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Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.
An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure.
In a New York Times article, Sam Boakye – the only black student on his freshman year floor -said that "if you"re surrounded by whites, you have something to prove."
Researchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.
According to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.
An Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester.
Grace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. "This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted, and lived, with someone of a different race," she said.
At Penn, students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing.
"One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly," said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley. "This is the definition of integration."
"I"ve experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes," said one Penn resident advisor (RA). The RA of two years added that while some conflicts "provided more multicultural acceptance and melding (融合)," there were also "jarring cultural confrontations."
The RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.
Kao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.
小题1:What can we learn from some recent studies?
A.Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable. |
B.Students of different races are prejudiced against each other. |
C.Interracial lodging does more harm than good. |
D.Interracial lodging may have diverse outcomes. |
A.White students tend to look down upon their black peers. |
B.Black students can compete with their white peers academically. |
C.Black students feel somewhat embarrassed among white peers during the freshman year. |
D.Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed. |
A.The school randomly assigns roommates without regard to race. |
B.Students of different races are required to share a room. |
C.Interracial lodging is arranged by the school for freshmen. |
D.Lodging is assigned to students of different races without exception. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
解析
小题1:D 细节题。根据第一段第二行can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood of conflict.以及在后两段中所举之例说明这样做既有优点也有缺点,会有很多不同的结果,故D正确。
小题2:D 推理题。if you"re surrounded by whites, you have something to prove.这句指在白人的包围下,黑人需要证明自己的能力,这样就激发了黑人更努力来取得成功,故D正确。
小题3:A 细节题,根据文章倒数第四段One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly,"说明学校没有考虑种族就胡乱分配宿舍是definition of integration的定义。
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试题【Several recent studies have found that being randomly assigned to a roommate of 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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As a mythical(神秘的)creature, the dragon is deeply rooted in Chinese culture. Traditionally, dragons are considered to govern rainfall. They have the power to decide where and when the rain falls. In addition, the dragon is a symbol of imperial (帝王的)power. The emperors thought they were real dragons and the sons of the heaven.
But the creature is regarded differently in Western countries. In the Bible, dragons represent the devil(恶人). Western people usually see dragons as cold-blooded reptiles(爬虫), like snakes and cruel killers. In their eyes, dragons are also dishonest.
Dragons in Western literature are presented as monsters(怪物). It is a common tale for a mediaeval knight(中世纪的骑士) to kill a dragon and save a princess and her country from its evil. Even the popular boy wizard Harry Potter has to battle against a dragon.
However, dragons are not all bad in the West. "Puff the Magic Dragon" is a well-known song. The lyrics(歌词) tell a bitter-sweet story of the dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy. When Jackie grows up, he loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff upset. Puff represents the innocence of a child"s imagination, which is very positive for a dragon.
小题1:The underlined word” emblems” in the first paragraph means “_______”.
A.symbols | B.names | C.places | D.parks |
A wizard B. A mediaeval knight C. A princess D. A monster
小题3:The writer gave the example of “ Puff the Magic Dragon” to show_____.
A.dragons can represent the innocence of child’s imagination |
B.children don’t like to play with dragons |
C.dragons are not all bad in the West |
D.not all people in the West like dragons |
It’s said that more than 100 million Chinese people are watching the program. Most Chinese people see this program as more than just the regular food shows. They see it as an amazing documentary providing a special view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society.
On the other hand, the documentary also stimulates(刺激) Chinese people’s consumption(消费). Taobao, one of China’s biggest online shopping sites, reports that the search(搜索) on food items that were introduced by the documentary has increased to 4 million times within one week, and sales have increased to 5.82 million, or 20%.
To get enough good stories, the production team spent three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started making the documentary last July. Filming lasted about nine months.
Liu Wen, the director, says “As CCTV-9 serves as a window, allowing the world to better understand China, the documentary aims to help the world not only appreciate the beauty of Chinese cuisines, but also learn Chinese customs.”
