题目
All Americans are at least vaguely (1)_____ with the (2)_____ of the American Indian. Cutbacks in federal programs for Indians have made their problems (3)_____ more severe in recent years. Josephy reports," (4)_____ 1981 it was estimated that cut, backs in federal programs for Indians totaled about $500 million" (5)_____ mole than ten times the cuts affecting their (6)_____ fellow Americans. This reduced funding is affecting almost all aspects of reservation life, (7)_____ education. If the Indians could solve their (8)_____ problems, solutions to many of their other problems might not be far behind. In, this paper the current status of Indian education will be described and (9)_____ and some ways of improving this education will be proposed.
Whether to (10)_____ with the dominant American culture or to (11)_____ Indian culture has been a longstanding issue in Indian education. The next fifty years became a period of (12)_____ assimilation in all areas of Indian culture, but especially in religion and education.
John Collier, a reformer who agitated. (13)_____ Indians and their culture from the early 1920s until his death in 1968, had a different idea. He believed that instead of effacing native culture, Indian schools (14)_____ encourage and (15)_____ it.
Pressure to assimilate remains a potent force today, (16)_____. More and more Indians are graduating from high school and college and becoming (17)_____ for jobs in the non-Indian society." When Indians obtain the requisite skills, many of them enter the broader American society and succeed." (18)_____ approximately 90 percent of all Indian children are educated in state public school systems (Taylor 136, 155). (19)_____ these children compete with the members of the dominant society, however, is another (20)_____.
A.agreeable
B.regardless
C.familiar
D.sympathetic
第2题
______ Americans owned a bathtub as early as 1895.
A. Many
B. Not all
C. All
D. Few
第4题
第5题
It can be inferred from this passage that _____.
A) Americans are money lovers
B) Americans admire independence
C) Americans are good at decision-making
D) Americans are all responsible
第6题
What are the consequences for many Americans with a criminal record?
A.They remain poor for the rest of their lives.
B.They are deprived of all social benefits.
C.They are marginalized in society.
D.They are deserted by their family.
第7题
:Almost one half of all Americans have t0 pay expels,because().
A.the list of taxes seems endless
B.they would rather spend their time arid energy elsewhere.
C.they find their knowledge about taxes is s()limited that they are unable t()write tax repeals J by 111emselves:
D.paying experts t0 prepare their tax report and asking for tax advice have become very popular.
第8题
Almost one half of all Americans have t0 pay expels,because().
A.the list of taxes seems endless
B.they would rather spend their time arid energy elsewhere.
C.they find their knowledge about taxes is s()limited that they are unable t()write tax repeals J by 111emselves:
D.paying experts t0 prepare their tax report and asking for tax advice have become very popular.
第9题
A. They feel angry and oppose to them.
B. They feel cheated but can do nothing about them.
C. They are not aware what will happen to them.
D. They blame the elderly for all of these.
第10题
During the traditional wedding ceremony, the
CD#6bridal couple promises each other lifelong 【M1】______
devotion. Yet, about one out of four American
marriages ends in divorce. Since 1940, the
divorce rate has more than doubled, and
experts predict that, of all marriages that
occured in the 1970s, about【M10】% will end in 【M2】______
divorce. The USA is one of the highest divorce 【M3】______
rates in the world, perhaps even the highest.
What goes wrong? That fact that divorce is so
common in the United States does not mean that
Americans consider marriage a casual, unimportant
relationship. Just opposite is true. Americans 【M4】______
expect a great deal from marriage. They seek physical
, emotional, and intellectual compatibility.
They want to be loved deep and understood. It 【M5】______
is because Americans expect so much from
marriage that so many get divorce. They prefer 【M6】______
no marriage at all to a marriage without love
and understanding. Which typical American
optimist, they end one marriage in the 【M7】______
hope of that the next will be happier. With 【M8】______
no fault divorce laws in many states, it is
easier than never to get a divorce. Some American 【M9】______
women stay in unhappy marriages because they
do not have the education or job experience
to support themselves and their children.
But most American women believe that, ff necessary,
they can make it lonely without a 【M10】______
husband. All things considered, Americans
have little reason to continue an unhappy
marriage.
【M1】
第11题
Which of the following is true about the American future-mindedness?
A.The majority of the Nobel winners have lived or worked in America.
B.Most Americans are innovative and willing to start their own business.
C.The American future-mindedness is both a blessing and a curse.
D.American venture-capital firms consist of futuristic dwarfs from nations all over the world.
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