题目内容
With larger numbers of undergraduates than ever before, just having a degree will no longer be enough to make you ___ from the crowd.
A.stand up | B.stand by | C.stand for | D.stand out |
D
解析试题分析:考查词组辨析:A. stand up站起来,B. stand by袖手旁观,C. stand for代表. D stand out突出,显眼,句意是:现在的毕业生比以前多了,仅仅有个学位不能使你在人群中脱颖而出。选D。
考点:考查词组辨析
点评:词组的辨析要放在上下文中进行,要特别注意有同样的动词和不同的副词或介词搭配意思不一样的词组。平时要注意辨别。
As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.
Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.”
1.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.
A.show the relationship between parents and children |
B.teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table |
C.report on the findings of a study |
D.give information about family problems |
2.Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _________.
A.they are busy serving food to their children |
B.they are busy keeping order at the dinner table |
C.they have to pay more attention to younger children |
D.they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family |
3.By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.
A.have to help their parents to serve dinner |
B.get the least attention from the family |
C.are often kept away from the dinner table |
D.find it hard to keep up with other children |
4.Lewis’ research provides an answer to the question _________.
A.why TV is important in family life |
B.why parents should keep good order |
C.why children in small families seem to be quieter |
D.why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life |