托福閱讀TPO13(試題+答案+譯文)第1篇:TypesofSocialGroups
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Life places us in a complex web of relationships with other people. Our humanness arises out of these relationships in the course of social interaction. Moreover, our humanness must be sustained through social interaction—and fairly constantly so. When an association continues long enough for two people to become linked together by a relatively stable set of expectations, it is called a relationship.
People are bound within relationships by two types of bonds: expressive ties and instrumental ties. Expressive ties are social links formed when we emotionally invest ourselves in and commit ourselves to other people. Through association with people who are meaningful to us, we achieve a sense of security, love, acceptance, companionship, and personal worth. Instrumental ties are social links formed when we cooperate with other people to achieve some goal. Occasionally, this may mean working with instead of against competitors. More often, we simply cooperate with others to reach some end without endowing the relationship with any larger significance.
Sociologists have built on the distinction between expressive and instrumental ties to distinguish between two types of groups: primary and secondary. A primary group involves two or more people who enjoy a direct, intimate, cohesive relationship with one another. Expressive ties predominate in primary groups; we view the people as ends in themselves and valuable in their own right. A secondary group entails two or more people who are involved in an impersonal relationship and have come together for a specific, practical purpose. Instrumental ties predominate in secondary groups; we perceive people as means to ends rather than as ends in their own right. Sometimes primary group relationships evolve out of secondary group relationships. This happens in many work settings. People on the job often develop close relationships with coworkers as they come to share gripes, jokes, gossip, and satisfactions.
A number of conditions enhance the likelihood that primary groups will arise. First, group size is important. We find it difficult to get to know people personally when they are milling about and dispersed in large groups. In small groups we have a better chance to initiate contact and establish rapport with them. Second, face-to-face contact allows us to size up others. Seeing and talking with one another in close physical proximity makes possible a subtle exchange of ideas and feelings. And third, the probability that we will develop primary group bonds increases as we have frequent and continuous contact. Our ties with people often deepen as we interact with them across time and gradually evolve interlocking habits and interests.
Primary groups are fundamental to us and to society. First, primary groups are critical to the socialization process. Within them, infants and children are introduced to the ways of their society. Such groups are the breeding grounds in which we acquire the norms and values that equip us for social life. Sociologists view primary groups as bridges between individuals and the larger society because they transmit, mediate, and interpret a society's cultural patterns and provide the sense of oneness so critical for social solidarity.
Second, primary groups are fundamental because they provide the settings in which we meet most of our personal needs. Within them, we experience companionship, love, security, and an overall sense of well-being. Not surprisingly, sociologists find that the strength of a group's primary ties has implications for the group's functioning. For example, the stronger the primary group ties of a sports team playing together, the better their record is.
Third, primary groups are fundamental because they serve as powerful instruments for social control. Their members command and dispense many of the rewards that are so vital to us and that make our lives seem worthwhile. Should the use of rewards fail, members can frequently win by rejecting or threatening to ostracize those who deviate from the primary group's norms. For instance, some social groups employ shunning (a person can remain in the community, but others are forbidden to interact with the person) as a device to bring into line individuals whose behavior goes beyond that allowed by the particular group. Even more important, primary groups define social reality for us by structuring our experiences. By providing us with definitions of situations, they elicit from our behavior that conforms to group-devised meanings. Primary groups, then, serve both as carriers of social norms and as enforcers of them.
托福閱讀試題
1.The word “complex”(Paragraph 1)in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.delicate
B.elaborate
C.private
D.common
2.According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of a relationship?
A. It is a structure of associations with many people.
B. It should be studied in the course of a social interaction.
C. It places great demands on people.
D. It develops gradually overtime.
3.The word endowing in the passage(Paragraph 2)is closest in meaning to
A.leaving
B.exposing
C. providing
D. understanding
4.Which of the following can be inferred about instrumental ties from the author's mention of working with competitors in paragraph 2?
A. Instrumental ties can develop even in situations in which people would normally not cooperate.
B.Instrumental ties require as much emotional investment as expressive ties.
C. Instrumental ties involve security, love, and acceptance.
D.Instrumental ties should be expected to be significant.
5.According to paragraph 3, what do sociologists see as the main difference between primary and secondary groups?
A.Primary groups consist of people working together, while secondary groups exist outside of work settings.
B. In primary groups people are seen as means, while in secondary groups people are seen as ends.
C. Primary groups involve personal relationships, while secondary groups are mainly practical in purpose.
D.Primary groups are generally small, while secondary groups often contain more than two people.
6.Which of the following can be inferred from the author's claim in paragraph 3 that primary group relationships sometimes evolve out of secondary group relationships?
