Passage 1 As regards social conventions,we must say a word about the well-known English class system.This is an embarrassing subject for English people,and one they tend to be ashamed of,though?during the present century class-consciousness has grown less
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Passage 1
As regards social conventions,we must say a word about the well-known English class system.This is an embarrassing subject for English people,and one they tend to be ashamed of,though?during the present century class-consciousness has grown less and less,and the class system less?rigid.But it still exists below the surface.Broadly speaking,it means there are two classes,the"middle class"and the"working class".(We shall ignore for a moment the old"upper class",including the hereditary aristocracy,since it is extremely small in numbers;but some of its members?have the right to sit in the House of Lords,and some newspapers take surprising interest in their?private life.)The middle class consists chiefly of well-to-do businessmen and professional people of?all kinds.The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.
The most obvious difference between them is in their accent.Middle-class people use slightly?varying kinds of"received pronunciation"which is the kind of English spoken by BBC announcers?and taught to overseas pupils.Typical working-class people speak in many different local accents?which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated.One of the biggest barriers of social?equality in England is the two-class education system.To have been to a so-called"public school"immediately marks you out as one of the middle class.The middle classes tend to live a more formal?life than working-class people,and are usually more cultured.Their midday meal is"lunch"and?they have a rather formal evening meal called"dinner",whereas the working man′s dinner,if his?working hours permit,is at midday,and his smaller,late-evening meal is called supper.
As we have said,however,the class system is much less rigid than it was,and for a long time it?has been government policy to reduce class distinctions.Working-class students very commonly?receive a university education and enter the professions,and working-class incomes have grown so?much recently that the distinctions between the two classes are becoming less and less clear.However,regardless of one′s social status,certain standards of politeness are expected of?everybody,and a well-bred person is polite to everyone he meets,and treats a laborer with the same?respect he gives an important businessman.Servility inspires both embarrassment and dislike.Even?the word"sir",except in school and in certain occupations(e.g.commerce,the army,etc.)sounds?too servile to be commonly used.
Which of the following is not true about the English class system?查看材料
As regards social conventions,we must say a word about the well-known English class system.This is an embarrassing subject for English people,and one they tend to be ashamed of,though?during the present century class-consciousness has grown less and less,and the class system less?rigid.But it still exists below the surface.Broadly speaking,it means there are two classes,the"middle class"and the"working class".(We shall ignore for a moment the old"upper class",including the hereditary aristocracy,since it is extremely small in numbers;but some of its members?have the right to sit in the House of Lords,and some newspapers take surprising interest in their?private life.)The middle class consists chiefly of well-to-do businessmen and professional people of?all kinds.The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.
The most obvious difference between them is in their accent.Middle-class people use slightly?varying kinds of"received pronunciation"which is the kind of English spoken by BBC announcers?and taught to overseas pupils.Typical working-class people speak in many different local accents?which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated.One of the biggest barriers of social?equality in England is the two-class education system.To have been to a so-called"public school"immediately marks you out as one of the middle class.The middle classes tend to live a more formal?life than working-class people,and are usually more cultured.Their midday meal is"lunch"and?they have a rather formal evening meal called"dinner",whereas the working man′s dinner,if his?working hours permit,is at midday,and his smaller,late-evening meal is called supper.
As we have said,however,the class system is much less rigid than it was,and for a long time it?has been government policy to reduce class distinctions.Working-class students very commonly?receive a university education and enter the professions,and working-class incomes have grown so?much recently that the distinctions between the two classes are becoming less and less clear.However,regardless of one′s social status,certain standards of politeness are expected of?everybody,and a well-bred person is polite to everyone he meets,and treats a laborer with the same?respect he gives an important businessman.Servility inspires both embarrassment and dislike.Even?the word"sir",except in school and in certain occupations(e.g.commerce,the army,etc.)sounds?too servile to be commonly used.
Which of the following is not true about the English class system?查看材料
A.It is an embarrassing subject for English people.
B.Working-class students cannot receive a university education.
C.The class system is much less rigid than it was.
D.The class system still exists below the surface.
