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Perhaps the biggest difference is in the growth of computers. Computers can think, can remember, can calculate(计算)faster than any human brain. A computer can hold more than a million facts in its memory. There are computers that are so big that they would fill this entire auditorium(礼堂)with machinery(机器). Businesses and banks are now managed by computers. Students' grades, their marks are all managed by computers. If you study in America, you would receive your marks on little printout from the computer, not from your teachers. In America we pay bills. We have to pay for our children's university study from a computer and I pay the computer who then writes me another letter to say,“Thank you for your payment. You now own such and such amount.”This is not even seen by a human being. It is all between me and the computer. However, if a computer makes a mistake, that won't help you. If a computer makes a mistake about one of you, it is terribly difficult to correct that mistake. And sometimes a computer does make a mistake, and that mistake is never learned by another computer and the same mistake will go into other computers. And it becomes terribly difficult for one single person to correct a mistake that has been made. So in many ways people have become the servant of computers who are bigger and cleverer than they are. Of course, computers speed up every operation because computers can immediately re-cord, remember facts and produce new information that combines with these facts. It makes science possible. Modern science would not be possible without the computers to do the calculations.
(1) In America, the students get their school reports from ________.
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(2)“You now own such and such amount”means ________.
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A.you have made a big sum of money
B.you have got a lot of computers
C.you are told how much money left belongs to you
D.you have lost your money and computer
(3) If a computer makes a mistake ________.
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A.another computer can correct this mistake
B.one person can easily correct this mistake
C.other computers will make the same mistake
D.other persons will make the same mistake
(4) As mentioned by the text, why have computers become the master of people?
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A.Computers are as big and clever as people.
B.Computers are bigger and cleverer than people.
C.People are bigger and cleverer than computer.
D.Computers have learned how to control human beings.
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Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to people everywhere.
Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radios as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music(管弦乐),such as the symphonies(交响乐)of Beethoven. There is opera(歌剧)for singers.
There is ballet(芭蕾舞剧)for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.
(1) In what sense can music be regarded as an international language?
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A.Popular music is what everyone enjoys.
B.The songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and understandable that everyone can enjoy them.
C.When music is played, it seems as if it were speaking to us.
D.Music is so popular throughout the world that everyone can play it.
(2) What can we know about music and people in America?
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A.Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.
B.Students always listen to music before class, in class and after class.
C.Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.
D.Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.
(3) How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?
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(4) Country music ________.
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A.is a kind of music that is popular in America
B.has nothing to do with folk music
C.in only sung by cowboys
D.is not played in the concert halls
(5) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A.All people in America like popular music.
B.Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.
C.Now, western or country music is a little different from its beginning.
D.Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music.
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It's only 34 centimetres tall but, as the highest honour in the world of cinema, an Oscar is worth its weight in gold.
Just saying its name draws up images of red carpets, bubbling champagne(冒泡的香槟), beautiful stars and, most importantly of all, success.
When the 76th Academy Awards were presented this morning in Los Angeles, US, the winners became headline news across the world just as the first Academy Awards. Organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the first Academy Awards ceremony took place at a Hollywood hotel on May 16, 1929. All the guests knew who had won in advance; the present system of keeping it a secret until the envelope is opened was introduced in 1941.
The trophy(奖品)is the figure of a knight(骑士)holding a sword. The first awards were solid bronze but a metal shortage during World War II meant the trophies were made of plaster(石膏)for a while. Nowadays, the figures are made of metal and given an outer coating of gold.
Officially known as the Academy Award of Merit, it isn't clear where the nickname(昵称)Oscar came from. One popular explanation is that an Academy librarian said it looked like her uncle Oscar and the name just stuck.
The timing of the ceremony has only been disturbed on three occasions. The first was in 1938 when serious floods in Los Angeles delayed the awards by one week. Then in 1968 the ceremony was moved from April 8 to April 10 out of respect for Dr. Martin Luther King, who had been assassinated(暗杀)a few days earlier. Another assassination--a failed attempt on President Ronald Reagan--saw the Oscars delayed by 24 hours in 1981.
(1) When an actor/actress wins a reward of Oscar, he/she ________.
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A.can receive a trophy made of pure gold
B.will receive many rewards
C.values the recognition of performance
D.knows it before the Awards ceremony takes place
(2) The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on May 16,1929, ________.
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A.which many actors/actresses showed no interest in them
B.which was a shock to the world
C.which had all the well-known performers throughout the world
D.where each of the winners were given a sword
(3) The Trophies were once made of plaster to ________.
