No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance. Uniforms are demeaning to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of the whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth. There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of
identification with a large, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual oneself? If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that
organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in school, eliminates all envy and competition in a matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing, why would anyone strive to be better? It is only a short step from forcing everyone to wear the same clothing to forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of house, eat the same type of food. When this happens, all incentive to improve one’s life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard so that their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life that they had? Uniforms also hurt the economy. Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly. Thousands of persons are employed in designing, creating, and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. Salespersons would be superfluous as well: why bother to sell the only items that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry which in turn would have a ripple effect on such industries as advertising and promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. Our entire information and entertainment industries would founder.
1、The author’s viewpoint on uniforms can best be described as __________.
A. practical B. hysterical C. radical
D. critical (【正确答案】C
2、Judged from its style, this passage might be found in __________.
A. a children’s comics book B. an editorial in a paper C. a sociology textbook D. a political platform (【正确答案】B
3、It can be inferred that the author believes that __________. A. individuals have no self-worth when they become part of an organization
B. individuals are more important than organizations C. individuals are not so important as organizations D. individuals are the same important as organizations (【正确答案】B
4、The author brings in the example of a parent striving to make life better for his children to make the point that __________.
A. parents have responsibilities for their children
B. uniforms would be less expensive than clothing for children C. uniforms cause dissension between parents and children D. individual motivation would be destroyed by uniforms (【正确答案】D
5、The last word of the passage \"founder\" probably means __________.
A. collapse B. shrink C. disappear D. establish (【正确答案】A
The loudest outcry about poverty seemed to come in the
wealthiest country by far in the world. According to most calculations, 21 most of the 1945-1970 period the United States had a standard of living well 22 Europe’s and many times above the world 23 . Yet 24
about grinding poverty, hunger, and dreadful need proceed more from the United States than from countries with one-fortieth of their living standard. An annual per capita income of eight dollars is 25 of much of Africa and Asia and not a little of South America.
It would seem strange to these people 26 they only aware of the fact that American radicals demand a 27 from an American 28 to the far corners of the globe so that the money thus saved can be spent raising the standard of living of 29 Americans. What this last point suggests is not so much that human 30 are never to be satisfied though this is
doubtlessly true, and the American suburbanite 31 of his second car and his color TV suffers just as 32 as an African farmer in need of a second cow and a screen door. Rather, it suggests the 33 of contemporary breach of social 34 —the emancipation of the individual self.
People have learned to consider any 35 to personal fulfillment an 36 insult. They have greatly expanded the circle of self-awareness. They no longer accept sharp limitations on individual desires in the 37 of the group. The amount of potential human discontent has always been 38 — misery, failure, misfitting, bitterness, hatred, envy 39 telling. It has usually failed of 40 , and in the past it was accepted passively as being beyond help.
21、 A. until B. through C. in D. onto 22、 A. over B. above C. against D. below 23、 A. average B. common C. mean D. ordinary 24、 A. storms B. rage C. protests D. fury
25、 A. now that B. regardless C. ignorant D. typical 26、 A. was B. being C. were D. to be
27、 A. retreat B. compromise C. restraint D. detachment 28、 A. confinement B. commitment C. complement D. concealment 29、 A. underprivileged B. misguided C. underlined D. overjoyed 30、 A. anticipations B. shelters C. shortages D. wants 31、 A. informed B. deprived C. ensured D. relieved 32、 A. acutely B. abnormally C. aggressively D. initially 33、 A. margin B. scope C. range D. extent
34、 A. liberties B. norms C. institutions D. practices 35、 A. access B. exception C. obstacle D. approach
36、 A. incomprehensible B. uninterpretable C. intolerable D. negligible
37、 A. face B. company C. name D. wake
38、 A. bulky B. prompt C. momentary D. infinite 39、 A. at B. beyond C. on D. with
40、 A. utterance B. admittance C. compliance D. importance 知识应用参考答案：
21.B 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.D 26.C 27.A 28.B 29.A 30.D 31.B 32.A 33.D 34.B 35.C 36.C 37.C 38.D. 39.B 40.A
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