西北师范大学2015年《1003日语》攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试题
华东师范大学博士研究生入学考试历年试题(教育学)
华东师⼤大2010年⽐比较教育1.试述⾯面向新世纪世界教育改⾰革的基本趋势，你觉得有何重⼤大意义。
2.谈谈你对“教育国际化对第三世界国家教育发展的有积极作⽤用”这句话的认识。
3.你对⽇日本教育制度的弊端是怎么看的？4.美国的学前教育机构是如何利⽤用社区资源的？你认为我们的幼⼉儿教育机构可利⽤用的社区资源有哪些？应如何充分利⽤用这些资源？结合实际，谈谈你的看法。
.华东师⼤大2011年⽐比较教育1.请你总结⼀一下第⼆二次世界⼤大战前法国教育的特点,对法国的国家发展有何帮助。
2.论述：什么是中央集权制的教育体制，谈谈你的认识。
3.1947年郎之万--华伦教育改⾰革⽅方案的改⾰革六原则及其意义具体有哪些不⾜足和优点。
4.请你阐述德国教师资格证书的特点，它的推⼲⼴广对德国的教育有哪些积极意义。
华东师⼤大2012年⽐比较教育1.请你简述英国1972年《詹⺟母⼠士报告》中关于师资培训的三段试师范教育,有何重⼤大意义。
2.“现代教育和现代教育管理制度的本质特征决定着现代教育管理制度的发展趋向。
”这句话有什么意义，谈谈你的看法。
3.请你试论述英国视导制度的内容以及皇家督学的主要任务。
4.请你谈谈⽇日本⼆二⼗十世纪九⼗十年代以来的基础教育改⾰革中教师政策制定⽅方⾯面对我国教育改⾰革有何重⼤大启⽰示。
华东师⼤大2013年⽐比较教育1.法国在学前教育与⼩小学教育的衔接上采取的主要措施有哪些？你认为特别值得我们借鉴的有哪些？为什么,请你说出你的看法。
2.试论述前现代儒家传统中的⼉儿童与⻄西⽅方⼉儿童的⽐比较。
3.德国资助与指导学前⼉儿童家庭教育的措施主要有哪些？请就此谈谈你的看法.4.英国“幼⼉儿凭证计划”的基本涵义是什么？请就此谈谈你的认识。
北师⼤大2005年⽐比较教育1、我国⼀一流⼤大学与世界⼀一流⼤大学理念、制度层⾯面的差距 2、国际⽐比较视⾓角谈课程改⾰革原则3、⽐比较教育对认识教育现象规律的作⽤用4、⻄西⽅方⻢马克思主义⽐比较教育理论模式5、教育国际化对第三世界国家教育的影响。
西北师范大学333教育综合专业课考研真题(2010-2018年)
1.中小学班主任工作的主要内容以及如何建设班集体？ 2.教学过程中为什么既要发挥教师的主导作用又要发挥学生的主动性？并说明应该怎 么处理这对关系？
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西北师范大学自命题专业课考研真题（原版试题）
西北师范大学 2010 年 333 教育综合真题
一、名词解释
1.班级 2.研究法 3.勤工俭学 4.锻炼 5.监生历事制度 6.国防教育法
二、简答题
1.教育对生产力发展的作用表现在那些方面？ 2.环境在人身心发展中的作用是什么？ 3.百日维新中教育改革的主要措施？ 4.动作技能形成阶段？
二、简答题
1.简述我国教育目的的基本要求（精神） 2.简述教学过程中直接经验与间接经验的关系 3.简述“百日维新”中的教育改革措施 4.简述自我效能感理论及对学习活动的意义
三、论述题
1.论述教师应具备的素养 2.论述《学记》中的主要教学原则 3.结构主义教育代表的代表人物及主要思想 4.行为主义心理学
1.简述影响知识理解的因素 2.简述学科课程与活动课程的不同 3.简述支架教学法与最近发展区的关系 4.简述启发性教学原则及其要求
三、论述题（每题 25 分，共 50 分）
2.试述王阳明“致良知”的教育目的论及其意义 3.试述乌申斯基的“教育民族论”的中国意义
三、案例分析（本题 20 分）
材料：王老师是一名班主任，平时对学生十分严格，不许学生仍纸屑、垃圾。自己在 课堂上时不时说脏话，烟头也随手扔到讲台下面。他经常要教育学生改掉那些坏习 惯，可是学生们一点都没有改变，王老师很是无奈。 1.结合材料分析王老师的班级为什么会出现这种现象？试分析其原因。 2.作为班主任，如何才能达到好的教育效果？
西北师范大学外语学院211翻译硕士英语[专业硕士]历年考研真题及详解专业课考试试题
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目 录2013年西北师范大学外语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2014年西北师范大学外语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2015年西北师范大学外语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2013年西北师范大学外语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解I. Grammar & Vocabulary (20 points)Directions: There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.1．Whenever you see an old film, you can’t help being struck by the appearance of the actresses—their hair styles and make-up look dated, their general appearance is in fact slightly _____.A. classicB. fancifulC. derangedD. ludicrous【答案】D【解析】句意：每次看老电影，女演员出场之时，你都会感到很震惊，她们的妆容和发型都过时了，她们的相貌总的来说都有点滑稽。
本题考查的是词义辨析，ludicrous滑稽的；荒唐的，符合题意，故为正确答案。
classic经典的；古典的。
fanciful想象的；稀奇的。
deranged疯狂的；精神错乱的。
2．When an American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient prosperous city on the _____ Ayia Irini, the archaeologists discovered a graceful Goddess.A. promontoryB. outpostC. traitsD. channel【答案】A【解析】句意：当一支美国探险队于阿伊亚•依里尼海角的古城里发现了一座庙宇之时，考古学家发现了一座优雅的女神雕像。
2015年西北师范大学333教育综合真题及答案
西北师范大学2015年招收攻读硕士研究生入学考试业务课试题适用专业名称：学科教学、教育管理、小学教育、学前教育、现代教育技术、科学与技术教育、心理健康教育考试科目名称：教育综合科目代码：333注意：1、请将答案直接做到答题纸上，做在试题纸上或草稿纸上无效。
2、除答题纸上规定的位置外，不得在卷面上出现姓名、考生编号或其他标志，否则按违纪处理。
一，名词解释（每题5分，共40分）1、课程标准2、德育3、分斋教学法4、生活教育理论5、导生制6、恩物7、元认知8、品德二，简答题（每题10分，共80分）1、简述颜元对学校教育的改革。
2、夸美纽斯在教育学上的地位和贡献。
3、怎样培养学生的学习动机。
4、学校心里健康教育的途径。
5、学记的教学原则。
6、学校管理的发展趋势。
7、列举中小学常见的教学方法。
8、文艺复兴时期教育特点。
三，论述题（每题，15分，共30分）1、材料：黑龙江某学校的班主任在教师节期间向学生索要礼物，被曝光。
据此分析教师应该具有的品德。
2、学校教育在人的发展中起什么作用？为什么？2015年西北师范大学333教育综合真题答案一，名词解释（每题5分，共40分）1、课程标准【解析】课程标准是依照课程计划的要求，每门学科以纲要的形式编定的、有关学科教学内容的指导性文件。
它规定某门学科的性质与地位，是教材编写、教学、评估与考试命题的依据，是国家管理与评价课程的基础。
编写课程标准是课程开发的重要步骤。
课程标准的结构：说明部分、课程目标部分、内容标准部分、课程实施建议部分。
2、德育【解析】德育的概念有广义和狭义之分，广义的德育是指教育者根据一定社会的要求和受教育者身心发展的规律，有目的、有计划、有组织地在受教育者身上培养所期望的政治素质、思想素质、道德素质、法律素质等，以促使他们成为合格的社会成员的过程。
它包括政治教育、思想教育、道德教育和法律教育。
狭义的德育专指道德教育。
教育者根据一定历史时期社会的道德要求和个体的品德心理发展规律，有目的、有计划、有组织地在受教育者身上培养所期望的道德素质，使他们具有正确的道德观念、丰富的道德情感、坚强的道德意志、热切的道德观念和较高的道德实践能力，不断提升他们的道德境界的教育过程。
中国社会科学院研究生院2015年《英语》攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷
