摘要:为...争辩

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  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(相容) in nixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there is no necessity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed(无可争辩的).

  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 nonmaterial, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects(情感方面) of society than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in the complexions(人的精神面貌); in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.

  Furthermore, 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 sharp dichotomies(一分为二). 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 counterparts(对应物或人).

1.The passage is mainly discussing ________.

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A.two different societies

B.the necessity of social change

C.certain factors that determine the ease with which social changes occur

D.certain factors that promote social change

2.________is one of the factors that tend to promote social change.

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A.Joint interest

B.Advanced technology

C.Less emotional people.

D.Different points of view

3.The expression “greater tolerance”(paragraph 1) refers to

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A.“greater willingness to accept social change”

B.“quicker adaptation to changing circumstances”

C.“more respect for different beliefs and behavior”

D.“greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas”

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

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A.Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.

B.Disagreement with and argument about conditions tends to slow down social change.

C.Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.

D.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young.

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