Doyoufindgettingupinthemorningsodifficultthatit*spainful?Thismightbeca

liedlaziness,butDr.Kleitmanhasanewexplanation.Hehasprovedthateveryone

hasadailyenergycycle.Duringthehourswhenyoulaborthroughyourwork

youmaysaythatyou're"hot".Thafstry.Thetimeofdaywhenyoufeelmosten

ergeticiswhenyourcycleofbodytemperatureisatitspeak.Forsomepeoplethe

peakcomesduringthenoon.Forothersitcomesintheafternoonorevening.No

onehasdiscoveredwhythisisso,butitleadstosuchfamiliarmonologuesas:Ge

tupJohn!You'llbelateforworkagain!Thepossibleexplanationtobetroubleist

hatJohnisathistemperatureandenergypeakintheevening.Muchfamilyquarrel

lingendswhenhusbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwh

ichcycleeachmemberofthefamilyhas.Youcan'tchangeyourenergycycle,

butyoucanlearntomakeyourlifefititbetter.Habitcanhelp.Dr.Kleitmanbeliev

es.Maybeyou'resleepyintheeveningbutfeelyoumuststayuplateanyway.Gou

nteractyourcycletosomeextentbyhabituallystayinguplatethanyouwantto.If

yourenergyislowinthemorningbutyouhaveanimportantjobtodoearlyint

heday,risebeforeyourusualhour.Thiswon'tchangeyourcycle,butyoullgetup

steamandworkbetteratyourlowpoint.

1.Ifapersonfindsgettingupearlyaproblem,mostprobably.

A.herefusestofollowhisownenergycycle

B.heisnotsurewhenhisenergyislow

C.heisalazyperson

D.heisathispeakintheafternoonorevening

正確答案:heisathispeakintheafternoonorevening

題目詳解:所謂的“懶惰”實(shí)際上是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)人的能量在夜里已經(jīng)達(dá)到頂峰。如果一個(gè)人不愿

早起，那就說明他的能量頂峰不在早上。所以heisathispeakintheafternoonoreve

ning是正確答案。

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsmayleadtofamilyquarrelsaccordingtothep

assage?

A.Achangeinafamilymember'senergycycle.

B.Unawarenessofenergycycles.

C.Attemptstocontroltheenergycycleofotherfamilymembers.

D.Familiarmonologues.

正確答案:Unawarenessofenergycycles.

