题目
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Social class is not only about behavior and attitudes.For example,although many upper class people are rich and may own a lot of land,having a lot of money does not necessarily make a person one member of the upper class.It is also important to come from a particular kind of family,have friends who are considered suitable,have been to a certain type of private school and speak with the right kind of accent.There are people who are poor but who do not think of themselves as working class because their family background,education,political opinions,etc.are basically different from those of most working-class people.Many people do not like the class system but it is impossible to pretend that these differences do not exist or that British people do not sometimes form opinions in this way.
小题1:The idea of the class system in Britain __________.
A.exists only in the mind of foreigners | B.is deeply rooted in the British people |
C.is now under attack | D.is regarded as a long custom |
A.he belongs to the middle class |
B.he must be a member of the upper class |
C.he is not likely to be from the upper class |
D.he may buy an upper class title with money |
A.Many rich people do not belong to the upper class. |
B.Today many British people do not like the class system. |
C.Many poor people do not consider themselves a lower class. |
D.An Englishman’S social class is determined by many factors. |
A.An Unequal Society | B.Social Class in Britain |
C.British People and Society | D.Information about Britain |
答案
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
解析
核心考点
试题【British society is considered to be divided into three main groups of classes-th】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Undergraduates with part-time jobs are a third less likely to get a first or upper second-class degree than other students, harming their career chances. Students from the poorest backgrounds were most likely to take jobs during term because they could not depend on help from their parents.
The report, commissioned (委托) by the Department for Education and Skills, also found a clear relation between fear of debt and employment in non-graduate jobs. Students from poorer backgrounds are known to he more unwilling to be in debt than those from middle class families.
The study of 8,600 people who graduated in 1999 was made by Peter Elias, of Warwick University, and Kate Purcell, from Bristol Business School. They found that twice as many first-class degrees were awarded to students who did not work during term compared with those who did. Between 35 and 38 percent who worked during term achieved a lower second, compared with about 28 percent of those who did not.
Professor Elias said that the increase in school fees next year to £3,000 would have to be monitored (监控) carefully for its effect on poorer students. "Higher education is going to be a harder struggle for those who do not come with all the advantages," he said.
He suggested that universities could get in touch with employers to provide work experience on good salaries to choose students during holidays, so that they did not have to work during term.
小题1:What"s the main idea of the passage?
A.Students at university like to take part-time jobs to support themselves, |
B.Term-time jobs at university lead to poorer examination results. |
C.The school fees are becoming higher and higher at university. |
D.Students at university have much difficulty getting first-class degrees. |
A.No one would lend them money to continue their study. |
B.They wanted to improve themselves by taking part-time jobs, |
C.Their families were poor and couldn"t afford the high expense. |
D.They thought earning money was more important than studying. |
A.had no possibility to study better than those who didn"t |
B.couldn"t graduate from school normally in the future |
C.might have trouble in finding a job in the future |
D.were more independent than those who didn"t in the future |
A.Poor students can"t take part-time jobs all the time at university. |
B.Employers have the duty to help poor students solve the money problem. |
C.First class degrees couldn"t be given to the students whose families were poor. |
D.High school fees are one of the important reasons why students have to take term-jobs. |
小题1:The word “address” in the first line probably means .
A.talk about | B.deal with | C.fight for | D.write to |
A.39% of the population. | B.200 million people. |
C.About 3 million people. | D.About one-fifth of the population. |
A.they have no home addresses |
B.they mostly have a drinking problem |
C.they aren"t supported by government programs |
D.they often don"t have enough work experience |
A.The passing of new housing laws. | B.The fast growth of family size. |
C.The slow construction of houses. | D.The ever-rising price of housing. |
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life--style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories, He called it ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ because ‘Jones’ is a very common name in the United States.’ Keeping up with the Joneses’ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are ‘Jonses’ in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
小题1:Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.
