Passage 2 A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than i

A.school education is not sufficient

B.what the students learn more than necessary

C.the students cannot get work after graduation

D.the students’ aim in study is not clear

A.school education is not sufficient

B.what the students learn more than necessary

C.the students cannot get work after graduation

D.the students’ aim in study is not clear

A.1978

B.1976

C.1950

D.1872

The concept discussed in the passage is actually the ______.

A. traditional beliefs among people living in different areas

B. results of certain study on people living in different climate zones

C. belief that has no longer accepted by most of people

D. study done by Ellsworth Huntington alone

Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？_____

A: Positive emotions can lead to negative outcomes in workplace

B: Negative emotions can lead to positive outcomes in workplace C: The study of emotions in the workplace

D: The study of work context

A．family life, religion and art

B．the differences between science and arts

C．human beings

D．different cultures

Section B

Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C]and [D].You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with a sin-gle line through the centre.

Passage OneQuestions 57 t0 61 are based on the following passage.

Children leam almost nothing from television, and the more they watch the less they remember. They regard television purely as entertainment, resent programs that demand on them and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously. Far from being over-excited by programs, they are mildly bored with the whole thing.These are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television. The author Cardiac Cullingford confirms that the modem child is a dedicated viewer. The study suggests that there is little point in the later hours. More than a third of the children regularly watch their favorite programs afier 9 p.m. All ll-year-olds have watched programs afier midnight.

Apart from the obvious waste of time involved, it seems that all this viewing has little effect. Children don't pay close attention, says Cullingford, and they can recall few details. They can remember exactly which programs they have seen but they can rarely explain the elements of a particular plot. Recall was in "reverse proportion to the amount they had watched". It is precisely because television, unlike a teacher, demands so little attention and response that children like it, argues Cullingford. Programs seeking to put over senous messages are strongly disliked. So are people who frequently talk on screen. What children like most, and remember best, are the advertisements. They see them as short programs in their own right and particularly enjoy humorous presentation. But again, they react strongly against high-pressure advertisements that attempt openly to influence them.

On the other hand. they are not emotionally involved in the programs. If they admire the stars, it is because the actors lead glamorous Iives and eam a lot of money, not because of their fictional skills with fast cars and shooting villains (忍棍 ). They are perfectly clear about the functions of advefiisements; by the age of 12, only one in ten children believe what even favorite ads say about the product. And says Cullingford, educational television is probably least successful of all in imparting attitudes or information.

57. The study of children and television implies that _.

A. delaying TV programs to the later hours seems to be useless

B. watching TV until midnight is especially harmful to children

C. children should shorten their time on TV programs

D. children are supposed to Ieam a Iot from television programs

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Children who watch violent television shows are at an increased risk of aggression and violent behavior. as they become young adults. That's based on a fifteen-year study published in the current issue of the research journal Developmental Psychology.

Back in the late 1970's when this study began, among the top rated shows were 'Chafiie's Angels' and 'The Six Million Dollar Man'. These were the TV shows that many of the 557 children in Raul Huseman's study were watching when they were six to ten years old. By today's standards these shows may not seem that violent, but there was a significant amount of on-screen physical violence in them. Huseman, from the University of Michigan, analyzed the types and amounts of violence in these shows and also collected other information on the kids about their home life, their friends, their school life, and importantly their levels of aggressive behavior, tike who was getting into fights, who was pushing and shoving (猛推) others, who was stealing things.

Now fast-forward 15 years: Raul Huseman was able to track down over 80% of the boys and girls from the original study. He re-interviewed them, now in their mid-twenties, and talked to their spouses (配偶) and close friends and checked their criminal records. "We found that those children back then, when they were 6, 7, 8 or 8, 9, 10, who had been watching more media violence had grown up to be more aggressive young adults as compared to the young adults who had been just as aggressive in childhood but had not watched as much violent television."

"Most at-risk children are children who watch a steady diet of violent television shows, identify with the aggressors, who sometimes the heroes and the lead-characters in those shows, and who perceive the violence as being realistic and a model for how to act in real life."

The conclusion of the fifteen-year study is that ______.

A．children born in the 1970s would display more violent behavior. than other children

B．children who like to push and shove others when fighting would develop violent behavior. quickly

C．young adults are the group of people who are most influenced by violent TV

D．young people who watched violent TV shows in childhood tend to become aggressive

What is TRUE about the politeness study discussed in the passage？

A. The study was reported in many cities of the world.

B. New York was the most suitable city for the experiment.

C. Sixty tests were designed to see if people are polite to each other.

D. Experiments were performed to see if common good manners exist.