題目詳解:根據(jù)第二段的結(jié)尾：當(dāng)家庭成員了解了彼此的能量周期，就可以避免一些爭吵。

那么顯然很多爭吵都是山于彼此之間沒有意識(shí)到對(duì)方的能量周期而造成的。

3.Ifonewantstoworkmoreefficientlyathislowpointinthemorning,heshould

A.changehisenergycycle

B.getupearlierthanusual

C.gotobedearlier

D.overcomehislaziness

正確答案:getupearlierthanusual

題目詳解:根據(jù)第三段倒數(shù)第二句話：如果一個(gè)人想在他的能量低潮期工作更有效率，那么

就應(yīng)該比平常起得早一些。

Humanmigrations（遷移）withinrecordedhistoryhavetransformedtheentirecharac

teroflandsandcontinentsandthecompositionoftheirracial,ethnicandlanguage

groups.ThemapofEurope,forexample,istheproductofseveralmajorearlymi

grationsinvolvingtheGermanicpeoples,theSlaves,andtheTurks.Theoverseasm

igrationofEuropeansduringthisperiodtotaledabout60millionpeople.Thelargest

migrationinhistoryhasbeencalledtheGreatAtlanticMigrationfromEuropetoN

orthAmerica,thefirstmajorwaveofwhichbeganinthe1840*swithmassmovem

entsfromIrelandandGermany.Inthe1880's,asecondandlargerwavedevelope

dfromeasternandsouthernEurope;between1880and1910some17millionEuro

peansenteredtheUnitedStates.ThetotalnumberofEuropeansreachingtheUnite

dStatesamountedto37millionbetween1820and1980.From1801to1914abou

t7.5millionpeoplemovedfromEuropetoAsiaticRussia,andbetweenWorldWar

IandIIabout6millionmorechosetomovethere,notcountingthevastnumber

ofdeportees（被遣返回國者）whowereforcedtogotoSiberia'slaborcamps.Since

WorldWarIIthelargestmigrationshaveinvolvedgroupsfromdevelopingcountrie

smovingtotheindustrializednations.Some13millionpeoplemovedacrossborder

stobecomepermanentresidentsofWesternEuropefromthe1960'sthroughthe1

980's,andmorethan10millionpermanentimmigrantswereadmittedlegallytothe

UnitedStatesinthatsameperiod,withillegalimmigrationaddingseveralmillions

more.Slavemigrationsandmassexpulsions（排斥）alsohavebeerpartofhumanhi

storyforthousandsofyears.Thelargestslavemigrationswereprobablythosecom

pelledbyEuropeanslavetradersoperatinginAfricafromthe16thtothe19thcent

ury;perhaps20millionslavesweretakentotheAmerica,thoughalargenumberd

iedinterribleconditionsofthetripacrosstheAtlanticOcean.Thelargestmassexp

ulsionshaveprobablybeenthoseimposedbyNaziGermany,whichdeported7to8

millionpersonsduringWorldWarII.Themajortrendininternalmigrationduringt

he20thcenturyhasbeenthemovementfromruraltourbanareas.Asaconseque

nee,urbangrowthsinceWorldWarIIhasbeenveryrapidinmuchoftheworld,p

articularlyindevelopingcountries.

1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Thefirstmajorwaveofmigrationbeganinthe1840's.

B.TheoverseasmigrationofEuropeanstotaledabout60millionpeople.

C.Humanmigrationswithinrecordedhistoryhavechangedtheworld.

D.ThemapofEuropeistheproductofseveralmajorearlymigrations.

正確答案:Humanmigrationswithinrecordedhistoryhavechangedtheworld.

題目詳解:主旨題，本文開宗明義，首句即點(diǎn)名主題，選項(xiàng)Humanmigrationswithinreco

rdedhistoryhavechangedtheworld.恰是首句的簡明說法，故為答案。

2.ThefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT.

A?thelargestmassexpulsionshavebeenthoseimposedbyNaziGermany

B.thelargestslavemigrationswerecompelledbyEuropeanslavetraders

C.betweenWorldWarIandII,about6m川ionpeoplemigratedtoEurope

D.thelargestmigrationinhistoryhasbeencalledtheGreatAtlanticMigration

正確答案:betweenWorldWarIandII,about6millionpeoplemigratedtoEurope

題曰詳解:是非題，本題[thelargestmassexpulsionshavebeenthoseimposedbyNazi

Germany],[thelargestslavemigrationswerecompelledbyEuropeanslavetraders],

[thelargestmigrationinhistoryhasbeencalledtheGreatAtlanticMigration]三選項(xiàng)

的細(xì)節(jié)散落在文章二三段，處理時(shí)要細(xì)心。

3.HowmanypeoplemovedacrossborderstobecomepermanentresidentsofWest

ernEuropefromthe1960*8throughthe1980's?

A.17million.

B.Some13million.

C.20million.

D.Morethan10m川ion.

正確答案:Some13million.

題目詳解:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，本題依據(jù)是文章第二段最后一句話的前半句，即“Some13million

people.,the1980,sM.

4.Whathadbeenthetrendofmigrationduringthe20thcentury?

A.ThemovementfromEuropetoAmerica.

B.ThemovementfromAfricatoAmerica.

C.Themovementfromurbantoruralareas.

D.Themovementfromruraltourbanareas.

正確答案:Themovementfromruraltourbanareas.

題目詳解:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，本題20世紀(jì)移民的趨勢。答案在文章第三段倒數(shù)第二句話即“The

majortrendininternal..hasbeenthemovementfromruraltourbanareas”故答案

為Themovementfromruraltourbanareas.

