阅读理解题
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该组中的题目基于文章的内容。阅读文章后，为每个问题选择最佳答案。根据文章中明示或暗示的内容回答文章后面的所有问题。
题目：
Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that address the place of Native Americans within the history of the United States distort history to suit a particular cultural value system. In some textbooks, for example, settlers are pictured as more humane, complex, skillful, and wise than Native Americans. In essence, textbooks stereotype and depreciate the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the European conquest of the New World denotes the superiority of European cultures. Although textbooks evaluate Native American architecture, political systems, and homemaking, I contend that they do it from an ethnocentric, European perspective without recognizing that other perspectives are possible.
One argument against my contention asserts that, by nature, textbooks are culturally biased and that I am simply underestimating children’s ability to see through these biases. Some researchers even claim that by the time students are in high school, they know they cannot take textbooks literally. Yet substantial evidence exists to the contrary. Two researchers, for example, have conducted studies that suggest that children’s attitudes about particular cultures are strongly influenced by the textbooks used in schools. Given this, an ongoing, careful review of how school textbooks depict Native Americans is certainly warranted.
Which of the following would most logically be the topic of the paragraph immediately following the passage?
(A) Specific ways to evaluate the biases of United States history textbooks
(B) The centrality of the teacher’s role in United States history courses
(C) Nontraditional methods of teaching United States history
(D) The contributions of European immigrants to the development of the United States
(E) Ways in which parents influence children’s political attitudes
答案：（A）
批判性推理题
解题思路：
在本题中，从给出的选项中选择最佳答案。
题目：
Winter storms in Lakeville cause icy road conditions, which the Department of Public Works alleviates by applying road salt after storms. It takes far less salt to prevent icy conditions by applying salt before a winter storm, however, than it does to melt the ice after the fact. In order to reduce the environment damage caused by salt on Lakeville’s main roads, the department plans to apply salt to those roads whenever a winter storm is predicted.
Which of the following would be most useful to establish in evaluating the plan’s chances for success?
(A) How much road salt costs the department
(B) How frequently winter storms predicted for Lakeville fail to arrive
(C) What proportion of Lakeville’s minor roads are salted after storms
(D) How often Lakeville experiences winter storms
(E) What percentage of the accidents that occur as a result of icy conditions on Lakeville’s roads occur on minor roads.
答案：（B）