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(4) The latest delay of the ceremony was due to ________.
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A.serious floods
B.the murder of Martin Luther King
C.a failed assassination on Ronald Reagan
D.some unknown reasons
(5) When writing the passage, the author ________.
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A.is dreaming of being a winner of Oscar
B.is trying to tell people more about the stories about Oscar
C.has found out how Oscar got its name
D.is not interested in the ceremony of Oscar
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Bill Gates is one of the most famous people in the world. His books have been translated into many languages.
What many people do not know is that he is not the only founder of Microsoft. A lot of honor must go to his partner, Paul Allen.
Allen and Gates met at Lakeside Preparatory School. They and some other friends became interested in computers. They began skipping(逃)PE lessons to play on the school computers. Their school did a deal with a computer company. It al-lowed Allen and Gates to use the company's computers for free. They even started their first software business while in high school. Computers were their lives.
After leaving school, Alien worked as a programmer. Gates went to Harvard University, one of the best universities in the world, to study law. The invention of computers was small enough to be used at homes, called personal computers, helped Allen persuade Gates to leave Harvard University and start Microsoft together. They designed software like MS-DOS and BASIC for large companies like IBM. However, they were not satisfied with the software and came up with a new system, called Windows. Allen was one of the main programmers. The equally successful Microsoft Office soon followed.
Allen fell ill in 1983. He stopped working full-time for Microsoft. He took time off, read, traveled and stayed with his family. Allen and Gates are still close. He is still involved in Microsoft, and as one of the richest men in the world, doesn't regret leaving.
(1) It is generally believed by people that ________.
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A.Bill Gates is the richest person in the world with little education
B.Bill Gates alone founded Microsoft
C.Paul Allen is a close competitor in computers against Bill Gates
D.Paul Allen is also a successful writer besides his achievement in computers
(2) We know from this passage that ________.
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A.Allen and Gates have known each other for a long time
B.Allen first used a computer at a company
C.Allen and Gates never attended a PE lesson
D.Allen and Gates helped companies with problems for money
(3) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A.Paul Allen invented personal computers.
B.Bill Gates joined Microsoft after he finished his law degree at Harvard University.
C.Paul Allen lost all of his interest in computers after he fell ill.
D.Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft at the same time.
(4) The best title for this passage is“________”.
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A.The Other Half of Microsoft
B.Bill Gates
C.How Microsoft Started
D.Microsoft and Its History
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8∶30PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up to date with all that's new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film, the de-signer with the latest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Out-look. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9∶00PM
Discovery
When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year-old plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes(基因)or can any child be turned into genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they do? In this 30-minute film Barry Johnson, the professor at school of medicine, New York University will help you discover the answer.
10∶00PM
Science/Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is“yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers. After a study of 800 per-sons with high blood pressure, they found that after 6 months, these devoted to weight loss-exercise and eating a low-salt, low-fat food--lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus 35% of them dropped into the“normal”category(畴).This week, Dr.Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood to level similar to what's achieved with Hypertension drugs.
(1) The main purpose of writing these three texts is ________.
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A.to invite people to see films
B.to invite people to topic discussions
C.to attract more students to attend lectures
D.to attract more people to watch TV programs
(2) From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about ________.
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(3) Who will be most probably interested in Discovery?
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A.Parents who are to send their children to school of medicine.
B.Children who are good at mathematics.
C.Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.
D.Children who are interested in playing Chess.
(4) In Science/Health,“Johns Hopkins”is ________.
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(5) According to the third text, which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drugs?
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A.Exercise plus a healthy diet.
B.Loss of thirteen pounds in weight.
C.Six months of exercise without drugs.
D.Low-salt and low-fat food.
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An exposition(展览会)on modern living in China and an exhibition of 20th-century Chinese paintings, which opened in Paris, kicked off a year of cultural exchanges.
The“China-France Culture Year”is the largest Chinese exchange of its kind with a foreign country.
The Year of China in France actually runs from October 2003 to July 2004. It will be followed by the Year of France in China, from autumn 2004 to July 2005.The two events are part of celebrations surrounding the 40th anniversary of formal diplomatic(外交)recognition between the two countries, which took place on January 27,1964.
The activities will include expositions on“China Seen Closely--Art of Living in Modem Times”“The Enigma(迷)of Bronze Man--Archaeology(古迹)in Sichuan”“The Bronze Age”“Confucianism”and“Science and Technology of Contemporary(当代的)China”.
