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1、-第一单元Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted to without first checking its contents? Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is suitable for them? If your answer to these questions i

2、s yes, then you are either extremely permissive. If your answer is no, then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censor

3、ship.Now, of course, you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship where children are concerned and quite another to do the same for adults. Children need protection and it is the parents responsibility to provide it. But what about adults? Arent they old enough to decide what is good for

4、 them? The answer is that many adults are, but dont make the mistake of thinking that all adults are like you. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Like the law, censorship contributes to the common good.Some people think that it is disgraceful that a censor should interfere with works

5、of art. Who is this person, they say, to ban this great book or cut that great film? No one can set himself up as a superior being. But we must remember two things. Firstly, where genuine works of art are concerned, modern censors are extremely liberal in their viewsoften far more liberal than a lar

6、ge section of the public. Artistic merit is something which censors clearly recognize. And secondly, we must bear in mind that the great proportion of books, plays and films which come before the censor are very far from being works of art.When discussing censorship, therefore, we should not confine

7、 our attention to great masterpieces, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship laws are relaxed, immoral people are given a license to produce virtually anything in the name of art. There is an increasing ten

8、dency to equate artistic with pornographic. The vast market for pornography would rapidly be exploited. One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others. To argue in favor of absolute freedom is to argue in favor of a

9、narchy.Society would really be the poorer if it deprived itself of the wise counsel and the restraining influence which a censor provides.57. Permissive parents would _.A let their children read any books they like toB not let their children see any films they like toC not let their children read an

10、y books without first checking their contentsD let their children see the films with their first checking58. The fact that parents check the contents of the book or the film for their children to read or see shows _.A the necessity of censorshipB many books and films are badC children need their par

11、ents to help them understand moreD the parents are permissive59. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A Some adults cant tell right from wrong.B Censorship is compared to the law because both of them perform good service to society as a whole.C Censors pay attention only to genuine works of

12、 art.D Censorship is necessary because many books, plays and films are far from being “works of art”.60. What does the word “corrupt” (Line 5, Para 4) mean?A Make morally bad. B Hurt. C Injure. D Damage.61. What would be the best title of this passage?A Permissive Parents and Responsible Parents.B C

13、ensorship and the law.C Censors Value Artistic Merits.D Censorship Performs Good Service to Society. 让我们假设你在父母的位置。你会让您的孩子阅读任何他们想要的书没有首先检查其内容呢?你可以把你的孩子看到任何电影没有首先发现是否适用于他们吗?如果你这些问题的答案是“是”,那么你要么是非常宽容的。如果你的答案是“不”,那么你在行使你的权利作为家长保护你的孩子从你考虑是不良的影响。换句话说,通过扮演一个审查,你也承认有充足的理由要求审查。现在,当然,你会说,这是一件事,锻炼孩子们在那里关心和审查制度

14、完全是另一个同样做成年人。孩子们需要保护和,这是父母的责任提供它。但是关于成人呢?他们不是老得足以决定什么对他们有益吗?答案是,很多成年人,但不要让错误的想法,那就是所有的成年人都喜欢你。审查制度是整个社会的利益。像法律,审查维护公众利益。一些人认为它是可耻的事情,审查员应该干扰的艺术作品。这人是谁,他们说,禁止这个伟大的书或削减,伟大的电影吗?没有人可以将自己作为一个高级存在。但我们必须记住两件事。首先,真正的艺术作品而言,现代网络审查也非常自由的在他们更自由views-often比大部分地区的公众。艺术价值的是一些审查清楚地认识到他们。其次,我们必须牢记的大量书刊、戏剧和电影能在审查是非常

15、远”的艺术作品”。当讨论审查制度,因此,我们不应该把注意力转移到伟大的杰作,但是应该考虑到大量的出版物和电影大部分的娱乐产业。当审查放宽,不道德的人许可了生产几乎任何“艺术”的名称。有一个上升趋势等同于艺术与“色情”。绝大的色情市场将迅速被利用。最伟大的事情之一,审查并是防止某些人赚取丰厚利润通过腐蚀别人思想。争论支持绝对自由是辩论而偏爱混乱。社会真的会是贫困的如果它剥夺了本身的明智的忠告和抑制的影响审查员提供。57。 宽容的父母会立刻停止了。(一个)让他们的孩子阅读任何书籍他们喜欢B不让他们的孩子看到他们喜欢的任何电影C不让他们的孩子阅读任何书籍没有首先检查他们的内容D让他们的孩子看电影,他