A.Secondary group relationships begin by being primary group relationships.
B.A secondary group relationship that is highly visible quickly becomes a primary group relationship.
C.Sociologists believe that only primary group relationships are important to society.
D. Even in secondary groups, frequent communication serves to bring people into close relationships.
7.The phrase “size up” in the passage(Paragraph 4)is closest in meaning to
A.enlarge
B.evaluate
C. impress
D. accept
8.Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence(Paragraph 5)in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A.Sociologists think that cultural patterns establish connections between the individual and the larger society.
B.Sociologists believe that individuals with a sense of oneness bridge the gap between society and primary groups.
C.Sociologists think primary groups contribute to social solidarity because they help maintain a society's cultural patterns.
D.Sociologists believe that the cultural patterns that provide social solidarity arise as bridges from primary groups.
9.This passage is developed primarily by
A.drawing comparisons between theory and practice
B.presenting two opposing theories
C.defining important concepts and providing examples of them
D.discussing causes and their effects
10.The word “deviate” in the passage(Paragraph 7)is closest in meaning to
A.detract
B.advance
C.select
D.depart
11.According to paragraph 7, why would a social group use shunning?
A.To enforce practice of the kinds of behavior acceptable to the group
B.To discourage offending individuals from remaining in the group
C.To commend and reward the behavior of the other members of the group
D.To decide which behavioral norms should be passed on to the next generation
12. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit? Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage. People who do not live alone, for example, tend to make healthier life choices and develop fewer pathologies than people who live by themselves. Where would the sentence best fit?
Second, primary groups are fundamental because they provide the settings in which we meet most of our personal needs. ■【A】Within them, we experience companionship, love, security, and an overall sense of well-being. ■【B】Not surprisingly, sociologists find that the strength of a group's primary ties has implications for the group's functioning. ■【C】For example, the stronger the primary group ties of a sports team playing together, the better their record is. ■【D】
13.Directions: Complete the table below by selecting three answer choices that are characteristics of primary groups and two answer choices that are characteristics of secondary groups. This question is worth 3 points.
A.Developing socially acceptable behavior
B. Working together against competitors
