American culture has not been immune to
cultural influences from outside. The idea of democracy came from the ancient
Greeks; the Industrial Revolution started in England; jazz and rock music
preserve African rhythms—to pick a few examples. Indeed, many of the things we
think of as "100 percent American" came from other cultures.
Still, most of the changes in American culture over the last century have
come from within, as the result of inventions and discoveries. And change has
been dramatic. One hundred years ago the United States was largely a nation of
farmers. Many of the things we take for granted today—a high school education,
for example, or indoor plumbing—were luxuries then. The moon was a light for
lovers, not a site for scientific exploration; genetic engineering (基因工程) was
not even a subject for science fiction, mu A. talk about the American culture in transition B. criticize the American culture C. state the absurdity of American culture D. talk about the inventions and discoveries
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[单项选择] Passage Four
American culture has not been immune to
cultural influences from outside. The idea of democracy came from the ancient
Greeks; the Industrial Revolution started in England; jazz and rock music
preserve African rhythms—to pick a few examples. Indeed, many of the things we
think of as "100 percent American" came from other cultures.
Still, most of the changes in American culture over the last century have
come from within, as the result of inventions and discoveries. And change has
been dramatic. One hundred years ago the United States was largely a nation of
farmers. Many of the things we take for granted today—a high school education,
for example, or indoor plumbing—were luxuries then. The moon was a light for
lovers, not a site for scientific exploration; genetic engineering (基因工程) was
not even a subject for science fiction, mu A. There is no 100 percent American culture. B. American culture has never be influenced by other cultures. C. America borrowed the idea of democracy from the ancient Greeks. D. Inventions and discoveries caused the changes within American culture.
[单项选择] Passage Four
Custom has not been commonly regarded
as a subject of any great moment. The inner workings of our own brains we feel
to be uniquely worthy of investigation, but custom, we have a way of thinking,
is behavior at its most commonplace. As a matter of fact, it is the other way
around. Traditional custom, taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behavior
more astonishing than what, any one person can ever evolve in individual
actions, no matter how unusual. Yet that is a rather trivial aspect of the
matter. The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom
plays in experience and in belief, and the very great varieties it may
manifest. No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He
sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of
thinking. Even in his philosophical probing he can A. our concepts of the true and the false are influenced by our traditional customs B. we always look at the world with pristine eyes C. philosophers try to explain stereotypes D. traditional customs are more important than philosophies
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