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2010年12月英语六级阅读理解

SectionA

Mostyoungboysaretrainedtobelievethatmenshouldbestrong,tough,cool,and

detached.Thus,theylearnearlytohidevulnerableemotionssuchaslove,joy,andsadness

becausetheybelievethatsuchfeelingsarefeminineandimplyweakness.Overtime,somemen

becomestrangerstotheirownemotionallives.Itseemsthatmenwithtraditionalviewsof

masculinityaremorelikelytosuppressoutwardemotionsandtofearemotions,supposedly

becausesuchfeelingsmayleadtoalossofcomposure（镇定）.Keepinmind,howeverthatthis

viewischallengedbysomeresearchers.Aswithmanygendergaps,differencesinemotionality

tendtobesmall,inconsistent,anddependentonthesituation.Forinstance,Robertsonand

colleaguesfoundthatmaleswhoweremoretraditionallymasculineweremoreemotionally

expressiveinastructuredexercisethanwhentheyweresimplyaskedtotalkabouttheiremotions.

Males'difficulty7withutender"emotionshasseriousconsequences.First,suppressed

emotionscancontributetostress-relateddisorders.Andworse,menarelesslikelythanwomento

seekhelpfromhealthprofessionals.Second,men'semotionalinexpressivenesscancauseproblems

intheirrelationshipswithpartnersandchildren.Forexample,menwhoendorsetraditional

masculinenormsreportlowerrelationshipsatisfaction,asdotheirfemalepartners.Further,

childrenwhosefathersarewarm,loving,andacceptingtowardthemhavehigherself-esteemand

lowerratesofaggressionandbehaviorproblems.Onapositivenote,fathersareincreasingly

involvingthemselveswiththeirchildren.And30percentoffathersreportthattheytakeequalor

greaterresponsibiIityfortheirchildrenthantheirworkingwivesdo.

Oneemotionmalesareallowedtoexpressisanger.Sometimesthisangertranslatesinto

physicalaggressionorviolence.Mencommitnearly90percentofviolentcrimesintheUnited

Statesandalmostallsexualassaults.

47.Mostyoungboyshavebeentrainedtobelievethatmenwhoshowtenderfeelingsare

consideredtobe.

48.Somemenbelievethatiftheyexpressedtheiremotionsopenlytheymight.

49.Accordingtotheauthor,menwhosuppresstheiremotionsmaydevelop.

50.Menwhoobservetraditionalmasculinenormsaresaidtoderivelesssatisfactionfrom

51.Whenmalesgetangry,theycanbecomeorevencommitviolence.

SectionB

PassageOne

Intheearly20thcentury,fewthingsweremoreappealingthanthepromiseofscientific

knowledge.Inaworldstrugglingwithrapidindustrialization,scienceandtechnologyseemedto

offersolutionstoalmosteveryproblem.Newlycreatedstatecollegesanduniversitiesdevoted

themselvesalmostentirelytoscientific,technological,andengineeringfields.ManyAmericans

cametobelievethatscientificcertaintycouldnotonlysolvescientificproblems,butalsoreform

politics,government,andbusiness.TwoworldwarsandaGreatDepressionrockedtheconfidence

ofmanypeoplethatscientificexpertisealonecouldcreateaprosperousandorderedworld.After

WorldWar〃，theacademicworldturnedwithnewenthusiasmtohumanisticstudies,which

seemedtomanyscholarsthebestwaytoensurethesurvivalofdemocracy.Americanscholars

fannedoutacrossmuchoftheworld—withsupportfromtheFordFoundation,theFulbright

program,etc.—topromotetheteachingofliteratureandtheartsinanefforttomakethecasefor

democraticfreedoms.

IntheAmericaofourowntime,thegreateducationalchallengehasbecomeaneffortto

strengthentheteachingofwhatisnowknownastheSTEMdisciplines（science,technology,

engineering,andmath）.ThereisconsiderableandjustifiedconcernthattheUnitedStatesis

fallingbehindmuchoftherestofthedevelopedworldintheseessentialdisciplines.India,China,

Japan,andotherregionsseemtoheseizingtechnologicalleadership.

