0ne of the individual dimensions of lifestyle. mentioned by the sociologist is
A.performance.
B.interests.
C.class consciousness.
0ne theory postulates that the ancient Filipinos came from India and Persia.
0ne‘S economic condition often affects his or her way of life.
A.determines
B.shows
C.influences
D.confines
0ne special feature of Crystal Ear is that
A.youcan control its volume.
B.youneedn’t take it off every day.
C.it issolar-powered.
D.itsaves power.
A.20
B.21
C.22
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
The American Family
In the American family the husband and wife usually share ,important decision making. When the children are_____(51) enough, they take part as well.
Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely_____(52), and children are often allowed to do_____(53) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him_____(54) question, and children are encouraged to be_____(55) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom_____(56) far. Others think that a strong father image would not_____(57) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to_____(58) their parental families by the time they have_____(59) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a _____(60), a kind of weak dependence.
This pattern of independence often results in serious_____(61) for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live_____(62) the age of 70. The job-retirement age is_____(63) 65. The children have left home, married, and_____(64) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes._____(65) the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
第 51 题
A.senior
B.junior
C.old
D.young
Section II Use of English
(15 minutes)
Directions :
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET1.
Some people were just born to rebel; Charles Darwin was one of them. (21) Nicholas Copernicus, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates. They were (22) "laterborns" - that is,they had (23) 0ne older sibling - brother or sister - when they were born.
(24), laterborns are up t0 15 times more likely than firstboms to (25) authority and break new (26), says Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In his book" Born To Rebel "being (27) this week, Sulloway claims that (28) someone is an older or younger sibling is the most important (29) shaping personality - more significant than gender ,race ,nationality (30) class.
He spent 26 years (31) the lives - and birth orders - of6,566 historical (32) to reach his conclusions.
A laterborn himself , Sulloway first (33) how birth order affected personality (34) a scholar of Darwin at Harvard University.
"How could a somewhat (35) student at Cambridge become the most (36) thinkerin the 19th century?" he said.
Darwin, the first t0 (37) the belief that God created the world with his theory of evolution,was the fifth of six children. Most of his (38) were firstborns.
Sulloway's theory held (39) with Copernicus, the first astronomer to (40) that the Sun was the center of the universe, and computer revolutionary Gates of Microsoft.
21.
[A] Likewise
[B] Likely
[C] Alike
[D] Unlike
A.They cannot sleep well.
B.They cannot eat well.
C.They tend to bite each other.
D.They tend to reproduce more.