B.Working-class students cannot receive a university education.
C.The class system is much less rigid than it was.
D.The class system still exists below the surface.
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参考答案和解析
答案：B
解析：
细节题。由“Thisis an embarrassing subject for English people”可知选项A符合文中表述；由“the class system is much less rigid than it was”可知选项C符合文中表述：由“But it still exists below the?surface”可知选项D符合文中表述。而根据第三段第二句“Working-class students very commonly receive a?university education and enter the professions”可知出身工人阶级的学生也非常普遍的接受大学教育，选项B与文章不符，故选B。
更多“Passage 1 ”相关问题
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第1题：
小学英语?阅读
一、考题回顾
二、考题解析
【教学设计】
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aim:
Students will master the meaning and usage of the structure “be doing” through reading the passage.
Ability aim:
Students will apply the “be doing” to communicate with each other in real situation.
Emotional aim:
Students will be more interest in learning English.
Key and difficult point:
Key Point: Students will master how to improve reading abilities through finding main idea and details.
Difficult Point: Students will apply the “be doing” to communicate with each other in real situation.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1: Warming-up
1. Greetings.
2. Play a riddle and students guess the animals, such as “long nose, big ears and strong body——elephant”, then lead to the topic of “let’s go to the zoo to see what animals are doing”.
Step 2: Pre-reading
1. According to the title, students have a prediction about what kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage.
Step 3: While-reading
1. Fast reading: students read the passage fast and figure out what kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage then make a list.
2. Careful reading: students read the passage carefully and answer the question: what are the animals doing? Then fill in the blanks.
1. How do you improve students’ interest in learning English?
2. What principle should you use in the post-reading step?答案：解析：1.
In the process of English teaching, teachers should enrich the teaching approaches, not only teach students through "listening, speaking, reading", but also integrate situational teaching, so that students can feel the diversity of teaching and learning.
Besides, teachers can make use of the form of cooperative study and organize various practice activities in the classroom to create an atmosphere of mutual assistance and cooperation, so that students have positive sense of learning.
2.
First, we should persist in the communicative principle. In the production step of reading
class, students should be organized in groups to cultivate their speaking ability and communicative ability. In this way, we can reach the New Curriculum Standard.
Then, we should insist on the truth principle. That means we should provide more real materials that are closet to students’ real life, such as situation creation like what I did in this class. In this way, students’ interest can be aroused and they can apply what they’ve learned in real communication. -
第2题：
单选题Which of the following most accurately states the role of the first paragraph in relation to the passage as a whole?AIt summarizes two theories. the relative merits of which are debated in the passage.
BIt puts forth an argument that the rest of the passage is devoted to refuting.
CIt introduces a new concept that the rest of the passage expands upon.
DIt frames the background and relevance of the material to follow.
EIt outlines the majorthemes of each of the four paragraphs to follow.
正确答案： D解析：
推断题。第一段讲述了科学家们在了解疟疾方面所做的努力：“It took scientists centuries to deconstruct”，然后将疟疾与人类的健康联系“has contributed to the difficulty of devishag effective public health measures to combat the disease”，故D项的表述正确。 -
第3题：
单选题The primary purpose of Passage 1 is ______.Ato persuade the author of Passage 2 of the validity of evolutionary theory
Bto describe the process by which protein is created by hemoglobin
Cto counter a common misconception about the composition of the human body
Dto deny the practical application of macroevolutionary theory
Eto deride those who underestimate the complexity of the human body
正确答案： D解析：
作者首先提出，人们普遍认为人体是一个精致的时间机器，但他不这样认为，接着作者用血红蛋白的例子证明自己的想法，故选C项。 -
第4题：
单选题Unlike the author of Passage 1, the author of Passage 2 answers which of the following questions?AWhere did Shah Jahan have the Taj Mahal constructed?
BHow did Moslem influences manifest themselves in the Taj Mahal's design?
CWhat role did Moslem women play in the design of the Taj Mahal?
DDo all people appreciate the Taj Mahal's architecture?
EHow does the Taj Mahal compare with other examples of Islamic architecture?
