2015考研英语阅读理解模拟试题十九
<p> 2015复习正在如火如荼的进行中，考研专家建议可以按考研题型分别进行重点复习，是考研英语中分值最高的，在线小编特地整理了2015理解模拟试题供大家模拟练习，希望大家认真做题，错题着重看解析及译文，经过练习阅读理解能力必能有所提高。 十九、新教育体制 <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="extension">extension</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ensuing">ensuing</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Federalist">Federalist</span> <span word="establishment">establishment</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="conception">conception</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="emerge">emerge</span>. <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="confirmation">confirmation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="status">status</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acquisition">acquisition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="status">status</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="upwardly">upwardly</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="students">students</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prepare">prepare</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="comfortably">comfortably</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="born">born</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="teach">teach</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="virtues">virtues</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="propel">propel</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="training">training</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="waiting">waiting</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journeyman">journeyman</span> <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="upward">upward</span> <span word="mobility">mobility</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="founding">founding</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span>-<span word="grant">grant</span> <span word="colleges">colleges</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doors">doors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="aspiring">aspiring</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="Anglo">Anglo</span>-<span word="Saxon">Saxon</span>, <span word="working">working</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lower">lower</span>-<span word="middle">middle</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="backgrounds">backgrounds</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="myth">myth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="drew">drew</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="campuses">campuses</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="shift">shift</span>, <span word="education">education</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="vocational">vocational</span>: <span word="its">its</span> <span word="object">object</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acquisition">acquisition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="practical">practical</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="information">information</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="waiting">waiting</span>, <span word="virtue">virtue</span> <span word="consisted">consisted</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="grace">grace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="style">style</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="appropriate">appropriate</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="position">position</span>; <span word="education">education</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="merely">merely</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="acquiring">acquiring</span> <span word="polish">polish</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="manifested">manifested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="gracelessness">gracelessness</span>, <span word="awkwardness">awkwardness</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="behaving">behaving</span> <span word="inappropriately">inappropriately</span>, <span word="discourteously">discourteously</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="ostentatiously">ostentatiously</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="virtue">virtue</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="evidenced">evidenced</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="work">work</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="requisite">requisite</span> <span word="qualities">qualities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="grace">grace</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="style">style</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="drive">drive</span>, <span word="determination">determination</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="opportunity">opportunity</span>. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="casual">casual</span> <span word="liberality">liberality</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="prodigality">prodigality</span> <span word="characterized">characterized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>, <span word="frugality">frugality</span>, <span word="thrift">thrift</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="control">control</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="distinguish">distinguish</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="aspire">aspire</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="high">high</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="continually">continually</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span>, <span word="striving">striving</span>, <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="upward">upward</span>. <span word="Failure">Failure</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="still">still</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="rising">rising</span>. 1.<span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="paragraph">paragraph</span>? [<span word="A">A</span>] <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="education">education</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>] <span word="Federalists">Federalists</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="opposed">opposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="education">education</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>] <span word="New">New</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="confirm">confirm</span> <span word="peoples">peoples</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="status">status</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>] <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="tune">tune</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="hierarchical">hierarchical</span> <span word="society">society</span>. 2.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="difference">difference</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="journeyman">journeyman</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> _____ . [<span word="A">A</span>] <span word="education">education</span> <span word="trained">trained</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="climb">climb</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="ladders">ladders</span> [<span word="B">B</span>] <span word="journeyman">journeyman</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="whatever">whatever</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span> [<span word="C">C</span>] <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="class">class</span> [<span word="D">D</span>] <span word="journeyman">journeyman</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="practically">practically</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="education">education</span> 3.<span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="paragraph">paragraph</span>, <span word="land">land</span>-<span word="grant">grant</span> <span word="College">College</span> _____. [<span word="A">A</span>] <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span>-<span word="owning">owning</span> <span word="class">class</span> [<span word="B">B</span>] <span word="enlarged">enlarged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scope">scope</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="education">education</span> [<span word="C">C</span>] <span word="was">was</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> [<span word="D">D</span>] <span word="benefited">benefited</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="upper">upper</span> <span word="class">class</span> 4.<span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="waiting">waiting</span>? [<span word="A">A</span>] <span word="Manners">Manners</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>] <span word="Education">Education</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>] <span word="Moral">Moral</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>] <span word="Personality">Personality</span>. 5.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="title">title</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="is">is</span> _____. [<span word="A">A</span>] <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Progress">Progress</span> [<span word="B">B</span>] <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="Norms">Norms</span> [<span word="C">C</span>] <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Education">Education</span>: <span word="Opportunities">Opportunities</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="More">More</span> [<span word="D">D</span>] <span word="Demerits">Demerits</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hierarchical">Hierarchical</span> <span word="Society">Society</span> 答案：1.<span word="D">D</span> 2.<span word="C">C</span> 3.<span word="B">B</span> 4.<span word="A">A</span> 5.<span word="C">C</span> 核心词汇或超纲词汇 <span word="extension">extension</span>延长，扩充;普及，推广 <span word="ensue">ensue</span>随之发生;追求[随] <span word="confirmation">confirmation</span>证实，确认，批准 <span word="upward">upward</span>向上的;上升的;增长的;<span word="upwardly">upwardly</span>在上面地，向上地 <span word="mobile">mobile</span>流动的;易变的;升降很大的 <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span>学徒;实习生 <span word="polish">polish</span>磨光，光泽;优雅，精良擦亮;推敲;使完美或完善 <span word="ostentatious">ostentatious</span>装饰表面的;卖弄的，夸耀的;<span word="ostentateostentation">ostentateostentation</span> <span word="liberality">liberality</span>慷慨，大方;宽大，磊落 全文翻译 随着19世纪上半叶民主权利的扩展和接踵而至的联邦体制的衰退，一种新的教育观念开始浮现出来。教育不再是对先前存在的地位的确认，而成了获得更高地位的工具。对于不断进步的新一代学生来说，教育的目标不是培养他们在自己出生的环境中舒适地生活，而是教给他们一些新的品德和技能，从而把他们推进一个不同的更好的世界。教育变成了训练，学生也不再是等待的绅士，而成了一些寻求提高社会地位的职业学徒。 在19世纪，大学教育开始被看成是跻身世界前列的一种手段。国家赠予土地的大学为那些来自非盎格鲁.萨克孙血统，工人阶级以及社会中下层的贫穷而有抱负的男孩们敞开了高等教育的大门。那些完成大学学业而获得成功的穷孩子的神话驱使数百万的穷人孩子涌入新的大学校园。随着这种转变，教育变得更加职业化：教育的目标是获取实用的技术和有用的信息。 对于那些准绅士来说，美德首先包括高雅的风度和作风，及符合自己身份地位的表现;教育仅仅是达到优雅的一种方式。而笨拙，粗俗，无礼，招摇等都是恶行的表现。而对于那些学徒来说，美德表现在通过努力获得的成功中。人物必备的品质不是优雅风度而是积极，决心和寻找机会的锐利的眼光。当懒散的自由化及至挥霍浪费成了绅士的特色时，节俭，自制就成了新学徒的标志。绅士的社会地位已经很高，因此不再渴望更高的社会地位，而学徒却一直努力地向上攀登。对于学徒来说，原地不动，没有上升就意味着失败。</p>
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