问题 多项选择题

政治文化的功能主要体现在()。

A、特定的政治文化是政治体系得以存在和维持的必要基础

B、特定的政治文化是政治体制的决定性因素

C、政治文化是影响政治体系中政治制度模式的重要因素之一

D、政治文化决定着政治体系中政治制度的实际运作状况

E、政治文化制约着政治体系的变革和发展

答案

参考答案:A, C, D, E

阅读理解与欣赏

希望是一只美丽的风车

古保祥

       ①有位哲人说过:生命原本是一个不断受伤又复原的过程。因此,每想起往事,我的心中总会充满莫名的感概,许多回忆像微笑一样,带着一份阳光般的温暖和感伤,让人难以忘怀。

       ②18岁那年,我没能冲上那座梦想了几日几夜的独木桥,望着桥上那些意气风发的同窗好友,我的心剧烈地疼痛着。

       ③有一个星期,我始终活在高考失利的阴影下,索性关了门,谢绝所有的人,包括我的父母亲,一个人躲在自已的小屋里暗自垂泪。那时候,我觉得上天对我太不公平了,为什么那么多人都冲过了最后的防线,而比他们优秀的我却跌倒在战场上?一向自信的我,从来没有受过如此的打击,难道命运是如此捉弄人,注定我终究走不出这生我养我却囿人视线的村落?

       ④一天下午,父亲可能怕我闷坏了,要我去外面走走,我很不情愿地答应了。这么多天来,父亲从来没有责备过我,也没有像母亲那样苦口婆心地劝我。他只是一个劲儿地抽烟,一根接一根。

       ⑤我们走在林边的小路上,父亲不说一句话,刹那间,我注意到父亲似乎苍老了许多。路边,一群小孩子拿着风车,这种纸做的迎风转动的玩意儿是我小时候经常玩的玩具。由于没有风,我看见他们一个个哭丧着脸。父亲走到他们面前,问:“你们为什么不玩风车?”“没有风,风车不会转。”一个小孩稚嫩的声音。“我告诉你们,如果想要风车转动起来,你们不能在这儿等风,风是不会说来就来的,你们必须跑动起来,你跑得越快,风车就转动得越快…”父亲语重心长地对他们说,同时回过头看了我一眼。那几个孩子举着风车跑了起来,而那风车,由于受了外力的影响,越来越快,并伴着孩子的欢声笑语渐行渐远。

       ⑥我忽然明白了父亲的良苦用心,他用一个极其平常的道理告诉我:我不该这样沉沦下去。整日生活在失败的阴影下,只会裹足不前。我需要勇敢地跑起来,启动生命的风车,让它转动起来,这样,我才会有成功的可能。

       ⑦原来,希望本身就是一只美丽的风车,而如果想让风车转动起来,必须依靠风。但风不是时时刻刻都有的,它就像人生的机遇,稍纵即逝。在没有风的情况下,要让风车转动起来,惟一的办法就是跑起来,跑得越快,你就越能接近成功的彼岸。

       ⑧从那天起,我从迷惘中苏醒过来,重新拾起书本,走上了自考的道路。两年后,我拿到了自考的大专毕业证,那一刻,我泪流满面。

       ⑨现在,我在舒适整洁的办公室里.想起父亲的话仍会感慨万千:要想让风车转起来。你自己必须先跑起来,你跑得越快,凤车就会转得越快! (选自《经典美文》206年第2期,有改动)

1.作者开篇引用哲人的话总领全文,结合全文看,“受伤”指的是___________________,“复原”指的是____________________________;文中反映“我”从“受伤”到“复原”这一过程的词语有:___________→________→很不情愿→_____________→从迷惘中苏醒。

2.阅读②③④段,想一想:父亲为什么“只是一个劲儿地抽烟,一根接一根”?

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3.在父亲良苦用心的开导下,“我“明白了什么?

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4.文章多次出现“要想让风车转起来,你自己必须先跑起来,你跑得越快,风车就会转得越快”这句话,请说说这句话的深刻含义。

                                                                                                                                                          

5.“生命原本是一个不断受伤又不断复原的过程”,这句话对你有什么启发?

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问答题

Although Henry Ford’s name is closely associated with the concept of mass production,he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as 1913 that would be considered advanced even by today’s standards. Safety measures were improved, and the workday was reduced to eight hours, compared with the ten-or-twelve-hour day common at the time. In order to accommodate the shorter work day, the entire factory was converted from two to three shifts.
In addition, sick leaves as well as improved medical care for those injured on the job were instituted. (47)The Ford Motor Company was one of the first factories to develop a technical school to train specialized skilled laborers and an English language school for immigrants. Some efforts were even made to hire the handicapped and provide jobs for former convicts.
(48)The most widely acclaimed innovation was the five-dollar-a-day minimum wage that was offered in order to recruit and retain the best mechanics and to discourage the growth of labor unions. Ford explained the new wage policy in terms of efficiency and profit sharing. He also mentioned the fact that his employees would be able to purchase the automobiles that they produced—in effect creating a market for the product. (49)In order to qualify for the minimum wage, an employee had to establish a decent home and demonstrate good personal habits,including sobriety,thriftiness,industriousness,and dependability. (50)Although some criticism was directed at Ford for involving himself too much in the personal lives of his employees,there can be no doubt that,at a time when immigrants were being taken advantage of in frightful ways,henry Ford was helping many people to establish themselves in America.