9. It was ______________ the last time around the track ______________ I really kicked it in--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving friends for the next few days. a. not until…when b. not until…that c. until…when d. until…that 10．One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact ______________ pronunciation is learnt naturally and unconsciously, while orthography is learnt deliberately and consciously. a. in…which b. of …in which c. on…that d. to…that Section B (5 points) Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word. 11. It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizens between India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. a. division b. turmoil c. fusion d. consolidation 12. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective; for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking. a. inebriates b. forsakes c. relates d. emaciates 13. Meeting is, in fact, a necessary though not necessarily productive psychological side show. Perhaps it is our civilized way to moderating，if not preventing, change. a. promoting b. impeding c. tempering d. arresting 14. The truth about alliances and their merit probably lies somewhere between the travel utopia presented by the players and the evil empires portrayed by their critics. a. collaboration b. worth c. triumph d. defect 15. But Naifeh and Smith reveal a keen intellect, an avid reader and a passionate observer of other artists’ work who progressed from labored figure studies to inspired outbursts of creative energy. Far from an artistic flash in the pan, he pursued his calling with dogged determination against nearly insurmountable odds. a. insuperable b. unsurpassable c. uncountable d. invaluable Section C (5 points) Directions: Choose the letter that indicates the error in the sentence. 16. One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S. Congress is the power to
XXX博士入学考试历年试题(完整版)
XXX博士入学考试历年试题(完整版)XXX的博士入学考试历年试题包括教育学、训练学和运动生理。
但是由于往年的英语试题无法获取，考生们对于考试的题型一开始完全不了解。
后来通过多条渠道，考生们才了解到了英语试题的题型。
现在的英语试题包括词汇题、完形填空、阅读理解、英语翻译汉语、汉语翻译英语和作文。
在复词汇时，考生们以为考博至少应该是6级以上的，因此复时以6级和考研词汇为主。
但是当看到题目后才发现自己的复思路错了。
大部分的词汇都是词组，6级词汇一个都没有出现。
例如，第一道题是关于hang on、hang up等词汇辨析，题目大意是一个人在打电话，然后说：“我去拿一下笔和纸”。
因此，基本上20道题都是考这种词组辨析。
此外，还有考语法，考生们猜到了基本要考倒装和虚拟。
因此，这两部分搞清楚了语法应该可以拿得下来。
完形填空就没有什么好讲的了，因为题量大，基本每道题目都是只看一遍。
所以完型填空考得什么内容也想不起来了。
但是总体感觉完型填空不会很难，不会到那种你自己都看晕的地步。
阅读理解虽然有6篇，但是并不是每篇篇幅都很长。
这次第5篇阅读很短，好像我记忆中只有两三个小问题。
但是考生们需要注意的是，阅读理解的难度会逐渐增加。
英语翻译汉语和汉语翻译英语都是比较基础的题型，但是需要注意的是翻译的准确性和语言表达的流畅度。
作文的分值只有15分，但是也需要注意语言的表达和逻辑性。
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The student found that the exam was manageable。
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but it is XXX.1、分析不同运动强度下肌肉糖原的利用情况及其对运动表现的影响。
西北师范大学2024年硕士研究生招生考试自命题科目参考大纲 569日语专业基础考试大纲
硕士研究生复试加试《日语专业基础》加试科目大纲（科目代码：569）学院名称（盖章）：外国语学院学院负责人（签字）：编制时间：2023年6月27日《日语专业基础》复试加试科目大纲（科目代码：569）一、考核要求《日语专业基础》是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的尺度参照性水平考试，本测试是根据日语专业本科高级阶段教学大纲有关要求和我校日语语言文学专业培养目标，考察考生的扎实的语言基本功、日语专业知识、对文化差异的敏感性、综合运用日语进行交际的能力。
具体考察考生的阅读理解能力、基本词汇的掌握、语言综合技能的水平。
二、考核评价目标1、词汇：要求考生的认知词汇达到日本语能力考试一级水平（JLPT N1）。
2、语法：要求考生掌握并能正确运用从事高级研究所需要的语法知识，熟练掌握各类语法结构、语法概念；熟练掌握掌握句子之间和段落之间的衔接手段以连贯地表达思想。
3、阅读理解：能读懂一般日文报刊杂志上的记事、社论、政论，能理解其主旨和大意，又能分辨出其中的事实与细节；能读懂一般近现代文学作品，既能理解其字面意义又能理解其隐含意义；能分析上述题材文章的思想观点，通篇布局，语言特点及修辞手法，能根据所读材料进行判断和推理；能读懂一般的研究型论文及与本专业相关的各领域中有一定难度的日文材料，掌握基本的研究方法和研究思路。
4、综合运用语言能力：要求考生能运用掌握的词汇复述句子；能在阅读理解的基础上，用日语归纳文章的主题思想，并能对文章的内容进行简单的分析、评论、回答问题；能在全面理解所给短文内容的基础上选择一个最佳答案，使短文的意思和结构恢复完整；能运用语法、修辞、结构等知识，识别所给短文内的语病并作出改正；能就所给日文句子、短文进行日文释义。
5、人文知识：要求考生能基本了解主要日语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等，初步具备日语文学知识及语言学知识。
三、考核内容本科目为水平考试，满分100分，考试时间120分钟。
本测试包括：文字与词汇、语法与表现、阅读理解、改写句子。
2015年西北师范大学333教育综合真题及答案
西北师范大学2015年招收攻读硕士研究生入学考试业务课试题适用专业名称：学科教学、教育管理、小学教育、学前教育、现代教育技术、科学与技术教育、心理健康教育考试科目名称：教育综合科目代码：333注意：1、请将答案直接做到答题纸上，做在试题纸上或草稿纸上无效。
2、除答题纸上规定的位置外，不得在卷面上出现姓名、考生编号或其他标志，否则按违纪处理。
一，名词解释（每题5分，共40分）1、课程标准2、德育3、分斋教学法4、生活教育理论5、导生制6、恩物7、元认知8、品德二，简答题（每题10分，共80分）1、简述颜元对学校教育的改革。
2、夸美纽斯在教育学上的地位和贡献。
3、怎样培养学生的学习动机。
4、学校心里健康教育的途径。
5、学记的教学原则。
6、学校管理的发展趋势。
7、列举中小学常见的教学方法。
8、文艺复兴时期教育特点。
三，论述题（每题，15分，共30分）1、材料：黑龙江某学校的班主任在教师节期间向学生索要礼物，被曝光。
据此分析教师应该具有的品德。
2、学校教育在人的发展中起什么作用？为什么？2015年西北师范大学333教育综合真题答案一，名词解释（每题5分，共40分）1、课程标准【解析】课程标准是依照课程计划的要求，每门学科以纲要的形式编定的、有关学科教学内容的指导性文件。
它规定某门学科的性质与地位，是教材编写、教学、评估与考试命题的依据，是国家管理与评价课程的基础。
编写课程标准是课程开发的重要步骤。
课程标准的结构：说明部分、课程目标部分、内容标准部分、课程实施建议部分。
2、德育【解析】德育的概念有广义和狭义之分，广义的德育是指教育者根据一定社会的要求和受教育者身心发展的规律，有目的、有计划、有组织地在受教育者身上培养所期望的政治素质、思想素质、道德素质、法律素质等，以促使他们成为合格的社会成员的过程。
它包括政治教育、思想教育、道德教育和法律教育。
狭义的德育专指道德教育。
教育者根据一定历史时期社会的道德要求和个体的品德心理发展规律，有目的、有计划、有组织地在受教育者身上培养所期望的道德素质，使他们具有正确的道德观念、丰富的道德情感、坚强的道德意志、热切的道德观念和较高的道德实践能力，不断提升他们的道德境界的教育过程。
2015年博士生入学考试外语真题