There will also be traditional music, acrobatics(杂技), marionettes(牵线木偶), dances, garden arts and martial arts(武术)shows for the French public. And, contemporary art, photography, cinema and literature expositions will give a look at modern creators.
An exhibition of Chinese paintings of the 20th century also opened in Paris, displaying works of Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi.
The Chinese National Orchestra of Traditional Music and Central Ballet of China will be performing.
Next spring, Paris will have a traditional Chinese Spring Festival with a show on the Champs Elysees, the boulevard(林阴大道)that runs through the centre of the French capital.
Other expositions will include one on Emperor Kang Xi, a retrospective(回顾)of Chinese films and a week of Chinese fashion.
In July, the“Art of Dunhuang”and“Week of Shanghai Culture”will end the activity.
There will also be performances and exhibitions in other French cities, organized by Chinese cities with sister-city ties.
There are now 47 sister-province and sister-city programmes. Some of the bigger cities, like Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, will have their own“culture week”in Paris, Mar-seilles, Toulouse and Lyon.
The China-France Culture Year was initiated(创始)by Chinese President Jiang Zemin and French President Jaques Chirac in 1999.
(1) When did the formal diplomatic recognition between China and France begin?
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(2) The China-France Culture Year will last ________.
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(3) The underlined phrase“kicked off”probably means“________”.
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(4) This passage mainly tells us ________.
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A.the different shows for China to give in France to mark the China-France Culture Year
B.France will come to China for the China-France Culture Year
C.a lot of contemporary cultures will be exhibited in France
D.the activities for the China-France Culture Year will be held in Paris
(5) Which of the following won't appear in Paris during the exhibition?
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June 8th, 2004
Tian'anmen. Square. Forbidden City. The Ming Tombs. Summer Palace. The Great Wall Peking Duck. Street of Bars.
I feel like I've been run over by a tractor. Beijing has too much history. It's completely overpowering. I think my friend is just as blinded by the pure brightness of China's long past. Oh… the glory of ancient China still exists. I think out of all the places I visited, I like the Great Wall the best. We climbed, and climbed and climbed. Parts of it were basically straight up. We were out of breath all the way up. But it was all worth it. One sight of the length and lasting power of this monument of humankind blew the wind out of me. From our point of vision, the wall was endless; travels as far as the eye could see.
On a totally unrelated topic, people here really like to use umbrellas and spit(not in that order). A great majority of the women here hold these little colored umbrellas--in fear of darkening the skin. I feel so out of place. I'm really brown. My mom calls me a black cat. One thing I can't get used to is people smoking in the restaurants and stores. Smoking is forbidden in most buildings in America unless there is a specified area . The food, however, is unbelievable. Salivating(流口水)became common. I heard the National Entrance Exam ended today or yesterday. I'm still shocked at the idea of having so many exams crowded into two days. Thankfully, we didn't have to go through with it. Instead, we had to deal with the SATs. I had the chance to talk with a few students of my age. I really admire these students. They get the spirit of“patience and perseverance”.
(1) What reminded the author of his brown skin?
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A.Umbrellas used on the Great Wall.
B.The women on the Great Wall.
C.The steep part of the Great Wall.
D.The author's mother.
(2) What puzzled the author most according to the passage?
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A.The ancient Chinese buildings.
B.The Great Wall.
C.Chinese food.
D.The way the National Exam held in China.
(3) Which of the following is an unpleasant experience during the writer's visit in China?
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A.Climbing the Great Wall.
B.Eating Chinese food.
C.Smoking is not forbidden in some public places.
D.So many students took part in the National Exam.
(4) What's the writer's attitude towards the Chinese students?
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To make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident. (He thought the experience would make a nice book. )
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up.“I was beaten down, completely humbled,”admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press (also part of the bargain), stating,“Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”
Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto's Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids.
Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley.“I had been around children so much,”she sighs(叹气),“I couldn't talk to a grownup.”She continued to run the household, however until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it.
Although Peters had consulted with his school's home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria(食堂),his meals were sometimes a disaster.“I tried to slip the butter I'd forgotten under the eggs after they were frying,”he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot sometimes having Macdonald's hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made.“I found an easier way--I shut the doors,“he says. Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week.“I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them fight side out so they would look clean.”
Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely(日常地)sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. The tentative(暂定的)title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day:“A contract”.
(1) The couple signed the contract because ________.
