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Passage Four

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more as of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed.
Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposite; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.
Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with violent changes. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts.

The expression "greater tolerance" ( Para. 1 ) refers to "______".

A.more respect for different beliefs and behaviors

B.quicker adaptation to changing circumstances

C.greater willingness to accept social change

D.greater readiness to agree to different opinions and idea

答案

参考答案:A

解析: 本题是推理题。前文提到在更容易发生社会变迁的社会有更多不同的思想和观点,也有更多的不同利益,然后说there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies,因此这种包容应该是对这些不同的包容,所以A选项是正确答案。B、C、D选项原文未提及。

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完成句子。

阅读下列各小题,根据每句后的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子.

1.So far, ____________________do better than Charlie Chaplin in making people laugh. (able)

到目前为止,在逗人笑的能力上没有人能够比查理?卓别林做得更好.

2.Joseph came to borrow my skiing boards yesterday, but I happened ____________________my

cousin last week. (lend)

约瑟夫昨天来找我借滑雪板,不过碰巧我上周借给我的堂兄了.

3.My car was caught in a traffic jam, thus ______________the delay. (cause)

我开车遇到了交通堵塞,因此才迟到了.

4.By the time the letter reaches you, I ________________ the city for London. (leave)

等你收到信的时候,我已经离开这座城市去伦敦了.

5.You understand not only what the rule says but also what it means as if you yourself ___________

_________. (make)

你不仅要明白这条规定的内容,也要知道它意味着什么,就好像是你亲自制定了它一样.

6.He was uncertain whether the door was locked and ____________________. To his surprise, out

came barks of a dog. (try)

他不确定门锁了没有,于是试图推了推它.令他吃惊的是,里面传来一阵犬吠声.

7.____________________ it is to walk on the beach at sunset! (fun)

日落时分走在海滩上是多么快乐啊!

8.On an occasion, they were stuck in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a snowstorm ______________________. (with)

有一次,在暴风雪中他们被困在山边的一个小屋里,什么吃的都没有.

9.At the magic performance, I found __________________that a pigeon appeared out of the

magician's empty hand. (astonish)

在魔术表演中,我发现一只鸽子出现在魔术师空着的手中,真令人惊讶.

10.Little ____________________ sing when he was a kid but he has become a worldfamous tenor.

(teach)

当他还是个孩子的时候很少有人教他唱歌,但是他已经成了一名举世闻名的男高音.

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