【正文】 ct materials as those students taking the course on the home campus. The resultant diploma or degree should also be the same whether distance learning or oncampus study is employed. The individuality of the professor/student relationship is another characteristic of a good distancelearning program. In the final analysis, a good distance learning program has a place not only for the individual students but also the corporation or business that wants to work in partnership with their employees for the educational benefit, professional development, and business growth of the anization. Sponsoring distance learning programs for their employees gives the business the advantage of retaining careerminded people while contributing to their personal and professional growth through education. 5 According to the passage, which of the following is 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 24 頁 共 36 頁 NOT a disadvantage of parttime education? A. It requires some break in one39。s world. The time required to study many be set aside at the student39。s career in order to attend school full time. Parttime education, that is, attending school at night or for one weekend a month, tends to drag the process out over time and puts the pletion of a degree program out of reach of many people. Additionally, such programs require a fixed time mitment which can also impact negatively on one39。s attitudes toward the American39。s language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers. 4 In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 19 頁 共 36 頁 ___________. A. rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the US B. smallminded officials deserve a serious ment C. Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors D. most Americans are ready to offer help （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 D 4 It could be inferred from the last paragraph that ___________. A. culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship B. courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated C. various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 20 頁 共 36 頁 friends D. social interrelationships equal the plex set of cultural conventions （本題分值 ： 分）【正確答案】 A 4 Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers ___________. A. to improve their hard life B. in view of their longdistance travel C. to add some flavor to their own daily life D. out of a charitable impulse （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 C 4 The tradition of hospitality to strangers ___________. 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 21 頁 共 36 頁 A. tends to be superficial and artificial B. is generally well kept up in the united States C. is always understood properly D. has something to do with the busy tourist trails （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 B 50、 What39。s ics book B. an editorial in a paper C. a sociology textbook D. a political platform （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 B 4 It can be inferred that the author believes that __________. 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 15 頁 共 36 頁 A. individuals have no selfworth when they bee part of an anization B. individuals are more important than anizations C. individuals are not so important as anizations D. individuals are the same important as anizations （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 B 4 The author brings in the example of a parent striving to make life better for his children to make the point that __________. A. parents have responsibilities for their children B. uniforms would be less expensive than clothing for children C. uniforms cause dissension between parents and children 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 16 頁 共 36 頁 D. individual motivation would be destroyed by uniforms （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 D 4 The last word of the passage founder probably means __________. A. collapse B. shrink C. disappear D. establish （本題分值： 分）【正確答案】 A Text 2 A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 17 頁 共 36 頁 Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Smallminded officials, rude waiters, and illmannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves ment. For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a wele break in an otherwise dull existence.