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Afewyearsagoitwascommontospeakofagenerationgapbetweenyoungpeopleandtheirelders.Parentssaidthatchildrendidnotrespectandlistentothem,whilechildrensaidthattheirparentsdidnotunderstandthematall.Whathadgonewrong?

Whyhadthegenerationgapsuddenlyappeared?

Actually,thegenerationgaphasbeenaroundforalongtime.Manypeoplearguethatitisbuiltintoeverypartofoursociety.

Oneimportantcauseofthegenerationgapistheopportunitythatyoungpeoplehavetochoosetheirownwaysoflife.Inamoretraditionalsociety.whenchildrengrowup,theyareexpectedtoliveinthesameareaastheirparents,tomarrypeoplethattheirparentsknowandlike,andoftentocontinuethefamilyjobs.Inoursociety,youngpeopleoftentravelgreatdistancesfortheireducation.moveoutofthefamilyatanearlyage,marryorlivewithpeoplewhomtheirpatentshavenevermet,andchoosejobsdifferentfromthoseoftheirparents.

Inoursociety,parentsoftenexpecttheirchildrentodobetterthantheydid,tofindbetterjobs,tomakemoremoneyandtodoallthethingstheyawereunabletodo.Often,thatisanothercauseofthegapbetweenthem.Often,theydiscoverthattheyhaveverylittleincommonwitheachother.

Finally,thespeedatwhichchangestakeplaceinoursocietyisthethirdcauseofthegapbetweenthegenerations.Inatraditionalculture,seniorpeoplearevaluedfortheirknowledge,butinoursocietytheknowledgeofalifetimemaybecomeoutofdate.Theyoungandtheoldseemtoliveintwoverydifferentworlds,separatedbydifferentskillsandabilities.Nodoubt,thegenerationgapwillcontinueinAmericanlifeforsometimetocome.

1.Thefirstparagraphtellsusthat（）

A）theproblemofthegenerationgapdrawsmuchattentionfrompeople

B）itisoutofdatetotalkaboutthegenerationgap

C）childrenandparentsaretryingtounderstandeachother

D）itisveryimportantforpeopletofrequentlycommunicatewitheachother

2.Inamoretraditionalsociety,oldpeople（）

A）havetheirchildrenrespectandlistentothem

B）donotcareoftheirchildrenatall

C）expecttheirchildrentorebelagainstthem

D）donotlivetogetherwiththeirchildren

3.InAmericansocietyyoungpeople（）

A）donotneettofindjobs

B）marrypeopleyoungerthanthem

C）havebettereducationthantheirparents

D）leavehomeatanearlyage

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecauseofthegenerationgap?

A）Youngpeopleliketodependmoreonthemselves

B）Parentsdonotlovetheirchildrendearly

C）Americansocietychangesrapidly

D）Parentsexpecttoomuchoftheirchildren

5.Themainideaofthepassageis（）

A）thatthegenerationgapneedsconsidering

B）whenthegenerationgapisnecessaryinAmericansociety

C）whythegenerationgapexists

D）howwecanreducethegenerationgap

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Telephone,television,radio,andtheinternethelppeoplecommunicatewitheachother.Becauseofthesedevices,ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworld.Forexample,withinseconds,peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelection（选举）inanothercountry.Aninternationalfootballmatchcomesintothehomesofeveryonewithatelevisionset.Newsofdisaster（灾难）,suchasaflood,canbringhelpfromdistantcountries.Withinhours,helpisontheway.Thisisbecausemoderntechnologyinformationtravelsfast.

Howhasthisspeedofcommunicationchangedtheworld?

Tomanypeople,theworldhasbecomesmaller.Ofcourse,thisdoesnotmeanthattheworldisactuallyphysicallysmaller.Itmeansthattheworldseemssmaller.Twohundrenyearsago,communicationbetweenthecontinentstookalongtime.Allnewswascarriedonshipsthattookweeksorevenmonthstocrosstheoceans.Inthe17thand18thcenturies,ittooksixweeksfornewsfromEuropetoreachtheAmericas.Thistimedifferenceinfluencedpeople’sactions.Forexample,afewbattlesinthewarof1812betweenEnglandandtheUnitedStatecouldhavebeenavoided.Apeaceagreementhadalreadybeensigned.PeacewasmadeinEngland,butthenewsofpeacetooksixweekstoreachAmerica.Duringthesesixweeks,thelargeandseriousBattleofNewOrleans（新奥尔良）wasfought.Manypeoplelosttheirlivesafterapeacetreatyhadbeensigned.Theywouldnothavediedofnewshadcomeintime,Inthepast,communicationtookmuchmoretimethanitdoesnow.Therewasagoodreasonwhytheworldseemedsomuchlargerthanitdoestoday.

6.Newsspreadsfastbecauseof（）

A）moderntransportation

B）newtechnology

C）thechangesoftheworld

D）apeaceagreement

7.Acoordingtothispassage,（）isveryimportanttopeopleinadisasterarea.

A）fastcommunication

B）moderntechnology

C）thenews

D）newideas

8.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistruebasedonthetext?