小题1:A Bite of China is a .
A.film | B.magazine | C.book | D.TV program |
A.culture | B.cuisine | C.news | D.society |
A.Internet communication | B.film making |
C.food business | D.story writing |
A.Most people watch the program because they want to learn how to cook. |
B.Taobao is China’s biggest online shopping site. |
C.You can buy some food that’s more delicious and cheaper through the program. |
D.There’re many wonderful stories about Chinese cuisines in “A Bite of China”. |
Many people may think the increase will help farmers. But have higher prices of farm products really benefited the farmers?
Take the increase in vegetable prices in the first half of this year for example. Though natural disasters such as droughts and spring frost did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly—in fact, prices of some products did not increase at all—vegetables have become dearer by as much as 20 percent compared to that of last year. This means only a small part (or even none) of the extra money that city people have paid to buy farm products has gone to the farmers. The extra cost actually has gone to middlemen.
As the fact shows, just increasing prices of farm products will have negative influence on the entire economy. On one hand, the price increase has created some abnormal phenomena, which hurts farmers’ interests. On the other hand, resources will enter the agriculture because of the high price of farm products, which would finally create negative effect on the whole economy.
In such a case, it would be better to leave the market to decide the prices instead of raising farm products’ prices to protect the interests of farmers. Actually, such a way will be better for farmers in the long run.
小题1:What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing the passage?
A.Farmers benefit a lot from the price increase. |
B.Price increase has not helped farmers. |
C.We should be sorry for farmers. |
D.Price increase has a bad effect on economy. |
A. nobody | B.the country | C.middlemen | D.farmers |
A.the government has done something to prevent the prices from rising further |
B.it is better for farmers to leave the market to decide the prices in the long run |
C.natural disasters did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly |
D.rising housing prices has made life very difficult for people |
A.Negative. | B.Indifferent.(漠不关心的) |
C.Enthusiastic. | D.Positive. |
The language that we speak today—Modern English—is not the same as the English that people used 1500 years ago, including Old English(before ll50)and Middle English(up till 1500). That language—Old English—sounds different, and it has some different rules of grammar. There were only a few thousand words in Old English. But Modern English does come from Old English, and it is still like it in many important ways.
小题1:When did Modern English start?
A.About the year 1150. |
B.Before the year 1500. |
C.Between the 12th century and the 16th century. |
D.About 1500 years ago. |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.Modern English. | B.The Angles. | C.The Jutes. | D.The Saxons. |
A.grammar | B.pronunciation | C.words | D.All of the above |
A.Modern English has nothing to do with Old English. |
B.Modern English has more words than Old English. |
C.Modern English has a vocabulary(词汇量)twice as large as old English. |
D.There is no difference between Old English and Middle English. |
In some countries, if you give a loud burp, you are told to say “Excuse me, please.”
In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia(波利尼西亚)it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. People show good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.
What are manners like in an East African town? People try not to see you. They are being polite. You may see a friend. He may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.
Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners begin in the same way. People need ways to show that they want to be friends.
小题1:In Mongolia, burping is a way to show that__________.
A.the host is very friendly with the visitors |
B.one doesn’t want to eat anything at all |
C.one enjoys the meal that is prepared by the host |
D.one is not polite at table |
A.eat as fast as possible | B.eat with his mouth full of food |
C.turn his back on others | D.sit still without doing anything |
A.to sit down beside others and wait for them to talk |
B.to say “hello” to others on the street |
C.to try to talk to others when they are working |
D.never to speak to anyone on the street |
A.are different from other |
B.begin all manners in the same way |
C.want to be friendly to other people |
D.don’t want people to trouble us |
A.Manners are not the same in different countries. |
B.It is good manners to give a burp when you’ve had enough in any place. |
C.Sometimes manners are different in different places in the same country. |
D.A person with good manners is liked by other people. |
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