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“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout (寻找) internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their America peers. Others, such as Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming— draft pick in 2002—and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic—number two overall in this year’s draft—are icons (偶像) in waiting. It is the ultimate (根本的) revolution—the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.分) 26). According to the report, _________________________.分) (A) Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA (B) the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great (C) NBA offers courses to the world about playing basketball (D) Paris will host the 2010 NBA games 参考答案：B
27). The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of ____________.分)
(A) NBA intends to make China its “marketing center” (B) NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China.
(C) there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings
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28). What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA分) (A) NBA is getting more and more globalized.
(B) China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA. (C) Yao Ming has taken the place of Jordan.
(D) NBA cannot maintain its high level of competition now 参考答案：A
29). When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to ______________________.分)
(A) farms in the States (B) native Americans (C) the NBA training center (D) the USA 参考答案：D
30). Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage分) (A) The Non-American Basketball Players (B) NBA is Coming to China
(C) The Foreign Ties that Bind the NBA (D) NBA is Making Big Progress
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The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive“attachment” period from birth to three may scar a child’s personality and I predispose to emotional problems in later life．Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby’s work that children should not be subjected to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation it entails，and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion． Firstly，anthropologists point out that the insulated love affair between children and parents；found in modem societies does not usually exist in traditional societies．For example，in some tribal societies，such as the Ngoni，the father and mother of a child did not rear their infant alone—far from it'．Secondly，common sense tells US that day care would not be so widespread today if parents care-takers found children had problems with it．Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out，and even if they were，the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial．Thirdly．in the last decade there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care，and they have uniformly reported that day care had a neural or slightly positive effect on children’s development．But tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.
But Bowlby’s analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects．The possibility that such care might lead to，say，more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics．Whatever the long—term effects，parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with。．Children under three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness．At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the transition to nursery
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v1.0 可编辑可修改 easy，and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of child care at this time．The matter，then，is far from clear-cuff，though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants．分) 31). Which of the following statements would Bowlby support分)
(A) Statistical studies should be carried out to assess the positive effect of day car for children at the age of three or older．
(B) Early day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children． (C) The first three years of one’s life is extremely important to the later development of personality
(D) Children under three get used to the life at nursery schools more readily than children over three. 参考答案：C
32). Which of the following is derivable from Bowlby’s work分)
(A) Mothers should not send their children to day care centers before the age of three． (B) Day care nurseries have positive effects on a child’s development．
(C) A child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problems in later life．
(D) Baby care would not be so popular if it has noticeable negative effects on a child’s s personality． 参考答案：A
33). It is suggested that modem societies differ from traditional societies in that分)
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(B) a child more often grows up with his(her brothers or sisters in traditional societies．
(C) mother brings up children with the help of her husband in traditional societies． (D) children in modem societies are more likely to develop mental illness in later years 参考答案：A
34). Which of the following statements is NOT an argument against Bowlby’s theory分)
(A) Many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children’s development． (B) The fact that there are so many nursery schools today shows that day care is safe． (C) The separation of young children from their parents is common in some traditional societies．
(D) Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with． 参考答案：D
35). Which of the following best expresses the writer’s attitude towards early day care分)
(A) Children under three should stay with their parents．
(B) Early day care has positive effects on children’s development．
(C) The issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics． (D) The effects of early day care on children are exaggerated and parents should ignore the issue．
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大学英语3(专升本)阶段性作业3
