Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the great efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the "typical" Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than this counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.
Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that "assembly-line
A. it’s now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the river
B. great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen
C. in pursuing material gains the French are suffering losses elsewhere
D. the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked apples
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When Mr. Finch retired, he bought a small cottage in (11) a seaside village. The cottage was built (12) in 1588, but was in very good condition. Mr. Finch was looking forward to (13) a quiet life, but in the summer holidays he got a shock. Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village. Mr. Fineh’s cottage was the most interesting building in the village and many of the tourists came to see it. From morning till night there were tourists outside the cottage. They kept (14) looking through windows and many of them even went into Mr. Finch’s garden. This was too much for Mr. Finch.
In the end, he (15) sold the cottage and bought a small, modern house. It is an uninteresting little place and no one wants to see it.
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 1 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 2 tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future 3 and cultural growth increased.
Many linguists believe that evolution is 4 for our ability to produce and use language. They 5 that our highly evolved brain provides us 6 an innate language ability not found in lower 7 . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 8 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 10 times for language development.
Current 11 of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 12 , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 13 grades. Young children
A. ideological
B. biological
C. social
D. psychological
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