阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出4个选项,请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 The American Family In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are (51) enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness(宽容) of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely (52) , and children are often allowed to do (53) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him (54) question, and children are encouraged to be (55) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom (56) far. Others think that a strong father image would not (57) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to (58) their parental families by the time they have (59) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a (60) , a kind of weak dependence. This pattern of independence often results in serious (61) for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live (62) the age of 70. The job-retirement age is (63) 65. The children have left home, married, and (64) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. (65) the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
A. on
B. up
C. from
D. beyond
第二篇Teaching Poetry No poem should ever be discussed or "analyzed", until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it. All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling "interpretation" of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the word in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting (背诵) it. I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than "analyzing" it, if there isn’t time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is "a criticism of life", and "a heightening (提升) of life". It is "an approach to the truth of feeling", and it "can save your life". It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies. I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don’t like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it. The phrase "make room" in the last paragraph could be best replaced by ______.
A. "build a booth"
B. "provide equipment"
C. "leave a certain amount of time"
D. "set aside enough space"
阅读下面短文,回答下列五道题。在地球之外,究竟有没有外星人两位美国学者撰文说,他们花了5年时间,在北半球天空捕捉到了37个可能是来自地球外文明的讯号。这两位学者是利用直径为26米的射电望远镜,来寻找由浩瀚宇宙深处发出的未知讯号的。他们以波长21厘米和10.5厘米的电波对北半球天空的全部区域分别进行了三次和两次调查。许多从事探索地球外文明的科学家认为,波长为21厘米的电波在宇宙空间中极为普通,如果地球外文明要向其他星体发出讯号,就很有可能会使用这个波长。在探测时,他们试图寻找从极狭窄区域中释放出的强大电波。每次探测的时间约需 200~400天,所以获得的观察资料十分庞大。经过筛选,才获得了这37个讯号,其中有5个讯号特别强烈。这些讯号大多数是沿着银河系分布的,在银河系内有着大量的恒星,是智慧生命可能存在的地方。然而,至今还未发现具有已接收讯号特征的电波源,且在这些电波的方向上,也没有特异的星体存在。这37个讯号果真是由外星人发出的吗科学家认为,如果在这37个讯号当中包括地球外文明的讯息,那么这就可能是由地球外文明发出的最强或最近的讯号。 两位学者说,37个讯号“可能来自地球外文明”,他们的依据是()。 ①讯号的波长是宇宙空间极为普通的。 ②大多数电波讯号沿着银河系分布。 ③每次探寻的时间约为200~400天。 ④在庞大的观察资料中这些讯号十分强大。 ⑤捕捉到的讯号是离地球最近的。
A. ①③
B. ③⑤
C. ②④⑤
D. ①②④