四、IV. Reading Comprehension ( 60 points )
Passage One
Thereare no inevitable outcomes of social class in child rearing. At the same time,there is no question that social class is important factor in how children areraised and the kind of adults that children become. Regarding social class,sociologists have found that parents socialize their children into thebehaviors and norms of their work worlds. Members of the working class areclosely super- vised and are expected to follow explicit rules at theirjobs. If they do not follow the precise rules and do as they are told, theywill not keep their jobs. Their experience influences how they deal with their children.As a result, their concern is less with their children´s motivations and morewith their children´s outward conformity. Thus they are more apt to usephysical punishment in managing their
children. On the other hand, middle-classparents, who are expected to take more initiative on the job, are moreconcerned that their children develop curiosity, self-expression, andself-control. They are also more likely to withdraw privileges or affectionthan to use physical punishment.
第36题单选 The word "explicit"means __
A.vague
B.difficult
C.confusing
D.clearly defined
第37题单选 According to this passage,working-class parents are more likely than middle-class parents to
A.use physical punishment for discipline
B.have children who finish college
C.have children who are out ofcontrol
D.show less love to their children
第38题单选 Middle-class parents will encouragetheir children to be
A.self-confident
B.reliable
C.curious
D.successful
第39题单选 This passage is about
A.the relation between social class ofthe parents and their children's rearing
B.the similarities between working classand middle class parents
C.the differences between parents ofworking class and the ones of middle class
D.the relation between working class andmiddle class in their working places
Passage One
Crocodiles(鳄鱼) lay their eggs and leave them under leaves or sand. Baby crocodileshave special sharp teeth with which to break their way out of the shells.
Crocodiles only live where it is hot.They are found in India, Australia, Africa and America.They spend most of theirtime lying around in the mud or the rivers. The crocodile´s long powerful tail isused when the animal is swimming. It is also an excellent weapon, because itcan be swung with great speed and force. One blow will knock down a man or evena big animal at once. The crocodile it very well protected against its enemiesby the hard bony plates which cover most of its body, but because of the wayits neck is formed, it cannot turn its head from side to side and so it canonly see in front of itself. The crocodile has its teeth cleaned by thecrocodile bird. For its food this bird takes the bits left in the crocodile´smouth. This helps the crocodile, which cannot clean its own teeth, for it cannotmove its tongue up and down. With its rows of terrible pointed teeth it seizesits food, which
may be a fish, an animal, or even acareless human being, and then holds it below the water until it is drown todeath.
The long-nosed crocodile is shy and timid and because of this, thepeople of West Africa where it lives, sometimes catch it for food. Many, manycenturies ago there were crocodiles in England. We know this because we havefound their bones buried far down in the earth on which London is built. Butthe Britain of today is too cold for them to live in. Crocodiles may grow toover thirty feet in length. When they lie floating in the water, they look likefloating tree-trunks and it is often impossible to tell that they are there.
第40题单选 The female crocodile __
A.buries her eggs
B.sits on her eggs
C.carries her eggs
D.eats her eggs
第41题单选 The crocodile kills its food __
A.over the water
B.beside the water
C.under the water
D.on the water
第42题单选 The West Africans catch the crocodilebecause it is __
A.wild and cruel
B.shy and timid
C.stupid and slow
D.slow and shy
第43题单选 Wild crocodiles are not seen inEngland now because __
A.they have all been shot
B.they are too dangerous
C.they are all hiding under theearth
D.they could not get used to the coldweather
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