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RETICENCE:
A．irascibility
B．loquaciousness
C．quiescence
D．patience
E．surrender
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What does "reticence" in the first paragraph mean？
A．Inclination.
B．Restraint.
C．Expectation.
D．Contact.
CONFIDENCE : ARROGANCE ::
A．timidity : reticence
B．salubriousness : salaciousness
C．frugality : miserliness
D．invincibility: successfulness
E．mirth : splendor
MAVEN : EXPERIENCE ::
A．siren : intensity
B．brigand : disloyalty
C．provocateur : reticence
D．luminary : eminence
E．firebrand : idealism
SECTION 3
Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.
Feminist critics have often pondered whether a postmodern language may
be articulated that obviates the essentialist arrogance of much modernist and
some feminist discourse and does not reduce feminism to silences or a purely
Line negative and reactionary stance. This ideal may be actualized in a discourse that
(5) recognizes itself as historically situated, as motivated by values and, thus,
political interests, and as a human practice without transcendent justification.
The author Dorothy Allison meets these criteria by focusing on women who have
been marginalized by totalizing forces and ideas, while simultaneously
reminding the reader, through the wide range of women that she portrays and
(10) their culpability in her protagonists' predicaments, that unlike pure and
transcendent heroes, women are real characters and morally complex. Allison
insists that humans are burdened with the responsibility of fashioning their own
stories, quotidian as they may be, and while these will never offer the solace of
transcendent justification, the constant negotiation between the word and the
(15) world avoids reticence on the one hand and the purely negative on the other.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author views the transcendent justification through literature as a concept that
A．derives from a negative stance toward feminism
B．predates the birth of postmodernism as a literary movement
C．encourages writers to tell humdrum stories
D．limits the construction of morally complex characters
E．contributes to the politicization and historical orientation of texts
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
Generally a saving in energy consumption is insufficient incentive for the consumer to purchase new cooking equipment unless other improvements (e.g. shorter cooking periods, fewer cleaning difficulties and improved appearance) are available as well. For the individual, there is a natural reticence to incur rapid changes because of the valid economic desire to exploit existing capital investment to the maximum: this is the major problem with many proposed energy-thrift measures. However, caterers should appreciate that by reducing energy wastages; they will not only be saving money, but also improving the working environment within their kitchens.
Retro-fitting existing cookers with energy-conservation improvements in order to raise achievable efficiencies will occur only rarely. For the most immediate significant impact nationally, with respect to reducing the energy expended upon cooking, better management is recommended. Lawson suggested that about 16 PJ per year could be saved in the British catering sector by adopting improved operational practices. If only 10% of the energy used for catering purposes in the domestic sector could also be saved, overall national savings would amount to approximately 44 PJ per annum. To achieve this aim, a comprehensive and straight-forward program of energy-thrift education for housewives, cooks and kitchen managers is needed. This will require all concerned to exercise considerable personal discipline.
The present approach, whereby individuals make purchasing decisions mainly on visual and first-cost grounds-partly because the cooking appliance and food manufacturing industries rarely provide adequate scientific data to support their claims should be supplemented by other considerations. Food is too fundamental to human life, health and happiness to be considered an unworthy subject by intellectuals. For example, even the typical Briton (who tends to be casual about eating compared with most of his foreign counterparts) spends between 5% and 13% of his waking hours preparing, cooking and/or cleaning away after meals. Nevertheless, energy wastage prevails both on a national scale (e.g. storing vast quantities of food at sub-ambient temperatures in so-called food mountains); and on an individual scale (e.g. performing hob operations without placing lids on the pans employed).
If energy wastages are to be reduced, cooks______.
A．can only save money
B．should increase the cooking efficiency
C．need to have the knowledge of food manufacture
D．will enjoy better working environment in their kitchens
"A small number of researchers are taking an empirical look at the general assumption that speaking out and declaring one's feelings is better than holding them in," writes Christina Sommers, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
At Suffilk University, psychologist Jane Bybee classified high-school students on the basis of their self-awareness: "sensitizers" were extremely aware of their internal states, "repressors" focused little on themselves, and "intermediates" occupied the middle range. Bybee then collected student evaluations of themselves and each other, along with teacher evaluations of the students. On the whole, the repressors were more socially and academically successful than their more "sensitized" classmates. Bybee speculated that repressed people, not emoters, may have a better balance of moods.