Atthesametime,perhapsinevitably,thehumanities-whilestillpopularinelitecollegesand

universities-haveexperiencedasignificantdecline.Humanisticdisciplinesareseriously

unde/funded,notjustbythegovernmentandthefoundationsbutbyacademicinstitutions

themselves.Humanistsareusuallyamongthelowest-paidfacultymembersatmostinstitutions

andareoftenlightlyregardedbecausetheydonotgenerategrantincomeandbecausethey

providenoobviouscredentials（资质）formostnonacademiccareers.

UndoubtedlyAmericaneducationshouldtrainmorescientistsandengineers.Muchofthe

concernamongpoliticiansaboutthestateofAmericanuniversitiestodayisfocusedonthe

absenceof“realworld“education-whichmeanspreparationforprofessionalandscientific

careers.Buttheideathatinstitutionsortheirstudentsmustdecidebetweenhumanitiesand

scienceisfalse.Oursocietycouldnotsurvivewithoutscientificandtechnologicalknowledge.But

wewouldbeequallyimpoverished（贫困的）withouthumanisticknowledgeaswell.Scienceand

technologyteachuswhatwecando.Humanisticthinkinghelpsusunderstandwhatweshoulddo.

Itisalmostimpossibletoimagineoursocietywithoutthinkingoftheextraordinary

achievementsofscientistsandengineersinbuildingourcomplicatedworld.Butfrytoimagine

ourworldaswellwithouttheremarkableworksthathavedefinedourcultureandvalues.Wehave

alwaysneeded,andwestillneed,both.

52.Intheearly20thcenturyAmericansbelievedscienceandtechnologycould.

Asolvevirtuallyallexistingproblems[Chelpraisepeoplefslivingstandards

BquickenthepaceofindustrializationIDpromotethenationsocialprogress

53.WhydidmanyAmericanscholarsbecomeenthusiasticabouthumanisticstudiesafterWorld

WarII?

ATheywantedtoimprovetheirownstatuswithinthecurrenteducationsystem.

BTheybelievedthestabilityofasocietydependedheavilyonhumanisticstudies.

CTheycouldgetfinancialsupportfromvariousfoundationsforhumanisticstudies.

DTheyrealizedscienceandtechnologyalonewerenoguaranteeforabetterworld.

54.WhyareAmericanscholarsworriedabouteducationtoday?

ATheSTEMsubjectsaretoochallengingforstudentstolearn.

BSomeAsiancountrieshaveovertakenAmericainbasicsciences.

CAmericaislaggingbehindintheSTEMdisciplines.

DTherearenotenoughscholarsinhumanisticstudies.

55.Whataccountsforthesignificantdeclineinhumanisticstudiestoday?

AInsufficientfunding.

BShrinkingenrollment.

CShortageofdevotedfaculty.

DDimprospectsforgraduates.

56.Whydoestheauthorattachsomuchimportancetohumanisticstudies?

ATheypromotethedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology.

BTheyhelppreparestudentsfortheirprofessionalcareers.

CHumanisticthinkinghelpsdefineourcultureandvalues.

DHumanisticthinkinghelpscultivatestudentsfcreativity.

PassageTwo

Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

WillthereeverheanotherEinstein?ThisistheundercurrentofconversationatEinstein

memorialmeetingsthroughouttheyear.AnewEinsteinwillemerge,scientistssay.Butitmaytake

alongtime.Afterall,morethan200yearsseparatedEinsteinfromhisnearestrival,IsaacNewton.

ManyphysicistssaythenextEinsteinhasn7beenbornyet,orisababynow.That'sbecause

thequestforaunifiedtheoiythatwouldaccountforallthefarcesofnaturehaspushedcurrent

mathematicstoitslimits.Newmathmustbecreatedbeforetheproblemcanbesolved.

ButresearcherssaytherearemanyotherfactorsworkingagainstanotherEinsteinemerging

anytimesoon.

Foronething,physicsisamuchdifferentfieldtoday.InEinstein'sday,therewereonlyafew

thousandphysicistsworldwide,andthetheoreticianswhocouldintellectuallyrivalEinstein

probablywouldfitintoastreetcarwithseatstospare.

