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
Why do we need the English major? The【C1】______is in every mouth—or, at least, is discussed extensively in columns and【C2】______
Why do we need the English major? The【C1】______is in every mouth—or, at least, is discussed extensively in columns and【C2】______
admin
2017-02-17
88
问题
Why do we need the English major? The【C1】______is in every mouth—or, at least, is discussed extensively in columns and【C2】______. The English major is vanishing from our colleges as the Latin vanished before it, we’re told, a【C3】______choice bound to a dead subject. This spring at Pomona College, 16 students graduated【C4】______an English major out of a student body of 1,560, a terribly【C5】______number, and from other, similar schools, other, similar numbers.
【C6】______a number of defenses have been mounted, none of them, so far, terribly persuasive even to one【C7】______them to persuade. The defenses come in two kinds: one【C8】______that English majors make better people, the other that English majors (or at least humanities majors) make【C9】______better societies; that, as Christina Pax-son, the president of Brown University, just put it in The New Republic, "there are real, definite benefits to the humanistic【C10】______—to the study of history, literature, art, theater, music, and languages." We need the humanities, she explains patiently,【C11】______they may end up giving
us other stuff we actually like: "We do not always know the future benefits of what we study and【C12】______should not rush to reject some forms of research as less【C13】______than others."
The study of English, to be sure,【C14】______from its own discontents: it isn’t a science, and so the "research" you do is not really research. So why have English majors? Well, because many people like books. Most of those like to talk about them after they’ve read them, or while they’re in the middle. One might call this a natural or【C15】______consequence of literacy. And it’s this living, irresistible, permanent interest in reading that【C16】______English departments, and makes【C17】______of English majors.【C18】______we closed down every English department in the country, loud, good, expert, or at least hyper-enthusiastic readers would still emerge.
As one important branch of humanities, studying English won’t be time-wasted. As Professor Paxson said, the humanities help us【C19】______life more and endure it better. The reason we need the humanities is because we’re human. That’s【C20】______.
【C11】
选项
A、though
B、because
C、hence
D、while
答案
B
解析
所需连词应体现出“我们需要人文学科”与“它们(指人文学科)最终可能给予我们真正热爱的东西”间的逻辑关系。显然,后者是得出前一语义的依据,因此需要体现其因果关系的连接词,故B项because“因为”正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/npEZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
WomenarecrucialtoUSeconomicgrowth.Indeed,sincewomen’sparticipationintheworkforcetookoff,inthe1970s,theirprod
Oneproblemwithmuchpersonalityresearchisthatitexaminesandrateswhatevertraitstheresearchersareinterestedinatth
Oneproblemwithmuchpersonalityresearchisthatitexaminesandrateswhatevertraitstheresearchersareinterestedinatth
Oneproblemwithmuchpersonalityresearchisthatitexaminesandrateswhatevertraitstheresearchersareinterestedinatth
Writealettertoyouruniversitylibrary,makingsuggestionsforimprovingitsservice.Youshouldwriteabout100wordson
Whateverhappenedtothedeathofnewspapers?Ayearagotheendseemednear.Therecessionthreatenedtoremovetheadvertising
Today,some30%ofsmallbusinessownersdon’thaveaWebpresenceatall,whilethevastmajoritywhodoarewatchingtheirsit
Inafamouslabtrial,achimpnamedSultanputtwointerlockingstickstogetherandpulleddownabunchofbananashangingjust
Overtheyears,pregnantwomenhaveaskedDonaldRedelmeier,atToronto’sSunnybrookHospital,aboutthedangersofdiving,hot
A.Title:GOODHEALTHB.Timelimit:40minutesC.Wordlimit;120-150words(notincludingthegivenopeningsentence)
随机试题
简述皮亚杰提出的儿童心理发展的基本要素。
阅读《故都的秋》这两段文字,然后回答下列问题。南国之秋,当然是也有它的特异的地方的,譬如廿四桥的明月,钱塘江的秋潮,普陀山的凉雾,荔枝湾的残荷等等,可是色彩不浓,回味不永。比起北国的秋来,正像是黄酒之与白干,稀饭之与馍馍,鲈鱼之与大蟹,黄犬之与骆驼。秋天
王某,女,36岁,暴食生冷,又遇暴雨淋湿,当晚腹痛,里急后重,下痢赤白,伴恶寒发热,头痛身痛,舌苔薄腻,脉弦紧略浮。宜选用方
《中国药典》规定检查项中必须检查色度的药材是()。
下列关于增值税的规定不正确的是()。
基金份额总额不固定,而且可以在基金合同约定的时间和场所申购或者赎回的基金是()。
平衡计分卡在()方面建立公司的战略目标。
科考队员在冰面上钻孔获取样本,测量不同孔心之间的距离,获得的部分数据分别为1米、3米、6米、12米、24米、48米。问科考队员至少钻了多少个孔?()
由于冷冻食品的过程消耗能量,因此很多人使他们的冰箱保持半空状态,只用它们存储购买的冷冻食品。然而,半空状态的电冰箱经常比装满的电冰箱消耗更多的电能。下面哪一项如果正确,最能解释上面描述的明显矛盾?()
下列设备中,属于输出设备的是( )。
最新回复
(
0
)