正确答案： A解析：
A项内容只是在第一篇文章有所提及，A项不正确。虽然两篇文章都提到泰姬陵是为了一个女人建造的，但是两篇文章都没有提到女性在这个建筑的设计方面有什么影响，C不正确。D项内容太绝对，且两篇文章都没有提到所有的人都欣赏这个建筑。E项内容只在第一篇文章中有体现。 -
第5题：
单选题A flame screen（）.Apermits the passage of vapor but not of flame
Bprevents the passage of flammable vapors
Cprevents inert gas from leaving a tank
Dpermits vapors to exit but not enter a tank
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析 -
第6题：
单选题From the passage we can infer that the passage is probably selected from______.Aa speech to business leaders
Ba speech of a manager to his staff
Can article in a popular magazine
Da movie
正确答案： B解析：
该篇文章主要讲述对软件开发人员进行培训的必要性及应该采取哪种方式，由此可以推断这篇文章应当是针对商界领导人的演讲，鼓励他们对员工进行培训。故选A。 -
第7题：
单选题The two passages differ in their perspectives on the debate between industrialists and environmentalists mainly in that Passage 1 emphasizes ______.Amathematics, while Passage 2 emphasizes psychology
Bdeficiencies in the debate, while Passage 2 emphasizes progress in the debate
Cthe irrelevance of externalities, while Passage 2 emphasizes their importance
Dthe impact on taxpayers, while Passage 2 emphasizes the views of politicians
Epollution, while Passage 2 emphasizes recycling
正确答案： C解析：
第一篇文章主要是关于环境保护论争论的缺陷，提到取得的进步很少，妖魔化成分太多，并提议进行更广范围的分析。第二段表明Costanza的作品认为实业家和环境保护主义者没有明显差别，论辩因此取得了进步。 -
第8题：
单选题Which of the following sentences should be omitted to improve the unity of the passage?ASentence 1
BSentence 2
CSentence 4
DSentence 7
ESentence 11
正确答案： E解析：
第7句所在的段落主要叙述的是迷信形成的过程。因此第7句关于人类的大脑能完成伟大的事情的叙述在这段话中不恰当，应省去。 -
第9题：
单选题The author most likely begins and concludes the passage with questions for what reason?ATo suggest possible areas for current and future research
BTo pose a question that is answered in the body of the passage, and then to formulate a question that arises naturally out of the discussion
CTo gain the readers’ attention and encourage their agreement with the arguments in the passage
DTo suggest through rhetorical questions that the problems described in the passage do not actually have answers
ETo test the readers’ knowledge of the material discussed in the passage
正确答案： B解析：
推断题。文章叙述了企业对于《清洁空气法案》的不遵守问题，由此希望引起社会的注意，故本题应选C项。 -
第10题：
单选题According to Passage 1, forests in Africa are cleared to allow for all of the following EXCEPT ______.Aagrarian cultivation
Bessential employment
Cadded human domiciles
Dincreased fuel production
Efeeding farm animals
正确答案： B解析：
因为两篇文章都没有提到用于燃料的木柴，故选D项。 -
第11题：
问答题Practice 1 Listen to the following passage. Write in English a short summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear the passage only once, and then you will have 25 minutes to finish your summary. This part of the test carries 20 points. You may need to scribble a few notes to write your summary. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案： 【文章梗概】
本文主要讨论英语语言。文章认为英语是目前在全球范围内最为广泛使用的语言之一,运用该语言的人数之多, 前所未有。英语在人类生活的各方面广为运用。原因主要有三个,即英语在科学、技术和商业中的运用、英语吸收其它语言词汇的能力及英语接纳不同方言的能力。随着世界的变化,英语也会随之而变,将有新的形式出现。英语不是世界上少数几个国家的财产,它属于所有需要它、使用它的人。
【参考答案】
综述内容应包括5个主要点信息和9个次要点信息中的5个。下划线部分为主要点, 斜体部分为次要点。
The global spread of English over the last 40 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language, by its depth of penetration into societies and by its range of functions.
