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　　SECTION III Reading Comprehension

　　( 50 minutes)

　　Read tile following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Text 1Austerity is a word often found on the lips of politicians and economists at the moment, but it

　　is seldom heard from technologists. And although the idea that "less is more" has many adherents in architecture, design and fashion, the technology industry has historically espoused the opposite view. Products should have as many features as possible; and next year's version should have even more. As prices fall, what starts off as a fancy new feature quickly becomes commonplace--try buying a phone without a camera, or a car without electric windows--prompting companies to add new features in an effort to outdo their rivals. Never mind if nobody uses most of these new fea-tures. In an arms race, more is always more.

　　But now there are signs that technologists are waking up to the benefits of minimalism, thanks to two things: feature fatigue among consumers who simply want things to work, and strong de- mand from less affluent consumers in the developing world. It is telling that the market value of Apple, the company most closely associated with simple, elegant high-tech products, recently overtook that of Microsoft, the company with the most notorious case of new-features. True, Apple's products contain lots of features under the hood, but the company has a knack for concea- ling such complexities by using elegant designs. Other companies have also prospered by providing easy-to-use products: think of the Nintendo Wii video-game console or the Flip video camera. Gadgets are no longer just for geeks, and if technology is to appeal to a broad audience, simplicity trumps fancy specificatiorns.

　　Another strand of techno-austerity can be found in software that keeps things simple in order to reduce distractions and ensure that computer-users remain focused and productive. Many word pro- cessors now have special full-screen modes, so that all unnecessary and distracting menus, palettes and so on are disabled or hidden; rather than fiddling with font sizes or checking e-mail, you are encouraged to get on with your writing. If the temptation to have a quick look at Facebook proves too much, there are programs that will disable access to particular websites at specified times of day; and if that is not draconian enough, there are even some programs that can block internet ac- cess altogether. A computer on which some features are not present, or have been deliberately disa- bled, may in fact be more useful if you are trying to get things done. There are no distracting hy- perlinks on a typewriter. Then there is the phenomenon of "frugal" innovation. Low-cost laptops were inspired to be produced for children in poor countries, but have since proved popular with consumers around the world.

　　All this offers grounds for hope. If the feature-obsessed technology industry can change its tune, perhaps there is a chance that governments--which have also tended to be inveterate believers in the idea that more is more--might also come to appreciate the merits of minimalism.

　　51. What does "less is more" mean?

　　A. The less expensive a product is, the more popular it will be.

　　B. The simpler a product is, the better the design is.

　　C. The less fancy a product looks, the more competitive it becomes.

　　D. The fewer features a product has, the more difficult to sell it.

　　52. Who used to believe in the concept tl)at "more is more"?

　　A. Politicians and economists.

　　B. Technologists.

　　C. Architectural designers.

　　D. Fashion designers.

　　53. The importance of minimalism has been realized for the following reasons EXCEPT that

　　A. consumer preference has changed and frugality has been highly valued.

　　B. consumers want to buy new products regardless of their features.

　　C. Apple's products show a smart combination of features and design.

　　D. high-tech products with an elegant appearance are getting popular.

　　54. What type of computers will probably represent the trend?

　　A. Computers with hypedinks.

　　B. Computers with new functions.

　　C. Computers with fairly comprehensive programs.

　　D. Computers with hidden features used at users' disposal.

　　55. What is the most suitable title for the text?

　　A. In Praise of Techno-austerity

　　B. Frugality Is the Mother of Invention

　　C. Simplicity vs. Complexity

　　D. Obsession with Features

　　Text 2

　　Miserabilists' fear of change; idealists' hope for a better world; an all-purpose adult nostalgia for lost youth: all these things ensure a ready hearing for claims that childhood is in crisis. Britons are especially worried. They fear that the young today are sadder than previous generations-- stressed, and turned off learning by too much testing. Children may be nastier as well: bullying is an "epidemic" in schools, according to one recent survey. They seem in danger like never before.No wonder a report published on February 2nd by the Children's Society, entitled "A Good Childhood", claiming that far too few British children have one, has received widespread notice. Children suffer because adults put their own needs first, the panel concluded, and only a wholesale shift away from competitiveness and individualism can save them. Right-wing commentators agreed with its criticism of single parents and working mothers, left-wing ones with its call for more redis- tribution of income and less-advertising to children. Both overlooked one striking finding: that most children are doing just fine.

　　Amid the statistics on teenage pregnancy rates ( higher than elsewhere in Europe, lower than in America), mental illness (a tenth of 5-16-year-olds are sufferers) and drunkenness (a third of 13-15-year-olds have been drunk at least twice, a share three times higher than the European aver- age), came some more heartening figures: 70% of ll-16-year-olds say they are very, or com- pletely, happy, and only 4% say that they are at all unhappy. The report rolls the latter in with the9% of children who describe themselves as neither happy nor unhappy to claim that 13% are "less than happy". But clearly, very few children agree with adults that they are in deep trouble.

