Passage Four
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Three American psychologists did a research study several years ago on what Americans value most. In the study, eighteen values were asked to put in the order of importance. The result is as follows:
1. family security 3. freedom 5. happiness
7. a sense of accomplishment 9. true friendship 11. inner harmony 13. national security 15. a world of beauty 17. an exciting life
2. a world at peace 4. self-respect 6. wisdom 8. a comfortable life
10. Salvation (拯救) in the religious sense 12. Equality 14. mature love 16. pleasure
18. social recognition
Are you surprised that Americans place their values in this way? Did you think they would put their values in a different order? I would have thought love and friendship might have come higher on this list. As you can see, several of these values are closely related to each other and are dependent upon each other. In other words, we cannot have 1-family security without 2 a world at peace, and 3 national security.
The results of the study showed that people who placed equality high up on their list of values were those who had positive attitudes towards persons of other races and who supported civil rights activity, especially the work of Martin Luther King Jr.
Another Interesting finding in this study was that eleven-year-old children ranked a world of beauty 7th in Importance, but fifteen-year old children ranked a world of beauty 14th and adults ranked it 17th. Well, what does it mean? Probably it means that as people grow older and take on more responsibilities in their work and with their own families, that appreciating beauty move-back into the background of their lives. What a pity! Children have more time to enjoy equity and Nature.
Philosophers, psychologists and religious people have always been very much conceded
with values. After all, values represent what we each hold most dear to ourselves and to our society.
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Societies establish their own forms of government based on the collective values of the people, or at least they try to do so.
16. The best title of this passage can be ▲ . A. The American People
C. How Psychologists Do Research
B. A Research on American Values D. The American Social Custom
17. Which of the following might the writer place higher on the list? ▲ A. A world of beauty. C. Equality and freedom.
B. A comfortable life. D. Love and friendship
18. Which of the following is NOT true? ▲
A. All Americans look forward to the equality of different races. B. Psychologists got some interesting results from this study.
C. Family security and a world at peace are dependent upon each other.
D. People's concepts of values play an essential role in the formation of their government system.
19. The finding that children ranked \▲ .
A. American schools begin to lay more emphasis on beauty education B. American children are usually more kind-hearted than adults
C. adults have less time to enjoy beauty and Nature because of more responsibilities D. a world of beauty would be the most important thing as people grow older 20. According to the last paragraph, values represent ▲ . A. what a dear friend our society is to us B. what our dear society can give us
C. most valuable things to us and to our society D. how we and our society hold to each other
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (共 40 小题，每小题 1 分，共 40 分)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
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21. Mr. White, who often donates a lot of money to charity, is ▲ man I've ever known. A. the most generous C. the less generous
B. the more generous D. the least generous
22. Quite a lot of young people are willing ▲ with the old lady, for she is a friendly and easy-going person. A. talking
B. to talk
C. to be talked
D. being talked
23. The cause of this kind of flu hasn't yet ▲ in spite of the efforts of the medical researchers. A. have discovered C. been discovered
B. discovered D. discover
24. It is suggested that the regular meeting on Wednesdays ▲ limited to 20 minutes. A. were B. was C. is D. be
25. All flights ▲ due to the fog, they decided to go to Guangzhou by train. A. have been cancelled C. having been cancelled
B. having cancelled D. were cancelled
26. Only when you are over 65 years old ▲ take buses for free in some cities. A. need you B. you can C. can you D. you need
27. If you accuse someone of causing you harm or losses, you ▲ convincing proofs by yourself. A. would collect C. had collected
B. will have to collect D. collect
28. These retired women ▲ that benefits of dancing in parks for many years. A. had enjoyed C. has been enjoying
B. enjoys
D. have been enjoying
29. What angered the old man most ▲ that his son didn't follow his advice on marriage. A. is B. were C. was D. are
30. According to the expert's presentation, the project ▲ to increase household income for farmers in the western areas.
A. is expected
B. are expected
C. is expecting
D. expects
31. The more time he spent ▲ this matter, the more nervous he became.
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A. considered B. considering C. considers D. consider
32. The number of the spectators present at the football match was ▲ that expected. There were many tickets left.
A. much smaller
B. much more
C. much larger
D. many more
33. The Production Department, as well as the other departments, will have its budget ▲ to $ 3 million this year.
A. Increased
B. being Increased
C. to Increase
D. to have been Increased
34. No sooner had the building been built ▲ it collapsed in a strong earthquake. A. when B. than C. then D. before
35. A survey showed that the population in France ▲ because many women didn't like to have a baby for some reason or other.
A. has decreased
B. had decreased
C. decreases
D. have decreased
36. Having stayed in China for five years, the American teacher can speak Chinese fluently as if he ▲ a Chinese. A. is
B. were
C. was
D. had been
37. ▲ some students hunt for jobs after graduation, others continue their further study at university.
A. Since
B. While
C. Because
D. If
38. It IS Important to provide an environment ▲ employees are encouraged to make suggestions at all levels of the company. A. from which
B. in that
C. in which
D. what
39. ▲ A that I wasn't going to get much chance for promotion, I decided to quit the job. A. Realizing B. To realize C. Being realized D. Realized 40. It is believed that some illnesses are related to ▲ was eaten. A. which B. it C. what D. that
41. We usually want people to keep quiet in the cinema so that we can ▲ the film. A. contain B. appreciate C. receive D. accept
42. People can live for many days without food, but two or three days without water may ▲death. A. result in B. result from C. carry away D. take away
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