For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo(禁忌): publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since.
So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations. He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian.
“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal(致命的) danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions. "Are you sure?"
But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity. So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census(人口普查) as black, white and Asian. Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon.
In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent.
Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2.4 percent of the population ------ chose more than one race.
【小題1】If a black man married a white woman 50 years ago, the worst result was that _____.
A.he was sentenced to death | B.he was considered to be immoral |
C.he was criticized by the public | D.he was treated as a lawbreaker |
A.stable | B.bad | C.mixed | D.dangerous |
A.Jeffrey Norwood was born in Hattiesburg and grew up there. |
B.Taylor Rae Norwood’s mother is a white-Asian. |
C.70 percent of the people in Mississippi are multiracial. |
D.Mississippi has the largest multiracial population in the US. |
A.Georgia. | B.Tennessee. | C.North Carolina. | D.South Dakota. |
【小題1】A
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
解析試題分析:本文敘述了幾十年間,隨著世界各地不斷高漲的移民潮,跨種族通婚和多種族混血兒童數(shù)量的激增,21世紀(jì)的美國比歷史上任何時刻更加多元化,這不但意味著種族間的隔閡正在逐漸減少,同時也昭示著美國社會正面臨更多挑戰(zhàn)。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a black man could face mortal(致命的) danger just being seen with a woman of another race,故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian. “You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal(致命的) danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions.故選A。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census(人口普查) as black, white and Asian. 故選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled.故選C。
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點評:推理判斷題屬于主觀題,是層次較高的題目。它包括判斷和推理題。這兩類題常常相互依存,推理是為了做出正確的判斷,正確的判斷又依賴于合乎邏輯的推理。做推理題時,有時需要在弄懂全文意思的基礎(chǔ)上,整合與題目相關(guān)的有用信息,綜合起來去推理判斷,確定最佳結(jié)論。
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第三部分:閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分,滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
WASHINGTON(AP)—Good news for dinosaur fans:There are probably a lot more of them waiting to be discovered.At least,their fossils are.
Peter Dodson of the University of Pennsylvania and Steve Wang of Swarthmore College estimate that 71 percent of all dinosaur genera(種類)—groups of dinosaur species—have yet to be discovered.
“It’s a safe bet that a child born today could expect a very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology(古生物學(xué)),”Dodson said in a statement.
The estimate appears in Tuesday’s issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dodson—a professor of anatomy at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and professor at Penn’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences—first estimated the potential number of dinosaur genera in 1990 and is revising that upward.
The estimates are based on the rates of discovery—about 10 to 20 annually—and the recent increase in finds of fossils in China,Mongolia and South America.
Dodson suggests that 1,850 genera will eventually be discovered.So far 527 genera have been found.
Fossilization itself is a rare event,they note,and as many as half of the dinosaur genera that ever existed may have left no remains.
“I would never suggest that this prediction.however statistically(統(tǒng)計上地)sound.is the final word on dinosaur diversity,“Dodson added.”My intention is to fuel the discussion using the facts at hand,and this is the best estimate we can make with the data available.”
56.The best title for the passage would be______________.
A.Much more dinosaur once lived on the earth
B.Good news for dinosaur fans
C.A very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology
D.Dinosaurs remain to be discovered
57.Who made the first estimate about the possible number of dinosaur genera?
A.The author of the passage. B.Steve Wang.
C.Peter Dodson. D.Both B and C.
58.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.The number of dinosaur fans is getting larger and larger.
B.More dinosaur fossils are expected to be found in future.
C.The estimate was based on plenty of facts of dinosaur paleontology.
D.Not all the dinosaur genera left their fossils.
59.It can be inferred from the text that______________.
A.dinosaurs will return to the world once again
B.a(chǎn)bout 3700 dinosaur genera once lived on the earth
C.only half of the dinosaur fossils have been found so far
D.a(chǎn)ll dinosaur fossils have been find in China.Mongolia and South America
60.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably means____________.
A.Enough research work has been done on dinosaur diversity
B.it is probable that more information about dinosaur diversity will be found in future
C.the conclusion drawn by Dodson is not exactly right
D.Dodson will continue his research work on dinosaur diversity
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Ted Turner, a strongly competitive and hardworking businessman, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43 years old. Ted turner is probably best known for his Cable News Network (CNN) and became the world’s best yachtsman(快艇手)when he won the America’s Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was included in the first edition of the Forbes 400 list, naming him one of the 400 richest people in the United States. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?
As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. During World War II, Ed Turner, his father served in the Navy. Ed Turner left his 6-year-old son behind in a boarding school in Cincinnati, Ohio. When Ted Turner was in the fifth grade, his father sent him in an Army school. Even though Turner had friends at school, it didn’t make up for the absence of his parents and sister. He attended college off and on, because of taking part in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. coast Goast Guard for a while. In his early twenties, Ted Turned became genera manager of one of his father’s branch offices-the Turner Advertising company in Macon, Georgia.
Two years later, when his father suddenly died, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that the he was more skilled than his father in managing the business.
After thinking about his father’s death, however, Ted Turner realized that is was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. Rather than devoting his energy only to building an empire, Ted Turner decided to change his life. He decided to use his hard-carned influence to serve the public. Worried about the environment, Ted Turner built the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of destruction.
49.From the passage, we know .
A.Mr. Turner was a competitive athlete
B.he became world famous for his Cable News Network
C.he was ever a winner of the America’s Cup in 1982.
D.MR. Ted was the 400th richest person in the United States
50.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the text?
A.He hoped to live up to his father’s expectations
B.He was more skilled than his father in managing the business
C.Ted Turner had a lonely childhood
D.He devoted his energy to both his business and public service
51.Ted Turner did all the following except that .
A.he was separated from his family
B.he served in the Navy
C.he studied in a boarding school in Ohio
D.he became involved in sailboat racing
52.What can we know from the last paragraph?
A.Ted found out the cause of his father’s death
B.Ted came to know the disadvantages of his career
C.Ted decided to build the Better World Society to earn more money.
D.Ted decided to educate people himself in the end
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