Educationisdifferent,too.OnecrucialaspectofEinstein勺trainingthatisoverlookedisthe

yearsofphilosophyhereadasateenager—Kant,SchopenhauerandSpinoza,amongothers.It

taughthimhowtothinkindependentlyandabstractlyaboutspaceandtime,anditwasn7long

beforehebecameaphilosopherhimself.

“Theindependencecreatedbyphilosophicalinsightis—inmyopinion—themarkof

distinctionbetweenamereartisan（工匠）orspecialistandarealseekeraftertruth,nEinstein

wrotein1944.

Andhewasanaccomplishedmusician.Theinterplaybetweenmusicandmathiswellknown.

Einsteinwouldfuriouslyplayhisviolinasawaytothinkthroughaknottyphysicsproblem.

Today,universitieshaveproducedmillionsofphysicists.Therearen7manyjobsinsciencefor

them,sotheygotoWallStreetandSiliconValleytoapplytheiranalyticalskillstomore

practical—andrewarding-efforts.

“MaybethereisanEinsteinouttheretoday,saidColumbiaUniversityphysicistBrian

Greene,“butitwouldbealotharderforhimtobeheard.n

EspeciallyconsideringwhatEinsteinwasproposing.

“Theactualfabricofspaceandtimecurving?MyGod,whatanidea!”Greenesaidata

recentgatheringattheAspenInstitute."〃takesacertaintypeofpersonwhowillbanghishead

againstthewallbecauseyoubelieveyou71findthesolution.f,

PerhapsthebestexamplesarethefivescientificpapersEinsteinwroteinhismiracleyear"

of1905.These"'thoughtexperiments^werepagesofcalculationssignedandsubmittedtothe

prestigiousjournalAnnalenderPhysikbyavirtualunknown.Therewerenofootnotesorcitations.

Whatmighthappentosuchasubmissiontoday?

（＜Weallgetpaperslikethoseinthemail,“Greenesaid.Weputtheminthejunkfile.v

57.Whatdoscientistsseemtoagreeupon,judgingfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?

AEinsteinpushedmathematicsalmosttoitslimits.

BItwilltakeanotherEinsteintobuildaunifiedtheory.

CNophysicistislikelytosurpassEinsteininthenext200years.

DItwillbesometimebeforeanewEinsteinemerges.

58.WhatwascriticaltoEinsteinfssuccess?

AHistalentasanaccomplishedmusician.

BHisindependentandabstractthinking.

CHisuntiringefforttofulfillhispotential.

DHissolidfoundationinmaththeory.

59.Whatdoestheauthortellusaboutphysiciststoday?

ATheytendtoneglecttraininginanalyticalskills.

BTheyareverygoodatsolvingpracticalproblems.

CTheyattachgreatimportancetopublishingacademicpapers.

DTheyoftengointofieldsyieldinggreaterfinancialbenefits.

60.WhatdoesBrianGreeneimplybysaying”…itwouldbealotharderforhimtobeheard't

(Lines1-2,Para.9)?

APeoplehavetocompeteinordertogettheirpaperspublished.

BItishardforascientisttohavehispaperspublishedtoday.

CPaperslikeEinsteinswouldunlikelygetpublishedtoday.

DNobodywillreadpapersonapparentlyridiculoustheories.

61.Whenhesubmittedhispapersin1905,Einstein.

Aforgottomakefootnotesandcitations

Bwaslittleknowninacademiccircles

Cwasknownasayounggeniusinmathcalculations

Dknewnothingabouttheformatofacademicpapers

47.

答案：feminineandweak

解析：文中提至U...becausetheybelievethatsuchfeelingsarefeminineandimply

weakness.要填在tobe后面就应该转化成形容词形式。

48.

答案：losecomposure

解析：文中提到mayleadtoalossofcomposure0要用在主语后面就要把loss变

成动词loseo

49.

答案：stress-relateddisorders

解析：文中提到cancontributetostress-relateddisorder。

50.

答案：theirrelationshipwithpartners

解析：文中提至(..reportlowerrelationshipsatisfactionasdotheirfemalepartners.

故这里要重新组合转换表达形式。

51.

