泛读教程四unit3Globalization电子版.docxVIP

Unit 3 Word Pretest: For each italicized word or phrase, choose the best meaning below. 1. The collection is characterized by amé lange of bold graphics, statements and exotic Indian motifs that are both classic and contemporary. A. style B. feature C. mixture D. separation 2. The weather is onevariable to be considered. A. something that is subject to change B. something of great importance C. key point D. necessity 3. Youll be biased to put extra weight on the cases that support your theory and diminish the cases thatrefute it. A. prove B. disapprove C. violate D. maintain 4. Last week the government unveiled a media sector review intended tospawn a bit more competition. A. abolish B. destroy C. go beyond D. engender 5. Their latest computeroutstrips all its rivals. A. surpasses B. defeats C. follows D. modifies 6. All the children are lumped togetherin one class, regardless of their ability. A. taken care of B. watched over C. put together D. brought up 7. As a journalist, she refuses togloss over their faults or silence their critics. A. set up B. take over C. cover up D. get over 8. We can foresee a newparadigm in the global market in the 21st century. A. pattern B. problem C. scenario D. prospect 9. This kind of sedentarylifestyle costs you in more ways than you might think. A. tending to follow fashion B. tending to do much exercise C. tending to sit D. tending to move about 10. Lack of time precludesany further discussion. A. speeds up B. slows down C. includes D. excludes Global M élange Globalization and culture is not an innocent theme. The intervening variable in most accounts is modernity. Three vectors— globalization, modernity, culture— come together in a package with modernization as the deciding variable. Modernity is also a polite, sociological way of saying capitalism. The sociologists Axford and Tomlinson, among others, struggle with this question and in the end tiptoe over to the side of modernity shaping cultural dynamics. Its difficult to argu