GRE阅读取舍及实战

GRE阅读取舍及实战

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1、GRE阅读课外练习(取舍+实战)一、取舍Passage1:Schoolsexpecttextbookstobeavaluablesourceofinformationforstudents.Myresearchsuggests,however,thattextbooksthataddresstheplaceofNativeAmericanswithinthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesdistorthistorytosuitaparticularculturalvaluesystem.Insometextbooks,forexampl

2、e,settlersarepicturedasmorehumane,complex,skillful,andwisethanNativeAmerican.Inessence,textbooksstereotypeanddeprecatethenumerousNativeAmericancultureswhilereinforcingtheattitudethattheEuropeanconquestoftheNewWorlddenotesthesuperiorityofEuropeancultures.AlthoughtextbooksevaluateN

3、ativeAmericanarchitecture,politicalsystems,andhomemaking,Icontendthattheydoitfromanethnocentric,Europeanperspectivewithoutrecognizingthatotherperspectivesarepossible.Oneargumentagainstmycontentionassertsthat,bynature,textbooksareculturallybiasedandthatIamsimplyunderestimatingchil

4、dren’sabilitytoseethroughthesebiases.Someresearchersevenclaimthatbythetimestudentsareinhighschool,theyknowtheycannottaketextbooksliterally.Yetsubstantialevidenceexiststothecontrary.Tworesearchers,forexample,haveconductedstudiesthatsuggestthatchildren’sattitudesaboutparticularcult

5、urearestronglyinfluencedbythetextbooksusedinschools.Giventhis,anongoing,carefulreviewofhowschooltextbooksdepictNativeAmericaniscertainlywarranted.Passage2:Attheendofthenineteenthcentury,arisinginterestinNativeAmericancustomsandanincreasingdesiretounderstandNativeAmericanculturepro

6、mptedethnologiststobeginrecordingthelifestoriesofNativeAmerican.Ethnologistshadadistinctreasonforwantingtohearthestories:theywereafterlinguisticoranthropologicaldatathatwouldsupplementtheirownfieldobservations,andtheybelievedthatthepersonalstories,evenofasingleindividual,couldincr

7、easetheirunderstandingoftheculturesthattheyhadbeenobservingfromwithout.InadditionmanyethnologistsattheturnofthecenturybelievedthatNativeAmericanmannersandcustomswere1rapidlydisappearing,andthatitwasimportanttopreserveforposterityasmuchinformationascouldbeadequatelyrecordedbeforet

8、heculturesdisappearedforever.Therewere,h

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