【正文】 people show less interest in investigative jo。the undergraduates have changed significantly in attitudeC.. A.s minds.D.Going to university is a mindbroadening experience.C.Recognized.（2）What can we learn from the research? A.C.Attracted.s choices, that is indeed a matter worthy of serious consideration.（1）Which of the following can best replace beckoned for in Paragraph 2? A. That sounds like a good thing, certainly pared with the mon public image of undergraduates as a bunch of lazybones. But changes in attitude that the researchers recorded were rather worrying. In the university group, again, none were detectable. But those who had chosen the vocational route showed marked drops in interest in tasks that are investigative and enterprising in nature. And that might restrict their choice of careers. s time at school, and then again six years later. Of the original group, 382 were on the intermediate track, from which there was a choice between the academic and vocational routes, and it was on these that the researchers focused. University beckoned for 212 of them. The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job. bingen, in Germany, thought she would try to find out. Her result, however, is not quite what might be expected. As she reports in Psychological Science this week, she found that those who have been to university do indeed seem to leave with broader and more inquiring minds than those who have spent their immediate postschool years in vocational (職業(yè)的) training for work. However, it was not the case that university broadened minds. Rather, work seemed to narrow them. 8．閱讀理解 故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的He was an enormously forceful observer, and he was not afraid of making strong claims about what was happening in reality,可知Tom Wolfe是一個非常有說服力的觀察者，他不害怕對現(xiàn)實中正在發(fā)生的事情做出強有力的斷言。即可知The Right Stuff是Tom Wolfe寫的一本很有影響力的書，故選B。 Decade.’可知在The Right Stuff書中，Wolfe普及了短語推信封。倒數(shù)第二段中的“In The Right Stuff, Wolfe popularized the phrase ’pushing the envelope.’In a New York magazine article, Wolfe described the 1970s as ‘The 39。即新新聞是一種將小說手法與傳統(tǒng)報道相結合的新聞文體，故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“He developed a literary style in nonfiction that became known as the ‘New Journalism.’‘I39。他將小說技巧與傳統(tǒng)報道相結合創(chuàng)造出了一種非虛構文學風格，被稱為新新聞。Tom Wolfe: A Theoretical Creator in LiteratureD.Tom Wolfe: A Professional Phrase CoinerB.s thoughtsD.preferred making claims about events to writing booksC.. A.deals with incredible places in the world（3）According to the passage, Tom Wolfe accounts for popular American phrasesB.is a film directed by Lev Grossmanbines novelistic techniques with traditional reportingD.changes its news writing techniques frequentlyB. Decade. Grossman says these phrases became part of the American idiom because they were accurate. In The Right Stuff, Wolfe popularized the phrase pushing the envelope. In a New York magazine article, Wolfe described the 1970s as The 39。s first astronauts. Four years later, the book was adapted as a feature film. The Right Stuff was the book for me, says Grossman. It reminded me, in case I39。t do that. Wolfe turned outwards. He was a guy who was interested in other people. Wolfe was interested in how they thought, how they did things and how the things they did affected the world around them. When Tom Wolfe39。 Wolfe began working as a newspaper reporter, first for The Washington Post, then the New York Herald Tribune. He developed a literary style in nonfiction that became known as the New Journalism. I39。7．The passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. 故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“More and more people in America are celebrating the Indian holiday Diwali. Diwali is Hindi for ‘row of lights’. It is the most important holiday in India.”可知，Indian Holiday Diwali也照亮了美國。故選A。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Neeta Bhasin created the Times Square event. She said Indian immigrants have found great success in America. But, she said, many Americans still do not know much about India.”可知，Neeta Bhasin成立了the Times Square的活動是為了讓印度文化在美國更廣為人知。故選B。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。它是印度最重要的節(jié)日。Indian Holiday Diwali lights up America, too.D.Diwali is mainly celebrated in Disney Parks.B.It has been held for 40 years in America.D.It is held in autumn in India.B.To make Indian culture better known in the US.D.To make the American culture richer.B.D.Food.B.Dances.s largest celebrations, with more than 15,000 people in attendance each year. Visitors can enjoy Indian dance，food and fireworks. Organizers also plan to float hundreds of lighted candles in the San Antonio River, along the city39。 A Diwali celebration will light up Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim this year. Visitors can watch performances of traditional Indian dances and take part in a Bollywood dance party. The event is part of a Festival of Holidays program at the theme park to show cultural traditions from around the world. The program takes place on November 10th through January 7th. Bhasin came to the United States from India 40 years ago. She is president of ASB Communications, the marketing firm behind Diwali at Times Square. Tens of thousands of people attend the event, now in its fourth year.s rich culture, heritage, arts and variety to the world, she said, and I couldn39。 Neeta Bhasin created the Times Square event. She said Indian immigrants have found great success in America. But, she said, many Americans still do not know much about India. So, she decided to act. I felt it39。 Many people around the world are beginning to celebrate it as well. The United States is one of the places where the festival is being more mon. D