Question

13．There is something very wrong with the system of values in a society that has only unkind terms （措辭） like nerds and geeks for the intellectually curious and academically serious people．
We all know what a nerd is：someone who wears thick glasses and ugly clothes； someone who knows all the answers to the chemistry or math homework but can never get a date on a Saturday night．And a geek，according to Webster's New Word Dictionary，is a street performer who shocks the public by biting off heads of live chickens．It is an obvious fact about our language and our culture that someone who is devoted to pursuit （追求） of knowledge is compared to such a strange person．
Even at a famous educational institution like Harvard，anti-intellectualism （反智主義） is widespread：Many students are ashamed to admit，even to their friends，how much they study．The same thing happens in U．S．primary and high schools．
Enough is enough．The anti-intellectual values that have spread throughout American society must be fought．There are very few countries in the world where anti-intellectualism runs as high in popular culture as it does in the US．In the most industrialized nations，especially in East Asia，a kid who studies hard is praised．But in America，average professional ballplayers are much more respected and better paid than professors of the best universities．
How can a country where typical parents are ashamed of their children studying mathematics instead of going dancing be expected to compete in the technology race with Japan？How long can America remain a world-class power if we constantly put social skills and physical strength over academic achievement and intellectual ability？
Do we really expect to stay afloat largely by bringing in our scientists and intellectuals from abroad，as we have done for a major part of this country without making an effort to also develop a pro-intellectual （有利于知識分子的） culture at home？
Not until the words"nerd"and"geek"become terms of praise rather than insults 
（侮辱） do we have a promising future．
21．What is the meaning of the words"nerd"and"geek"in this passage？B
A．They are used in the U．S．to describe students from other countries．
B．They are insulting terms which are used to describe smart students．
C．A nerd is a good student and a geek is a poor student．
D．Nerds and geeks are proper descriptions of strange students．
22．What can be learnt from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4？C
A．The US government doesn't mean to spend much money on education．
B．Few students work hard for their grade in famous universities like Harvard．
C．Anti-intellectualism is not popular in industrialized countries in East Asia．
D．Professors earn more than professional basketball players on average in the US．
23．What is probably the author's attitude towards the present society's anti-intellectualism？C
A．Proud           
B．Supportive        
C．Unconcerned      
D．Anxious 
24．What can be a suitable title for the text？D
A．What is anti-intellectualism？
B．Why does society avoid nerds？
C．Don't laugh at nerds．
D．America needs its nerds．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了美國的反知識分子價值觀在許多工業(yè)國家都是棄之不用的，并且十分令人擔憂．

解答 21．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段We all know what a nerd is：someone who wears thick glasses and ugly clothes； someone who knows all the answers to the chemistry or math homework but can never get a date on a Saturday night．And a geek，according to Webster's New Word Dictionary，is a street performer who shocks the public by biting off heads of live chickens可知它們是用來形容聰明學生的侮辱性詞語；故選B．
22．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章There are very few countries in the world where anti-intellectualism runs as high in popular culture as it does in the US．In most industrialized nations，especially in East Asia，a kid who studies hard is praised可知反智主義在東亞的工業(yè)化國家是不流行的；故選C．
23．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章How can a country where typical parents are ashamed of their children studying mathematics instead of going dancing be expected to compete in the technology race with Japan可知作者對反知識分子價值觀的態(tài)度是擔憂的；故選C．
24．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段Do we really expect to take the lead largely by bringing in our scientists and intellectuals from abroad，as we have done for a major portion of this century without making an effort to also cultivate （培養(yǎng)） a pro-intellectual culture at home可知文本的一個合適的標題為美國需要自己的書呆子；故選D．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．