答案：aggressive

解析：文中提到…intophysicallyaggressionorviolence,而此处在become后就要

用aggression的形容词形式。

SectionB

PassageOne

52)Asolvevirtuallyexistingallproblems

细节题。抓住时间点“Intheearly2othcentury”我们从第一句"offersolutionsto

almosteveryproblem^^便可知道答案。选择A选项。

53)DTheyrealizedthatscienceandtechnologyalonewerenoguaranteeforabetter

world.

推论题。我们首先比较容易排除A和C项。B项具有迷惑性，关键是看“the

stabilityofasocietydependedheavilyonhumanisticstudy”这个选项仔细看就会发

现说得太绝对了，社会的问题主要是靠人文主义的研究？显然不是很恰当。我们

从下面那句也可以推断出选D比较恰当。"TwoworldwarsandaGreatDepression

rockedtheconfidenceofmanypeoplethatscientificexpertisealonecouldcreatea

prosperousandorderedworld.”

54)CAmericaislaggingbehindintheSTEMSdisciplines.

细节题。主要在第二段里找答案。从段落后两句"Thereisconsiderableandjustified

concernthattheUnitedStatesisfallingbehindmuchoftherestofthedeveloped

worldintheseessentialdisciplines.^^我们可以推断出是选C选项。A和D选项比

较容易排除。不选B选项，因为文章中“India,China,Japan,andotherregionsseem

tobeseizingtechnologicalleadership.seemto表明这几个国家只是有种趋势，但

还没有haveovertakeno

55)AInsufficientfunding.

细节题。我们在第三段里可以找到答案。从”...areseriouslyunderfunded...,5

"'Humanistsareusuallyamong由elowest-paidfacultymembers…”这些信息中，可

以很快知道是A选项。、

56)CHumanisticthinkinghelpscultivateanddefineourcultureandvalues.

细节题。本题不难。作者为什么如此着重人文主义的研究，其他三项都是非常具

体的，且都不是重点。只有C选项符合。J1我们从最后这一句"Buttrytoimagine

ourworldaswellwithouttheremarkableworksthathavedefinedourcultureand

values?,及作者的语气可以更加确定是C选项。

PassageTwo

57.D.ItwillbesometimebeforeanewEinsteinemerges.

解析：这道题针对开头两节。A和C答案比较容易排除，A说爱因斯坦把数学

推到了一个极限，C说在将来的两百年都不会有物理学家超过爱因斯坦，这两个

都明显不合文章大意。B答案说需要一个爱因斯坦才能建立一种大一统理论，属

于过度推理，并且细节性太强了。D答案是正确答案，很多同学不敢选D的原

因是，因为有些科学家们认为爱因斯坦或许还没有诞生或许还是个小婴儿，他们

认为这样一来就有可能爱因斯坦已经存在了。但是这句话里面的爱因斯坦是代表

伟大的科学家的意思，那么这个题目选择D就是正确的，大家都同意的是像爱

因斯坦那样伟大的科学家还需要一定的时间才会出现。

58.B.Hisindependentandabstractthinking

解析：B他独立与抽象思维能力。这一段是文章中间部分的内容概括。根据上下

文意思推断，爱因斯坦成功的原因，不能说是他在音乐方面的天分，也不能说他

的努力或者他在数学方面的深厚基础，因此答案选择B。

59.D.Theyoftengointofieldsyieldinggreaterfinancialbenefits.

解析：正确答案选择D。这段文章是在问今天的物理学家们的情况，A说他们

缺乏分析能力，B说他们擅长处理实际问题，C说他们重视发表文章，都是从根

据文章细节中捏造出来的错误选项。D是对于文章内容的一个总结概括，数量众

多的物理学家进入了更有经济利益的领域。

60.D.Nobodywillreadpapersonapparentlyridiculoustheories.