Worldwide over 1.4 billion people live in countries where English has official status. One out of five of the world’s population speaks English with some degree of competence. Over 70% of the world’s scientists read English. About 85% of the world’s mail is written in English. By 2010, the number of people who speak English as a second or foreign language will exceed the number of native speakers.
English is used for more purposes than ever before. Vocabularies, grammatical forms, and ways of speaking and writing have emerged influenced by technological and scientific developments, economics and management, literature and entertainment genres. What began some 1,500 years ago as a rude language, originally spoken by obscure Germanic tribes who invaded England, now encompasses the globe.
Three factors continue to contribute to this spread of English: English usage in science, technology and commerce, the ability to incorporate vocabulary from other languages, and the acceptability of various English dialects.
In science, English replaced German after World War Ⅱ. With this technical and scientific dominance came the beginning of overall linguistic dominance, first in Europe and then globally.
Today, the information age has replaced the industrial age and has compressed time and distance. This is transforming world economics from industrial production to information-based goods and services. Ignoring geography and borders, the information revolution is redefining our world. In less then 20 years, information processing, once limited to the printed word, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-mediated communication is closing the gap between spoken and written English. It encourages more informal conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style, and has resulted in Internet English replacing the authority of language institutes and practices.
English, like many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic syntax. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, of which about 80%is foreign. Therefore, it has cognates from virtually every language in Europe and has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew and Arabic, Hindi-Urdu and Bengali, Malay and Chinese, as well as languages from West Africa and Polynesia. This language characteristic makes it unique in history.
And there is no English language central authority to guard the purity of the language, therefore, many dialects have developed: American, British, Canadian, Indian, and Australian, to name a few. There is no standard pronunciation. But within this diversity is a unity of grammar and one set of core vocabulary. Thus, each country that speaks the language can inject aspects of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
The world is in transition, and the English language will take new forms. The language and how it is used will change, reflecting patterns of contact with other languages and the changing communication needs of people.
English is divesting itself of its political and cultural connotations as more people realize that English is not the property of only a few countries. Instead, it is a vehicle that is used globally and will lead to more opportunities. It belongs to whoever uses it for whatever purpose or need.
【解 析】
一、主干内容表达部分:
这部分内容为文章的主干内容,是综述的主要点信息。
1. The global spread of English over the last 40 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented.
[分析]该句为开篇第一句,确定全篇话题,是全文框架性内容。
2. English is used for more purposes than ever before.
[分析]该句为段落首句,为全段中心句,也是全文话题下讨论的主要内容之一,因此是全文框架性内容。
3. Three factors continue to contribute to this spread of English: English usage in science, technology and commerce, the ability to incorporate vocabulary from other languages, and the acceptability of various English dialects.
[分析]从通篇结构判断,本句是全文讨论的重点内容,后面诸段都围绕该句中各关键表达进行,因此该句是全文框架性内容。
4. The world is in transition, and the English language will take new forms.
[分析]该句为段落首句,为全段中心句,也是全文话题下讨论的主要内容之一,因此是全文框架性内容。
5. It belongs to whoever uses it for whatever purpose or need.
[分析]本部分为全文最后一段最后一句,在对全文总结的基础上提出了对英语的展望,是全文框架性内容。
二、支持性细节表达部分
这部分内容为主要点的重要支持性细节,是综述的次要点信息。
1. In science, English replaced German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance came the beginning of overall linguistic dominance, first in Europe and then globally.
[分析]本句从历史角度具体阐释英语发展科技方面的原因, 有力支持了原文主要观点,因此是重要的支持性细节。
2. Computer-mediated communication encourages more informal conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style, and has resulted in Internet English replacing the authority of language institutes and practices.
[分析]本句从目前科技发展的状况具体阐释了英语发展的原因,有力支持了原文主要观点,因此是重要的支持性细节。
3. English, like many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic syntax. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary.
[分析]本句从语言特质角度分析了英语发展的原因,有力支持了原文主要观点,因此是重要的支持性细节。
4. It has cognates from virtually every language in Europe and has borrowed and continues to borrow words from other languages. This language characteristic makes it unique in history.