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A.Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself
B.Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest
C.they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks
D.Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book
(2) It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to ________.
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A.pay a certain amount of money
B.do all the housework for years
C.say sorry to his wife
D.admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood
(3) What can we learn about Pat Peters?
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A.She was hardworking and selfless.
B.She was pretty and kindhearted.
C.She was tired of the child-raising and house-hold tasks.
D.She did not love Bob any longer.
(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A.Bob managed to keep the kids' clothes clean.
B.Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.
C.Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work.
D.Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day.
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I needed to get some money, so after Christmas, I took a job in the clothes department at Graham's for the first fortnight of the January sale. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but it was an experience I'1I never forget.
I could never understand why there were so many things in the sales; where did they all come from? Now I know the secret! Firstly, there is the special winter stock(货物)and the stock that people buy all the year round; some of these things are slightly reduced. Secondly, there are the stammer clothes they couldn't sell last year; these are heavily reduced to clear them Thirdly, there are cheap clothes bought in specially for the sales; these are put out at high prices ten days be-fore the sale, begins and then are reduced by 60%in the sale Clever! lastly, they buy in“seconds”(clothes mot in perfect condition)for the sale and they are sold very cheaply.
When I arrived half an hour before opening on the first day of the sale, there was already a queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous. When the big moment arrived to open the doors the security guards, looking less confident than usual, came up to them, keys in hand. The moment they had unlocked the doors, they hid behind the doors for protection as the noisy crowd charged in. I couldn't believe my eyes; this wasn't shopping, it was a battlefield! One poor lady couldn't keep her feet and was knocked over by people pushing from behind.
Clothes were flying in all directions as people searched for the sizes, colours and styles they wanted. Quarrels broke out. Mothers were using their small children to crawl(爬行)through people's legs and get hold of things they couldn't get near themselves.
Within minutes I had half a dozen people pushing clothes under my nose, each wanting to be the first served. Where had the famous English queue gone? The whole day continued like that, but I kept my temper(脾气)! I was taking money hand over fist and began to realize why, twice a year, Graham's were happy to turn their expensive store into a battlefield like this.
In the sale fever, people were spending money like water without thinking whether they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain it was OK.
You won't believe this but as soon as I got home I crashed out for four hours. Then I had dinner and went back to bed, fearing the sound of the alarm which would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale.
(1) What kind of clothes is likely to be sold 5%cheaper?
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A.Last summer's clothes.
B.Clothes not in perfect condition.
C.Clothes bought in specially for the sales.
D.Clothes for winter.
(2) Which of the following statements is true?
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A.The customers gave up the queuing, for which the English are famous.
B.The customers kept their temper while looking for clothes they wanted.
C.Small children enjoyed crawling through people's legs.
D.The security guards were fearless of the crowd.
(3) In the author's opinion, why were Graham's happy to make their expensive store into a“battlefield”?
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A.There were too many clothes and they wanted to clear them in the sales.
B.They were eager to show that they were clever at doing business.
C.They could take the chance to raise the prices of all their clothes.
D.They wanted to make more money by having sales.
(4) The expression“crashed out”means ________.
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A few years ago it was popular to speak of a generation gap, a disagreement between young people and their elders. Parents said that children did not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complained(抱怨)that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many people argue that a gap is built into the fabric(结构)of our society.
One important cause of the generation gap is the chance that young people have to choose their own ways of life. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and agree to, and to continue the family occupation(职业).In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.
In our easily changing society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the strong desire that parents have for their children is another cause of the disagreement between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.
Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.
No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature(特点)of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedom and changes of our society, and in the rapid speed at which society changes.
(1) The main idea of the first paragraph is that ________.
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A.the generation gap suddenly appeared
B.the generation gap is a feature of modern social life
C.people can reduce the generation gap
D.many critics argue over the nature of the generation gap
(2) The word“around”in Paragraph 1 means ________.
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(3) Which cause of the generation gap is not mentioned in the passage?
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A.Young people like to choose their own life styles.
B.American society is changing very fast.
C.Parents place high hopes on their children.
D.Modem education makes them think differently.
(4) In American society, young people often ________.
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A.depend on their parents to make a life
B.stay with their parents in order to get a chance for higher education
C.seek the best advice from their parents
D.have very little in common with their parents
(5) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
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A.Parents should be strict with their children.
B.The younger generation should value the older generation for their wisdom.
C.The generation gap is partly caused by the older generation.
D.The generation gap does not exist in American society.
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