A.want to be as rich as their neighbours |
B.want others to know or to think that they are rich |
C.don’t want others to know they are rich |
D.want to be happy |
A.live outside New York City | B.live in New York City |
C.live in apartments | D.have many neighbours |
A.a person who lives near another | B.people living in an area |
C.an area near the place referred to | D.an area in another town or city |
A.an important name | B.a popular name in the United States |
C.his neighbour’s name | D.not a good name |
A.correct | B.interesting | C.impossible | D.good |
How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?
Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School.She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society.For two years she has maintained A’s in every subject.Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque.He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station.Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A’s in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A’s in two college-level courses.
How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren’t the only answer.“Top grades don’t always go to the brightest students, ” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students.“Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的)abilities counts for more.Much more.”
In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don’t do as well as classmates with lower IQ.For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down.
Hard work isn’t the whole story, either.“It’s not how long you sit there with the books open, ” said one of the many-A students we interviewed.“It’s what you do while you’re sitting.” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.
The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.
小题1:The underlined word “nerds” can probably be .
A.dull bookworms lacking sports and social skills |
B.successful top students popular with their peers |
C.students with certain learning difficulties |
D.born leaders crazy about social activities |
A.Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students. |
B.People have unfavorable impression on straight-A students. |
C.Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films. |
D.Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society. |
A.The interviews with more students. |
B.The role IQ plays in learning well. |
C.The techniques to be better learners. |
D.The achievements top students make. |
A.IQ is more important than hard work in study. |
B.The brightest students can never get low grades. |
C.Top students certainly achieve all-around developments. |
D.Students with average IQ can become super-achievers |
Parents today are more youthful in appearance and attitudes. Their clothes and hair-styles are more casual, helping to bridge the divide. Those who are athletically inclined also enjoy Rollerblading, snowboarding, and rock-climbing with their children.
For the past three years, Kathy and Phil Dalby have spent at least one evening a week at a climbing gym with their three children. "It’s great to be able to work together," Mrs Dalby says. "We discuss various climbs and where the hard parts are. Sometimes that leads to other Conversations. We’re definitely closer."
A popular movement of parent effectiveness training in the 1970s has helped to reshape generational roles. The philosophy encourages children to describe their feelings about various situations. As a result, says Robert Billingham, a family-studies professor at Indiana University, "Parents and children began talking to each other in ways they had not before."
On the plus side, he adds, these conversations made parents realize that children may have important thoughts or feelings that adults need to be aware of.
But Professor Billingham also sees a downside: Many parents started making decisions based on what their child wanted. "The power shifted to children. Parents said, ’I have to focus on making my child happy’, as opposed to ’I have to act as a parent most appropriately’."
Other changes are occurring as the ranks of working mothers grow. Time-short parents encourage children’s independence, making them more responsible for themselves. "They’ll say, ’We trust you to make the right decisions’ (whether they’re ready to assume the responsibility or not) ,"says Billingham.
The self-esteem movement of the past quarter-century has also affected the family dynamics (原动力). Some parents worry that if they tell their child no, it will hurt the child’s self-esteem.
小题1:What’s the trend in parent-child relationship mentioned in the passage?
A.Parents are chasing after fashion and ignoring the feelings of their children. |
B.More parents and children are sharing the same enthusiasm for a certain sport. |
C.Parents are taking more responsibility and setting more limits for their children. |
D.The generation gap is narrowing and parents are respecting their children’s thoughts more. |
A.Younger parents. | B.Parent effectiveness training. |
C.More working mothers. | D.The self-esteem movement. |
A.He supports them. | B.He admires them. |
C.He disagrees with them. | D.He thinks they’re unreasonable. |
A.The effect of more working mothers on children’ s education. |
B.The benefits of the new relationship between parents and children. |
C.The importance of self-esteem and ways to develop children’s self-esteem. |
D.The risks of setting no rules and some suggestions on how to have a balanced attitude. |
A.Parents and Children as Friends. | B.Parents and Professors as Debaters. |
C.Growing Mutual Understanding. | D.Disappearing Responsibility. |
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