解析：正确答案选择D。结合Greene讲的话，他说Whatanidea!还说是需要把

头往墙上撞的人才会相信能找到个解决方案呢！说明内容实在是比较荒诞。

61.B.waslittleknowninacademiccircles

解析：正确答案选择B,说的是爱因斯坦在学术圈里面默默无闻，跟原文里面的

“byavirtualunknown”相对应。有迷惑性的选择项是D,因为文中提到了爱因斯坦

的文章没有配上脚注和注释footnoteandcitations.但是D选择项是说，爱因斯坦

不懂得论文的格式，这个属于过度推理了。

2010年6月英语六级阅读理解

SectionA

Question:Myninth-gradeartteacherdoesn'tgiveanygradeabove94%because,shesays,

“There'salwaysroomforimprovement."Inpreviousyears,Iearneda99%anda100%.The94I

receivedthistermdoesnotreflectthehardworkthatIputintothiscourse.Becauseofher

"improvement"theory,IgotalowergradethanIdeserve.Ishergradingphilosophyethical（符合

职业道德规范的）？

Answer:Yourteachefsgradingsystemmaybeunwise,butitisnotunethical.Ateacher

deserveswidelatitudeinselectingthemethodofgradingthatbestpromoteslearninginher

classroom;thatis,afterall,theprimefunctionofgrades.Itisshewhohasthetrainingand

experiencetomakethisdecision.Assumingthatyourteacherisneitherbiasednorcorruptandthat

hersystemconformstoschoolrules,youcan*tfaultherethics.

Youcancriticizehermethodology.A100neednotimplythatthereisnopossibilityof

improvement,onlythatastudentsuccessfullycompletedthecoursework.Aninthgradercouldget

awell-earned100inEnglishclassbutstillhaveawaytogobeforeshewritesaswellasJane

Austen.What'smore,gradesarenotonlyaneducationaldevicebutarealsopartofascreening

systemtohelpassignkidstotheirnextclassorprogram.Bycappinghergradesat94whilemost

otherteachersgradeonascalethattopsoutat100,yourteachercouldjeopardizeastudent's

chanceofgettingascholarshiporgettingintoatopcollege.

Whatitiswrongtocondemnherforisoverlookingyourhardwork.Youdiligenceisworthy

ofencouragement,buteffortdoesnotequalaccomplishment.Ifscholarssuddenlydiscoveredthat

Rembrandthaddashedoff'TheNightWatch"inanafternoon,itwouldstillbe"TheNight

Watch/'

Icouldspendmonthssweatingovermyown"paintings”,butI'dproducesomethingyou

wouldn'twanttohanginyourlivingroom.Oryourgarage.

Onefeatureofagoodgradingsystemisthatthosemeasuredbyitgenerallyregarditasfair

andreasonable—notthecasehere.Simmering（难以平息的）resentmentisseldomanaidto

education.Andsoyournextstepshouldbetodiscussyourconcernswithyourteacherorthe

principal.

47.Theninth-graderthoughtthathisartteachershouldhavegivenhim.

48.Accordingtotheanswer,ateachershouldhavethefreedomtotoencourage

learning.

49.Welearnfromtheanswerthatastudentwhogetsa100shouldstillworkhardandkeep

50.TheexampleofRembrandt'spaintingsuggeststhatadistinctionshouldbemadebetween

51.Theninth-graderisadvisedtogotohisteacherortheprincipalto.

SectionB

Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestions

orunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).You

shoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2witha

singlelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions51to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Onlytwocountriesintheadvancedworldprovidenoguaranteeforpaidleavefromworkto

careforanewbornchild.Lastspringoneofthetwo,Australia,gaveupthedubiousdistinctionby

establishingpaidfamilyleavestartingin2011.Iwasn'tsurprisedwhenthisdidn'tmakethenews

hereintheUnitedStates—we'renowtheonlywealthycountrywithoutsuchapolicy.

TheUnitedStatesdoeshaveoneexplicitfamilypolicy,theFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct,

passedin1993.Itentitlesworkerstoasmuchas12weeks'unpaidleaveforcareofanewbornor

dealingwithafamilymedicalproblem.Despitethemodestyofthebenefit,theChamberof

Commerceandotherbusinessgroupsfoughtitbitterly,describingitas"government-runpersonnel

management'*anda"dangerousprecedent'*.Infact,everystepoftheway,as(usually)Democratic

leadershavetriedtointroducework-familybalancemeasuresintothelaw,businessgroupshave

beenstronglyopposed.

