Text 4Jill Ker Conway ,president of Smith ,echoes the prevailing view of contemporary technology when she says that " anyone in today's world who doesn't understand data processing is not educated. " But she insists that the mcreasing emphasis on these ma
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Jill Ker Conway ,president of Smith ,echoes the prevailing view of contemporary technology when she says that " anyone in today's world who doesn't understand data processing is not educated. " But she insists that the mcreasing emphasis on these matters leave certain gaps. Says she: "The very strongly utilitarian emphasis in education ,which is an effect of man-made satellites and the cold war, has really removed from this culture something that was very profound in its 18th and 19th century roots ,which was a sense that literacy and learning were ends in themselves for a demo- cratic republic. "
In contrast to Plato's claim for the social value of education,a quite different idea of intellectu-al purposes was advocated by the Renaissance humanists. Ovejoyed with their rediscovery of the classical leaming that was thought to have disappeared during the Dark Ages,they argued that the imparting of knowledge needs no justification-religious ,social ,economic ,or political. Its purpose,to the extent that it has one ,is to pass on from generation to generation the corpus of knowledge that constitutes civilization. "What could man acquire ,by virtuous striving ,that is more valuable than knowledge?" asked Erasmus ,perhaps the greatest scholar of the early 16th century. That idea has acquired a tradition of its own. "The educational process has no end beyond itself," said John Dewey. "It is its own end. "
But what exactly is the corpus of knowledge to be passed on? In simpler times ,it was all included in the medieval universities' Quadrivium ( arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music ) and Trivium( grammar, thetoric ,logic). As recently as the last century ,when less than 5% of Americans went to college at all, students in New England establishments were compelled mainly to memorize and recite various Latin texts,and crusty professors angrily opposed the introduction of any new scientific discoveries or modern European languages. "They felt," said regretfully Charles Francis Adams, Jr. ,the Union Pacific Railroad president who devoted his later years to writing history ,"that a classical education was the important distinction between a man who had been to college and a man who had not been to college ,and that anything that diminished the importance of this distinction was essentially revolutionary and tended to anarchy. "
56. The first paragraph shows that Jill Ker Conway accepts utilitarian emphasis in education
[A] wholeheartedly.
[B] with reservation.
[C] against her own will.
[D] with contempt.
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56．B【精析】该题为推理题。根据第一段第二句“But she insists that the increasing emphasis on these matters leave certain gaps.”我们知道，虽然吉尔-克尔·康维支持实用主义教育，但是她认为实用主义教育仍然有一些欠缺，故选择B项。
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C.if
D.when答案：A解析：逻辑关系题。根据上下文,上文指出存在问题,空格所在句子指出高血糖和坏胆固醇等疾病会增加任何人的死亡风险,无论其胖瘦。空格处缺少一个引导原因状语的连词故选[A]sine因为,由于”,表原因。而[B]although“虽然,尽管”,表转折;Ci“如果”,表条件;[D]when当…时”’,表时间均不能引导原因状语从句,故排除。 -
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共用题干
Gorillas Have a Word for It
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In addition she has an outside enclosure where she spends her days when it is not raining.
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—She unwillingly took the job, didn't she
—I’ve no idea __________.A.It doesn’t hurt to ask
B.It counts for nothing
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Bidea
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第12题：
单选题When a teacher asks students to discuss how the writer's ideas are organized in the text, he/she intends to develop students' skill of _______.Arecognizing the textual structure
Bunderstanding the writer's intention
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第14题：
（ ）What’s the meaning of the sentence “She is blue today.”?
A．She is angry.
B．She is sad.
C．She is bored.
D．She is excited.
正确答案：B
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第15题：
28． Does Tina have a photo of Wang Nan?
A． Yes， she does．
B． Yes， he does．
C． No， she doesn't．
D． No，he doesn’t．
正确答案：A
28．A【解析】从第一段倒致第二句“1 have a great photo of Wang Nan．”推知。Tina是女孩，用代词she． -
第16题：
When a teacher asks students to discuss how a text is organized, he/she is most likely to help them （ ）.A.evaluate the content of the text
B.analyze the structure of the passage
C.understand the intention of the writer
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第17题：
Being fat doesn’t necessarily mean you're unhealthy,according to a new study.Researchers at York University in Toronto found that obesity 1 doesnt increase your risk for mortality 2 it's 3 another metabolic risk factor,such as high blood sugar or high levels of bad cholesterol This is 4 most of the literature,Jennifer Kuk,a（n）5 professor of kinesiology at York University,writes in a press 6.She says 7,most studies defined"healthy"obesity 8 having up to one metabolic risk factor--which is an issue,9 conditions like high blood sugar and bad cholesterol increase mortality risk for anyone,skinny or fat.This is likely 10 most studies have reported that healthy'obesity is still 11 higher mortality risk,she says.The study looked at data of 54,089 men and women from five large studies,and 12 them into two groups:those who were obese and had no metabolic risk factors,and those who were obese and had metabolic 13 such as elevated glucose,blood pressure or lipids Researchers then looked at how many people in each group died,and 14 their numbers to the death rate for 15-weight folks who had no metabolic risk factors We found that a person of normal weight 16 no other metabolic nsk factors is Just as likely to die as the person with obesity and no other risk factors,"Kuk says.according to their 17 individuals with metabolically healthy obesity are actually not at an elevated mortality 18 This means that hundreds of thousands of people in North America with metabolically healthy obe sity will be told to lose weight when it's 19 how much benefit they'll actually 20 she concludes
4选？A.in the case of
B.in contact wit
C.in contrast with
D.in cooperation with答案：C解析：词组辨析题。空格所在句子指出,这与大多数文献形成了鲜明的。[A]in the case of“在……的情况下”,[B]in contact with“与……联络”,[C]in contrast with“与……对比”,[D]in cooperation with“与……合作”,结合上下文,后文中提到“大多数研究”,由此推断是与先前的研究进行对比,只有[C]in contrast with符合句意,故为正确答案。 -
第18题：
Why won't Hayley be selected for this job?A. She copies other writers.
B. She doesn't have references.
C. She is a female.
D. She resides in Canada.答案：D解析： -
第19题：
Don't irritate her.she's on a short fuse today.A:.tease
B:attract
C:annoy
D:protect答案：C解析：题干意为“别惹她，她今天动不动就发火。”句中划线词意为“使恼怒”，C项annoy意为“使恼怒”，例句：His mother was annoyed with him for being so rude to their neighbors．他母亲因为他对邻居如此粗暴无礼而生他的气。A项意为“戏弄”,B项意为“吸引”,D项意为“保护”，故选C。 -
第20题：
She would rather that her husband ___ travel during the bad weather, but he insists that he return home today.A.do not
B.not
C.must not
D.did not答案：D解析：本题主要考查would rather+从句，是一个常用的虚拟语气句型，谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿……，还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that有时省略。
题目意为“她宁愿她的丈夫不要在这么恶劣的天气里赶路，但他坚持要今天赶回家里”。这里用过去形式did，但不表示过去而是表示将来。
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第21题：
Where is Miss Smith?（）
- A、She's from England.
- B、She's at home.
- C、She's not back.
- D、She's very well.
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第22题：
单选题When the teacher says“Who wants to have a try？"，he/she wants to_______.Acontrol discipline
Bprompt class activity
Cevaluate students'work
Ddraw students'attention to the lesson
正确答案： C解析： -
第23题：
单选题One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she______.Ais younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves
Bdoes not like children herself
Cneedn't worry about food for her children
Dcan be free from family duties when she reaches sixty
正确答案： D解析：