Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The American idea that hard work was to be esteemed distinguishes us from Europeans who (1) their gentlemen of leisure. For us, hard work (2) idleness was the way (3) distinction. Now, (4) , like many other traditional values, hard work is coming under (5) . In academic journals, conferences and classrooms, the idea of hard work is considered to be another of those notions that the dominant forces of our society (6) on the rest of Us. It (7) advances white-male interests (8) any woman or minority foolish enough to buy into the dominant value system will find out. In a recent survey, high-school students in the United States and Japan were asked to (9) factors that (10) to success in the classroom. Of the Japanese, 72 percent listed hard work first (11) only 27 percent of Americans agreed. Many factors contribute to the devaluing of hard work. Thinking that self-esteem is crucial, many parents and teachers (12) to point out the student’s failing, even laziness. To make matters (13) , Americans place an unusually high value on the idea of innate ability. And (14) inevitably deemphasizes the role that hard work plays in success. (15) if our students fail to see that hard work (16) , it is because we are telling them time and again, that it (17) . If we want young people to esteem hard work, it is UP to us to show them its worth, its strength and its significance in everyday life. And while we are at it, we should make sure they know there are many ideas to which we can all (18) . The notion that these values cannot (19) class, race more than the idea of hard work. It can call into question (20) there can be an American creed—a public philosophy for us all. Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.2()
A. condescend
B. transform
C. convert
D. transcend
"A rolling stone gathers no moss(苔藓) ," but there is one living animal that does gather moss, the three-toed sloth (树獭) of South America. This slowest-moving member of the animal kingdom is so inactive that moss actually gathers on its body and turns it green——strange as it seems!Most of the sloth’s life is spent motionless, hanging upside down from a limb. And that is the way its hair grows. Long and coarse, the strands (串) from receptacles (花托) for the damp jungle algae (水藻) that turn the brown fur a mossy green. Actually this moss helps the animal survive because it serves as a perfect camouflage against the leaf trees and hides the sloth from the jungle’s swift - moving hunters. The sloth would have little chance of survival on the ground. With long, curved claws hooked over the limb of a leafy tree, it spends the long hot hours during the day drowsing and eating. Inch by inch, it strips the leafy limbs bare and crawls slowly down the trunk to find a new dining spot, but only at night.In addition to looking rather like a vegetable, the sloth is a strict vegetarian. Running out of its favorite leaf is about the only thing that will make a sloth move. Then its appetite may even force the animal into swimming a stream to reach a juicy succulent(多汁的植物). It will also force it into fighting to keep the tree all to itself. The sloth is lazy and prefers to be alone, but it will tolerate its own relatives! According to the passage, the sloth will move about when ()
A. it senses a coming danger
B. it is forced to swim on a hot day
C. it is short of its favorite food
D. it wants to keep itself to itself