TEXT D It is interesting to reflect for a moment upon the differences in the areas of moral feeling and standards in the peoples of Japan and the United States. Americans divide these areas somewhat rigidly into spirit and flesh, the two beings in opposition in the life of a human being. Ideally spirit should prevail but all too often it is the flesh that does prevail. The Japanese make no such division, at least between one as good and the other as evil. They believe that a person has two souls, each necessary. One is the "gentle" soul; the other is the "rough" soul. Sometimes the person uses his gentle soul; sometimes he must use his rough soul. He does not favor his gentle soul; neither does he fight his rough soul. Human nature in itself is good, Japanese philosophers insist, and a human being does not need to fight any part of himself. He has only to learn how to use each soul properly at appropriate times. Virtue for the Japanese consists in fulfilling one’s obligations to others. Happy endings, either in life or in fiction, are neither necessary nor expected, since the fulfillment of duty provides the satisfying end, whatever the tragedy it inflicts. And duty includes a person’s obligations to those who have conferred benefits upon him and to himself as an individual of honor. He develops through this double sense of duty a self-discipline, which is at once permissive and rigid, depending upon the area in which it is functioning. The process of acquiring this self-discipline begins in childhood. Indeed, one may say it begins at birth—how early is the Japanese child given his own identity! If I were to define in a word the attitude of the Japanese toward their children I would put it in one succinct word "respect." Love Yes, abundance of love, warmly expressed from the moment he is put to his mother’s breast. For mother and child this nursing of her child is important psychologically. Rewards are frequent, a bit of candy bestowed at the right moment or an inexpensive toy. As the time comes to enter school, however, discipline becomes firmer. To bring shame to the family is the greatest shame for the child. What is the secret of the Japanese teaching of self-discipline It lies, I think, in the fact that the aim of all teaching is the establishment of habit. Rules are repeated over and over, and continually practiced until obedience becomes instinctive. This repetition is enhanced by the expectation of the elders. They expect a child to obey and to learn through obedience. The demand is gentle at first and tempered to the child’s tender age. It is no less gentle as time goes on, but certainly it is increasingly inexorable. Now, far away from that warm Japanese home, I reflect upon what I learned there. What, I wonder, will take the place of the web of love and discipline which for so many centuries has surrounded the life and thinking of the people of Japan (511 words) In the teaching of self-discipline the Japanese emphasize ______.
A. establishment of habits by repeating the rules
B. early tolerant training combined with restrictive movement
C. heavy external control including both verbal and physical punishment
D. a permissive atmosphere almost until puberty
第一节 短文理解1 根据短文内容,判断文后给出的陈述是否正确。认为正确的,选A(True);认为错误的,选B(False)。 A 根据下面短文回答下列问题。 The giant (巨人) had a big house and a beautiful garden. One day in the summer, the giant went to the mountains. The children went into his garden. They were playing in it. The birds, the trees and the flowers were happy because the children were there. When the giant came back from the mountains, he was angry to see the children. "Don’t come into my garden," said the giant. The children were afraid of him. They ran out of the garden. When winter came, the birds flew away. The trees had not any leaves. There were not any flowers. There was a lot of snow in the garden. When spring came, nothing happened in the giant’s garden. But outside the giant’s garden, birds were singing. Flowers were beautiful and trees were green. The giant didn’t know what the reason was. Then the birds said, "We are not going to sing in your garden because there are no children there." The flowers and the leaves said, "We are not going to come out because the children are not there." The giant was sad. The giant was sad because there were no birds, flowers and leaves outside the garden.
A. [A] True
B. False
B 根据下面短文回答下列问题。 Miss Jane teaches English in school. Her students are very smart and polite. One day she was having an English class. She asked her students to read after her, and walked slowly, listening to each of the students. Suddenly she saw her own shoes were different. They were not a pair (一双). She quickly went to stand behind the big table and taught her class from there. When class was over, she went out of the classroom quickly. The next day she came to her class. Everybody was reading English. She was very happy. She went to check every student. To her surprise (令她惊讶的是), everyone was wearing a pair of mismatched (搭配错的) shoes. The next day every student was wearing a pair of mismatched shoes because ______.
A. they wanted to learn English well
B. they wanted to follow Miss Jane
C. their teacher asked them to do so
TEXT D It is interesting to reflect for a moment upon the differences in the areas of moral feeling and standards in the peoples of Japan and the United States. Americans divide these areas somewhat rigidly into spirit and flesh, the two beings in opposition in the life of a human being. Ideally spirit should prevail but all too often it is the flesh that does prevail. The Japanese make no such division, at least between one as good and the other as evil. They believe that a person has two souls, each necessary. One is the "gentle" soul; the other is the "rough" soul. Sometimes the person uses his gentle soul; sometimes he must use his rough soul. He does not favor his gentle soul; neither does he fight his rough soul. Human nature in itself is good, Japanese philosophers insist, and a human being does not need to fight any part of himself. He has only to learn how to use each soul properly at appropriate times. Virtue for the Japanese consists in fulfilling one’s obligations to others. Happy endings, either in life or in fiction, are neither necessary nor expected, since the fulfillment of duty provides the satisfying end, whatever the tragedy it inflicts. And duty includes a person’s obligations to those who have conferred benefits upon him and to himself as an individual of honor. He develops through this double sense of duty a self-discipline, which is at once permissive and rigid, depending upon the area in which it is functioning. The process of acquiring this self-discipline begins in childhood. Indeed, one may say it begins at birth—how early is the Japanese child given his own identity! If I were to define in a word the attitude of the Japanese toward their children I would put it in one succinct word "respect." Love Yes, abundance of love, warmly expressed from the moment he is put to his mother’s breast. For mother and child this nursing of her child is important psychologically. Rewards are frequent, a bit of candy bestowed at the right moment or an inexpensive toy. As the time comes to enter school, however, discipline becomes firmer. To bring shame to the family is the greatest shame for the child. What is the secret of the Japanese teaching of self-discipline It lies, I think, in the fact that the aim of all teaching is the establishment of habit. Rules are repeated over and over, and continually practiced until obedience becomes instinctive. This repetition is enhanced by the expectation of the elders. They expect a child to obey and to learn through obedience. The demand is gentle at first and tempered to the child’s tender age. It is no less gentle as time goes on, but certainly it is increasingly inexorable. Now, far away from that warm Japanese home, I reflect upon what I learned there. What, I wonder, will take the place of the web of love and discipline which for so many centuries has surrounded the life and thinking of the people of Japan (511 words) The Japanese idea of virtue is ______.
A. sublimiting the "rough" soul to permit ascendancy of the "gentle" soul
B. fulfilling one’s obligation to others
C. doing good and avoiding evil
D. being friendly and courteous to all people