首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Greg Focker, played by Ben Stiller, represents a generation of American kids (1)_____ in the 1980s on the philosophy that any ac
Greg Focker, played by Ben Stiller, represents a generation of American kids (1)_____ in the 1980s on the philosophy that any ac
admin
2010-11-27
52
问题
Greg Focker, played by Ben Stiller, represents a generation of American kids (1)_____ in the 1980s on the philosophy that any achievement, however slight, (2)_____ a ribbon. (3)_____ replaced punishment; criticism became a dirty word. In Texas, teachers were advised to (4)_____ using red ink, the colour of (5)_____. In California, a task force was set up to (6)_____ the concept of self worth into the education system. Swathing youngsters in a (7)_____ shield of self-esteem, went the philosophy, would protect them from the nasty things in life, such as bad school grades, underage sex, drug abuse, dead-end jobs and criminality.
(8)_____ that the ninth-place ribbons are in danger of strangling the (9)_____ children they were supposed to help. America’s (10)_____ with self-esteem—like all developments in psychology, it gradually (11)_____ its way to Britain—has turned children who were (12)_____ with (13)_____ into adults who (14)_____ at even the mildest brickbats. Many believe that the feel-good culture has risen at the (15)_____ of traditional education, an opinion espoused in a new book, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, or Add, by the conservative commentator Charles Sykes.
Not only that, but the foundations (16)_____ which the self-esteem industry is built are being (17)_____ as decidedly shaky. Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at Florida State University and once a self-esteem enthusiast, is now (18)_____ a revision of the populist orthodoxy. "After all these years, I’m sorry to say, my recommendation is this: forget, about self-esteem and (19)_____ more on self-control and self-discipline", he wrote recently. "Recent work suggests this would be good for the individual and good for society—and might even be able to (20)_____ some of those promises that self-esteem once made but could not keep".
选项
A、packed
B、scrambled
C、filled
D、showered
答案
D
解析
本题考查词语搭配。shower...with...(向…倾注)是正确答案。pack(拥挤),scramble(爬行,勉强拼凑)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1XZ4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Readthefollowingtextcarefullyandthenwriteasummarybasedonit.Yourshouldwriteabout100words.(10points)I
CollegesportsintheUnitedStatesareahugedeal.AlmostallmajorAmericanuniversitieshavefootball,baseball,basketball
CollegesportsintheUnitedStatesareahugedeal.AlmostallmajorAmericanuniversitieshavefootball,baseball,basketball
CollegesportsintheUnitedStatesareahugedeal.AlmostallmajorAmericanuniversitieshavefootball,baseball,basketball
CollegesportsintheUnitedStatesareahugedeal.AlmostallmajorAmericanuniversitieshavefootball,baseball,basketball
Inthefollowingarticle,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ChoosethemostsuitableonethelistA—Gtofitintoeachofthenu
Inaquietcourtroomtuckedawayinafederalbuildinghere,atitanicbattleiscompetingfreespeechagainstgovernmenteffort
YouaresupposedtoinviteDr.Kingtomakeaspeechaboutthefuturedevelopmentofcomputerscienceattheannualconferenceo
YouaresupposedtoinviteDr.Kingtomakeaspeechaboutthefuturedevelopmentofcomputerscienceattheannualconferenceo
随机试题
已销出版物的销价和进价之间的差额称为()。
A.乳腺囊性增生病B.乳腺纤维腺瘤C.乳管内乳头状瘤D.乳腺癌E.乳房肉瘤乳房无痛、单发的小肿块多见于
牛黄的功用是()
幼儿期指的是
开户单位在开户银行提取现金超过中国人民银行地区分行确定的大额现金数量标准的所有现金支出,都必须实行备案登记。()
个人独资企业和合伙企业的经营所得要缴纳企业所得税,并对投资者个人取得的生产经营所得征收个人所得税。()
全心全意为人民服务是公安机关性质的必然要求,这主要是因为()。
用社会存在和社会意识辩证关系的原理,说明大力发展社会主义先进文化的意义。
根据下列统计资料回答问题。2016年公共财政教育经费最高的省(区、市),其公共财政教育经费比最低的多()倍。
Completethetablebelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxes32-36on
最新回复
(
0
)