【正文】 proach the question with as nearly open a mind as we can and with a deep awareness of our own limitations and predispositions. 短文 22 The chief reason for the population growth isn’t so much a rise in birth rates as a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care. 短文 23 Koreans can no more agree on whether the changes have e too fast or too slowly than they can on what Korean democracy is or should be. 短文 24 For the next four years, though, all eyes will more than likely be focused on Benjamin Netanyahu in an intensive quest to discover what he will really do now that he has achieved his burning ambition to be Prime Minister. 短文 25 Not only do patients with chronic health problems fail to find relief in a doctor’s office, but the endless hightech scans and tests of modern medicine also often leave them feeling alienated and uncared for. 短文 2630 短文 26 過去幾年，在被稱為智能力量的領(lǐng)域突然出現(xiàn)了大量的企業(yè)創(chuàng)新 活動(dòng) ——智商適中但設(shè)計(jì)合理、足以發(fā)布到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上的程序，去做 一些瑣碎的、有價(jià)值的事，比如跟蹤股票價(jià)格，或發(fā)掘研究數(shù)據(jù)中 的有價(jià)值東西。植物無法消除 它從陽(yáng)光中所吸收的熱量，或是無法消除它在新陳代謝過程中積累 起來的熱量。 短文 29 他從來沒有同他們親密來往，或是同他們坦誠(chéng)交流，但由于他的 地位和高人一籌的聰明才智，他要求、也通常贏得了他們的尊敬。因?yàn)檫@樣的缺陷而指責(zé)智力測(cè)試，就如同因?yàn)椴? 能測(cè)量風(fēng)速而指責(zé)溫度計(jì)一樣。 1996年我曾受邀品嘗這道菜，但實(shí)在難以下咽。電話是小餐館的老板打來的， “我今早醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)昨天他們放掉的那些動(dòng)物大多數(shù)又自己跑 回了畜欄。他不是中國(guó)人。 短文 34 當(dāng)我得知父母邀請(qǐng)了牧師一家到家里來吃圣誕晚餐時(shí)，我哭了。最近幾十年來，教育界已經(jīng)浪費(fèi)了幾十億 美元用于糾正“閱讀缺陷”，而實(shí)際上所謂的“閱讀能力”根本就不 存在。 短文 36 毫無疑問，人們都想擁有閱讀能力，這常常使人感到愉悅。然而，正如并非每個(gè) 公民都被強(qiáng)制接受欣賞古典音樂的訓(xùn)練一樣，也不該強(qiáng)迫他們相信 閱讀肯定會(huì)帶來享受。 短文 3536 ? 短文 35 ? It’s worth keeping in mind that reading itself is an inherent ? human activity, an invention that in evolutionary terms has ? existed only for a blink of an eye. School districts have wasted ? billions of dollars in recent decades to correct “reading ? disabilities” when in fact there is no such thing as “reading ? ability” to start with. Reading is an artificial construct ? that is of high value for a very limited set of human ? activities—but by no means all activities. ? 短文 36 ? There is no question that reading is a desirable and often enjoyable ? skill to possess. In 2025, tens of millions of Americans continue ? to enjoy books and magazines as recreational pursuits, and this ? happy habit will undoubtedly remain part of the landscape for ? generations to e. But just as every citizen is not forcibly ? trained to enjoy classical music, neither should they be coerced into ? believing that reading is necessarily pleasurable. For the majority ? of students, reading and writing are difficult enterprises with ? limited payoffs in the modern world. 短文 3738 ? 短文 37 ? 我永遠(yuǎn)忘不了 1946年的復(fù)活節(jié)。我們和母親住在一起，我們四個(gè)人都知道該如何在 ? 所得很少的情況下過日子。 ? 短文 38 ? 那天，教堂中有一位傳教士。他說建一座教堂， ? 屋頂需要花費(fèi) 100美元。 短文 3738 ? 短文 37 ? I’ll never fet Easter 1946. I was fourteen, my little sister, Ocy, was twelve and my older sister, Darlene, was sixteen. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with no money and seven schoolaged kids to raise. ? 短文 38 ? At church we had a missionary speaker. He talked about how churches in Africa made buildings out of sundried bricks, but they needed money to buy roofs. He said one hundred dollars would put a roof on a church. The minister added, “Can’t we all sacrifice to help these poor people?” We looked at each other and smiled for the first time in a week. 短文 3940 ? 短文 39 ? 盡管情感長(zhǎng)期以來被認(rèn)為是女性的專利，但男人傾訴感受的頻率 ? 與女人一樣，他們以類似的方式描述自己的情感經(jīng)歷。 ? 盡管男人和女人都嘆氣、哭喊、高興、憤怒、大叫和生氣，但兩 ? 性處理和表達(dá)情感的方式有所不同。男人對(duì)情感的反應(yīng)也不甚強(qiáng)烈 ——并且忘