From William H. Pickering's quotation, we can conclude he thought the use of aero planes w
A.incorrect
B.vague
C.imaginative
D.impracticable
A.incorrect
B.vague
C.imaginative
D.impracticable
Paragraph 5 The attitudes of Americans toward gambling are amazingly contradictory. You may find, for example, that horse racing is legal in your state, but that you cannot legally play poker for money on your front porch; bookies may be prosecuted by state law, but they are supposed to purchase a federal license nonetheless; one church condemns gambling, while another raises money by sponsoring Bingo games. Gambling laws are inconsistent from state to state or even from town to town and are very difficult to enforce.
A、Americans have negative attitudes toward gambling.
B、Gambling laws are difficult to enforce.
C、Gambling laws are inconsistent from community to community.
D、Churches do not have uniform ideas about gambling.
When anti-globalization protesters took to the streets of Washington last weekend, they blamed globalization for everything from hunger to the destruction of home-grown cultures. And globalization meant the United States. The critics call it Coca-Colonization, and French sheep farmer Jose Bove has become a cult(狂热分子)figure since destroying a McDonald's restaurant in 1999. Contrary to conventional wisdom, however, globalization is neither homogenizing(使……同化)nor Americanizing the cultures of the world.
To understand why not, we have to step back and put the current period in a larger historical perspective. Although they are related, the long-term historical trends of globalization and modernization are not the same. While modernization has produced some common traits, such as large cities, factories and mass communications, local cultures have by no means been erased. The appearance of similar institutions in response to similar problems is not surprising, but it does not lead to homogeneity. In the first half of the 20th century, for example, there were some similarities among the industrial societies of Britain, Germany, America and Japan, but there were even more important differences. When China, India and Brazil complete their current processes of industrialization and modernization, we should not expect them to be exact copies of Japan, Germany or the United States.
Take the current information revolution. The United States is at the forefront of this great movement of change, so the uniform. social and cultural habits produced by television viewing or Internet use, for instance, are often attributed to Americanization. But correlation is not causation(原因). Since the United States does exist and is at the leading edge of the information revolution, there is a degree of Americanization at present, but it is likely to decrease over the course of the 21st century as technology spreads and local cultures modernize in their own ways.
Historical proof that globalization does not necessarily mean homogenization can be seen in the case of Japan. In the mid-19th century, it became the first Asian country to embrace globalization and to borrow successfully from the world without losing its uniqueness. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan searched broadly for tools and innovations that would allow it to become a major power rather than a victim of Western imperialism. The lesson that Japan has to teach the rest of the world is that even a century and a half of openness to global trends dues not necessarily assure destruction of a country's separate cultural identity.
The author's main purpose in writing this passage is to ______.
A.report the progress of some new events
B.criticize extreme and violent actions
C.recall a certain period of American history
D.tell his readers not to be afraid of globalization
A.does not result in homogeneity of local cultures
B.is somewhat related to globalization
C.is one of the long-term historical trends
D.has shaped different traits in industrial countries
A.it is a long-term historical trend of the world
B.industrial societies are almost exact copies of the United States
C.the Internet and TV promote the spread of American social and cultural habits
D.local cultures are gradually weakened over the course of the 21st century.
A.openness to globalization will not cost a nation's cultural identity
B.it was the first Asian country to develop successfully
C.the Meiji Restoration of 1868 was crucial in Japan's history
D.tools and innovations would allow a country to become a major power
A.Americanization
B.globalization
C.information revolution
D.modernization
Individualism, independence, and self-reliance are perhaps the most distinctive American characteristics. In the United States, "individualism" is【C1】______a good thing, it does not mean being【C2】______, and each person is expected to make【C3】______for himself or herself 'about all aspects of life,【C4】______, career, and home. The nuclear family(mother, father, and children)is an important aspect of American society,【C5】______usually has much less influence【C6】______the behavior. of any individual in it【C7】______is generally true in China. Children are【C8】______from an early age to be self-reliant【C9】______care of their clothes and bedrooms, perhaps helping to cook and【C10】______, begin thinking for themselves, and even learning to【C11】______their own money. Parents provide advice and assistance of course,【C12】______when their children are young, but the importance of the individual is【C13】______.This is reflected in American【C14】______such as "Think for yourself," "Do your【C15】______things," and "You are the master of your own fate."【C16】______concentrating on the individual, American【C17】______a greater personal responsibility for the decisions they【C18】______and the actions they take. This principle【C19】______to all aspects of life, including the family,【C20】______relations, finances, business, law, academics, and medicine. Nowadays, the parents in China are trying to cultivate their children in individualism, independence, and self-reliance as well.
【C1】
A.considered
B.believed
C.regarded
D.thought
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