四级考试阅读模拟练习题

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　　四级考试阅读模拟练习题：

　　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 areas 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 opposites; 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 sharp dichotomies. 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.

　　1.The passage is mainly discussing __________ .

　　a.the necessity of social change

　　b.certain factors that determine the ease with which social changes occur

　　c.two different societies

　　d.certain factors that promote social change

　　2.______ is one of the factors that tend to promote social change.

　　a.Joint interest

　　b.Different points of view

　　c.Less emotional people

　　d.Advanced technology

　　3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　a.Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.

　　b.Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change.

　　c.Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.

　　d.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young.

　　4.The expression "greater tolerance"(paragraph 1) refers to _____ .

　　a."greater willingness to accept social change"

　　b."quicker adaptation to changing circumstances"

　　c."more respect for different beliefs and behavior"

　　d."geeater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas"

　　5.Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in many ways because ________ .

　　a.people there have got so accustomed to their conditions that they seldom think it necessary to change

　　b.people there have identical needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty

　　c.people there are easy to please

　　d.people there are less disputed

 

 

　　答案：bbbca

 

 

 

 

　　四级考试阅读模拟练习题：

　　"Culture shock" occurs as result of total immersion in a new culture.It happens to "people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad."Newcomers may be anxious because they do not speak the language,know the customs,or understand people's behavior in daily life.The visitor finds that "yes" may not always mean "yes",that friendliness does not necessarily mean friendship,or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes.The foreigner may be unsure as to when to shake hands,when to start conversations,or how to approach a stranger.The notion of "culture shock" helps explain feelings of bewilderment and disorientation.Language problems do not account for all the frustrations that people feel.When one is deprived of everything that was once familiar,such as understanding a transportation system, knowing how to register for university classes,or knowing how to make friends,difficulties in coping whth the new society may arise.

　　"...when an individual enters a strange culture,he or she is like fish out of water."Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to and feel alienated from the native members of the culture.When this happens visitors may want to reject everything about the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate the positive aspects of their own culture.Conversely visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting its values and instead choosing to identify with(if only temporatily)the value of the new country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the new culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.

　　1.The expression "he or she is like fish out of water"suggests ______.

　　a.people away from their cultures can hardly survive in a new culture

　　b.a fish can not survive without water

　　c.people away from their culture experience mental isolation

　　d.people away from their culture have difficulties in new environment

　　2.In order to identify with the new environment,some people may ______.

　　a.give an exaggerated picture of their own country

　　b.criticize the positive aspects of their own county

　　c.abandon their original beliefs

　　d.accept a temporary set of values

　　3.Which of the following statements is true according to the author?

　　a.Perplexity results in culture shock.

　　b.A typical symptom of cultur shock is confusion.

　　c.Culture shock is the explanation of anxiety.

　　d.Culture shock happens to foreign students only.

　　4.Newcomer may worry about ______.

　　a.their ignorance of the alien customs

　　b.their knowledge of "Yes" in the native language

　　c.their understanding of friendship

　　d.their control of their behavior

　　5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel ______.

　　a.uninsured

　　b.deprived

　　c.alienated

　　d.baffled

 

 

　　答案：cdadbc