AsYalelawprofessorAnneAlstottargues,justifyingparentalsupportdependsondefining

thefamilyasasocialgoodthat,insomesense,societymustpayfor.InherbookNoExit:What

ParentsOweTheirChildrenandWhatSocietyOwesParents,shearguesthatparentsareburdened

inmanywaysintheirlives:thereis“noexit"whenitcomestochildren.''Societyexpects—and

needs——parentstoprovidetheirchildrenwithcontinuityofcare,meaningtheintensive,intimate

carethathumanbeingsneedtodeveloptheirintellectual,emotionalandmoralcapabilities.And

societyexpects-andneeds—parentstopersistintheirrolesfor18years,orlongerifneeded.n

Whilemostparentsdothisoutoflove,therearepublicpenaltiesfornotprovidingcare.What

parentsdo,inotherwords,isofdeepconcerntothestate,fortheobviousreasonthatcaringfor

childrenisnotonlymorallyurgentbutessentialforthefutureofsociety.Thestaterecognizesthis

inthelargebodyoffamilylawsthatgovernchildren'welfare,yetparentsreceivelittlehelpin

meetingthelife-changingobligationssocietyimposes.Toclassifyparentingasapersonalchoice

forwhichthereisnocollectiveresponsibilityisnotmerelytoignorethesocialbenefitsofgood

parenting;really,itistostealthosebenefitsbecausetheyaccrue(不断积累)tothewholeof

societyastoday'schildrenbecometomorrow'sproductivecitizenry(公民).Infact,bysome

estimates,thevalueofparentalinvestmentsinchildren,investmentsoftimeandmoney(including

lostwages),isequalto20-30%ofgrossdomesticproduct.Iftheseinvestmentsgeneratehuge

socialbenefits—astheyclearlydo-thebenefitsofprovidingmoresocialsupportforthefamily

shouldbethatmuchclearer.

52.Whatdowelearnaboutpaidfamilyleavefromthefirstparagraph?

A)Americaisnowtheonlydevelopedcountrywithoutthepolicy.

B)IthasnowbecomeahottopicintheUnitedStates.

C)ItcameasasurprisewhenAustraliaadoptedthepolicy.

D)ItsmeaningwasclarifiedwhenitwasestablishedinAustralia.

53.Whathaspreventedthepassingofwork-familybalancelawsintheUnitedStates?

A)TheincompetenceoftheDemocrats.

B)TheexistingFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct.

C)ThelackofaprecedentinAmericanhistory.

D)Theoppositionfrombusinesscircles.

54.WhatisProfessorAnneAlston'sargumentforparentalsupport?

A)ThecostofraisingchildrenintheU.S.hasbeengrowing.

B)Goodparentingbenefitssociety.

C)TheU.S.shouldkeepupwithotherdevelopedcountries.

D)Childrenneedcontinuouscare.

55.WhatdoestheauthorthinkofAmerica'slargebodyoffamilylawsgoverningchildren's

welfare?

A)Theyfailtoensurechildren'shealthygrowth

B)Thefailtoprovideenoughsupportforparents

C)Theyemphasizeparents*legalresponsibilities.

D)Theyimposethecareofchildrenonparents.

56.Whydoestheauthorobjecttoclassifyingparentingasapersonalchoice?

A)Itisregardedasalegalobligation.B)Itrelieslargelyonsocialsupport.

C)Itgenerateshugesocialbenefits.D)Itisbasicallyasocialundertaking.

PassageTwo

Questions57to62arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

AnewstudyfromtheCenterforInformationandResearchonCivicLearningand

Engagement(CIRCLE)atTuftsUniversityshowsthattoday'syouthvoteinlargernumbersthan

previousgenerations,anda2008studyfromtheCenterforAmericanProgressaddsthat

increasingnumbersofyoungvotersandactivistssupporttraditionallyliberalcauses.Butthere's

noeasywaytoseewhatthosefiguresmeaninreallife.Duringthepresidentialcampaign,Barack

Obamaassembledaraciallyandideologicallydiversecoalitionwithhismessageofhopeand

change;astherealityoflifeunderanewadministrationsettlesin,someofthosesupportersmight

becomedisillusioned.AsthenationmovesfurtherintotheObamapresidency,willpolitically

engagedyoungpeoplecontinuetosupportthepresidentandhisagenda,orwilltheygradually

driftaway?

