【自考考前压轴卷】公共英语三级.pdfVIP

公共英语三级 王希华 马 明明 2203-全国-公共英语三级-压轴卷 （一） 总分：55 SectionIReadingComprehension PartA Directions: Readthefollowingthreetexts.Answerthequestionsoneachtextby choosingA,B, Cor D. Mark your answersonyourANSWER SHEET. Text 1 Camps have always reflected children's dreams and parents' fears. In the 1880s, many middle-class families worried that industrial society had broken off some tie to the frontier.Boyswere growing soft:too much time with their mothers and teachers, not enough manly activity. So the early camps promised to take weakly boys out into camp lifeinthewoods sothatthepursuit ofhealth couldbecombinedwith thepracticalknowledge. Those first campers were wilderness tourists; today a wilderness is anyplace without band- width. Allowing cell phone contradicts the point of sleepaway—camp: if 19th century campers were meant to regain lost survival skills, 21st century campers need to work on their social skill. They are often missing some basic interactive instruments; fantastically digitally aware, they are less familiar with the ideas of sharing their space, their stuff or the attention of the adults around them. For kids who are allowed to text during dinner, who have their parents wheneverthey get introubleorneed aride,alittle self-government isprobably long overdue. Most camps require kids to leave their phones at home,which showsthat the resistance often comesnot from the kids but from parents. It's known that parents pack off their children with two cell phones, so they can hand over one and still be able to slip away and call. Parents