2006 Text 1（英语⼆）美国社会正在使⼈们同质化In spite of endless talk of difference, is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.There is "the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference" characteristic of .People are absorbed into "a culture of consumption" launched by the 19th-century that offered "vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite," these were stores "anyone could enter, regardless of class or background.This turned shopping into a public and democratic act."The , advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous.Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today's immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation.In 1993 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900,13.6 percent.In the 10 years prior to 1990,3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10American society不管我们如何喋喋不休地谈论差别，美国社会实际上是⼀台同化⼈们的神奇的机器。popular culture美国流⾏⽂化在着装和语⾔上既有⼤众化的统⼀性，⼜有随意⽽不拘礼的特点。department stores⼈们被 19 世纪百货公司发起的“消费⽂化”所吸引，这种⽂化“在优雅的氛围中提供⼤量商品”。
2010年考研英语（一）真题试卷 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. Use of English 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Writing
Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best
word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points)
In 1924 America’s National Research Council sent two engineers to
supervise a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne
Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how shop-floor lighting 【B1】
workers’ productivity. Instead, the studies ended 【B2】 giving their name to the
“ Hawthorne effect, “ the extremely influential idea that the very 【B3】 of being
experimented upon changed subjects’ behavior. The idea arose because of the
【B4】 behavior of the women in the plant. According to 【B5】 of the experiments,
their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It
SectionⅠUse of English
Directions：Read the following text. Choose the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C or D onANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to find the giftedfew and take them as far as they can go， our task would be fairly simple. The public school system， however， has nosuch 1 ， 2 the jobs must be carried 3 at the same time. Because we depend so 4 upon science and technology for our 5，we must produce specialists in many fields. 6 we live in a 7 nation， whose citizens make the policies for the nation， largenumbers of us must be educated to understand， to uphold， and 8 necessary， to judge the work of 9. The public schoolmust educate both producers and 10 of scientific services.
In education， there should be a good balance 11 the branches of 12 that contribute to effective thinking and 13judgment. Such balance is defeated by 14 much emphasis on any one field. This 15 of balance involves not only the 16 ofthe natural sciences， the social sciences and the arts but also relative emphasis among the natural sciences themselves.
考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析--2006年
Part One
In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an
amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is “the democratizing
uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of
consumption “launched by the 19th –century department stores that
offered ‘vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of
intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.” these were stores
“anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned
shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising
and sports are other forces for homogenization.
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may
not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the
National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s