ManyofTHEORCUITSinthehumancentralnervoussystemoperatethroughc

rossedlaterality-thatis,therighthandis"wired"totheleftsideofthebrain,an

dviceversa.Inatleast95percentofright-handersthespeech-languagecenterisi

nthebrain*slefthemisphere.Yetonlyabout15percentofleft-handersaresimilarly

hookedup,withspeechcontrolledbytheopposite,orright,hemisphere.According

toJerreLevy,abiopsychologistattheUniversityofChicago.About70percentofI

eft-handershavespeechcontrolledbytheleftsideofthebrain,whiletheremainin

g15percenthavetheirlanguage-controlcentersinbothhemispheres.Broadly

speaking,theleftsideofthebrainisthoughtbysomescientiststoprocesslinear,I

ogicalinformation,whiletherightsidetendsmoretowardsprocessingemotionand

mood.Thismaybewhyleftiesareatsignificantlyhigherriskofschizophrenia,pho

biasandmanic-depression,andinonestudywereshowntobethreetimesmoreli

kelytoattemptsuicide.Althoughsouthpawsmakeuponlytenpercentofthep

opulation,theyaccountforbetween14and18percentofthosetreatedforalcoholi

sm,accordingtoDr.WayneP.LondonofDartmouthMedicalSchool.Theycanbe

moresensitivetoavarietyofotherdrugstoo.PeterIrwin,aresearchscientistatS

andozInstituteinEastHanover,N.J,foundthat,aftertakingsuchmedicationsas

aspirin,antidepressants,sedativesandantihistamines,leftieshadgreaterchangesin

electricalactivityinthebrainthanrightiesdid.Asifthisweren*tenough,southpaw

sappeartobetwiceaspronetoautoimmunediseases,includingdiabetes,ulcerativ

ecolitis,rheumatoidarthritisandmyastheniagravis.Withsuchliabilities,howh

aveleft-handersmanagedtosurviveatall?Thegoodnewsisthatthereisavery

brightsidetobeingalefty.CamillaBenbow,associateprofessorofpsychiatryatIo

waStateUniversity,surveyedstudentswhoscoredinthetop100thofonepercent

inmathontheScholasticAptitudeTest.Shediscoveredthatfully20percentofth

esemathgeniuseswereleft-handed-doubletheproportionofleftiesinthepopula

tion.Mensa,thehigh-LQ.society,estimatesthat20percentofitsmembersareIe

ft-handed.Indeed,theabilitytointegratewhatsomeresearcherscallthemore

"logical"leftsideofthebrainandthemore"intuitive11or"artistic"rightsidemay

havehelpedleftiesexcelinmanyfields.

1.Whafsthemeaningof"crossedlaterality*'?

A.Thehumancentralnervoussystemisjustlikeacircuit.

B.Right-handers'speech-languagecenterisinbrain'sleft-hemisphere,whileleft-ha

nders*speech-languagecenterisinbrain*sright-hemisphere.

C.Therighthandiscontrolledbytheleftsideofthebrain,andthelefthandis

controlledbytherightsideofthebrain.

D.Thedevelopmentofrightandleftsideofbrainisinteractive.

正確答案:Therighthandiscontrolledbytheleftsideofthebrain,andthelefthan

discontrolledbytherightsideofthebrain.

題目詳解:文中有這樣的句子：crossedlaterality-thatis,therighthandis"wired"to

theleftsideofthebrain.破折號(hào)后就是對(duì)crossedlaterality解釋,表達(dá)方式略有不同。

2.Leftiesareathigherriskof.

A.beingexcited

B.mentaldiseasesanddisorders

C.speechdeficiency

D.homicide

正確答案:mentaldiseasesanddisorders

題目詳解:根據(jù)文中:Thismaybewhyleftiesareatsignificantlyhigherriskofschizo

phrenia,phobiasandmanic-depression,andinonestudywereshowntobethreeti

mesmorelikelytoattemptsuicide.都是與emotion和mood有關(guān)的病癥。

3.Southpawscanbemoresensitivetoavarietyofdrugsmeansthat.

A.moreofthemaretreatedforalcoholism

B.theyareeasiertogetaddictedtosomedrugs

C.theyhavegreaterchangesinelectricalactivityinthebrainthanrighties

D.drugsaremoreeffectivetothem

正確答案:theyhavegreaterchangesinelectricalactivityinthebrainthanrighties

題目詳解:文中指出:Theycanbemoresensitivetoavarietyofotherdrugs.接下來說：

leftieshadgreaterchangesinelectricalactivityinthebrainthanrightiesdid.對(duì)其進(jìn)

行了解釋。

4.WhichoneisNOTanautoimmunedisease?

