2014托福模拟练习题之阅读.pdf

/ 2014托福模拟练习题之阅读 摘要：托福阅读是做选择题，比雅思容易，但也容易出错，所以小篇在此挑选出一篇比较典型的托福习 题，望对大家的提高有所帮助。 托福阅读 需要大量的练习，经过大量的训练以使自己对中心题意的理解更加准确。下面就是笔者认为一篇比较好 的托福习题 ，你是否准确快速得到答案了呢？ Everyone in a particular society recognizes social roles: father, mother, child, teacher, student, police officer, store clerk, doctor, judge, political leader, and so on. Every culture expects certain types of behavior from people who play certain social roles. Anyone occupying a given position is expected to adopt a specific attitude. A store clerk is expected to take care of customers patiently and politely, and a judge is expected to make wise and fair decisions about laws. Informal social roles are not always easy to recognize, but can be identified with careful research. They are key indicators of a groups health and happiness. Within the family, one informal role is the family hero, the person who defines integrity and upholds family morality. Others are the family arbitrator, the person who keeps the peace, and the family historian, often a grandparent, who relays valuable cultural information that maintains both the family and the larger society. And finally, there is the family friend, the person who provides comfort and companionship to the family members with emotional needs. 1.Why does the author mention a store clerk and a judge in paragraph 1? A. To give examples of people who hold positions of respects. B. To explain why social roles are important to a society. C. To illustrate the behavior required of certain social roles. D. To compare the responsibilities of two different occupations. 2.Why does the author use the term key indicators in discussing informal social roles? 1 / 2