全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题TestOne2-教育硕士-优易学

全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题TestOne2

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　　Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated; they have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers vividly are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed. The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They don\'t like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing their sense of feeling contended. They doubt that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds.

　　What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn\'t people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And what about clothing? Who said that all the men in the world should wear dull gray suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives; so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material possessions? Can anything be right with the rat-race? Haven\'t the old lost touch with all that is important in life?

　　These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasn\'t been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have turned to the older for guidance. Today, the situation might be reversed. The old-if they are prepared to admit it-could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not sinful. Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure; to shed restricting inhibitions. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future. The world is full of uncertainty and tension. This is their glorious heritage. Can we be surprised that they should so often question the sanity of the generation that passed it down?

　　31. Which of the following features in the young is NOT mentioned?

　　［A］ Better educated［B］ More money and freedom.

　　［C］ Greater independence. ［D］ Respect for work.

　　32. What do the young have an attitude for?

　　［A］ The differences between the old and young.

　　［B］ The assumption of the old generation.

　　［C］ The emphasis on violence as a solution to social problems.

　　［D］ The social conventions that they are expected to follow.

　　33. Why do the young stress on the present because .

　　［A］ the past is full of sanity that should be done with

　　［B］ the present is more secure than the past

　　［C］ the present world is substantial and sustaining

　　［D］ the present is made up of a glorious heritage

　　34. What can the old learn from the young generation?

　　［A］ Enjoyment is not despicable for what it is

　　［B］ People should have more time for leisure.

　　［C］ It is a blessing that people can learn to enjoy life

　　［D］ One should break free of the restrictions that life imposes

　　35. How do the young think about office hours?

　　［A］ They are more painful than enforced slavery

　　［B］ They are happier than enforced slavery

　　［C］ They are almost as painful as enforced slavery

　　［D］ They are the most painful enforced slavery

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　　Researchers are finding that boys and girls really are from two different planets. Experts say boys and girls have different "crisis points", stages in their emotional and social development where things can go very wrong. Until recently, girls got all the attention. But boys are much more likely than girls to have discipline problems at school and to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Boys far outnumber girls in special-education classes. They\'re also more likely to commit violent crimes and end up in jail.

　　Even normal boy behavior has come to be considered pathological（病态的）in the wake of the feminist movement. An abundance of physical energy and the urge to conquer－these are normal male characteristics, and in an earlier age they were good things, even essential to survival. "If Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer were alive today," says Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Boys, "we\'d say they had ADD." He says one of the new insights we\'re gaining about boys is a very old one: boys will be boys. "They are who they are," says Gurian, "and we need to love them for who they are. Let\'s not try to rewire them."

　　But what exactly is the essential nature of boys? Even as infants, boys and girls behave differently. A recent study at Children\'s Hospital in Boston found that boy babies are more emotionally expressive; girls are more reflective. (That means boy babies tend to cry when they\'re unhappy; girl babies suck their thumbs.) This could indicate that girls are innately more able to control their emotions. Boys have higher levels of testosterone and lower levels of neurotransmitter serotonin(神经传递素), which inhabits aggression(睾丸激素) and impulsivity. That may help explain why more males than females carry through with suicide or become alcoholics.

　　There\'s a struggle between a desire and need for warmth on the one hand and a pull toward independence on the other. Boys are going through what psychologists long ago declared an integral part of growing up: individualization and disconnection from parents, especially mothers. But now some researchers think that process is too abrupt. When boys repress normal feelings like love because of social pressure, says William Pollack, head of the Center for Men at Boston\'s McLean Hospital, "they\'ve lost contact with the genuine nature of whom they are and what they feel. Boys are in a silent crisis. The only time we notice it is when they pull the trigger."

　　36. Which of the following is NOT true according to the first paragraph?

　　［A］ Boys and girls are different.

　　［B］ Boys need more attention than girls.

　　［C］ Girls almost need no help from society.

　　［D］ Boys are more difficult to educate than girls

　　37. What can be inferred about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (Line 4, Para. 2)?

　　［A］ They were more like today\'s girls than boys.

　　［B］ They suffered Attention Deficit Disorder but were not diagnosed.

　　［C］ They were energetic and conquering.

　　［D］ They had more problems than today\'s boys.

　　38. The word "rewire" (Line 7, Para. 2) could best be replaced by .

　　［A］ restore to a former condition ［B］ recognize the worth of