2015年博士生入学考试外语真题中国社会科学院研究生院2015年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷英语2015年3月14 日8:30 – 11:30PART I: Vocabulary and GrammarSection A (10 points)Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank.1. Even the president is not really the CEO. No one is. Power in a corporation is concentrated and vertically structured. Power in Washington is ______________ and horizontally spread out.a. prudentb. reversiblec. diffused. mandatory2. In describing the Indians of the various sections of the United States at different stages in their history, some of the factors which account for their similarity amid difference can be readily accounted for, others are difficult to _______________.a. refineb. discernc. embedd. cluster3. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by T ony Blair, wasdesigned to give the other members of the club a bigger ______________ and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union.a. sayb. transmissionc. decayd. contention4. It can hardly be denied the proliferation of so-called dirty books and films has, to date, reached almost a saturation point. People do not acknowledge the _______________ fact that children are bound to be exposed to ―dirty words‖in a myriad of ways other than through the public airwaves.a.i rrefutableb. concretec. inevitabled. haphazard5. A condition is an essential term of the contract. If a contract is not performed, it may constitute a substantial breach of contract and allow the other party to _______________ the contract, that is, treat the contract as discharged or terminated.a. repudiateb. spurnc. declined. halt6. Each of us shares with the community in which we live a store of words as well as agreed conventions ______________ these words should be arranged to convey a particular message. a. as the way by which b. by the way in whichc. as to the way in whichd. in the way of which7. Rarely ______________ a technological development _______________ an impact on many aspects of social, economic, and cultural development as greatly as the growth of electronics.a. has… hadb. had…hadc. has…hasd. have…had8. If early humans ______________ as much as they did, they probably ______________ to evolve into different species.a. did not move and intermingle…would continueb. would not move and intermingle…had continuedc. had not moved and intermingled…would have continuedd. were not to move and intermingle…could have continued9. It was ______________ the last time around the track ______________ I really kicked itin--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving friends for the next few days.a. not until…whenb. not until…thatc. until…whend. until…that10．One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact ______________ pronunciation is learnt naturally and unconsciously, while orthography is learnt deliberately and consciously.a. in…whichb. of …in whichc. on…thatd. to…thatSection B (5 points)Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word.11. It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizensbetween India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947.a. divisionb. turmoilc. fusiond. consolidation12. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective;for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking.a. inebriatesb. forsakesc. relatesd. emaciates13. Meeting is, in fact, a necessary though not necessarily productive psychological side show.Perhaps it is our civilized way to moderating，if not preventing, change.a. promotingb. impedingc. temperingd. arresting14. The truth about alliances and their merit probably lies somewhere between the travel utopiapresented by the players and the evil empires portrayed bytheir critics.a. collaborationb. worthc. triumphd. defect15. But Naifeh and Smith reveal a keen intellect, an avid reader and a passionate observer of otherartists’ work who progressed from labored figure studies to inspir ed outbursts of creative energy.Far from an artistic flash in the pan, he pursued his calling with dogged determination against nearly insurmountable odds.a. insuperableb. unsurpassablec. uncountabled. invaluableSection C (5 points)Directions: Choose the letter that indicates the error in the sentence.16.One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S. Congress is the power toinvestigate, which is usually delegated to committees—either standing committees, specialA Bcommittees set for a specific purpose, or joint committees consisting of members of bothC Dhouses.17.One of the important corollaries to the investigative power is the power to publicizeinvestigations and their results. Most committee hearings areopen to public and are reportedA Bwidely in the mass media. Congressional investigations thus represent one important toolCavailable to lawmakers to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interest