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- Theauthor’sattitudetowardthecommunicationsrevolutionis__________.
- “Introduction”inanacademicpaperonliteratureistointroduce______. A: theauthor B: thework C: thebackground D: theargument
- Theauthor’sattitudetowards“Diasporas”isthat______. A: Thereisincreasinghostilitytowardsimmigrantsinrichcountries. B: Immigrantnetworksareararebrightsparkintheworldeconomyandrichcountriesshouldwelcomethem. C: TheDiasporasshouldreturntotheirhomelandssothatpoorcountrieswillnotsufferasaresultof“braindrain”. D: Hard-workingimmigrantswilldepressthewagesofthelocalsalthoughtheymaygreatlyincreaseproductivity.
- Passage3Decidewhichsentencewouldbestcompletethepassagelogicallyifinsertedinthecorrespondingblanks.CriticalReadingCriticalreadingappliestonon-fictionwritinginwhichtheauthorputsforthapositionorseekstomakeastatement.Criticalreadingisactivereading.Itinvolvesmorethanjustunderstandingwhatanauthorissaying.__1__Herearethethingsyoushoulddotobeacriticalreader.Considerthecontextofwhatiswritten.Youmayhereadingsomethingthatwaswrittenbyanauthorfromadifferentculturalcontextthanyours.Or,youmayhereadingsomethingwrittensometimeagoinadifferenttimecontextthanyours.__2_Questionassertionsmadebytheauthor.Don’tacceptwhatiswrittenatfacevalue.__3__Lookforfacts,examples,andstatisticsthatprovidesupport,alsolooktoseeiftheauthorhasintegratedtheworkofauthorities.Comparewhatiswrittenwithotherwrittenworkonthesubject.Looktoseethatwhatiswrittenisconsistentwithwhatothershavewrittenaboutthesubject.__4__Analyzeassumptionsmadebytheauthor.Assumptionsarewhatevertheauthormustbelieveistrueinordertomakeassertions.Inmanycases,theauthor’sassumptionsarenotdirectlystated.__5__onceyouidentifyanassumption,youmustdecidewhetherornottheassumptionisvalid.__6__.Indoingthis,becertainthatthesourcesarecredible.Forexample,Einsteinisacrediblesourceiftheauthoriswritingaboutlandmarkachievementsinphysics.Alsobecertainthatthesourcesarerelevant.Einsteinisnotarelevantsourcewhenthesubjectispoetry.Finally,iftheauthoriswritingaboutasubjectinitscurrentstate,besurethatthesourcesarecurrent.Forexample,studiesdonebyEinsteinintheearly20thcenturymaynotbeappropriateifthewriterisdiscussingthecurrentstateofknowledgeinphysics.Identifyanypossibleauthorbias.AwrittendiscussionofAmericanpoliticswilllikelylookconsiderablydifferentdependingonwhetherthewriterisaDemocratoraRepublican.Whatiswrittenmayverywellreflectabiasedposition.Youneedtotakethispossiblebiasintoaccountwhenreadingwhattheauthorhaswritten.Thatis,takewhatiswrittenwith"agrainofsalt."A.Thismeansyoumustreadcarefullyinordertoidentifyanyasassumptions.B.Beforeacceptingwhatiswritten,becertainthattheauthorprovidessufficientsupportforanyassertionsmade.C.Criticalreadinginvolvesquestioningandevaluatingwhattheauthorissaying,andformingyourownopinionsaboutwhattheauthorissaying.D.Ineithercase,youmustrecognizeandtakeintoaccountanydifferencesbetweenyourvaluesandattitudesandthoserepresentedbytheauthor.E.Ifthereareinconsistencies,carefullyevaluatethesupporttheauthorprovidesfortheinconsistencies.F.Evaluatethesourcestheauthoruses.
- Controversyabouttherelationshipoflanguageandculture(Paras.1-7)1)Charlemagnebelievesthat_____①__________________________________.(Para.6)2)Chomskybelievesthat____②______________________________.(Para.6)Differentwaysinwhichlanguageinfluencesourthoughts(Paras.8-18)1)___③_______________________________________________________.(Paras.8-11)2)Languageshapeshowweexpresstime.(Paras.12-13)3)___④______________________________________________________.(Paras.14-16)4)___⑤_____________________________________________________.(Paras.17-18)Theauthor’sopiniontowardstherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.(Paras.19-21)________⑥______________________________________________________________.