Passage 10
It is a well-known fact that there are constant conflicts among different groups of people, and that people tend to blame their misfortunes on some outside other groups for their misfortunes. What are the causes of group prejudice There seems to be little doubt that one of the principal causes of prejudice is fear: in particular the fear that the interests of our own group are going to be endangered by the actions of another. This is less likely to be the case in a stable, relatively unchanging society in which the members of different social and occupational groups know what to expect of each other, and know what to expect for themselves. In times of rapid social and economic change, however, new occupations and new social roles appear, and people start looking jealously at each other to see whether their own group is being left behind.
Once prejudice develops, it is hard to stop, because there are often social forces at work which act
A. efforts should be made to persuade people not to be prejudiced against each other
B. education should be carried out to enhance the mutual understanding between racial and political groups
C. economic security should be maintained so that there will no fear that the interests of one group are going to be endangered by the actions of another
D. public opinion should be directed to the elimination of old hatreds and old prejudices between racial and political groups
Passage 10
It is a well-known fact that there are constant conflicts among different groups of people, and that people tend to blame their misfortunes on some outside other groups for their misfortunes. What are the causes of group prejudice There seems to be little doubt that one of the principal causes of prejudice is fear: in particular the fear that the interests of our own group are going to be endangered by the actions of another. This is less likely to be the case in a stable, relatively unchanging society in which the members of different social and occupational groups know what to expect of each other, and know what to expect for themselves. In times of rapid social and economic change, however, new occupations and new social roles appear, and people start looking jealously at each other to see whether their own group is being left behind.
Once prejudice develops, it is hard to stop, because there are often social forces at work which act
A. The tendency to blame misfortunes on some outside groups
B. Fear of the interests of one’s own group being threatened
C. Longstanding hatreds prevailing between racial and political groups
D. Social forces which encourage unfounded attitudes of hostility towards other groups
Passage Three
Despite the fact that today viruses(病毒) are known to cause cancer in animals and in certain plants, there exists a great reluctance to accept viruses as being of importance in human cancer. Basic biological phenomena generally do not differ strikingly as one goes from one species to another. It should be recognized that cancer :is a biological problem and not a problem that is unique for man. Cancer originates when a normal cell suddenly becomes a cancer cell which multiplies widely and without apparent restraint. Cancer may originate in many different kinds of cell, but the cancer cell usually continues to carry certain traits (特性) of the cell of origin. The transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell may have more than one kind of cause, but there is good reason to consider the relationships that exist between viruses and cancer.
Since there is no evidence that human cancer, as generally experienced, is infections, many persons believe that
A. the fact that viruses have been known to mutate
B. the fact that a cancer-immune individual may lose his immunity
C. the fact that production of human cancer cells might be due to a genetic factor
D. the fact that man is host to many viruses
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using other parts of their bodies apart from their eyes may help us to
understand our feelings about color. If they can sense color differences then
perhaps we, too, are affected by color unconsciously. Manufacturers have discovered by trail and error that sugar sells badly in green wrappings, that blue foods are considered unpleasant, and that cosmetics (化妆品) should never be packaged in brown. These discoveries have grown into a whole discipline of color psychology that now finds application in everything from fashion to interior decoration. Some of our preferences are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the colour of the night sky therefore associated with passivity and calm, while yellow is a day color with associations and incentive (刺激). For primitive man, activity during the day meant hu A. by experience over a long period of time B. by experimenting with different colors C. by trying out color on blind people D. by developing the discipline of color psychology [单项选择]From this passage we learn another fact that______. [A] Sahara desert has become larger. [B] Southern California desert has become larger. [C] African continent has become larger.
[单项选择]Passage One
Every profession or trade, every art, and every science has its technical vocabulary. Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts, and other vocations, like farming and fishery, that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary, is very old. It consists largely of native words, or of borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very ii’ber of our language. Hence, though highly technical in many particulars, these vocabularies are more familiar in sound, and more generally understood, than most other technicalities. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity(神学), and philosophy have also, in their older strata(社会阶层), become pretty familiar to cultivated persons and have contributed much to the popular vocabulary. Yet every vocation still possesses a large body of technical terms that remain essentially foreign, even to educa A. farming B. sports C. government D. fishery 我来回答: 提交
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