有涉及,排除。D项强调要“重视本国语言的保护”,但没有涉及语言背后的民族文化自信心问题,排除。本题的正确答案为B。

完形填空
The house next door had been empty for so long that we had quite forgotten what it was to have neighbors. One day, __36__, a great furniture lorry drew up near our front gate and a short time, all kinds of furniture were __37__ on the pavement. A small car arrived, out of which came seven people , a man a woman and five children of __38__ ages. The children rushed out and began laughing__39__ as the whole family moved into the house. Windows were __40__ open; furniture was put into__41__; and little faces looked curiously at us over the fence and disappeared. It was our first__42__ to the Robinsons.
Though we became firm__43__ with our neighbors, we often had causes to be made angry by them. Our garden became an unsafe place: little boys __44__up as cowboys or Indians would jump up from somewhere, __45__wooden guns at us and __46__ us to put up our hands. Sometimes our lives were __47__; at others, we were killed with a __48__ “Bang, Bang!”. Even more dangerous were the arrows that occasionally came sailing __49__ the garden fence.
But we did not __50__ go in fear for our lives. The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we left for our holidays, we knew we had nothing to fear __51__our neighbors were around. We understood what it was like to have __52__ in the long, dull winter evening __53__ Mr Robinson would __54__ in for a cup of tea and chat; or when Mr. Robinson would __55__ over the fence and talk endlessly with father about gardening problems.
小题1:
A.so B.but C.howeverD.therefore
小题2:
A.unloadedB.loadedC.movedD.bought
小题3:
A.the sameB.variousC.sameD.young
小题4:
A.delightedlyB.angrilyC.sadlyD.friendly
小题5:
A.forcedB.brokenC.kickedD.pushed
小题6:A. place                     B. order                       C. room                              D, building
小题7:
A.interviewB.introductionC.arrangementD.management
小题8:
A.strangersB.enemiesC.friendsD.relatives
小题9:
A.pretendingB.lookingC.dressingD.making
小题10:
A.put B.takeC.throwD.point
小题11:
A.leadB.orderC.askD.make
小题12:
A.wastedB.savedC.devotedD.spared
小题13:
A.fastB.softC.sharpD.slow
小题14:
A.inB.onC.overD.under
小题15:
A.alwaysB.oftenC.evenD.then
小题16:
A.thoughB.unlessC.so long asD.even if
小题17:
A.cheersB.funC.discussionD.company
小题18:
A.asB.whenC.whileD.since
小题19:
A.dropB.jumpC.slipD.break
小题20:
A.fallB.swimC.leanD.lie
单项选择题

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Of all the truths that this generation of Americans hold self-evident, few are more deeply embedded in the national psyche than the maxim "It pays to go to collage." Since the Gl Bill transformed higher education in the aftermath of W. W. II, a college diploma, once a birthright of the leisured few, has become a lodestone for the upwardly mobile, as integral to the American dream as the pursuit of happiness itself. The numbers tell the story: In 1950s, 43% of high-school graduates went on to pursue some form of higher education; at the same time, only 6% of Americans were college graduates. But by 1992, almost 2 to out of 3 secondary-school graduates were opting for higher education—and 21% of a much larger U.S. population had college diplomas. As Prof. Herbert London of New York University told a commencement audience last June: "The college experience has gone from a rite passage to a right of passage."
However, as the class of 1993 is so painfully discovering, while a college diploma remains a requisite credential for ascending the economic ladder, it no longer guarantees the good life. Rarely since the end of the Great Depression has the job outlook for college graduates appeared so bleak: of the 1.1 million students who received their baccalaureate degrees last spring, fewer than 20% had lined up full-time employment by commencement. Indeed, an uncertain job market has precipitated a wave of economic fear and trembling among the young. "Many of my classmates are absolutely terrified," says one of the fortunate few who did manage to land a permanent position. "They wonder if they’ll ever find a job."
Some of this recession-induced anxiety will dissipate if a recovery finally begins to generate jobs at what economists consider a normal rate. But the sad fact is that for the foreseeable future, college graduates will be in considerable surplus, enabling employers to require a degree even for jobs for which a college education is really unnecessary. According to Kristina Shelley of the Bureau of Labor Statistics—who bases her estimate on a "moderate projection" of current trends—30 percent of college graduates entering the labor force between now and the year 2005 will be unemployed or will find employment in jobs for which they will be overqualified, joining what economists call the "educationally underutilized".
Indeed, it may be quite a while—if ever—before those working temporarily as cocktail waitresses or taxi drivers will be able to pursue their primary career paths. Of course waiting on tables and bustling cab fares are respectable ways to earn a living. But they are not quite what so many young Americans—and their parents—had in mind as the end product of four expensive years in college.

According to the passage, which of the following is true’

A.A college diploma used to be the privilege of the rich.

B.A college diploma helps one to realize his American dream.

C.College graduates can easily get permanent positions.

D.College graduates are optimistic about their career in the future.