In a study at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., researcher George Bonarmo tested the assumption that, in order to recover mental health, people need to vent negative emotions by discussing their feelings openly. Bonanno and other researchers found that, among adolescent girls who had suffered sexual abuse, those who "showed emotional avoidance" were healthier than those who more openly expressed grief or anger.
One study of Holocaust survivors supports Bonanno in suggesting that verbalizing strong emotions may not improve a person's mental health. Researchers found that Holocaust survivors who were encouraged to talk about their experiences in the war fared worse than repressors. They concluded that repression was not pathological response to Holocaust experience and that "talking through" the atrocities failed to being closure to the survivors.
Sommers note that in many societies it has been considered normal to repress private feelings, and that "in most cultures stoicism and reticence are valued, while the free expression of emotions is deemed a personal shortcoming." She is concerned that pushing someone to be "sensitizers" may also create a preoccupation with self that excludes outside interests. Sommers is particularly critical of educational approaches that attempt to encourage self-discovery and self-esteem through excessive "openness". Healthy stoicism should not be confused with the emotional numbness that may be brought on by post-traumatic stress disorder. Most people experiencing such traumas as war, assault, or natural disaster can benefit from immediate counseling, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．researchers do not agree on how to deal with bad emotions
B．expressing one's private feelings is better than repressing them
C．the tendency to repress one's feelings may arise from social values
D．the author does not agree with the researchers
B. Four years later， Amazon"s annual revenue and stock price have both nearly tripled，but for many onlookers， the long wait for understanding continues. Bezos"s companyhas grown from its humble Seattle beginnings to become not only the largestbookstore in the history of the world， but also the world"s largest online retailer， thelargest Web-hosting company in the world， the most serious competitor to Netflix instreaming video， the fourth-most-popular tablet （平板电脑 ） maker， and a sprawlingintemational network of fulfillment centers for merchants around the world. It is nowrumored to be close to launching its own smartphone and television set-top box. Theevery-bookstore has become the store for everything， with the global ambition tobecome the store for everywhere.
C. Seriously: What is Amazon？ A retail company？ A media company？ A logistics （物流 ） machine？ The mystery of its strategy is deepened by two factors. Firstis the company"s communications department， which famously excels at notcommunicating. （Three requests to speak with Amazon officials for this articlewere delayed and， inevitably， declined.） This moves discussions of the company"sintentions into the realm of mind reading， often attempted by the researchdepartmentsof investment banks， where even optimistic analysts aren"t really sure what Bezos isup to. "It"s very difficult to define what Amazon is，" says R. J. Hottovy， an analystwith Momingstar， who nonetheless champions the company"s future.
D. Second， investors have developed a seemingly unconditional love for Amazon，despite the company"s reticence （沉默寡言 ） and， more to the point， its financialperformance. Some 19 years after its founding， Amazon still barely turns a profit——when it makes money at all. The company is pinched between its low margins as adiscount retailer and its high capital spending as a global logistics company. Lastyear， it lost $39 million. By comparison， in its latest annual report， Apple announceda profit of almost $42 billion——nearly 22 times what Amazon has eamed in its entirelife span. And yet Amazon"s market capitalization， the value investors place on thecompany， is more than a quarter of Apple"s， placing Amazon among the largest techcompanies in the United States.
E."I think Amazon"s efforts， even the seemingly eccentric ones， are centered on securingthe customer relationship，" says Benedict Evans， a consultant with Enders Analysis.The Kindle Fire tablet and the widely rumored phone aren"t boring experiments，he told me， but rather purchasing devices that put Amazon on the coffee table soconsumers can never escape the tempting glow of a shopping screen.
