单选题
单选题 What is the purpose of the talk?
  • A. To imagine life without culture
  • B. To compare various cultures
  • C. To explain cultural differences
  • D. To define what culture is
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 7-10 M: What would human life be without culture? It's impossible for us to imagine what we'd be like without language, without art or religion or technology. Over hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, these aspects of our cultures have become as much a part of us as our anatomy and physiology. We have a lot in common with the people around us. In fact, the number of ideas we have in common with nearby people is very large. A complete list of shared ideas--for example, ideas we share with our own-- the people around us--this list would include our ideas about what's right and wrong, what's beautiful and ugly, and so on ... also our ideas about food, work, love, marriage----every aspect of our lives-- even our rules about how to behave toward strangers, friends, animals, and the earth. Think of a particular group of people--any group---say, for example, college students. If you could take all the ideas and behaviors, all the tools and technology, all the things that college students share as a result of being in contact with each other, you'd have what anthropologists call student culture. W: So, what you're saying is culture is sort of like a club. College students are a club. It's because our experience is ... like, we go to class, we do homework, we have our computers and cell phones, we hang out with other students. Sometimes we forget what the outside world is like. This is why-- that's what we have in common with other students-- it's why our culture makes us feel like part of a club, right? M: Hmmm. Well in a way a culture is like a club~ neighboring cultures might share the same ideas and rules, like neighboring clubs do. But the comparison doesn't completely cut it. Think about it. A club has borders that we can define--but we run into trouble if we try to draw borders around a culture. Culture isn't a thing. It's an idea. Still---even though the idea of culture is problematic--some of us believe that by continuing to study cultures, we will eventually be able to explain the similarities and differences among us. 7. What is the purpose of the talk? The purpose of the talk is to define what culture is. The professor says: What would human life be without culture; ... these aspects of our cultures..; ...what anthropologists call student culture; In way a culture is like a club...; Culture isn "t a thing. It's an idea.
单选题 Why does the professor mention student culture?
  • A. To illustrate how culture involves shared ideas and behaviors
  • B. To encourage students to think critically about their culture
  • C. To compare the student culture of the past and the present
  • D. To give students ideas for conducting their own research
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] Why does the professor mention student culture? The professor's purpose is to illustrate how culture involves shared ideas and behaviors. The professor says: If you could take all the ideas and behaviors, all the tools and technology, all the things that college students share...you 'd have what anthropologists call student culture.
单选题 What is the woman's attitude toward student culture?
  • A. She enjoys being a part of it.
  • B. She is frustrated by all the work.
  • C. She thinks it is similar to a club.
  • D. She doesn't understand its rules.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] What is the woman's attitude toward student culture? The woman thinks student culture is similar to a club. She says: So, what you're saying is culture is sort of like a club. College students are a club," This is why--that's what we have in common with other students--it's why our culture makes us feel like part of a club, right?
单选题 What does the professor think of comparing a culture to a club?
  • A. A culture is exactly the same as a club.
  • B. The comparison is imperfect.
  • C. It is easier to define a culture than a club.
  • D. Clubs are important in most cultures.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] What does the professor think of comparing a culture to a club? The professor thinks that the comparison is imperfect. The professor says: In a way a culture is like a club...; But the comparison doesn't completely cut it. Think about it. A club has borders that we can define--but we run into trouble if we try to draw borders around a culture.