When I was in high school, I had almost no individual identity left. I was a Hillcrest Husky and all other high schools were enemies. I was a wrestler and all the other sports were wimps. I was on the debate team and everyone else was dumb.
At my high school, everyone had a group; no one was an individual. Wait, I take that back. There were a few individuals, but they were completely outcast from our social order. Never in my life can I remember stronger feelings of hate in high school. But we never called it hate. We called it loyalty.
As adults, most of us are better at being an individual than we were in high school, but the influences of group identity continue to promote competition and prejudice in our world. If you are like me, you want to avoid teaching rivalry, conflict and prejudice to your children.
One possible strategy for stopping the negative influences of group identity would be: recognize and replay. Look for the prejudice in your life and replace it with charity. Treat every person as an individual and ignore the social classifications created by a group-dependent world.
A good friend and I once discussed our differing religions beliefs. He identified with a certain group and I with another. Because of our dependence on group identity, our conversations revolved around the beliefs of the groups. Our individual beliefs, which were quite similar, took a back seat while we discussed topics we knew little about. We defended our groups even when we did not understand or know the official group position on many issues. The resulting rivalry has damaged our friendship ever since.
My behavior. in this situation is exactly what scripture and wisdom teach us to avoid. How stupid I was to judge my friend by a group standard! How stupid I was to defend my own group even in areas I knew nothing about! I hope I can teach my children to behave differently.
Here, I have used religious beliefs to point only one area in which the influence of group identity can create problems. There are many others to consider also. Some of these are marriage, race, culture, language, geographic origin, education, and behavior. We should treat all people as individuals regardless of these conditions.
Finally, loyalty and group identity are not always bad. At times, they can help a lonely person to feel loved or a broken soul to feel success. Group identity can also help us to live a higher standard. But positive peer pressure should never replace individual, one-to-one acts of service and love.
According to the article, ______came along with group identity.
A.rivalry
B.prejudice
C.conflicts
D.all of the above
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When I was a child, I used () to the river and bathe in the evening.
A . to going
B . to go
C . go
D . going
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I was busy with my paper when I heard someone()in the room above.
A、moving on
B、moving off
C、moving up
D、moving about
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I think I was at school, ________ I was staying with a friends during the vacation when I heard the news.
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Mr. Holland’s Opus was an American drama film released in 1995. Who was in the title role of Glenn Holland, a high-school music teacher?
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When I was in the city. I visited the university where I____.
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When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon ________ it.
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2. I ________ a few words of Turkish when I was in Istanbul.
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I think I was at school, ________ I was staying with a friends during the vacation when I heard the news.
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I was so tired that I _____ when I was sitting in the armchair reading.
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听力原文:W: Seldom did I go to dancing balls when I was at college. I was indulged in books day after day.
M: Really, Lucy? Your roommate Rose once told me you had been granted as dancing star when you were a junior at college.
Q: What does the man mean?
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A.Rose liked dancing very much when she was at college.
B.Rose and Lucy were good friends when they were roommates.
C.The man believed what Lucy told him.
D.The man doubted what Lucy told him.
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I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like along-lost cousin.
In my family it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened. But the Whites didn't worry about who had done what. Mr. and Mrs. White had six children: three sons and three daughters.
In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip to New York. The two oldest, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy had recently got a driver' s license, and was excited about practicing her driving on the trip.
The big sisters let Amy take over. She came to an intersection with a stop sign, but Amy continued without stopping. The driver of a large truck, crashed into our car.
Jane was killed instantly.
When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they hugged us all.
To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, "We' re so glad that you're alive."
I was astonished. No blame.
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign.
Mrs. White said, "Jane's gone, and nothing we say or do will bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister' s death?"
They were right. Amy graduated from college and got married several years ago, She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She' s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane.
The writer of the article is ______ .
A.Mrs. White's niece
B.the Whites' cousin
C.Sarah' s friend at college
D.Jane' s friend at school
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—He was nearly drowned once. —When was ______? — ______ was in 1998 when he was in middle school.
A.that; It
B.this; This
C.this; It
D.that; This
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He hasn't analyzed why he tips so generously, but I think the proclivity stems from his high school years, when he worked as a busboy.
A.predilection
B.prosperity
C.premeditation
D.preamble
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What sports did the man like best when he was in high school?
A.Golf.
B.Tennis.
C.Volleyball.
D.Basketball.
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When I got back home, I was horrified to see what a terrible______the kitchen was in.
A.stage
B.state
C.sight
D.spectacle
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Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of Course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that's not what I did.
I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university that doesn't even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren't studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.
I headed off to college, feeling sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering "factories" where they didn't care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist all in one.
Now I'm not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.
The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
The author chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university because he ______.
A.intended to be a sensible student with noble ideals
B.wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality
C.intended to be a combination of engineer and humanist
D.wanted to coordinate engineering with liberal-arts courses in college
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I had my meals to bring when I was ill in bed with a bad cold.()
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错
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I had my meals brought when I was ill in bed with a bad cold.()
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I used to think education was the most important thing in my life. Recently my attitude has begun to change, although I still hold that it is essential for everyone in the world today. As a top junior student in my college, I was asked to make a speech on how to learn English well. Standing in front of the audience and facing so many freshmen, I was trembling. I didn&39;t remember any word that I had prepared. I ran out of the conference room without finishing my speech, leaving everyone puzzled. I cried that night in my room, feeling that I was a loser. Studying takes so much of my time that I feel unable to really develop myself. I am just storing knowledge; yet fail to communicate with others. I have received many awards in school, but they don&39;t necessarily reflect anything about me. I don&39;t know how to socialize. When I leave school I fear I will be of no use to society.
I realize that everyone has her or his own way of living. I want to change my lifestyle. Of course I will keep studying. Yet I plan to look for a part-time job, which might turn out to be a good chance to get to know society. I still believe that working my hardest does make me happy. I will still stay on in college, but I will not allow it to shelter me from the real world.
1. From this passage, we know that the author回答.
A. does not think education is the most important thing in her life any more
B. thinks that communication with other people is more important than education
C. realizes that it is more important to really develop oneself than just to store knowledge
2. By saying that she is "a junior student" in her college, the author means that she is回答.
A. a student in her third year in college
B. a very young college student
C. younger than most students in college
3. The author thinks the awards she has received 回答.
A. show that she is a top student
B. show how much time she has spent in learning
C. don&39;t necessarily reflect her real self
4. The author fears that she will be of no use to society, mainly because回答.
A. she feels she is a loser
B. she does not know how to communicate with others
C. studying takes too much of her time
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage, when the author says that she wants to find a part-time job?回答
A. The job might enable her to get to know society.
B. She wants to change her lifestyle.
C. She wants to get some shelter from the real world.
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I was interested in school work: otherwise I______ mad.
A.should go
B.would have gone
C.had gone
D.would go
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I saw him often when he was at school and university, but after he got married I lost__
A.A.contact
B.B.connection
C.C.track
D.D.trace
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There was a high school in the past. Now they’re ____________.
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—How I wish I had worked harder when I was in the company.
—If you had, you a department manager now()
A.are
B.were
C.would have been
D.would be
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Mr. Jones used to be my English teacher. He teaches me English when I was studying in high school.()
A.used to
B.teaches
C.was studying
D.in