in national issues.D18.It is not a voice we recognize at once, whereas our own handwriting is something which weA Balmost always know. We begin the natural learning of pronunciation long before we start Clearning to read or write, and in our early years we go on unconsciously imitating andDpracticing the pronunciation of those around us for many hours everyday.19. It had happened too often that the farmers sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debtsAwere coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions,Bproducer groups, asked firmer control, but the government had no wish to become involved, atCleast not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild.D20.Detailed studies of the tribe by the food scientists at the University of London showed thatAgathering is a more productive source of food than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields onB Caverage about 100 edible calories as an hour of gathering produces 240.DPART II: Reading comprehension (30 points)Directions: Choose the best answers based on the information in the passages below. Passage 1Plato’s Republic has been the source of great consternation, especially in literary circles, for itsattack on the poets. Socrates in fact asserts that they should have no place in the ideal state. Eric Havelock suggests that there are several misunderstandings in this regard, and in his Preface to Plato he identifies the issues, explains the historical context.Havelock opens his discussion by suggesting that the very title of the Republic is the source of much confusion. The book is commonly understood to be a treatise on the ideal political entity, but even a casual analysis will show that only one-third of the text is concerned with statecraft. The other two-thirds cover a variety of su bjects, but the thrust of Plato’s argument amounts to an attack on the traditional Greek approach to education.The educational methods still in use in the 4th century BC had their origins in what has been called the Greek Dark Age beginning around 1200 BC when the Mycenaean era collapsed. Very little is known about the whys and wherefores of this collapse, but it wasn’t until around 700 BC that the Phoenicianalphabet began to be adapted and used in the Greek-speaking world. During the intervening centuries, all knowledge concerning Greek history, culture, mores and laws were orally transmitted down through the generations. The most effective device in aid of memorizing vast amounts of information was rhyme. The epic form we see in Homer’s Iliad grew out of the need to preserve the Greek cultural memory. Havelock takes the reader through Book 1 of The Iliad and dissects it in detail to show how this cultural, historical and ethical heritage was conveyed. The Iliad takes on new and significant meaning to the reader of this minute examination.The Iliad and presumably other poetic vehicles were taught to children from an early age. The whole of the Greek-speaking world was immersed in the project of memorizing, and out of the masses arose those individuals with superior memories and theatrical skills who became the next generation of minstrels and teachers. Education was thus comprised of memorization and rote learning, and the people enjoyed constant reminders through public readings and festivals.Plato’s focus in the Republic and elsewhere is on Homer and Hesiod and to some extent the dramatists which at the time were the centerpieces of the educational regime. Their works presented gods and heroes as fundamentally immoral and thus bad examples for youth. The overall result is that the Greek adolescent is continually conditioned to an attitude which at bottom is cynical. It is more important to keep up appearances than to practice the reality. Decorum and decent behavior are not obviously violated, but the inner principle of morality is. Once the Republic is viewed as a critique of the educational regime, Havelock says that the logic of its total organization becomesclear.What Pl ato was railing against was an ―oral state of mind‖ which seems to have persisted even though the alphabet and written documentation had been in use for three centuries. Illiteracy was thus stil l a widespread problem in Plato’s time, and the poetic state of mind was the main obstacle to scientific rationalism and analysis. This is why Plato regarded the poetic or oral state of mind as the arch-enemy. In his teachings he did the opposite. He ask ed his students to ―think about what they were sa ying instead of just saying it.