16、们的第一个检查58。 事实上,父母检查一下那本书的内容或电影,让孩子们去读或者看演出_。A审查的必要性B许多书籍和电影是坏的C孩子需要父母来帮助他们了解更多D父母是宽容的59。 下列哪个陈述不正确?A一些成年人不能明辨是非。B审查相比的法律,因为他们都执行良好的服务对整个社会。C审查注意力仅仅放在真正的艺术作品。D审查是必要的,因为许多书籍、戏剧和电影远非“杰作”。60。 这个词是什么“腐败”(第5行,Para 4)意味着什么?A使道德坏。B伤害。C伤害。D损伤。61年。什么才是最好的这篇文章的标题?A宽容的家长和负责任的父母。B审查制度和法律。C审查价值的艺术价值。D审查执行良好的社会服务。

17、Each summer, no matter how pressing my work schedule, I take off one day exclusively for my son. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusement park, where be discovered that he was tall enough to ride one of the fastest roller coasters (过山车) in the world. We blasted through face

18、-stretching turns and loops for ninety seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, be shrugged and, in a distressingly calm voice, remarked that it was not as exciting as other rides hed been on. As I listened, I began to sense something seriously out of balance.Throughout the season, I noticed simil

19、ar events all around me. Parents seemed hard pressed to find new thrills for indifferent kids. Surrounded by ever-greater stimulation, their young faces were looking disappointed and bored.Facing their childrens complaints of “nothing to do“, parents were shelling out large numbers of dollars for va

20、rious forms of entertainment. In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy transient relief from the terrible moans of their bored children. This set me pondering the obvious question:“ How can it be so hard for kids to find something to do when theres never been such a range of stimula

21、ting entertainment available to them?”What really worries me is the intensity of the stimulation. I watch my little daughters face as she absorbs the powerful onslaught (冲击) of arousing visuals and bloody special effects in movies.Why do children immersed in this much excitement seem starved for mor

22、e? That was, I realized, the point. I discovered during my own reckless adolescence that what creates excitement is not going fast, but going faster. Thrills have less to do with speed than changes in speed.Im concerned about the cumulative effect of years at these levels of feverish activity. It is

23、 no mystery to me why many teenagers appear apathetic (麻木的) and burned out, with a “been there, done that” air of indifference toward much of life. As increasing numbers of friends children are prescribed medications-stimulants to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressants to help with

24、the loss of interest and joy in their lives-I question the role of kids boredom in some of the diagnoses.My own work is focused on the chemical imbalances and biological factors related to behavioral and emotional disorders. These are complex problems. Yet Ive been reflecting more and more on how th

25、e pace of life and the intensity of stimulation may be contributing to the rising rates of psychiatric problems among children and adolescents in our society.1. The author tell surprised in the amusement park at fact that _.A) his son was not as thrilled by the roller coasters ride as expectedB) his

26、 son blasted through the turns and loops with his face stretchedC) his son appeared distressed but calm while riding the roller coastersD) his son could keep his balance so well on the fast moving roller coasters2. According to the author, children are bored _.A) unless their parents can find new th

27、rills for themB) when they dont have any access to stimulating fun gamesC) when they are left alone at weekends by their working parentsD) even if they are exposed to more and more kinds of entertainment3. From his own experience, the author came to the conclusion that children seem to expect _.A) a

28、 much wider variety of sports facilitiesB) activities that require sophisticated skillsC) ever-changing thrilling forms of recreationD) physical exercises that are more challenging4. In Para 6 the author expresses his doubt about the effectiveness of trying to change childrens indifference toward mu

29、ch of life by _.A) diverting their interest from electronic visual gamesB) prescribing medications for their temporary reliefC) creating more stimulating activities for themD) spending more money on their entertainment5. In order to alleviate childrens boredom, the author would probably suggest _.A)

30、 adjusting the pace of life and intensity of stimulationB) promoting the practice of dad-son daysC) consulting a specialist in child psychologyD) balancing school work with extracurricular activities每年夏天,无论多么紧迫的工作时间表,我脱下一天专门为我的儿子。我们称之为dad-son天。今年我们的第三站是娱乐公园,在那里被发现他是足够高乘坐最快的云霄飞车(过山车)在世界。我们通过爆破face-st

