考研英语一（阅读）模拟试卷847
阅读（常规阅读理解）
Americans today don\’t place a very high value on intellect Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education—not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren\’t difficult to find.
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1.What do American parents expect their children to acquire in school?(C)
A. The habit of thinking independently.
B. Profound knowledge of the world.
C. Practical abilities for future career.
D. The confidence in intellectual pursuits.
解析：根据题干中的American parents expect…to acquire in school等词可定位到第一段3句。结合该句句首的Even“甚至”一词可知，该句与上句在语义上为递进关系，而上一句表示“如今美国民众心目中的英雄是那些运动员、演艺圈明星和企业家们，而不是学者”，因此送孩子去学校的目的就如3句where 引导从句的所说的，是接受实用教育（get a practical education），注意题干中的\\
2.We can learn from the text that Americans have a history of(A)
A. undervaluing intellect.
B. favoring intellectualism.
C. supporting school reform.
D. suppressing native intelligence.
解析：第二段①句的 always表明美国社会一向都是把实用性置于学术性之上。第四段①句提到学术被视为权势和特权形式，遭到人们的憎恨（resented）；2句继续引用Hofstadter的观点，指出美国历史上一贯排斥精英意识，而学术正是作为一种特权形式遭到排斥；最后一句指出，比起书本知识（即学术），美国人更看重实用、常识和天赋，因此确定美国在历史上都轻视学术的重要性，故A项“学术被低估\\
3.The views of Ravitch and Emerson on schooling are(D)
A. identical.
B. similar.
C. complementary.
D. opposite.
解析：由上述分析可知，Ravitch认为学校应该重学术，即学术对孩子非常重要，而Emerson则认为学术会遏制孩子的天性，两者处于对立立场，因此D项“相反的”为正确答案。
4.Emerson, according to the text, is probably(B)
A. a pioneer of education reform.
B. an opponent of intellectualism.
C. a scholar in favor of intellect.
D. an advocate of regular schooling.
解析：该题实则是考查Emerson对于学术主义的观点，由第五段1句可知，他和其他先验主义哲学家认为学校教育和僵化的书本学习会遏制孩子的天性，schooling and rigorous book learning其实就是指学术，故可知他是学术主义的反对者，B项“学术主义的反对者”为正确答案。
5.What does the author think of intellect?(C)
A. It is second to intelligence.
B. It evolves from common sense.
C. It is to be pursued.
D. It underlies power.
解析：从首段、第三段首句及最后两段内容，我们可以看出作者的语言有明显的倾向性，即反对anti-intellectualism（反学术主义），因而C项“（学术）应该被追求”为正确答案。
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