“shell shock.” Soldiers, living in the trenches among the bombing and gun fires, saw the battlefields filled with dead and wounded companions. __17___ In 1950, US novelist Passos wrote “Apathy is one of the characteristic responses of any living being when it is subjected to something too tense or too complicated to deal with.” US philosopher Robert M. Hutchins summarizes the concerns about political indifference. He claims that the death of democracy is not likely to be a sudden murder from ambush(埋伏). ___18___
There may be other things contributing to a person’s political apathy. Activist Dave Meslin argues that apathy is often the result of social systems actively blocking engagement and involvement. He describes various barriers that prevent people from knowing how or why they might get involved in something. __19__ These include: political media that make it difficult for potentially interested individuals to find relevant information, and media descriptions of heroes as “chosen” by outside forces rather than self-motivated. He suggests that we redefine social apathy not as a population that is stupid or lazy, but as a result of poorly designed systems that fail to invite others to participate.
A. It will be a slow process of fading away from apathy and indifference. B. Apathetic people may lack a sense of purpose or meaning in their life.
C. The word “dispassion” is used for “apatheia”, so as not to confuse it with apathy. D. He focuses on designed choices that unintentionally or intentionally exclude people. E. So they gradually developed a sense of disconnected numbness to normal social interaction. F. Although the word “apathy” originates from “apatheia”, it is important not to confuse the two
terms.
G. Author John McManamy argues apathy is a psychological problem for some depressed
people, in which they get a sense that “nothing matters”.
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书面表达
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，给校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，介绍上周你与外国朋友Tom在颐和园的经历。 注意：词数不少于60。
提示词：毛笔 a writing brush
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参考答案：
第一节 语法填空
第一套
1. goes 2. to get 3. busier 4. documents 5. to 6. played 7. has won 8. marking 9. were organized 10. which
第二套
1. largest 2. has grown 3. which 4. is called 5. started 6. roles 7. its 8. named 9. at 10. clearly
第三套
1. completed 2. with 3. explorers 4. who 5. was ruled 6. how 7. called 8. that 9. to record 10.central
第四套
1. with 2. where 3. a 4. appreciates 5. taken 6. photographs 7. selling 8. are made 9. practical 10. for
第五套
1. how 2. believed 3. to do 6. from 7. examples
完形填空：
第一篇：1-5：DDBCB
阅读理解：
A篇：CABDB篇：BAA C篇：BCBD篇：ACBD E篇：BFEAC
书面表达：
One Possible Version
Last weekend, Tom and I paid a visit to the Summer Palace, which proved to be very interesting and rewarding.
We arrived at the entrance early in the morning and I introduced the history of the park to Tom briefly. The moment we entered the park, Tom was attracted by the beautiful scenery and we walked along the beautiful lake happily. Soon, we noticed an elderly man practicing calligraphy on the ground, with a bucket of water aside. Holding a big writing brush in his hand, he wrote the Chinese character for “longevity”. As well as other tourists,we couldn’t help but admire his skills. To our surprise, the elderly man invited Tom to have a try. With his help, Tom completed his first calligraphy task, the two Chinese characters for “China”,quite successfully. Before we left, we took a phototogether to memorize this valuable experience. In the picture, Tom held the writing brush and the elderly man smiled, with his thumb up.
I was so glad that I could help my foreign friend to learn about the art of the language we have been using for several thousand years. In addition, I rediscovered the charm of Chinese culture.
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4. dreamed 5. what/ whatever 9. was encouraged 10. thankful
8. myself
6-10：AABDA 11-15：CCABD 16-20: ABCDC
第二篇：1-5：CADAC 6-10：ABCAB11-15：CDBDC 16-20: DDABB
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