31、retching转身环路为九十秒。然后,当我们走出骑,耸耸肩,在令人平静的声音,说,这不是令人兴奋的其他骑他就一直在。当我听到,我逐渐意识到一些严重失去平衡。在整个赛季中,我注意到我周围所有的类似事件。父母似乎很难找到新的刺激漠不关心的孩子。进一步刺激所包围,他们年轻的脸看起来很失望和无聊。面对孩子的抱怨“无关”,父母们花费大量的美元用于各种形式的娱乐。在许多情况下,钱似乎做的仅仅是买瞬态摆脱可怕的呻吟的无聊的孩子。这让我思考一个显而易见的问题:“怎么这么努力让孩子们去找些事做的时候从来没有这样广泛的刺激娱乐提供给他们?”我担心的是真正的高强度的刺激。我看我的小女儿,她的脸上吸收猛烈攻击(冲击

32、)激发的视觉效果和血腥的电影特效。为什么孩子沉浸在这样令人兴奋似乎渴望更多吗?那是,我意识到这一点。我发现在我自己的鲁莽的青春期所创造的兴奋不是太快,但要快。刺激那样的速度比改变速度。我关心的累积效应年在这些层面的狂热活动。它并不神秘我为什么许多青少年显得冷漠(麻木的)和烧坏了,还有一个“早已经历过”的空气对大部分生活的冷漠。因越来越多的朋友的孩子都规定medications-stimulants处理精力不集中在学校或抗抑郁药来帮助失去兴趣和快乐在他们的角色lives-I问题孩子的无聊的诊断。我自己的工作主要集中在化学失衡和相关的生物因素对行为和情感障碍。这些是复杂的问题。然而我已经反映了越来

33、越多的关于如何生活的节奏和刺激的强度可能会导致利率上升的儿童和青少年精神问题在我们的社会。1。作者告诉惊讶在游乐园在_事实。一个)他的儿子也不像云霄飞车乘坐感到兴奋如预期B)他的儿子传遍了整个转弯,与他的脸伸展循环C)他的儿子看上去很沮丧但平静而乘坐过山车D)他的儿子能保持平衡对快速移动的云霄飞车2。根据作者,孩子们感到无聊的谈话。一个),除非他们的父母可以为他们找到新的刺激B)当他们没有任何访问刺激好玩的游戏C)当他们单独留在了周末的工作的父母D),即使他们接触到的种类越来越多的娱乐3。从自己的经历中,作者得出的结论是,孩子们似乎期许的谈话。一)更广泛的体育设施B)活动,需要复杂的技能C)不

34、断变化的激动人心的形式的娱乐D)体育锻炼,更有挑战性4。帕拉6作者表示他怀疑的有效性试图改变孩子们的生活的冷漠向多由_。一)转移他们的兴趣从电子视觉游戏B)处方药物的暂时缓解C)为他们创造更多刺激的活动D)花更多的钱在他们的娱乐5。为了缓解孩子的无聊,作者可能会建议_。一)调整生活的节奏和强度的刺激B)促进dad-son天的实践C)儿童心理学专家咨询D)平衡和课外活动的学校工作第二单元Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emot

35、ion-a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts th

36、at were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a wo

37、rld without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Societys economic underpinnings (支柱) would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there

38、 would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them. In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in imp

39、ortant ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an objects physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us-hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We al so use categorizatio

40、ns colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are“good”and others are“bad”, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life-from w

41、hat foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty morality, pride shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself It gives high rewards to individuals wh

42、o perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts31.The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in

43、 a world without emotion is that _ . (A)they would not be able to tell the texture of objects.(B)they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them.(C)they would not be happy with a life without love.(D)they would do things that hurt each others feelings.2 ： 32.According to the pas

44、sage, peoples learning activities are possible because they_ .(A)believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive.(B)benefit from providing help and support to one another.(C)enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thing.(D)know what is vital to the progress of society.3 ： 33.It can be

45、inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent on _.(A)the ability to make money.(B)the will to work for pleasure.(C)the capacity to enjoy incentives.(D)the categorizations of our emotional experiences4 ： 34.Emotions are significant for mans survival and adaptation be

46、cause _.(A)they provide the means by which people view the size or shape of objects.(B)they are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintained.(C)they encourage people to perform dangerous achievements.(D)they generate more love than hate among people.5 ： 35.The emotion

47、al aspects of an object are more important than its physical aspects in that they_ .(A)help society exploit its members for profit.(B)encourage us to perform important tasks.(C)help to perfect the legal and penal system.(D)help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding us想象在一个世界里,有突然没有情感冲突的世界中,人类就觉得没有爱和幸福,没有恐怖或恨。试着去想象这样一个转变的后果。人们不可能一直活着:知道没有欢乐也不是愉悦,焦虑和惧怕,他们会像可能重复的行为伤害他们的行为,这是有益的。他们不能学习:他们不能受益于经历,因为这世界将缺乏表情