　　In "Reclaiming Childhood", Helene Guldberg, a child psychologist at the Open University, examines the same facts and draws different conclusions. Rising rates of mental illness among the young, she argues, reflect readier diagnosis, and bullying has increased because the word is now used to mean the infliction of even the slightest emotional bruise. She thinks many attempts to im- prove children's lives, such as anti-bullying campaigns, and the parenting lessons proposed by the Children's Society, are likely to be counterproductive. "Suggesting that all parents need to be taught how to do their job risks creating a self-fulfilling belief in parents' incompetence and children's lack of resilience," she says.

　　Britain is no Utopia, of course. As in other rich countries, children find it too easy to sit in- doors, staring at screens and overeating. They lack the protection afforded by the Nordic belief in the sacredness of outdoor play, or the shared family meals of Mediterranean countries. A large mi- nority ape their elders' drinking habits and a few, but still too many, become parents while still children themselves.

　　56. Britons are worried about the following EXCEPT that

　　A. children's learning is crammed with too much testing.

　　B. they are confronted with a lot of hardships in their life.

　　C. there is more and more school violence in Britain today.

　　D. young Britons today are sadder than previous generations.

　　57. The report published by the Children's Society

　　A. was criticized by right-wing commentators.

　　B. has aroused the attention of the general public.

　　C. concluded that most children in Britain are doing fine.

　　D. argued that single-parents should put children's needs first.

　　58. According to statistics, teenagers in Britain

　　A. have a higher pregnancy rate than those in America.

　　B. agree with adults that childhood in Briton is in crisis.

　　C. describe themselves, in great numbers, as neither happy nor unhappy.

　　D. suffer more serious drinking problems than those in Europe.

　　59. In "Reclaiming Childhood", the author argues that

　　A. mental problems among the young should be diagnosed carefully.

　　B. campaigns aimed at improving children's lives are very effective.

　　C. more bullying occurs because its definition has been extended.

　　D. parents should be taught how to fulfill their parental duties.

　　60. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that

　　A. britons should revive the tradition of shared family meals.

　　B. teenage parents evade responsibility of raising their children.

　　C. drinking habits pass down from generation to generation.

　　D. there isrich variety of indoor activities for British children.

　　Text 3

　　Daffodils bloom and chocolate eggs melt as the long Easter weekend draws near. Alongside such pleasures is another, equally seasonal: the annual outpouring from the teaching unions' con- ferences, whose massed pedagogues can always be relied on to provide a few news stories to de- light the headline writers.

　　Guaranteed are lamentations about parents and pupils, both inferior to those of yesteryear in various, not always consistent, ways. Fairly standard attempts to blame the raw materials rather than inadequate workmen, but these moans are given a ready hearing because they confirm the fears of many readers ( and not a few editors) that the nation's moral fibre is in shreds.

　　Also lapped up are the crazy conference motions, such as the proposal in 2007 for a curricu- lum based on fancy "skills" rather than fusty "knowledge". Union activists in most walks of life are well to the left of those they represent, and teaching-union loyalists are no exception. But such stories resonate because they fit the widespread stereotype of teachers as sandal-wearing, Guardian- reading lefties. It is one that has little evidence to back it up. The Guardian is indeed the profession's favourite newspaper, but not by miles. And teachers, tendency to vote Labour is of recent origin, and may not last.

　　In the run-up to the 1979 election that brought Margaret Thatcher to victory, most teachers told pollsters they intended to vote Conservative. When in 1987 they defected, disillusioned by low spending on schools, they turned first to the Liberal-Social Democratic Party Alliance, the third party, before coming round to the charms of Tony Blair. In 1997, fifty-nine percent intended to vote Labour, nearly four times more than fancied the Tories. But fewer have voted Labour in each subsequent election. In 2008, the Times Education Supplement found overwhelming disapproval among teachers of Labour's school policies and a shift in voting intentions.

　　Teaching is in some ways a natural job for the conservatively inclined. Like the police, teach- ers see too much of human nature to remain starry-eyed. And even the dogged idealists privately admit that traditional fight-wing policies, such as physical punishment and academic selection, would make their jobs easier.

　　But teachers' politics are also shaped by those who train them and by the nature of the work. Both are changing. Who, ile teachers were voting Tory in 1979, education academics were intoxicated with child-centred education and discovery learning, and were turning out new teachers in that mould. The academics are still pretty left-leaning, but nearly a quarter of new teachers now train in schools rather than universities, up from a handful ten years ago. All are coming to grips with a very different profession: one shaped by a national curriculum with tests and targets.

　　61. The teaching unions' conferences hold the attention of the media because

　　A. they produce delightful news stories about teachers and students.

　　B. they coincide with the coming of the spring and Easter holiday.

　　C. teachers' quality has become a consistent public concern.

　　D. teachers' complaints are in agreement with the public fear of moral decline.