‖The epic had become, in Plato’s view, not ―an act of creation bu t an act of reminder and recall‖ and cont ributed to what Havelock terms ―the Homeric state of mind.‖It was So crates’project (and by extension Plato’s) to reform Greek education to encourage thinking and analysis. Thus all the ranting and railing about the ―poets‖ in Plato’s Republic was limited basically to Homer and Hesiod because of what he viewed as a wholly inadequate approach to education of which these particular poets were an integral part.Unfortunately, Western culture has misconstrued wh at Plato and Socrates meant by ―the poets.‖And because we view poetry as a highly creative and elevated form of expression, our critics have failed to recognize that Plato’s diatribe had a very specific and limited target which had nothing to do with high-minded creativity, of which there is plenty, by the way, in the proscribed poet s. It wasn’t really the poets who were the problem; it was the use of them that was deemed unacceptable.Post-Havelock, we can now read the Republic with the scales lifted from our eyes and see it for what it really was: an indictment of an antiquated educational regime which had no place in a democratic society.Comprehension Questions:21. The mistaken understanding of Plato's Republic consists in the widespread belief that it consistsof _______________.a.literary criticismb. a treatise on the ideal polityc. a critique of rationalismd. an indictment of an obsolete pedagogy22. According to Havelock, Plato’s anger with the poets arose from:I: Their representation of gods and heroes as fundamentally immoral and thus bad examples for youth.II: Their transmission of culture, mores and laws.a. I.b. II.c. Both I and II.d. Neither I nor II.23. Prior to the 4th century BC, recitation was considered the best educational method because______________.a.poetry was seen as a highly creative and elevated form of expressionb.rhyme was the most effective device in aid of memorizing vast amounts of informationc.there was no writing systemd.the people enjoyed constant reminders through public readings and festivals24. In Plato's diatribe the poetic or oral state of mind is the arch-enemy of _______________.a.democratic societyb. the Mycenaean Republicc .the Phoenicians d. literacy25. A common critique of the present-day Chinese educational system resembles the educationalsystem that Plato fulminated against in that it often _______________.a.asks students to think about what they were saying instead of just saying it/doc/8e18884558.htmlprises of memorization and rote learningc.has a very specific and limited targetd.encourages thinking and analysisPassage 2To govern is to choose how the revenue raised from taxes is spent. So far so good, or bad. But some people earn more money than others. Should they pay proportionately more money to the government than those who earn less? And if they do pay more money are they entitled to more services than those who pay less or those who pay nothing at all? And should those who pay nothing at all because they have nothing get anything? These matters are of irritable concern to ourrulers, and of some poignancy to the rest.Although the equality of each citizen before the law is the rock upon which the American Constitution rests, economic equality has never been an American ideal. In fact, it is the one unmentionable subject in our politics, as the senator from South Dakota recently discovered when he came up with a few quasi-egalitarian tax reforms. The furious and enduring terror of Communism in America is not entirely the work of those early cold warriors Truman and Acheson.A dislike of economic equality is something deep-grained in the American Protestant character. After all, given a rich empty continent for vigorous Europeans to exploit (the Indians were simply a disagreeable part of the emptiness, like chiggers), any man of gumption could make himself a good living. With extra hard work, any man could make himself a fortune, proving that he was a better man than the rest. Long before Darwin the American ethos was Darwinian.The vision of the rich empty continent is still a part of the American unconscious in spite of the Great Crowding and its attendant miseries; and this lingering belief in the heaven any man can make for himself through hard work and clean living is a key to the majority’s prevailing and apparently