After a three year ---1--- of the social and behavioral sciences, a committee of the NRC has concluded that these sciences are ---2--- in the race for federal science funds. Between 1972 and 1978, federal support for the social and behavioral sciences fell 25 percent, while support for other areas of science rose 36 percent.
Psychological, social and cultural studies ---3--- virtually everything that people treat as a problem in our civilization,the committee writes,play a large role. Paradoxically one would think these would be times when social science research would be riding high. Yet eve though governments are more thap alarmed about a variety of social problems they are inclined to deal with them by ---4---and(often)error. The abuse of drugs is a widespread concern, but governments seem to with the qualifications of teachers and their salaries.
If we lack an adequate understanding of drug abuse and educational processes, are we ---5--- attempting to deal with these behaviours What domains of your life could benefit from social and behavioral science research?
For instance, are we concerned about--6--- Consider that recent sociological research reveals that nearly half of all urban dwelling American males can expect to be arrested for some non traffic offense during their lives. However, a very small group of career predators are ---7--- for a grossly disproportionate share of all crimes committed. What does this insight suggest to you about American criminal ---8--- and prison policies. Sociological work also shows that most criminals ---9--- their careers by age 25 to 30. Does this finding have policy implication? If a 29-year-old-burglar whose criminal career is nearly over is imprisoned for ten years, may many years of that imprisonment be wasted on eXPensive and unnecessary ---10---?
1,
A )checkup
B )verification
C )survey
D )authentication
2,
A )getting out
B )losing out
C )giving out
D )coming out
3,
A )permeating through
B )persevering in
C )penetrating into
D )pertaining to
4,
A )triage
B )trial
C )examination
D )investigation
5,
A )getting blind
B )playing blind
C )flying blind
D )thinking blind
6,
A )movie
B )crime
C )opera
D )work
7,
A )reasonable
B )believable
C )credible
D )responsible
8,
A )Justice
B )determination
C )estimation
D )measurement
9,
A )cease
B )hang
C )halt
D )end
10,
A )consignment
B )confinement
C )entertainment
D )containment
1)
[C ]
A )checkup
审查,鉴定,健康检查
B )verification
确认,查证,作证
C )survey
纵览,视察,测量,概观,调查,俯瞰
D )authentication
证明,鉴定
解:根据单词的意思来排除
经过了3年的调查研究............
2)
[B ]
A )getting out
出去,离开,逃脱,摆脱,泄露,说出,出版,弄出来
B )losing out
未能赢取,获得
C )giving out
分发 (奖品、用纸、宣传单等) ,散发
D )coming out
出来,出现;
解:依据上下文意思推断出,“社会科学和行为科学的研究正在失去联邦政府的支持.......”
3)
[D ]
A )permeating through
渗透入
B )persevering in
坚持
C )penetrating into
刺入
D )pertaining to
属于,关于,附属,适合,相称
解:
分析4个选项从通顺的观点可排除A,B,C
Psychological, social and cultural studies pertaining to virtually......
心理学,社会学等实际上是关于.........
4)
[B ]
A )triage
1 分类
2 已分类的事物
B )trial
试验,考验
C )examination
测验,审查
D )investigation
调查,研究
解:
词义辨析。
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