C.Experiencing pressure from outside forces
D.Viewing people as a means to an end
E.Existing for practical purposes
F.Providing meaning for life situations
G.Involving close relationships
1 )
Primary Groups
A B C D E F G
2 )
Secondary Groups
A B C D E F G
托福閱讀答案
1.complex復(fù)雜的，所以B的elaborate正確。原句說(shuō)生活把我們放在什么樣的與其他人的關(guān)系網(wǎng)中，因?yàn)楹芏嗳?，所以關(guān)系網(wǎng)比較復(fù)雜正確。A的delicate脆弱的，纖細(xì)的，美味的;C的私人和D的普通都不靠譜
2.以relationship做關(guān)鍵詞定位至最后一句，注意relationships不能做關(guān)鍵詞，因?yàn)槎啻沃貜?fù)出現(xiàn)。原句說(shuō)當(dāng)這種association持續(xù)的時(shí)間足夠長(zhǎng)以至于兩個(gè)人之間已經(jīng)形成了穩(wěn)定的expectation，就叫relationship，所以D說(shuō)隨時(shí)間develop正確。A的many people，B的study，C的demand都沒(méi)說(shuō)
3.endow賦予，捐助，所以provide提供，供給正確。原句說(shuō)有時(shí)候我們與其他人合作只是做完某事，卻沒(méi)有任何significance，猜到這個(gè)詞應(yīng)該是有的意思，只有provide和leave表示有，但leave是剩下，所以不對(duì)。至于B暴露D理解完全不對(duì)
4.以competitor做關(guān)鍵詞定位至倒數(shù)第二句，說(shuō)偶爾這意味著與競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手合作而非競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，而這個(gè)this意味著這句話跟前一句有聯(lián)系。前一句說(shuō)instrumental ties是我們?cè)谂c別人合作達(dá)到某種目的的時(shí)候形成的，這與A說(shuō)的通常不合作的人也有形成instrumental完全一樣。B沒(méi)說(shuō)，C與原文的第三句說(shuō)反，D與原文最后一句說(shuō)反
5.分別以primary group和secondary group做關(guān)鍵詞定位至第二句和第四句，分別說(shuō)了兩個(gè)group，primary的是比較親密的，secondary是因?yàn)槭孪饶撤N共同的目的才形成的，所以答案是C。A錯(cuò)，不是用work來(lái)區(qū)分這兩個(gè)group的;兩者同樣不是以人數(shù)區(qū)分的，所以D錯(cuò);C的end不end是原文在后面才說(shuō)的，也不能區(qū)分這兩個(gè)group
6.以evolve out of做關(guān)鍵詞定位至倒數(shù)第三句，但這句話跟問(wèn)題幾乎是完全一樣的，所以不是答案。往后看，this標(biāo)示著上下句之間有聯(lián)系。下句說(shuō)這種evolve發(fā)生在工作背景下，接著說(shuō)同事之間可以通過(guò)share各種東西變成非常親密的朋友，也就是secondary變primary 的一個(gè)例子，所以正確答案是D。A說(shuō)反;B和C均沒(méi)說(shuō)而且C有違常識(shí)
7.size up估量，估計(jì)，所以正確答案是B的evaluate。原句說(shuō)面對(duì)面交流使得我們能夠怎么樣別人，評(píng)價(jià)別人是正確的。A的擴(kuò)大別人明顯是不對(duì)的。原文沒(méi)說(shuō)接受別人，也沒(méi)說(shuō)給別人留下印象，所以都不對(duì)
8.原文的結(jié)構(gòu)是sociologist把primary group看成blabla，因?yàn)閎labla。只有C表達(dá)了原因，A缺了原文的很多信息，錯(cuò);B和D都缺失了原文很重要的because部分，所以都是錯(cuò)的
9.問(wèn)本文的組織結(jié)構(gòu)，問(wèn)全文的題應(yīng)該多關(guān)注各段的開(kāi)頭。原文首先提出了兩個(gè)關(guān)系，然后又說(shuō)expressive tie和instrumental tie，最后又說(shuō)了primary group產(chǎn)生的條件。敘述兩類關(guān)系用的筆墨明顯不等，所以不是對(duì)比，所以B不對(duì)，A的理論和實(shí)踐原文完全沒(méi)說(shuō)，而且也說(shuō)到了對(duì)比，也不對(duì);D的因果是原文完全沒(méi)說(shuō)的。作者定義了兩個(gè)group和兩個(gè)tie，所以C說(shuō)定義概念是對(duì)的，而且作者在定義概念之后都有解釋，所以C正確
10.deviate偏離，出軌，所以正確答案是D的depart偏離。原句說(shuō)一旦獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)不行，group的成員可以威脅排斥那些怎么樣規(guī)則的人，肯定是對(duì)規(guī)則不好的人，所以advance和中性的select不對(duì);detract表示減損或者轉(zhuǎn)移，跟depart所表示的離經(jīng)叛道是兩個(gè)意思，所以不對(duì)
11.以shunning做關(guān)鍵詞定位至第四句，說(shuō)人們會(huì)用shunning吧離經(jīng)叛道的人弄回來(lái)，但沒(méi)給出原因。這句中的for example說(shuō)明是上句的例子，前面一句說(shuō)如果獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)不行，我們就排斥那些不守規(guī)矩的人，所以一切都是為了強(qiáng)化規(guī)則，答案是A。B說(shuō)不鼓勵(lì)冒犯group當(dāng)中的人，原文沒(méi)說(shuō)冒犯人;C的reward和D的next generation都沒(méi)說(shuō)