unalterable hatred of the poor, kept out of sight at home, out of mind abroad.Yet there has been, from the beginning, a significant division in our ruling class. The early Thomas Jefferson had a dream: a society of honest yeomen, engaged in agricultural pursuits, without large cities, heavy industry, banks, military pretensions. The early (and the late) Alexander Hamilton wanted industry, banks, cities, and a military force capable of making itself felt in world politics. It is a nice irony that so many of toda y’s laissez-faire conservatives think that they descend from Hamilton, the proponent of a strong federal government, and that so many liberals believe themselves to be the heirs of the early Jefferson, who wanted little more than a police force and a judiciary. Always practical, Jefferson knew that certain men would rise through their own good efforts while, sadly, others would fall. Government would do no more than observe this Darwinian spectacle benignly, and provide no succor.In 1800 the Hamiltonian view was rejected by the people andtheir new President Thomas Jefferson. Four years later, the Hamiltonian view had prevailed and was endorsed by the reelected Jefferson. Between 1800 and 1805 Jefferson had seen to it that an empire in posse had become an empire in esse. The difference between Jefferson I and Jefferson II is reflected in the two inaugural addresses.It is significant that nothing more elevated than greed changed the Dr. Jekyll of Jefferson I into the Mr. Hyde of Jefferson II. Like his less thoughtful countrymen, Jefferson could not resist a deal. Subverting the Constitution he had helped create, Jefferson bought Louisiana from Napoleon, acquiring its citizens without their consents. The author of the Declaration of Independence was quite able to forget the unalienable rights of anyone whose property he thought should be joined to our empire—a word which crops up frequently and unselfconsciously in his correspondence.In the course of land-grabbing, Jefferson II managed to get himself into hot water with France, England, and Spain simultaneously, a fairly astonishing thing to do considering the state of politics in Napoleonic Europe.Comprehension Questions:26. The author believes that Americans ________________.a. still believe America to be largely unpopulatedb. largely believe in lower taxationc. are in favor of taxation without representationd. should reconsider the Louisiana purchase27. From the passage, we may assume that the senator from South Dakota _______________.a. opposed tax reformb. was Thomas Jeffersonc. failed in his attempt to reform tax lawd. was Alexander Hamilton28. Jefferson made it possible for ________________.a. a potential empire to become a real oneb. tax laws to reflect the will of the peoplec. France, England, and Spain to simultaneously vacillate upon their mutual feelings towardsthe United States.d. Darwinian social theories to be accepted without question29. Jefferson’s early political writings espoused what would today b e called _______________.a. collectivismb. libertarianismc. socialismd. liberalism30. The author holds that Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana territories _______________.a. may be seen as a hypocritical actb. rigorously held with his previous views of inalienable rightsc. cannot be seen as an act of empire-expansiond. was an act meant to lower taxes and improve the wealth of the nationPassage 3If, besides the accomplishments of being witty and ill-natured, a man is vicious into the bargain, he is one of the most mischievous creatures that can enter into a civil society. His satire will then chiefly fall upon those who ought to be the most exempt from it. Virtue, merit, and everything that is praiseworthy, will be made the subject of ridicule and buffoonery. It is impossible to enumerate the evils which arise from these arrowsthat fly in the dark; and I know no other excuse that is or can be made for them, than that the wounds they give are only imaginary, and produce nothing more than a secret shame or sorrow in the mind of the suffering person. It must indeed be confessed that a lampoon or a satire do not carry in them robbery or murder; but at the same time, how many are there that would not rather lose a considerable sum of money, or even life itself, than be set up as a mark of infamy and derision? And in this case a man should consider that an injury is not to be measured by the notions of him that gives, but of