A.Diabetes.

B.Rheumatoidarthritis.

C.Manic-depression.

D.Ulcerativecolitis.

正確答案:Manic-depression.

題目詳解:文中有句子：southpawsappeartobetwiceaspronetoautoimmunediseas

es,includingdiabetes,ulcerativecolitis,rheumatoidarthritisandmyastheniagravis,

選項(xiàng)D.manicdepression是在前文中提過的。

Parentswhoareotherwiseexceedinglyrationalpeoplecanbecomeirrationalwh

enitcomestotheirchildren.Theseso-calledhelicopterparentstendtooverdramati

zesmallincidents,giveheavyweighttolightconcernsandtaketooseriouslymatte

rsthatdon'twarrantsecondthought.Happily,therearewaystocounterthete

ndencytowardsoverprotectiveness.Herearesometipsandstrategiesfromfamily

therapistDavidAnderegg.Don'tscheduleeveryfreemomentofyourchildren'sI

ivesforfeartheywillgetintotroubleiflefttotheirowndevices.Takeanattitude

ofbenignneglect;Supervisebybeingthere,beingawakeandpayingattention.Be

quietlyavailabletoyourkids,andtheywillcometoyouwithwhafsimportant.

Acceptyourchild'semotions,evennegativeones.Achildwhohasself-awareness

developsmoreself-confidenceandempathyforothersandislesslikelytobullyor

becomeabull/svictim.Don*talwaysrescuethem.Jumpingintosolveallyou

rchildren'sproblemssendsthemessagethatyoudon*tbelievetheycandoitthem

selves.Whilechildrenwhogetintoargumentswithpeersmayneedsomeguidance

ineffectivecommunication,whattheyneedevenmoreistheirparents'beliefthat

theycansortitoutthemselves.Thisarmsthemwiththecouragetofacechallenge

s.Appearcalminthefaceofchallenges.Demonstrateyourfaithinyourchild's

abilitytocopewithnewsituationsbyappearingcalminpotentiallystressfulsituati

onssuchasherfirstdayatschoolorgoingawaytocamp.Childrenarelessanxio

usiftheirparentsappearrelaxed.Childrenkeepacarefuleyeonadults'bodylang

uage,too,soitisimportanttopresentaconfidentimagebothwithwordsandacti

ons.Discusswaystohandletoughsituations.Havefamilydiscussionsaboutwh

attodointrickysituations.Listenrespectfullytoeachchild'sideaswithoutcorrecti

ngorinterrupting,evenifhehassomeratherbizarreorviolentsuggestions.(This

createsanatmosphereforparentstosuggestagentlerapproach.)

1."Helicopterparents"means.

A.parentswhoareotherwiseexceedinglyrationalpeoplecanbecomeirrationalw

henitcomestotheirchildren

B.parentswhotendtooverdramatizesmallincidents

C.parentswhocan'tputthingsinperspective

D.parentswhoaretooprotective

正確答案:parentswhoareotherwiseexceedinglyrationalpeoplecanbecomeirration

alwhenitcomestotheirchildren

題目詳解:可以結(jié)合上下文和helicopter的特點(diǎn)推斷。

2.Ifparentstakeanattitudeofbenignneglect,they.

A.keepawatchfuleyeontheirchildrenbutdon'tinterfereintheiraffairsonlyw

hentheyareneeded

B.lefttheirchildrentotheirowndevicesiftheygetintotrouble

C.areindifferenttotheirchildren'strouble

D.jumpintosolvealltheirchildren'sproblems

正確答案:keepawatchfuleyeontheirchildrenbutdon'tinterfereintheiraffairson

lywhentheyareneeded

題目詳解:第二段中：Takeanattitudeofbeingneglect:Supervisebybeingthere,bei

ngawakeandpayingattention.Bequietlyavailabletoyourkids,andtheyw川com

etoyouwithwhat'simportant.可見是既留心小孩，又不過分保護(hù)包辦。

3.Parentsshouldontheirchild'sfirstdayatschool.

