10年6月六级
太空1号Section C催泪小说
Directions: In this ction, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the cond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For the blanks, you can either u the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your
own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our pare
答辩词nts tell us who we are. "You're (36) ______." "You're so strong." We first e ourlves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important (37)______ of our lf-concepts. Later we interact with teachers, friends, (38) ______partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us.Thus, how we e ourlves (39) ______ the views of us that others communicate. The (40) ______ connection between identity and communication is (41) ______evident in children who are (42) ______ of human contact. Ca studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm lf-concept, and their mental and psychological development is verely (43) ______ by lack of language. Communication with others not only affects our n of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional well-being. Consistently, (44)________________________________________________. People who lack clo friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are clo to others. (45) _____________________________________. The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and rearchers believe that (46) _______________________________________________________________.
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10年12月
Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a measurable advantage in realms as (36) _____________as academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs and coping with (37)______________ illness. And, by contrast, the loss of hope is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may (38) ______________ suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.
“Hope has proven a powerful predictor of (39) ______________ in every study we’ve done so far,” said Dr. Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist who has devid a (40) ______________ to asss how much hope a person has. For example, in rearch with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder and his (41) ______________ found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first mester was a more (42) ______________predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point (43) ______________ in high school, the two measures most commonly ud to predict college performance.(44)“______________________________________
____________________________,” Dr. Snyder said. “When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what ts them apart is hope.”In devising a way to asss hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder(45)_______________________________________. “That notion is not concrete enough, and it blurs two key components of hope,” Dr. Snyder said.(46)”_____________________________________________.”
11年6月
In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day whether it's picking one of 31 ice cream (36) _____ or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing. But as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us (37)_____, unhappy – even paralyzed with indecision. That's (38) _____ true when it comes to the workplace, says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human (39) _____. Students are graduating with a (40) _____ of skills and interests, but often find themlves (41) _____ when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal.
In a study, Schwartz obrved decision-making among college students during their (42) _____ year. Bad on answers to questions regarding their job-hunting (43) _____ and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: "maximizes" who consider every possible option, and "satisfiers" who look until they find an option that is good enough. You might expect that the students (44)_________________________________. But it turns out that's not true. Schwartz found that while maximizes ended up with better paying jobs than satisfiers on average, they weren't as happy with their decision. The reason (45) _________________________________. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, (46)_________________________________.张志中
11年12月
In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their inability to work on a micro-scale. For example, doctors did not have devices allowing them to go inside th
中国品牌服饰网e human body to (36) _____ health problems or to perform(37) _____ surgery. Repair crews did not have a way of (38) _____ broken pipes located deep within a high-ri (39) _____ building. However, that's about to change. Advances in computers and biophysics have started a microminiature (超微) (40) _____that allows scientists to envision – and in some cas actually build – microscopic machines. The devices promi to (41)_____ change the way we live and work.
诗情画意的意思Micromachines already are making an impact. At Ca Western Rerve University in Cleveland,Ohio, rearch scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip that holds 700 tiny (42) _____motors. At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont, California, scientists have perfected the world's first microscopic blood-pressure nsor. Threaded through a person's blood (43) _____, the nsor can provide blood pressure readings at the valve of the heart itlf.(44) __________________________________________________. Auto manufacturers, for example, are trying to u tiny devices(45)_______________________________________.Some futurists envision nanotechnology (纳米技术) also being ud to explore the deep a in small submarines,
or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with microminiature instruments. There is an explosion of new ideas and applications. So,(46) _____________________________.
12年6月
About 700,000 children in Mexico dropped out of school last year as recession-stricken families pushed kids to work, and a weak economic recovery will allow only a (36)_________improvement in the drop-out rate in 2010, a top education (37)_________said. Mexico’s economy suffered more than any other in Latin America last year, (38)_________an estimated 7 percent due to a (39) _________in U.S. demand for Mexican exports such as cars. The (40) _________led to a 4 percent increa in the number of kids who left (41)_________or middle school in 2009, said Juan de Dios Castro, who (42) _________the nation’s adult education program and keeps a clo watch on drop-out rates.“(43) _________ro and that is a factor that makes our job more difficult.” Castro told Reuters in an interview earlier this month.(44)_____________________________________.As a result, drop-out rates will not imp
rove much, Castro said. “There will be some improvement, but not significant,” Castro said.(45)__________________________________. And children often ll candy and crafts in the streets or word in restaurants.(46)____________________________. Mexico’s politicians have resisted mending the country’s tax, energy and labor laws for decades, leaving its economy behind countries such as Brazil and Chile.