him that receives it. Those who can put the best countenance upon the outrages of this nature which are offered them, are not without their secret anguish. I have often observed a passage in Socrates’ behavio r at his death in a light wherein none of the critics have considered it. That excellent man entertaining his friends a little before he drank the bowl of poison, with a discourse on the immortality of the soul, at his entering upon it says that he does not believe any the most comic genius can censure him for talking upon such a subject at such at a time. This passage, I think, evidently glances upon Aristophanes, who write a comedy on purpose to ridicule the discourses of that divine philosopher. It has been observed by many writers that Socrates was so little moved at this piece of buffoonery, that he was several times present at its being acted upon the stage, and never expressed the least resentment of it. But, with submission, I think the remark I have here made shows us that this unworthy treatment made an impression uponhis mind, though he had been too wise to discover it. When Julius Caesar was lampooned by Catullus, he invited him to a supper, and treated him with such a generous civility, that hemade the poet his friend ever after. Cardinal Mazarine gave the same kind of treatment to the learned Quillet, who had reflected upon his eminence in a famous Latin poem. The cardinal sent for him, and, after some kind expostulations upon what he had written, assured him of his esteem, and dismissed him with a promise of the next good abbey that should fall, which he accordingly conferred upon him in a few months after. This had so good an effect upon the author, that he dedicated the second edition of his book to the cardinal, after having expunged the passages which had given him offence. Though in the various examples which I have here drawn together, these several great men behaved themselves very differently towards the wits of the age who had reproached them, they all of them plainly showed that they were very sensible of their reproaches, and consequently that they received them as very great injuries. For my own part, I would never trust a man that I thought was capable of giving these secret wounds; and cannot but think that he would hurt the person, whose reputation he thus assaults, in his body or in his fortune, could he do it with the same security. There is indeed something very barbarous and inhuman in the ordinary scribblers of lampoons. I have indeed heard of heedless, inconsiderate writers that, without any malice, have sacrificed the reputation of their friends and acquaintance to a certain levity of temper, and a silly ambition of distinguishing themselves by a spirit of raillery and satire; as if it were not infinitely more honourable to be a good-natured man than a wit. Where there is this little petulant humor in an author, he is often very mischievous without designing to be so.Comprehension Questions:31. According to the author, those who want to trivializesatire tend to suggest that_______________.a. the damage is immaterialb. the effect is mere buffooneryc. wit is a streak of geniusd. the mischief must be taken in a spirit of raillery32. What would be the best strategy for the object of satire to adopt, according to the author?a. To take no heed.b. To placate the author.c. To take offence.d. To suffer the consequences.33. The main purpose of this article is ________________.a. the derision of the perpetrators of satireb. a warning against mischievous scribblersc. creating understanding of the genred. reproaching fellow satirists34. When the author speaks of ―this little petulant humor‖it is evident that he means________________.a. good-natured witb. the choleric temperc. a silly ambitiond. submission35. In view of the opinion of the author, it is unlikely that the author is a ________________.a. man of lettersb. satiristc. witd. a good-natured man Passage 4Alexander the Great’s conquests in the Eastern Mediterranean initiated a series of profound cultural transformations in the ancient centers of urban civilization of the Fertile Crescent. The final destruction of native rule and the imposition of an alien elite culture instigated a cultural discourse—Hellenism—which irrevocably marked all participants, both conquerors and conquered. This discourse was particularly characterized by a transformation of indigenous cultural traditions, necessitated by their need to negotiate