A.supervisetheirchildallday

B.showtheirfaiththattheirchildcancopewiththenewsituation

C.paceupanddowntheroomtoeasetheirnervousness

D.foreseealltheproblemsthechildwouldencounterandarrangeallthethingsf

orhim/her

正確答案:showtheirfaiththattheirchildcancopewiththenewsituation

題目詳JW：Demonstrateyourfaithinyourchild'sabilitytocopewithnewsituationsb

yappearingcalminpotentiallystressfulsituationssuchasherfirstdayatschoolor

goingawaytocamp.

4.Accordingtothepassage,whyshouldparentslistenrespectfullytoeachchild'si

deaevenifhehassomeratherbizarreorviolentsuggestions?

A.Becausethechildshouldbepermittedtoexplorehisownworld.

B.Becauseitmakesparentsgentlerapproachesmoreacceptable.

C.Becauseitmakesthechildcreative.

D.Becauseit*sacceptablegiventhatheisyoung.

正確答案:Becauseitmakesparentsgentlerapproachesmoreacceptable.

題目詳解:文章末尾:Listenrespectfullytoeachchild'sideaswithoutcorrectingorinte

rrupting,evenifhehassomeratherbizarreorviolentsuggestions.(Thiscreatesan

atmosphereforparentstosuggestagentlerapproach.)不要受頭腦中已有觀點(diǎn)的影

響。

Agriculturalbiotechnologyseemstoattractalotofattentionthesedays.Theprob

lemisthatthedebateonthistopicseemstohavebeenhijackedbyextremistson

bothsides;environmentalistscryingdisasterandcorporatespokespersonstellingus

soothinglythatthere'snothingtoworryabout.Bothextremesarewrong.Certai

nlyglobaldisasterisn'tjustaroundthecorner.Ontheotherhand,withtheintrodu

ctionofanyremarkablenewtechnology,unforeseenconsequencesareinevitable.

OnepossibleconsequenceisaddressedindetailbyCharlesC.Manninthisissue'

scoverstory,nBiotechGoesWild".Mannrevealsthatcropsgeneticallyengineeredt

oproduceorresistpesticidescouldinterbreedwithwildplants,givingriseto"super

weeds'*thatcouldbeveryhardtoeradicateandmightchokefoodcrops.Andthef

actisthatsciencecan'tyettelluswhethertobealarmed.Whyarewestillin

ignoranceonthisimportantissue?Onereasonisthatthebiologistswhoengineerg

enesintoplantsaren*ttrainedtothinkaboutthewholeorganismanditshabitat;th

ey'remolecularfolk,lackinganecologicalperspective.Anotherreasonisthepat

chworkofUSregulatoryagenciesthatgovernagriculturalbiotech;theFoodandDr

ugAdministration(FDA),theEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA),andtheDepart

mentofAgriculture(USDA).Mannwritesthatnoneoftheseagenciesisresponsible

forsuperweeds,whichcouldgrowbetweenthebureaucraticcracks.TheFDAdoes

n*tlookatplantsengineeredtoexpresspesticides,becausepesticidesareexemptfr

omtheagency'sreach.TheEPAisrequiredtotreatsuchfoodsaspesticidesandsi

mplyestablishhumantolerancesforeachcompound.USDAtriestomakesurethe

cropgrowsastheproducersaysitwill.There*sonlyonethingomittedfromthi

spatchwork;thepublicinterest.Tostitchitbackintwothingsareneeded.Oneis

additionalresearch,frombiotechcompaniesandthefederalgovernmentontheec

ologicalconsequencesofgeneticengineering.Theotherisarevisionoftheregulato

ryframeworktomakeatleastoneoftheagenciesresponsiblefortestingtheenvir

onmentalconsequencesofagribiotech.Thesechangeswouldacknowledgethegrowi

ngimpactofthisremarkablenewtechnologyandhelpussteeracoursebetween

wrongheadedextremes.

Theauthorthinksthatthebiologistswhoengineergenesintoplants.

