备战2009年12月英语四级考前每日一练(36)英语四级考试

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usxsee">　　Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is Usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more as of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed.
　　Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently.and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the nonmaterial, for example, in technology rather than in values. in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early. in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposite. in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones. in form rather than in substance. and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.
　　Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with violent changes. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their .white counterparts.
　　62. The following factors tend to promote social change except
　　A．different kinds of people
　　B．different points of view
　　C．different interests
　　D．different conditions
　　63. The expression "greater tolerance" ( Line 5, Para. 1 ) most probably refers to "
　　A．more respect for different beliefs and behaviors
　　B．quicker adaptation to changing circumstances
　　C．greater willingness to accept social change
　　D greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas
　　64. According to the passage, which of the following is true within a society?
　　A．Social change is less likely to occur in technology than in values. B．What people learned in their early times tends to change quickly.
　　C．The basic and emotional aspects of society tend to slow down social change.
　　D Strange elements are likely to quicken social change.
　　65. Social change is easier if it takes place
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　　B．among Black Americans
　　C．between Black Americans and their white counterparts
　　D．between Black Americans and other American minorities
　　66. The passage mainly discusses
　　A．the necessity of social change
　　B certain factors that determine the ease with which social change occurs C．the way to slow down social change
　　D．how to promote social change
　　【结构剖析】说明文。本文主要说明社会变化。社会变化经常发生在混合社会。存在更多不同观点和利益的社会更容易发生社会变化。社会变化经常发生在物质领域。逐步的社会变化也比剧烈的社会变化更容易一些。
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