their place in a new social order. As Bowerstock has argued, the process of Hellenization did not accomplish the wholesale replacement of indigenous cultural traditions with Greek civilization. Instead, it provided a new cultural vocabulary through which much pre-existing cultural tradition was often able to find new expression. This phenomenon is especially intriguing as it relates to language and literacy. The ancient civilizations of the Syro-Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultural spheres were, of course, literate, possessing indigenous literary traditions already of great antiquity at the time of the Macedonian conquests. The disenfranchisement of traditional elites by the imposition of Greek rule had the related effect of displacing many of the traditional social structures where in indigenous literacy functioned and was taught—in particular, the institutions of the palace and the temple. A new language of power, Greek, replaced the traditional language of these institutions. This had the unavoidable effect of displacing the traditional writing systems associated with these indigenous languages. Traditional literacy’s longstanding association with the centers of social and political authority began to be eroded.Naturally, the eclipse of traditional, indigenous literacy did not occur overnight. The decline of Cuneiform and Hieroglyphicliteracies was a lengthy process. Nor was the nature of their respective declines identical. Akkadian, the ancient language of Mesopotamian court and temple culture, vanished forever, along with cuneiform writing, in the first century CE. Egyptian lived on beyond the disappearance of hieroglyphic in the fourth century CE in the guise of Coptic, to succumb as a living, spoken language of daily social intercourse only after the Islamic conquest of Egypt. Even then, Coptic survives to this day as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church. This latter point draws attention to an aspect of the decline of these indigenous literacies worthy of note: it is in the sphere of religion that these literacies are often preserved longest, after they have been superseded in palace circles—the last dated cuneiform text we have is an astrological text; the last dated hieroglyphic text a votive graffito. This should cause little surprise. The sphere of religion is generally one of the most conservative of cultural subsystems. The local need to negotiate the necessities of daily life and individual and collective identity embodied in traditional religious structures is slow to change and exists in ongoing dialogue with the more readily changeable royal and/or state ideologies that bind various locales together in an institutional framework.The process of ―Hellenization‖ of the an cient cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean provides us, then, with an opportunity to observe the on-going effect on traditional, indigenous literacy of the imposition of a new status language possessed of its own distinct writing system. The cultural politics of written and spoken language-use in such contexts has been much discussed and it is clear that the processes leading to the adoption of a new language—in written form, or spoken form, or both—in some cultural spheres and the retention of traditional languages inothers are complex. Factors including the imposition of a new language from above, adoption of a new language of social prestige from below, as well as preservation of older idioms of traditional statusin core cultural institutions, must have affected different sectors of a conquered society in different fashions and at different rates.Comprehension Questions:36. The languages that have to some extent managed to survive Hellenization did so in what area?a. In palace circles.b. In governmental institutions.c. In the religious sphere.d. In philological circles.37. Which aspect of society, according to the passage, is one of the most resistant to change?a. Monarchical institutions.b. Religious institutions.c. Linguistic norms.d. State ideologies.38. In the first paragraph, you saw the underlined word disenfranchisement. Choose, among thefollowing expressions, the closest in similar meaning.a. the removal of power, right and/or privilegeb. a strong sense of disappointmentc. the prohibition of the right to conduct businessd. the loss of social position39. Who was the leader of the Macedonian Conquest?a. King Philip of Macedon.b. Pericles of Athens.。