ThewritersofGenerationO(shortforObama),anewNewsweekblogthatseekstochronicle

thelivesofagroupofyoungObamasupporters,wanttoanswerthatquestion.Forthenextthree

months,MichelleKremerand11otherObamasupporters,ages19to34,willblogaboutlife

acrossmainstreamAmerica,withonetwist:bytyingalloftheirideasandexperiencestothenew

presidentandhisadministration,thebloggerswilltrytostartaconversationaboutwhatitmeans

tobeyoungandpoliticallyactiveinAmericatoday.MalenaAmusa,a24-year-oldwriterand

dancerfromSt.Louisseestheprojectasawaytopreservehistoryasithappens.Amusa,whois

travelingtoIndiathisspringtofinishabook,thentoSenegaltoteachEnglish,hasongoing

conversationswithherfriendsabouthowtheObamapresidencyhaschangedtheirdailylivesand

hopestoputsomeofthoseideas,alongwithherglobalperspective,intoherposts.She*sexcited

because,assheputsit,"Idon'thavetowait[until15yearsfromnow"tomakesenseofthe

world.

HenryFlores,apolitical-scienceprofessoratSt.Mary'sUniversity,creditsthisyounger

generation'spoliticalstrengthtotheirembraceoftechnology.n[TheInternetexposesthemtomore

thinking,"hesays,nandgroupsthatarelike-mindedindifferentpartsofthecountrystarttocome

together.HThat'sexactlywhattheGenerationObloggersarehopingtodo.Theresultcouldbea

groupofyoungpeoplethat,liketheirboomer(二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人)parents,grows

upwithastrongsenseofpurposeandshedstheimageofapathy(冷漠)they'veinheritedfrom

GenerationX(60年代后期和70年代出生的美国人).It'snosmallchallengeforablogrunbya

groupofordinary—ifambitious—youngpeople,butthemembersofGenerationOareuptothe

task.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

57.WhatisthefindingofanewstudybyCIRCLE?

A)Moreyoungvotersaregoingtothepollsthanbefore.

B)Theyounggenerationsupportstraditionallyliberalcauses.

C)YoungvotersplayedadecisiveroleinObama'selection.

D)YoungpeopleinAmericaarenowmorediverseideologically.

58.WhatisamainconcernofthewritersofGenerationO?

A)HowObamaisgoingtoliveuptoyoungpeople'sexpectations.

B)WhetherAmericaisgoingtochangeduringObama'spresidency.

C)WhetheryoungpeoplewillcontinuetosupportObama*spolicy.

D)HowObama'sagendaisgoingtoaffectthelifeofAmericans.

59.WhatwilltheGenerationObloggerswriteaboutintheirposts?

A)TheirowninterpretationofAmericanpolitics.

B)PolicychangestotakeplaceinObama'sadministration.

C)Obama*spresidencyviewedfromaglobalperspective.

D)TheirlivesinrelationtoObama'spresidency.

60.Whataccountsfortheyoungergeneration'spoliticalstrengthaccordingtoProfessor

HenryFlores?

A)Theirembraceofradicalideas.B)TheirdesiretochangeAmerica.

C)TheirutilizationoftheInternet.D)Theirstrongsenseofresponsibility.

61.WhatcanweinferfromthepassageaboutGenerationX?

A)Theyarepoliticallyconservative.B)Theyrejectconventionalvalues.

C)Theydaretotakeupchallenges.D)Theyareindifferenttopolitics.

答案：47文中第一段告诉我们，这个九年级学生不满意艺术老师给出的94分，因为在前

一学年中，他获得了一个99,一个100,他认为这个94不能反映出他花在这门课上的心血。

因此，这个九年级同学认为他的老师应该给他一个比94更高的分数。题目中的shouldhave

givenhim指“本应该给他”，表示一种与事实相反的假设。

48答案在Answer部分的第——段第二句。原文中的deservewidelatitude与havethe

freedom意义相近,promotelearning与encouragelearning