A.arenothingmorethananyothersubstancesbecausetheyaremadeofmolecu

Ietoo

B.payspecialattentiontolivingthingsandtheirrelationtotheirenvironment

C.insertthegenesofonespeciesamongthegenesofanotherandtesttheenvir

onmentconsequences

D.modifythegenesofourfoodcropswithoutconsideringtheinfluenceonthew

holeorganism

正確答案:modifythegenesofourfoodcropswithoutconsideringtheinfluenceont

hewholeorganism

題目詳解：了解作者對(duì)biologists的總的看法后再做答。作者的觀點(diǎn)是：thebiologistswho

engineergenesintoplantsaren'ttrainedtothinkaboutthewholeorganismandits

habitat.

2.ThedisadvantageofthepatchworkofUSregulatoryagenciesthatgovernagricul

turalbiotechisthat.

A.onethingisomittedfromthepatchwork;humantoleranceforpesticides

B.pesticidesareexemptfromFDA'sreach

C.thereisbureaucraticcracksandthepublicinterestisignored

D.noneoftheseagenciesisresponsibleforwildplants

正確答案:thereisbureaucraticcracksandthepublicinterestisignored

題目詳解:不能被一些細(xì)節(jié)的描寫所蒙騙。所有細(xì)節(jié)都指向一個(gè)根本性的問題。注意這樣概

括性的表達(dá)：Mannwritesthatnoneoftheseagenciesisresponsibleforsuperweeds,

whichcouldgrowbetweenthebureaucraticcracks.和There*sonlyonethingomitte

dfromthispatchwork:thepublicinterest.

3.Inthelastparagraph,theauthorthinksthat.

A.additionalresearchontheecologicalconsequencesofgeneticengineeringshoul

dputthepublicinterestatthecore

B.toacknowledgethegrowingimpactofthegeneticengineeringistobereadyf

orglobaldisaster

C.it*snecessarytoestablishnewagenciestotakeresponsibilitiesfortestingthee

nvironmentalconsequencesofagribiotech

D.it'snecessarytostitchthepublicinterestinwrongheadedextremes

正確答案:additionalresearchontheecologicalconsequencesofgeneticengineerings

houldputthepublicinterestatthecore

題目詳解:要理解：There'sonlyonethingomittedfromthispatchwork:thepublicint

erest.Tostitchitbackintwothingsareneeded.Oneisadditionalresearch也就是

說在試驗(yàn)研究中要考慮公眾利益。

4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueof"superweedsn?

A.Superweedscoulderadicatefoodcrops.

B.Superweedscouldhinderfoodcrops'growth.

C.Superweedscouldgrowbetweencracks.

D.Cropsgeneticallyengineeredtoresistpesticidescouldmakesuperweedsgrow

high.

正確答案:Superweedscouldhinderfoodcrops'growth.

題目詳解:文中句子：cropsgeneticallyengineeredtoproduceorresistpesticidescould

interbreedwithwildplants,givingriseto“superweeds”thatcouldbeveryhardto

eradicateandmightchokefoodcrops.是說基因工程抗蟲的作物與野草雜種繁殖，產(chǎn)生

superweeds,這種superweeds可能很難斬草除根，并阻礙農(nóng)作物的生長。

"Opinion*'isawordthatisusedcarelesslytoday.Itisusedtorefertomattersoft

aste,belief,andjudgment.Thiscasualusewouldprobablycauselittleconfusionif

peopledidn'tattachtoomuchimportancetoopinion.Unfortunately,mosttoattach

greatimportancetoit."Ihaveasmuchrighttomyopinionasyoutoyours,"and

HEveryone'sentitledtohisopinion,“arecommonexpressions.Infact,anyonewho

wouldchallengeanother'sopinionislikelytobebrandedintolerant.

Isthatlabelaccurate?Isitintoleranttochallengeanother'sopinion?Itdep

endsonwhatdefinitionofopinionyouhaveinmind.Forexample,youmayaska

friend“whatdoyouthinkofthenewFordcars?1Andhemayreply,nlnmyopinio

n,they'reugly."Inthiscase,itwouldnotonlybeintoleranttochallengehisstate

merit,butfoolish.Forit'sobviousthatbyopinionhemeanshispersonalpreference,

amatteroftaste.Andastheoldsayinggoes,nlt'spointlesstoargueaboutmatte

rsoftaste.**

Butconsiderthisverydifferentuseoftheterm.Anewspaperreportsthatt

heSupremeCourthasdelivereditsopinioninacontroversialcase.Obviouslytheju

sticesdidnotshaletheirpersonalpreferences,theirmerelikesanddislikes,theyst

atedtheirconsideredjudgment,painstakinglyarrivedatafterthoroughinquiryand

deliberation.

