2012职称英语综合类A级模拟练习42

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The influence of television  
& L# `1 }/ E  e9 R2 B; p) U　　About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York city when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.__________(1) At one point the woman asked :”So, how have you been? ”And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied. ” Frankly, I ‘ve been feeling a little depressed latterly. ”
6 i, a* t0 V7 {" [4 K( \# x% o　　This incident stuck in my mind deeply.___________ (2) As far as I can remember. My friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed ”until we were in high school.
  e- z5 t, C" ?　　The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years._________(3) Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to .
　　Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different .Childhood as it once was no longer exists, why?
　　Human development is based not only on innate biological states ,but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from on social tote (生搬硬套) to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status.._____________(4) Traditionally ,we tell sixth grades things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
# Y$ L* d5 J- }6 x9 [' q　　In the last 30 years , however ,a secret¬revelation machine has been installed in 98 percent of the American homes._____________ (5) Television passes information ,and indiscriminately , to all viewers alike, be they children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn attention from printed texts to the less challenging ,more vivid moving pictures.
, j  M, J( E) `! k/ _+ M* N　　Actually , communication through print allows for great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Children must read simple books before thy can read complex materials.
, f4 m4 h( }+ s% }- @3 V" U' u6 o　　A. it conformed my growing belief that children are changing.
. I8 ?" M6 ~, Z9 I; ^　　B. Children nowadays are influenced by television.
2 v$ L6 b# L1 X7 f　　C. I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation.
# y8 ^; J3 ?* C/ }+ f0 W3 O: O　　D. Children have always bee taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages.
　　E. Children don’t seem childlike anymore.
　　F. It is called television.
解析：1. C 前一句讲作者在餐馆用餐时看到邻桌的妇女和孩子，后一句讲的是谈话的具体内容，所以本句应该选C“我无意中听到了他们的部分谈话内容”。
　　2.A.前一句说的是“这件事给我留下了深刻的印象”，下一句说的是“在我的记忆中：直到我和我的朋友们尽了高中后才知道什么事抑郁”，是对本句话的举例说明。所以选项A“这件事使我更加确信现在的小孩子和以往不同了”是正确的选项。本句中的it指代的是前句话的“这件事情”。
　　3.E.从下一句的举例中(从穿着打扮，言谈举止上来看更像是大人了)可以得知本句话主要说的是孩子们看起来不再像是孩子了。
　　4.D.前一句说的是“从一个社会角色到另一个的转变涉及到学习那个新阶段的秘密”。下一句说的是“传统意义上讲，人们让六年级的孩子了解五年级时不知道的事情。”因此，D选项“孩子们会循序渐进的被告知大人们的秘密”是正确的选项。
0 w7 N9 |, e- `/ P$ ^　　5.F. 前一句说的是“但是，在过去的三十年间，一种设备已经进驻了98%的美国家庭”。接下来的这一句应该说的是这是个什么样的设备，所以F选项“这个设备就是电视机”是正确的选项。