[分析]本句有理有据地分析了全文框架性内容中英语从其它语言吸收词汇的观点,内容概括适度,结论具有说服力,是重要的支持性细节。
5. And there is no English language central authority to guard the purity of the language, therefore, many dialects have developed.
[分析]本句位于段首,是本段中心句,亦概括解释了方言对英语发展的推动作用,因此是重要的支持性细节。
6. Thus, each country that speaks the language can inject aspects of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
[分析]本句位于段尾,通过信号词Thus可判断,本句是该段的总结句,概括全段内容,因此是重要的支持性细节。
7. The language and how it is used will change, reflecting patterns of contact with other languages and the changing communication needs of people.
[分析]本句紧接段落中心句,是对该句的进一步解释和阐述,而该段中心句内容也是全文框架性内容之一,因此本句是重要的支持性细节。
8. English is divesting itself of its political and cultural connotations.
[分析]本句位于最后一段段首,简明扼要说明了英语未来发展趋势的原因,因此是重 要的支持性细节。
9. It is a vehicle that is used globally and will lead to more opportunities.
[分析]本句简单说明了英语未来发展的趋势,为全文结论的得出提供了有力证据,因此是重要的支持性细节。
【录音原文】
The global spread of English over the last 40 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language, by its depth of penetration into societies and by its range of functions.
Worldwide over 1.4 billion people live in countries where English has official status. One out of five of the world’s population speaks English with some degree of competence. Over 70% of the world’s scientists read English. About 85%of the world’s mail is written in English. By 2010, the number of people who speak English as a second or foreign language will exceed the number of native speakers.
English is used for more purposes than ever before. Vocabularies, grammatical forms, and ways of speaking and writing have emerged influenced by technological and scientific developments, economics and management, literature and entertainment genres. What began some 1,500 years ago as a rude language, originally spoken by obscure Germanic tribes who invaded England, now encompasses the globe.
Three factors continue to contribute to this spread of English: English usage in science, technology and commerce, the ability to incorporate vocabulary from other languages, and the acceptability of various English dialects.
In science, English replaced German after World War Ⅱ. With this technical and scientific dominance came the beginning of overall linguistic dominance, first in Europe and then globally.
Today, the information age has replaced the industrial age and has compressed time and distance. This is transforming world economics from industrial production to information-based goods and services. Ignoring geography and borders, the information revolution is redefining our world. In less than 20 years, information processing, once limited to the printed word, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-mediated communication is closing the gap between spoken and written English. It encourages more informal conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style, and has resulted in Internet English replacing the authority of language institutes and practices.
English, like many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic syntax. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, of which about 80% is foreign. Therefore, it has cognates from virtually every language in Europe and has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew and Arabic, Hindi-Urdu and Bengali, Malay and Chinese, as well as languages from West Africa and Polynesia. This language characteristic makes it unique in history.
And there is no English language central authority to guard the purity of the language, therefore, many dialects have developed: American, British, Canadian, Indian, and Australian, to name a few. There is no standard pronunciation. But within this diversity is a unity of grammar and one set of core vocabulary. Thus, each country that speaks the language can inject aspects of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
The word is in transition, and the English language will take new forms. The language and how it is used will change, reflecting patterns of contact with other languages and the changing communication needs of people.
English is divesting itself of its political and cultural connotations as more people realize that English is not the property of only a few countries. Instead, it is a vehicle that is used globally and will lead to more opportunities. It belongs to whoever uses it for whatever purpose or need.解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
单选题On a ship，a door that is required to be marked KEEP CLOSED is designed to（）.Aprevent the passage of flammable gases
Bprevent the passage of poisonous vapors
Cdelay the spread of heat and flames
Dmaintain watertight integrity
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
高中英语?阅读
一、考题回顾
二、考题解析
【教案】
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aim:
Students can know the basic meaning of passage and are able to master the different greeting for the strangers.
Ability aims:
Students can practice guessing content of next paragraph according to the clues which is given in the passage.
Emotional aim:
Students are able to love learning English and like to read different English passage after this lesson.