Mostofwhatisreferredtoasopinionfallssomewherebetweenthesetwo

extremes.Itisnotanexpressionoftaste.Norisitcarefuljudgment.Yetitmayco

ntainelementsofboth.Itisavieworbeliefmoreorlesscasuallyarrivedat,with

orwithoutexaminingtheevidence.

Iseveryoneentitledtohisopinion?Ofcourse,thisisnotonlypermitted,b

utalsoguaranteed.Wearefreetoactonouropinionsonlysolongas,indoings

o,wedonotharmothers.

1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE,accordingtotheauthor?

A.Freeexpressionofopinionsoftenleadstoconfusion.

B.Everyonehasarighttoholdhisownopinion.

C.Mostpeopletendtobecarelessinformingtheiropinions.

D.Casualuseoftheword“opinion”oftenbringsaboutquarrels.

提交的答案:Everyonehasarighttoholdhisownopinion.

正確答案:Everyonehasarighttoholdhisownopinion.

題目詳解:根據(jù)問題中'四個(gè)選項(xiàng)'的提示，從文章最后一段第2句”O(jiān)fcourse,thisisnoton

lypermitted,butguaranteed”判斷出選項(xiàng)中的“Everyonehasarighttoholdhisown

opinion.”與本句語義相關(guān)。

2.Accordingtotheauthor,whoofthefollowingwouldbelabeledasintolerant?

A.Someonewhovaluesonlytheirownopinions.

B.Someonewhoturnsadeafeartoothers*opinions.

C.Someonewhoseopinionharmotherpeople.

D.Someonewhocan'tputupwithothers'tastes.

提交的答案:Someonewhocan'tputupwithothers'tastes.

正確答案:Someonewhocan'tputupwithothers'tastes.

題目詳解:以問題中"wouldbelabeledasintolerant”為信息點(diǎn),從第2段倒數(shù)第2句"itw

ouldnotonlybeintoleranttochallengehisstatement,butfoolish”判斷出選項(xiàng)中的“S

omeonewhocan'tputupwithothers'tastes”與本句含義相關(guān)。

3.ThenewFordcarsarecitedasanexampletoshowthat.

A.personaltastesarenotsomethingtobechallenged

B.itisfoolishtocriticizeafamousbrand

C.oneshouldnotalwaysagreetoothers'opinions

D.itisunwisetoexpressone'slikesanddislikesinpublic

提交的答案:personaltastesarenotsomethingtobechallenged

正確答案:personaltastesarenotsomethingtobechallenged

題目詳解:根據(jù)第2段最后一句”It'spointlesstoargueaboutmattersoftaste",看出作

者以“ThenewFordcars”為例要說明的問題。選項(xiàng)中的"personaltastesarenotsomethi

ngtobechallenged"符合題意。

4.Consideredjudgmentisdifferentfrompersonalpreferenceinthat.

A.itisbasedoncarefulthought

B.itisaresultofalotofcontroversy

C.itisstatedbyjudgesinthecourt

D.itreflectspubliclikeanddislikes

提交的答案:itisbasedoncarefulthought

正確答案:itisbasedoncarefulthought

題目詳解:根據(jù)第3段最后--句"statedtheirconsideredjudgment,painstakinglyarrived

atafterthoroughinquiryanddeliberation”判斷出，選項(xiàng)中的“itisbasedoncarefulth

ought”切題。

5.Asindicatedinthepassage,beingfreetoactonone'sopinion.

A.meansthatonecanimposehispre6ereaccsonothers

B.doesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttochargeotherswithoutevidence

C.doesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttodothingsatwill

D.meansthatonecanignoreotherpeople'scriticism

提交的答案:doesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttodothingsatwill

正確答案:doesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttodothingsatwill

題目詳解:問題中"beingfreetoactonone'sopinion”指的是最后一段的最后一句"onlys

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