African American women’s search for
societal acceptance often encompasses struggle between natural and socially
constructed ideas of beauty. As an essential component in traditional African
societies, cosmetic modification is ritualized to emphasize natural features of
blackness. Defined by social occasion such as childhood development maturity,
indicators of marital status or the group to which you belong, beautification of
the hair and body play an essential role. In our racially conscious society,
presenting a physical image and being accepted is a complex negotiation between
two different worlds.
Hair is an outward expression of culture
and heritage. It also represents a sense of personal style. In the search for
the African American identity, blacks have undergone many different changes in
hairstyle. Hairstyles are cultura
A. Because they tried to keep socially fashionable.
B. Because they did not have their own standards of beauty.
C. Because they were not well educated as white Americans.
D. Because they wanted to become part of the mainstream.
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[单项选择] Passage Five
African American women’s search for
societal acceptance often encompasses struggle between natural and socially
constructed ideas of beauty. As an essential component in traditional African
societies, cosmetic modification is ritualized to emphasize natural features of
blackness. Defined by social occasion such as childhood development maturity,
indicators of marital status or the group to which you belong, beautification of
the hair and body play an essential role. In our racially conscious society,
presenting a physical image and being accepted is a complex negotiation between
two different worlds.
Hair is an outward expression of culture
and heritage. It also represents a sense of personal style. In the search for
the African American identity, blacks have undergone many different changes in
hairstyle. Hairstyles are cultura
A. their cultural identity
B. their aesthetic taste
C. their social recognition
D. their challenge against the society
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Passage Five
Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist, made a fortune by manufacturing iron and steel protected by custom tariff. In 1873, on one of his frequent trips to England, he met Henry Besesement and became convinced that the industrial future lay in steel. He built the J.Edgar Thomson steel Mills near Pittsburgh, and from that moment on, the Carnegie empire was one of constant expansion. Later on, the Carnegie Steel Co. became an immense organization. It included all the process of steel production from the great furnaces and finishing mills of Pittsburgh to the inroads and lake steamers that move the ores and the finish products.
Like his grandfather, Andrew Carnegie did not abandon the radical idealism of his forebears for the benefit of the working class and the social Farwinism of the period, Carnegie remained deeply committed to many of the Charitist ideals of his boyhood. He believed in the social responsibility of the man of wealt
A. with the act of five enterprise system
B. through large loans from the American government
C. because the American government had special tariffs to protect the American steel and iron industry
D. because he had relatives in the English and industry
[单项选择] Passage Two
American Blacks experienced a
revolution after 1945, a revolution in expectations. Following World War Ⅱ, the
steady movement toward first-class citizenship for Black people quickened, with
significant actions taking place in courts of law, in voting booths, in
restaurants and in the streets of the nation.
A decade of
intense civil rights activity was launched in 1954 when the United States
Supreme Court declared segregated schools to be unconstitutional. In 1955, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. , effectively organized the Blacks of Atlanta, Georgia,
in a bus boycott. The boycott lasted two years, and when it was over, Blacks no
longer were degraded by being forced to sit or stand in the rear of
buses.
In 1960, a group of Black college students decided that
they, sis well as white persons, had the right to eat at a lunch counter
A. after World War Ⅱ
B. in 1954
C. before 1945
D. in 1960
[单项选择]Passage Three
The American research university is a remarkable institution, long a source of admiration and wonder. The idyllic ( 田园诗的 ), wooded campuses, the diversity and energy of the student populations, and, most of all, the sheer volume of public and private resources available to nm them, have made them the envy of the world.
Seen from the inside, however, everything is not quite so rosy. Setting aside the habitual complexity of medical schools, which have separate healthcare and finance issues, the structure of these institutions is straightforward and consistent. The bedrock of each university is a system of discipline-specific departments. The strength of these departments determines the success and prestige of the institution as a whole.
This structure raises a few obvious questions. One is the relevance of the department-based structure to the way scientific research is done. Many argue that in a host of areas -- ranging from computational biology and mater
A. determines the complexity of the single-discipline department
B. is well established with competition among its departments
C. ensures the success and prestige of each single department
D. is characterized by the department-based structure
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