题目内容
7.Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways.The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society.There are more ideas,more disagreements in interest,and more groups and organizations with different beliefs.In addition,there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies.All these factors (因素)tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision.In a society where people are similar in many ways,there are fewer situations for people to see the need or the chance for change because everything seems to be the same.And although conditions may not be satisfactory,they are at least customary and clear.Within a society,social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material aspects,for example,in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the simple elements(要素)rather than in the complex ones; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange ones.
Besides,social change is easier if it is gradual.For example,it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with a sharp division.This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities,because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white fellows.
24.The underlined part"greater tolerance"in Paragraph 1probably refers to"C".
A.quicker adaptation to changing conditions
B.greater willingness to accept social change
C.more respect for different beliefs and behavior
D.greater readiness to agree to different conditions
25.Why is social change less likely to occur in a society where people are similar in many ways?C
A.They are so conservative that they tend to slow down social change.
B.They can easily get what they want in the material aspect of society.
C.They are so used to their conditions that they seldom want to change.
D.They have similar needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty.
26.Which of the following factors probably tends to promote social change fast?A
A.Different points of view.
B.Traditional values.
C.Sharp divisions in relations.
D.Similar appearances.
27.What is this passage mainly discussing?D
A.Two different kinds of society.
B.Consequences of social change.
C.The importance of social change.
D.Certain factors affecting social change.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了影响社会变迁的某些因素,同时举出一些例子.
解答 24.C 词义猜测题,根据第一段In addition,there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies.可知在混合社会中通常有更大的世俗利益和更大的容忍度,即尊重不同的信仰和行为,故选C.
25.C 推理判断题,根据 第一段In a society where people are similar in many ways,there are fewer situations for people to see the need or the chance for change because everything seems to be the same.And although conditions may not be satisfactory,they are at least customary and clear.可知社会变化不太可能发生在一个社会是因为人们已经习惯于这些,故选C.
26.A 推理判断题,根据第二段Within a society,social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material aspects,可知社会的变化也有可能会更加频繁,在文化的物质方面比在非物质层面的,更容易发生,由此可知如果人们有不同的观点,可能社会变化的更快,故选A.
27.D 主旨大意题,通读全文可知本文中作者主要向我们介绍了影响社会变迁的某些因素,故选D.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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