Key and difficult point:
Key Point: guess the content of next paragraph according to the clues and know the “learned” body language, especially different greetings
Difficult Point: improve students’ reading interest.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Warming-up
1. Greetings.
2. Play a video about Chaplin’s mime and ask students several questions:
What kind of body language can you see from this video?
Do you know the meaning of these body language?
Step 2: Pre-reading
Present the passage on the screen and read it for all the students. Before reading, ask students one question: What’s the main ideas of these two paragraphs? And guess the main to topic of this lesson?
Then invite several students to share their ideas.
Step 3: While-reading
1.Lead the students to think one question: Is this a whole passage? And ask students to scan the whole passage and give the teacher answer.
2.Ask students to discuss in group and after 10 minutes to invite several students to share their ideas with all the students.
3.And different students may be just guess the content of several paragraphs. So give students a chart, ask them to finish discussing in 5 minutes. Then invite two representatives to state the whole passage.
Step4: Post-reading
Guessing game: Present another passage on the screen. And give students 10 minutes to read and discuss.Then make a chart and tell your own stories according to chart in your own group .Then invite the representatives to make a report for the whole class.
Step5: Summary and Homework
Summary: ask a student to conclude the content of the lesson and summarize with the whole class.
Homework: Present a passage and ask students to read and write a short passsage,which will be put behind of last paragraph.
Blackboard design:
1.Do you have the experience in teaching?
2. What will you do if you pass this exam?答案：解析：1.
Yes, I do. I have taught a teenager in high school. She was the junior. I mainly taught her grammar. I found her grammar was not very systematic. So I taught her from the grammar in words to the grammar in sentences in order to make her master the whole grammar, especially those always appeared in her exams. And during the teaching, I find the most important that it is the teacher should have a better understanding of the whole grammar and the high school English course. Besides, the teacher should pay more attention to the patience. It will make students relax when their learning and get along with the students.
2.
First, I will find a teaching job to practice my teaching ability. And at the same time to prepare the teachers’ exams for school. When I prepare, I think the most important it’s to know the content of text in high school and do many exercises to practice these knowledge.
Second, I will visit some good teachers who is teaching the high school and learn some experience and practice my teaching ability.
Last, I need to reflect myself to improve my knowledge and my teaching procedures. -
第14题：
单选题The primary purpose of the first four sentences of Passage 1 is to ______.Aintroduce a discussion with a story
Bestablish the author's main thesis
Cdefine several key concepts
Dprovide the historical background to a debate
Echaracterize two positions on an issue
正确答案： A解析：
第一段的前四句话描述的是回收利用的支持者和反对者的立场的特点。 -
第15题：
单选题It can be inferred from the passage that the manufacturers mentioned in paragraph 1 expected that the measures they implemented would _____.Aencourage innovation
Bkeep labor output constant
Cincrease their competitive advantage
Dpermit business upturns to be more easily predicted
正确答案： D解析：
由“manufacturers in the United States have been trying to improve productivity—and therefore enhance their international competitiveness—through cost-cutting programs”可知，C为正确选项。第三段提到，cost cutting并不能encourage innovation，所以A错误。B项是对cost cutting的解释。 -
第16题：
单选题Which best characterizes how the impact of science on chimpanzees is treated in these two passages?AThe author of Passage 1 lauds the benefits science has produced, while the author of Passage 2 speaks hopefully of possible future benefits.
BBoth of the passages react with distrust to the idea of using science to assess chimpanzees.
CThe first passage lists the studies that showed positive chimp interactions, while the author of Passage 2 refutes their claims,
DThe first passage suggests that science can have a positive impact on perceptions about chimps, whereas the second passage views science as almost universally negative.
EThe author of the first passage is more apt to justify using chimps in science than the author of Passage 2.
正确答案： E解析：
两篇文章对于科学的态度是不同的。第一篇文章列举一些关于黑猩猩的科学发现，体现了科学的正面作用。而第二篇文章提到黑猩猩被滥用为科学实验的对象，故选D项。 -
第17题：
单选题Which of the following best describes the relationship between Passage 1 and Passage 2?APassage 2 offers a criticism of the political theory outlined in Passage 1.
