首页
登录
职称英语
American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. Th
American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. Th
游客
2025-04-07
1
管理
问题
American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. The idea of democracy came from the ancient Greeks; the Industrial Revolution started in England; jazz and rock music preserve African rhythms — to pick a few examples. Indeed, many of the things we think of as " 100 percent American" came from other cultures.
Still, most of the changes in American culture over the last century have come from within, as the result of inventions and discoveries. And change has been dramatic. One hundred years ago the United States was largely a nation of farmers. Many of the things we take for granted today — a high school education, for example, or indoor plumbing — were luxuries then. The moon was a light for lovers, not a site for scientific exploration; genetic engineering(基因工程)was not even a subject for science fiction, much less for laboratory research and corporate investments. The decades following the Second World War, in particular, were characterized by spectacular scientific and technological advances, national self-confidence, optimism, and(for many Americans)prosperity. The American economy was the strongest in the world: more goods were produced and sold, more people were working, and the standard of living was higher than ever before. Polls(民意调查)taken in the 1950’s and 1960’s show that the average American was preoccupied with the questions "will I make a good living?" "Will I be successful?" and "Will I raise successful, happy children?" Success was defined in terms of maintaining a stable family and "keeping up with the Jones". Most Americans believed that if they played by the rules — if they work hard and did what was expected, if they sacrificed their own needs to those of their family and their employer — they would be rewarded with an ever-increasing standard of living, a devoted spouse, and decent children. An expensive car, a suburban home, and children in college were tangible(可触知的)signs that hard work and self-sacrifice paid off. [br] The American economy has become the strongest in the world mainly because of______.
选项
A、the spectacular scientific and technological advances
B、people’s hard working
C、learning from other cultures
D、the industrial revolution
答案
A
解析
细节推断题。根据题干关键词economy,the strongest定位到原文尾段第七句。具体的原因在第六句。原句中的spectacular scientific and technological advances与选项A重现。故答案为A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4030003.html
相关试题推荐
Whatevertheirchosenmethod,Americansbathezealously.Astudyconductedfo
Whatevertheirchosenmethod,Americansbathezealously.Astudyconductedfo
Americansnolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,
Americansnolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,
Ifsustainablecompetitiveadvantagedependsonwork-forceskills,American
Ifsustainablecompetitiveadvantagedependsonwork-forceskills,American
Thevastmajorityofpeopleinanyculture______totheestablishedstandardof
TheAmericanstudentscametoourschoolinNovember,andwethenmadea______vi
Theexcursionwillgiveyouanevendeeper______intoourlanguageandculture.A、
Whatevertheirchosenmethod,Americansbathezealously.Astudyconductedf
随机试题
A.BusinessmanagerYouwillberesponsibleforourglobalbusinesswithins
Acommitteewassetupto_______theplansputforwardbyCongresslastyear.A、im
下列属于交易型策略的有() Ⅰ.均值一回归策略 Ⅱ.趋势策略 Ⅲ.成
患儿女,足月新生儿,生后10天,吃奶差,精神欠佳。脐部出现红肿,渗液。最可能的诊
变电运检管理评价内容是变电运检五项管理规定的落实应用情况,包括组织工作、()等六
定势对迁移的影响表现为促进和()两种。
通常情况下,美式期权的权利金( )其他条件相同的欧式期权的权利金。A.等于
外汇期货保证金比例越小,由于交割波动引起的盈亏就越小,交易者的风险就越小。(
基础心理学是研究()。 (A)正常成人心理现象的心理学基础学科 (B
商业银行公司治理结构不规范,缺乏有效的监督管理机制体现在()。A.国有商业银
最新回复
(
0
)