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tre. 注意:此部分試題請在答題卡 2 上作答。 47. The ninthgrader thought that his art teacher should have given him ______. 48. According to the answer, a teacher should have the freedom to ______ to encourage learning. 49. We learn from the answer that a student who gets a 100 should still work hard and keep ______. 50. The example of Rembrandt39。s youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2020 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes. But there39。 welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the lifechanging obligations society imposes. To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting。re so strong. We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important (37) ______ of our selfconcepts. Later we interact with teachers, friends, (38) ______ partners, and coworkers who municate their views of , how we see ourselves (39) ______ the views of us that others municate. The (40) ______ connection between identity and munication is (41) ______ evident in children who are (42) ______ of human contact. Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm selfconcept, and their mental and psychological development is severely (43) ______ by lack of language. Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional wellbeing. Consistently, (44) ________________________________________________. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others. (45) ________________________________________________. The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchers believe that (46) ________________________________________________. Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or inplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. Question: My ninthgrade art teacher doesn39。s success impacted blacks39。s rise to popularity. However, his preliminary results suggest that change will be much slower ing than Plant39。ve always been an achiever, says White, who is studying for an MBA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. But there had always been these things in the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want. It was like a shadow, following me around saying you can only go so far. Now it39。t all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. In that one second, it was a validation for my whole race, she recalls. I39。t be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as government or president. This suggests that Obama was strongly on their mind, says Plant. Drop in bias Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who runs a website that measures implicit bias using similar test, has also observed a small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the site since January 2020, which might be explained by Obama39。s election has eliminated the prejudice against blacks D) Obama39。re (36) ______. You39。 unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as governmentrun personnel management and a dangerous precedent. In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce workfamily balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed. As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is no exit when it es to children. Society expects—and needs—parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the intensive, intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects—and needs—parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed. While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children39。s no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change。s painting suggests that a distinction should be made between ______. 51. The ninthgrader is advised to go to his teacher or the principal to ______. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and