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C) People who have little say in American politics.
D) Workers who no longer have secure jobs. 56. What has affluence brought to American society?
A) Renewed economic security. B) A sense of self-fulfillment. C) New conflicts and complaints. D) Misery and anti-social behavior.
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she ―treads softly (谨言慎行)in the world,‖ elevating feminine beauty and grace to an art form.
Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic (语言的) ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential ―women’s‖ forms, and even using the few strong forms that are know as ―men’s.‖ This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women’s language. Indeed, we didn’t hear about ―men’s language‖ until people began to respond to girls’ appropriation of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the ―corruption‖ of women’s language—which of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and morality—and this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion polls that are regularly carried out by the media.
Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many of the highly deferential forms as older women. This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to ―grow into‖—after all, it is assign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of one’s social relations as well. One might well imagine little girls using exceedingly polite forms when playing house or imitating older women—in a fashion analogous to little girls’ use of a high-pitched voice to do ―teacher talk‖ or ―mother talk‖ in role play.
The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change—of social change and of linguistic change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the ―masculization‖ of girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the same claim to authority as boys and men, but that is very different from saying that they are trying to be ―masculine.‖ Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays are using more assertive language strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings not simply different positions for women and girls, but different relations to life stages, and adolescent girls are participating in new subcultural forms. Thus what may, to an older speaker, seem like ―masculine‖ speech may seem to an adolescent like ―liberated‖ or ―hip‖ speech.
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A) the standards set for contemporary Japanese women B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan C) the stereotyped role of women in Japanese families D) the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow
58. What change has been observed in today’s young Japanese women?
A) They pay less attention to their linguistic behavior. B) The use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms. C) They confuse male and female forms of language. D) They employ very strong linguistic expressions.
59. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reported in the
Japanese media?
A) They call for a campaign to stop the defeminization. B) The see it as an expression of women’s sentiment. C) They accept it as a modern trend. D) They express strong disapproval.
60. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed in today’s young women
________.
A) may lead to changes in social relations B) has been true of all past generations C) is viewed as a sign of their maturity D) is a result of rapid social progress
61. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is ________.
A) a sure sign of their defeminization and maturation B) an indication of their defiance against social change
C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society D) an inevitable trend of linguistic development in Japan today
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked
A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ 大学生电脑主页【 www.dxsdiannao.com 】- 最适合大学生的网址导航！精彩大学生活从这里开始！
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Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often, it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __77__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌).
Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult. 62. A) To
B) By C) On D) For 63. A) fresh
B) obvious C) apparent D) evident 64. A) visual
B) vivid C) live D) lively 65. A) little
B) less C) more D) much 66. A) reluctance
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B) rejection
C) denial D) decline 67. A) natural
B) world C) social D) human 68. A) revising
B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving 69. A) review
B) reminder C) concept D) prospect 70. A) preparing
B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing 71. A) never
B) ever C) then D) before 72. A) up
B) down C) over D) out 73. A) merely
B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally 74. A) surge
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B) spur
C) surf D) splash 75. A) ensued
B) traced C) followed D) occurred 76. A) which
B) where C) what D) when 77. A) enough
B) certain C) conclusive D) final 78. A) but
B) as C) that D) those 79. A) exile
B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace 80. A) ride
B) trail C) path D) track 81. A) conventions
B) notifications C) communications D) negotiations
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
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