BPassage 1 expands upon an argument made in Passage 2.
CPassage 1 refutes the conclusion drawn in Passage 2.
DPassage 2 offers a balanced counterpoint to the biased opinions expressed in Passage 1
EPassage I offers evidence to support the main idea of Passage 2.
正确答案： E解析：
第一篇文章简短地描述了遏制政策。第二篇文章主要讲的是美国之所以没能稳定越南局势是因为美国使用了遏制政策。A项最好的解释了两篇文章的关系。 -
第18题：
单选题Which of the following activities can be used to get the main idea of a passage? _____.Areading the passage in detail
Breading to sequence the events
Creading to fill in the charts
Dreading the first and last sentences of the passage and the paragraphs
正确答案： B解析：
阅读段落的第一句话和最后一句话便可大致判定段落主旨。 -
第19题：
单选题The author of Passage 2 would most likely regard the spate of recent popular books (line 1) mentioned in Passage 1 with ______.Arighteous indignation
Binformed skepticism
Ceager anticipation
Dsentimental regret
Ebewilderment
正确答案： B解析：
第二篇文章的作者对直觉是有用的这个观点持怀疑态度。他反驳在比赛中最重要的球是最后一个进球这种观点。 -
第20题：
单选题Which sentence should be omitted from the passage?ASentence 3
BSentence 6
CSentence 9
DSentence l1
ESentence 12
正确答案： D解析：
第11句需要删去因为它使文章转向讨论说话人的舅妈。故选D项。 -
第21题：
单选题Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two passages?APassage 2 describes a significant. and discovery that contradicts the argument of Passage 1.
BPassage 2 offers a theory that supports the main point in Passage 1.
CPassage I provides a possible reason for the scientific inquiry presented in Passage 2.
DPassage 1 relates an anecdote that explains the popular misconception in Passage 2.
EPassage 2 provides a historical context for the discovery described in Passage 1.
正确答案： D解析：
第一篇文章主要讲到工具的创造是人类发展史上很重要的一步。第二篇文章主要描述了一项重大发现，即人类什么时候开始创造工具的的。C项最好地将两篇文章的关系表现出来了，第一篇文章提到工具创造对人类进化有很大的影响，第二篇文章继而对第一篇文章提出的问题作进一步研究，故选C项。 -
第22题：
单选题Unlike Passage 1, Passage 2 discusses ______.Athe procedures of a specific experiment
Ba mistaken assumption
Cthe work of professional researchers
Dsocial behavior
Ehuman emotions
正确答案： B解析：
第一篇文章提到了错误的假设，文中他反驳直觉是能产生无限力量的未经开发的源泉的观点（2-3行），文中还提到职业研究人员的作品（Haight 和Daniel Kahneman的作品），社会行为（40-51）以及人类情感（36-39行）。然而并没有像第二篇一样描述了特定实验的程序。 -
第23题：
单选题Which statement most accurately describes the difference between the two passages?APassage 1 deals less directly with the exportation of chimpanzees than does Passage 2.
BPassage 1 is less concerned with the interaction between man and the land than is Passage 2.
CPassage I pertains to a species in its indigenous habitat while Passage 2 addresses the same animal in nonnative settings.
DPassage I ends with an expression of optimism and Passage 2 does not.
EPassage I introduces a species and describes its status worldwide, while Passage 2 limits its discussion of that species to its activities in the Northern Hemisphere.
正确答案： A解析：
第一篇文章主要是关于黑猩猩在自然栖息地生存的情况。第二篇文章主要是关于黑猩猩在非自然栖息地生存的情况。故选C项。 -
第24题：
单选题It can be inferred from the passage that before 1910 the normal running time of a film was _____.A15 minutes or less
Bbetween 15 and 30 minutes
C1 hour or more
Dbetween 45 minutes and 1 hour
正确答案： A解析：
根据文章第三段第四句可知，1910年以前，传统的影片时长为“one reel”，又根据下文“the unprecedented length of four reels, or one hour’s running time”，可以推断出，一盘长的影片时长大约是15分钟，因此A项符合题意。