A）Theworldnowseemssmallerbecauseoffastercommunication

B）Theworldisactuallysmallertoday

C）Theworldischanginginsize

D）ThedistancebetweenEnglandandAmericahaschangedsincetheWarof1812

9.Twohundredyearsago,newsbetweenthecontinentswascarried（）

A）byteleplone

B）byland

C）byair

D）bysea

10.TheNewOrleansBattlewasfoughtbecause（）

A）thepeaceagreementhadnotbeensignedbybothsides

B）thepeaceagreementhadnotbeensignedintime

C）thepeaceagreementhadnotbeensignedinAmerica

D）thepeaceagreementhadnotbeensignedinEngland

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

DoreenSykoraisnowajunioratMeGillUniversiey.Shehadadifficulttimewhenshefirstbegancollege.Shesaid,”Iwasalwayswellpreparedformyexaminations.ButIwouldgointoclasstotaketheexam,andIwouldfallapart.Icouldnotanswerthequestionscorrectly---eventhoughIknewtheanswers!

Iwouldjustblankoutbecauseofnervousnessandfear.”HitoshiSakamoto,ananthropologystudentatTempleUniversityinTokyoreportssimilarexperiences.

Thesetwoyoungstudentswereexperiencingsomethingcalledtestanxiety.Becauseastudentworriesandisstressedaboutatest,hisorherminddoesnotworkaswellasitusuallydoes.Thestudentcannotwriteorthinkclearlybecauseoftheseveretensionandnervousness.

Nowtherearespecialuniversitycoursestohelpstudents.Inthesecourses,advisorsandpsychologiststrytohelpstudentsbyteachingthemtomanagetestanxiety.Suchacoursehelpsstudentslearntolivewithstressandnotfailbecauseofit.Firststudentstakeapracticetesttomeasuretheirworrylevel.Ifthetestsshowthattheirstresslevelishigh,thestudentscantakeashortcoursetomanagethefear.Theaecoursesteachstudentshowtorelaxtheirbodies.Theygettrainingtobecomecalminverytensesituations.Bycontrollinggheirnervousness,theycanlettheirmindsworkmoreeasily.Learnedinformationthencomesoutwithoutdifficultyonatest.

DoreenSykorasawimmediateresultsaftertakingsuchacourse.Shenowhasenthusiasmabouttherelaxationmethods.”mostly,whatIdoisimaginemyselfinaverycalmplace.ThenIimaginemyselfpickingupapencil.Imoveslowlyandcarefully.Ibreatheeasilyandletallthetensionout.Witheachtreath,moreworryleavesme.Itreallyworkstoo.Mygradeshaveimprovedgreatly!

I’mreallydoingwellatMeGillnow.Thisrelaxationmethodworksnotonlyonexaminations,butithasimprovedtherestofmylifeaswell”

ForHitoshiinTokyo,Theresultsweremuchthesame.Heisenjoyingschoolalotmoreandlearningmore.

11.WhatisthesimilaritybetweenDoreenSykoraandHitoshiSakamoto?

A）Studentsfromthesameuniversity

B）Failinginalltheexaminations

C）Experiencesoftestanxiety

D）Havingthesamepoorstudyinghabits

12.ThesearesignsoftestanxietyEXCEPT（）

A）worriesaboutatest

B）stressedaboutatest

C）lowgradesandpoorstudyhabits

D）nervousnessduringthetest

13.What’sthepurposeofsomespecialuniversitystudent-helpcourse?

A）Tohelpstudentstoreducetestanxiety

B）Toshowastresslevelexperiencedbystudents

C）Tolearnmoreknowledgeabouttestanxiety

D）Tohaveabetterunderstandingoftestanxiety

14.What’sthemeaningof“blankout”inparagraphone?

A）Tobelikeablanket

B）Tobesureofananswer

C）Toberelaxed

D）Tobeunabletothinkclearly

15.What’stheorganizationofthepassage?

A）Examples—theories---ideas

B）Problem—strategy—result

C）Generalstatement—examples—result

D）Strategy—experiment—examples

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Banksarenotordinarilypreparedtopayoutallaccounts:

theyrelyondepositors（存款人）nottodemandpaymentallatthesametime.Ifdepositorsshouldcometofearthatabankcouldn’tpayoffallitsdepositors,thenthatfearmightcauseallthedepositorstoappearonthesameday.Iftheydid,thebankcouldnotpayallaccounts.However,iftheydidnotallappearatonce,thentherewouldalwaysbefundstopaythosewhowantedtheirmoneywhentheywantedit.Mrs.ElsieVaughthastoldusofaterrifyingbankrunthatsheexperienced.OnedayinDecemberof1925severalbanksfailedtoopeninacitywheseshelived.Theotherbanksanticipatedarunthenextday,andsotheofficersofthebankinwhichMrs.Vaughtworkedasateller（出纳员）hadenoughfundsonhandtopayoffasmanydepositorsasmightapply.Theofficerssimplyinstructedthetellerstopayondemand.Nextmorningacrowdgatheredinthebankandonthe