9.What does it mean to day that we live in world of persuasion?It means that we live among competing interests.Your roommate's need to study for an exam take priority(優(yōu)先)over pizza.Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade.And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices.
In such a world,persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view.When we persuade,we want to influence what others believe and how they behave.We may not always prevail(占優(yōu)勢)--other points of view may be more persuasive,depending on the listener,the situation,and the merits of the case.But when we practice the art of persuasion,we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.
Some people,however,object to the very idea of persuasion.They may regard it as an unwelcome approach to their lives or as a control.In contrast,we believe that persuasion is inevitable--to live is to persuade.Persuasion may be moral or immoral,selfless or selfish,inspiring or discouraging.Persuaders may enlighten our minds or make us hurt.Moral persuasion,however,calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners.Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make.Therefore,an essential part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other.
Beyond its personal importance to us,persuasion is a need to society.The right to persuade and be persuaded is the basic principle of the American political system.
40.What's the author's attitude towards persuasion?C
A.Critical. B.Uninterested. C.Supportive. D.Neutral.
41.The passage states that some people are against persuasion because they think it isA.
A.a(chǎn)n unwelcome influence B.difficult to do well
C.not trustworthy at all D.never successful
42.We can conclude from the passage that persuasion meansD.
A.getting people to act according to your will
B.exercising power over other people
C.making use of your past wise experience
D.getting other people to consider your reasonable points of view.
43.According to the passage,we can infer thatC.
A.we can learn how to persuade in school
B.only society can benefit from persuasion
C.persuasion plays an important role in America
D.persuasion is considered to be an inborn ability.
分析 本文屬于議論文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了說服的藝術(shù),說服是一種讓別人給予公平和有利于我們的觀點考慮的藝術(shù),它可以結(jié)合我們過去的智慧幫助當下的自己,是社會的一種重要需求.
解答 40.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"Beyond its personal importance to us,persuasion is a need to society"可知作者對說服的態(tài)度是支持的;故選C.
41.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段"They may regard it as an unwelcome approach to their lives or as a control"可知有些人反對說服是因為他們把它視為一種不受歡迎的方法;故選A.
42.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段"But when we practice the art of persuasion,we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves"可知說服意味著使別人考慮你的合理的觀點;故選D.
43.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"The right to persuade and be persuaded is the basic principle of the American political system"說服和說服的權(quán)利是美國政治制度的基本原則,可知說服在美國起著重要的作用;故選C.
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.