Wholly aside from aesthetic and moral
considerations, fashion is an economic absurdity, and there is little to be said
in its favor. Nevertheless, we can appreciate the wisdom in Gina Lombroso’s
belief that the enormous stress which women lay on everything pertaining to
clothes and the art of personal adornment is connected with the tendency to
crystallize sentiment into an object. Woman symbolizes every important event in
her life by a special dress; and a jewel or a beautiful gown means to a woman
what an official decoration means to a man.
"The temptation of
dress is the last step in the ceremony to which the novice has to submit before
entering the cloister. The memory of the gown which she too might have worn was
the strongest temptation that assailed St. Catherine before she took her solemn
vows—a gown, embroidered with gold and stars, like tho
A. (A) a symbol of an important event in her life
B. (B) a sign to enable her to compete with man
C. (C) as meaningful as official decoration is to a man
D. (D) both A and C
[单项选择]New forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing speech to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.
But such panics often fail basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles (少年) into delinquents (有违法倾向) in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows, just as the denunciations of video games in the 1990s coincided with the great American crime decline. The decades of television, radios and rock videos were also decades in which I. Q. scores rose continuously.
For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork and is measured by clear standards of discovery. These days sci
A. comic books and video games could reduce all kinds of crimes
B. people gave new media a warm welcome
C. new medias could change people’s personality
D. people’s panics about new media were groundless
[单项选择]
Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into contact with them. Their values—this can’t be repeated too often—are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things for the very old people. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of the worms. Is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with .some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car: it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this compa
A. the conclusion you have come to
B. your talk to the old people
C. whether age is happy or unpleasant
D. one’s money or one’s health
[单项选择]
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and moral philosopher, and one of the world’s greatest novelists. He was born on April 30,1828 and died on Feb. 14, 1910. His writings (1) influenced much of 20th-century literature, and his moral (2) helped shape the thinking of several important (3) and political leaders.
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born (4) a family of noble landowners at his family (5) south of Moscow. His early education came from tutors at home, but after the deaths of his parents in the 1830s, he was (6) by relatives. He entered Kazan’ University when he was 16 but preferred to educate himself independently, and in 1847 he (7) his studies without finishing his degree. His next 15 years were very (8) . Tolstoy returned to manage the family estate, with the determination to improve himself (9) and physically. Alter less than two years, however, he abandoned rural life (10)
A. previously
B. primitively
C. profoundly
D. probably
[单项选择]
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and
moral philosopher, and one of the world’s greatest novelists. He was born on
April 30,1828 and died on Feb. 14, 1910. His writings (1)
influenced much of 20th-century literature, and his moral
(2) helped shape the thinking of several important
(3) and political leaders.
Leo Nikolayevich
Tolstoy was born (4) a family of noble landowners at his
family (5) south of Moscow. His early education came from
tutors at home, but after the deaths of his parents in the 1830s, he was
(6) by relatives. He entered Kazan’ University when he
was 16 but preferred to educate himself independently, and in 1847 he
(7) his studies without finishing his degree. His next 15
years were very (8) . Tolstoy returned to manage the family
estate, with the determination to i
A. unidentified
B. unfit
C. unhealthy
D. unsettled
[填空题]what were the moral principles that parents in the early 19th century wanted their children to live by
[单项选择]The decline in moral standards-which has long concerned social analysts--has at last captured the attention of average Americans. And Jean Bethke Elshtain, for one, is glad.
The fact the ordinary citizens are now starting to think seriously about the nation’s moral climate, says this ethics (伦理学) professor at the University of Chicago, is reason to hope that new ideas will come forward to improve it.
But the challenge is not to be underestimated. Materialism and individualism in American society are the biggest obstacles. "The thought that ’I’m in it for me’ has become deeply rooted in the national consciousness," Ms. Elshtain says.
Some of this can be attributed to the disintegration of traditional communities, in which neighbors looked out for one another, she says. With today’s greater mobility and with so many couples working, those bonds have been weakened, replaced by a greater emphasis on serf.
In a 1996 poll of Americans, loss of morality topped the list of
A. have adapted to a new set of moral standards
B. are longing for the return of the good old days
C. have realized the importance of material things
D. are awakening to the lowering of their moral standards
[填空题]The influence of the moral standards of the home is evident. If there is’ no recognition of the difference (71) right and wrong, it is hard for the child to acquire the qualities which are necessary (72) good citizenship. Unwise discipline is, almost equally obvious, (73) factor often found in the background of the young offender.
But important (74) these two factors are, they do not cover the whole field. The experience of those who work with juvenile delinquents has shown us (75) greatly behavior is influenced by the emotional relationships within the family circle. The extent to which (76) is affection between the (77) and the child, and in the early stages especially between the mother and the child, is evidently of fundamental (78) to his development. Lack of love is more (79) to produce delinquency (80) bad material conditions.
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