What makes Reader’s Digest the most successful
magazine in publishing history Beneath the fun and excitement that fill our
pages, we are, above all else, a serious magazine. Our readers are serious
people. The Digest never loses sight of the fact that each day all of us
confront a tough, challenging world. To millions who know our record of viewing
this world, we are not a luxury; we are a necessity.
Basic to
our magazine is a steady focus on the power of the individual. We show that
man’s greatest ideas and accomplishment, his often stunning (极好的) faith and
courage and hope, can be seen in the conduct of ordinary men and women. We
reflect the universal skepticism that government can solve our problems; we
herald the unending promise of self-determination and individual enterprise.
Readers depend upon us for truth and accuracy,
A. it provides fun and excitement to its readers
B. it views the world as the ordinary people do
C. it presents people with solutions to life’s problems
D. it has such a long history that every generation is reading it
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Passage 1
One study shows that Americans prefer to answer with a brief "Yes", "No", "Sure", or the very popular "Yeah" rather than with a longer reply. (1) But brief replies do not mean Americans are impolite or unfriendly to some extent. Very often, Americans are in a hurry and may greet you with a single word "Hi", indeed; this is a greeting you will hear again and again during your stay in the United States. It is used by everyone, regardless of rank, age or occupation. However, those who are accustomed to longer greetings may require a little more time before they feel comfortable with American simple talk.
Americans sometimes use plain talk when they are uncomfortable. (2) If people praise them or thank them in an especially polite way, they may become uncomfortable and not know what to say in reply. They don’t want to be impolite or rude, you can be sure that they liked what was said about
A. they reply very quickly in a hurry
B. they choose words too carefully
C. they like replying briefly
D. they want to be as polite as they can
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With the possible exception of equal
rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is
the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威慑) to murder,
while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty
reduces the number of murders.
The principal argument advanced
by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is cruel and
inhuman punishment, that it is the mark of a brutal society, and finally that it
is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway.
In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary evil. Throughout recorded
history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who
were capable of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more
extreme than others.
For example, it is one thi
A. criticize the government
B. argue for the value of the death penalty
C. speak for the majority
D. initiate a veto
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It is possible that the weather of the
world may be changing. Some scientists imagine that this could even mean the
beginning of another ice age. The effects of such a change in weather on human
population of the world would be frightening.
Recent research
suggests that the warming trend (倾向) of the past hundred years or so may be
coming to an end. During the past ten years, scientists tell us that the
temperature of the world has dropped a little. This would have effects on wind
and rain in the weather picture.
Scientists believe clouds may
be an important factor (因素) in changing the amount of heat on the earth. Another
possibility is that man’s agriculture and industry ways may affect the natural
weather. | The main factor in changing the amount of heat on the earth is ______. A. man’s agriculture and industry ways B. natural weather C. wind and rain D. clouds
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It was possible to define male and
female roles easily by the division of labour. Men worked outside the home and
earned the income to raise their families. While women cooked the meals, there
was not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But by the
middle of this century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly
fixed.
In the 1950s, economic and social success was the aim of
the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force called the counterculture
(反主流文化) developed. The people involved in this movement did not value the
middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new
role choices. Taking more interest in child care, men began to share
child-raising tasks with their wives. Actually some young men and women moved to
communal homes or farms where the economic and c
A. men and women will never share the same goals
B. some men will be willing to change their traditional male roles
C. most men will be happy to share some of the household responsibilities with their wives
D. more American households are done by women than ever before
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