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1、GS四川大学萧盛考博英语培训-2008年真题（配套DVD光盘含讲解及答案）http://www.scukaobo.com四川大学2008年博士研究生入学考试基础英语试题考试注意事项1、本试题共12页，考试时间180分钟。2、1-70题答案请填在机读卡上相应处，否则不给分。3、翻译和作文写在答题纸上，写在试题上无效。中、英文翻译应做到字迹清晰、书写工整。I.ReadingComprehension(30%;onemarkeach):PassageOneTheperiodofadolescence,i.e.,theperi
2、odbetweenchildhoodandadulthood,maybelongorshort,dependingonsocialexpectationsandonsociety’sdefinitionastowhatconstitutesmaturityandadulthood.Inprimitivesocietiesadolescencewasfrequentlyarelativelyshortperiodoftime,whileinindustrialsocietywithpatternsofprolongede
3、ducationcoupledwithlawsagainstchildlabor,theperiodofadolescenceismuchlongerandmayincludemostoftheseconddecadeofone’slife.Fuethermore,thelengthoftheadolescentperiodandthedefinitionofadulthoodstatusmaychangeinagivensocietyassocialandeconomicconditionschange.Exampl
4、esofthistypeofchangearedisappearenceofthefrontierinthelatterpartofthenineteenthcenturyintheUnitedStates,andmoreuniversally,theindustrializationofanagriculturalsociety.Inmodernsociety,ceremoniesforadolescencehavelosttheirformalrecognitionandsymbolicsignificancean
5、dtherenolongerisagreementastowhatconstitutesinitiationceremonies.Socialoneshavebeenreplacedbyasequenceofstepsthatleadtoincreasedrecognitionandsocialstatus.Forexample,gradeschoolgraduation,highschoolgraduationandcollegegraduationconstitutesuchasequence,andwhileea
6、chstepimpliescertainbehavioralchangesandsocialrecognition,thesignificanceofeachdependsonthesocio-economicstatusandtheeducationalambitionoftheindividual.Ceremoniesforadolescencehavealsobeenreplacedbylegaldifinitionsofstatus,roles,rights,privilegesandresponsibilit
7、ies.Itisduringthenineyearsfromthetwelfthbirthdaytothetwenty-firstthattheprotectiveandrestrictiveaspectsofchildhoodandminorstatusareremovedandadultprivilegesandresponsibilitiesaregranted.Thetwelve-year-oldisnolongerconsideredachildandhaspayfullfarefortrain,aripla
8、ne,theaterandmoivetickets.Basically,theindividualatthisageloseschildhoodprivillegeswithoutgainingsignificantadultright.Attheageofsixteentheadolescenceisgrantedcertain
