河南农业大学高级英语2005-2006第二学期A卷.docVIP

河南农业大学2005～2006学年第二学期 《高级英语》期末试题（A卷） (Grade 2003, July 2006) 题 号 I II III IV V 总分 分 数 评卷人 I. Reading Comprehension (30 points 1×2) In this section, there are 3 passages followed by 15 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet. Passage A The most effective attacks against globalization are usually not those related to economics. Instead, they are social, ethical and, above all, cultural. These arguments surfaced amid the protests in Seattle in 1999 and more recently in Davos, Bangkok and Prague. They say this: the disappearance of national borders and the establishment of a world interconnected by markets will deal a death blow to regional and national cultures, and to the traditions, customs, myths and morals that determine each countrys or regions cultural identity. Since most of the world is incapable of resisting the invasion of cultural products from developed countries that inevitably trails the great transnational corporations, North American culture will ultimately impose itself, standardizing the world and annihilating its richness of diverse cultures. In this manner, all other peoples, and not just the small and weak ones, will lose their identity, their soul will become no more than 21st-century colonies modeled after the cultural norms of a new imperialism that, in addition to ruling over the planet with its capital, military might and scientific knowledge, will impose on others its language and its ways of thinking, believing, enjoying and dreaming. Even though I believe this cultural argument against globalization is unacceptable, we should recognize that deep within it lies an unquestionable truth. This century, the world in which we will live will be less picturesque and filled with less local color than the one we left behind. The festivals, attire, customs, ceremonie