F.In a way， this strategy isn"t new at all. It"s ripped from the mildewed playbooks of thefirst national retail stores in American history. Amazon appears to be building nothingless than a global Sears， Roebuck of the 21st century——a large-scale operation thataims to dominate the future of shopping and shipping. The question is， can it succeed？
G.In the late 19th century， soon after a network of rail lines and telegraph wires hadstitched together a rural country， mail-order companies like Sears built the firstnational retail corporations. Today the Sears catalog seems about as innovativeas the prehistoric handsaw （手锯 ） ， but in the 1890s， the 500-page "Consumer"sBible" popularized a truly radical shopping concept: The mail would bring stores toconsumers.
H.But in the early 1900s， as families streamed off farms and into cities， chains like J.C. Penney and Woolworth sprang up to greet them. Sears followed. The company"sfocus on the emerging middle-class market paid off so well that by mid-century，Sears"s revenue approached 1 percent of the entire U.S. economy. But its dominancehad deflated by the late 1980s， after more competitors arose and as the blue-collarconsumer base it had leaned on collapsed.
I.Now that Internet cables have replaced telegraph wires， American consumers arereverting to their turn-of-the-century shopping habits. Families have rediscovered theConsumer"s Bible while sitting on their couches， and this time， it"s in a Web browser.E-commerce has nearly doubled in the past four years， and Amazon now takes inrevenue of more than $60 billion annually. The Internet means to the 21st centurywhat the postal service meant to the late 1800s: it welcomes retailers like Amazoninto every living room.
J."Sears took advantage of the U.S. postal system and railways in the early 20th centuryjust as transportation costs were falling，" says Richard White， a historian at Stanford，"and Amazon has done the same with the Web." Its national logistics machineimitates Sears"s pneumatic-tube-powered （气动管驱动的 ） Chicago warehouse， butis more powerful， and much faster.
K.Like the mail-order giants did a century ago， Amazon is moving to the city. In thepast few years， the company has added warehouses in the most-populous metrosto cut shipping times to urban customers. People subscribing to Amazon Prime orAmazonFresh （which， in exchange for an annual payment， provides fast deliveryof most goods or groceries you"d like to order） commit themselves financially， withPrime members spending twice as much as other buyers. If those subscriptions grownumerous enough， Amazon"s search bar could become the preferred retail-shoppingengine.
L.At least， that"s the vision. Defenders say Amazon is trading the present for the future，spending all its revenue on a global scatter plot of warehouses that will make thecompany indomitable. Eventually， the theory goes， investors expect Amazon tocomplete its construction project and， having swayed enough customers and destroyedenough rivals， to "flip the switch"， raising prices and profits greatly. In the meantime，they"re happy to keep buying stock， offering an unqualified thumbs-up for heavyspending.
M.But this theory assumes a practically infinite life span for Amazon. The modernhistory of retail innovation suggests that even the giants can be overtaken suddenly.Sears was still America"s largest retailer in 1982， but just nine years later， its annualrevenues were barely half those of Walmart.
N.Amazon is not as insulated from its rivals as some think it is. Walmart， eBay， and lotsof upstarts （新贵） are all in the race to dominate online retail. Amazon"s furiousspending on new buildings and equipment isn"t an elective measure; it"s a survivalplan. The truth is Amazon has won investors" trust with a reputation for spendingeverybody to death， and it can spend everybody to death because it has won investors"trust. For now.
O."Amazon， as best I can tell， is a charitable organization being run by elements ofthe investment community for the benefit of consumers，" Slate"s Matthew Yglesiasjoked earlier this year. Of course， Amazon is not a charity， and its investors are notphilanthropists （慈善家） . Today， they are funding an effort to fulfill the dreamsof the turn-of-the-century retail kings: to build the perfect personalized shoppingexperience for the modern urban household. For once， families are reaping thedividends of Wall Street"s generosity. The longer investors wait for Amazon to fulfilltheir orders， the less we have to wait for Amazon to fulfill ours.
The fact that Walmart surpassed Sears and became America‘s largest retailer in 9years‘ time proves that today even the giants can be overtaken suddenly. 查看材料
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