12.兩個(gè)過(guò)渡點(diǎn)，分別是連詞for example和名詞healthier life choices，根據(jù)for example排除C和D，因?yàn)樵囊灿衒or example，而正常說(shuō)話的時(shí)候兩個(gè)for example是不連續(xù)使用的;而且根據(jù)healthier life choices跟原文中sense of well-being的同義替換也可以確定是A或者B，但A點(diǎn)后的them與前文銜接緊密，所以答案是B
13.此題不典型，因?yàn)樽髡哂昧?a href='http://www.zbfsgm.com/yu/wenzhang/' target='_blank'>文章的第四到七段較大篇幅講primary，卻只用了第二和第三段的部分講到secondary，而且本文對(duì)于兩個(gè)group的敘述存在交叉，交叉的部分主要在第二三兩段，但這兩段的敘述也是先primary后secondary，所以順序性還是有的。第三段的四五兩句分別對(duì)應(yīng)existing和viewing兩個(gè)答案，所以這兩個(gè)答案屬于secondary;第二段和第三段的第三句對(duì)應(yīng)providing答案，第三段第二句對(duì)應(yīng)involving答案，最后一段的第三句和第四句對(duì)應(yīng)developing選項(xiàng)，結(jié)合11題的答案很容易選出這項(xiàng)
托福閱讀譯文
我們和他人一起生活在一個(gè)復(fù)雜的關(guān)系網(wǎng)中。我們的人性就產(chǎn)生于這種社會(huì)性的互動(dòng)關(guān)系中，與此同時(shí)，我們的人性也必須通過(guò)經(jīng)常性的社會(huì)互動(dòng)才能得以維持。當(dāng)兩個(gè)人在比較穩(wěn)定的期望值下的交流時(shí)間足夠長(zhǎng)并且形成一種聯(lián)系時(shí)，這種聯(lián)系就可以稱為關(guān)系。
人與人之間的關(guān)系可以分為兩種：情感紐帶和工具紐帶。情感紐帶是當(dāng)我們做情感投資并致力于他人的一種社會(huì)關(guān)系。通過(guò)和對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)十分重要的人交流從而得到安全感、愛(ài)情、認(rèn)同、友誼以及個(gè)人價(jià)值等一系列情感。工具紐帶是我們?yōu)檫_(dá)到某種目的而與他人進(jìn)行合作時(shí)產(chǎn)生的社會(huì)聯(lián)系方式。有些時(shí)候，這也許意味著變相與競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者共事。更多的時(shí)候我們沒(méi)有發(fā)展出任何更有意義的關(guān)系而只是簡(jiǎn)單的與他人合作達(dá)成目的。
社會(huì)學(xué)家基于情感紐帶與工具紐帶區(qū)別，將社會(huì)群體劃分成兩類：主要群體和次要群體。一個(gè)主要群體包含兩個(gè)以上成員，他們彼此之間的關(guān)系是直接的,親密的,聚合性的。情感紐帶在主要社群中起主導(dǎo)作用，我們把人們自身看做目標(biāo)和人們自己權(quán)利的價(jià)值。次要群體也是由兩個(gè)以上成員組成，他們因非個(gè)人關(guān)系聚到一起都是為了一個(gè)特定的,實(shí)際的目標(biāo)而努力。工具紐帶在次要群體中起了重要的作用。我們把人自身看做是人目標(biāo)的途徑而不是人們自己權(quán)利的目標(biāo)。有時(shí)主要群體的關(guān)系也會(huì)在次要群體中演化而來(lái)。這種現(xiàn)象在工作環(huán)境中時(shí)有發(fā)生。工作伙伴在共事過(guò)程中會(huì)彼此分享抱怨、玩笑、八卦以及滿足感，由此也會(huì)發(fā)展出親近的關(guān)系。
很多情況也會(huì)增加主要群體出現(xiàn)的可能性。首先，群體的規(guī)模非常重要。我們很難去了解那些散布在大群體中的某個(gè)人。而在小群體中我們有更多機(jī)會(huì)發(fā)起聯(lián)系并與他人建立關(guān)系。第二，面對(duì)面的交流能讓我們更好地了解彼此。與他人近距離接觸和交談可以更好地交流情感和思想。第三，頻繁持續(xù)的交流也能增加我們發(fā)展主要群體的可能性。我們與他人的聯(lián)系會(huì)隨著我們與他人的互動(dòng)時(shí)間而加深，并逐漸演化出連鎖的習(xí)慣和興趣。
主要群體是人與人之間乃至整個(gè)社會(huì)的基礎(chǔ)。首先，主要群體在社會(huì)化進(jìn)程中至關(guān)重要。在主要群體里，嬰兒與孩童可以學(xué)習(xí)處世方式。這種群體是我們社會(huì)生活必備規(guī)范和價(jià)值的培養(yǎng)地。社會(huì)學(xué)家將主要群體比作獨(dú)立個(gè)體與整個(gè)社會(huì)之間的橋梁，因?yàn)樗軅鬟_(dá),調(diào)解并解讀一個(gè)社會(huì)的文化模式，提供一種歸屬感有助于社會(huì)團(tuán)結(jié)。
其次，主要群體之所以是基礎(chǔ)是因?yàn)樗芴峁M足我們大多數(shù)人需求的環(huán)境。在主要群體中，我們可以收獲友情、愛(ài)情、安全感以及所有幸福的情感。社會(huì)學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)群體的主要紐帶的強(qiáng)弱往往暗示著這個(gè)群體的功能，這不足為奇。例如，一個(gè)體育團(tuán)隊(duì)的主要群體紐帶越強(qiáng)，他們就越容易取得好成績(jī)。
第三，主要群體之所以是基礎(chǔ)還因?yàn)樗麄兂洚?dāng)了強(qiáng)有力的社會(huì)調(diào)控工具。群體中的成員掌控并分配能夠維持我們生存的極其重要的資源。如果獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)方式不當(dāng)，群體內(nèi)成員就會(huì)通過(guò)拒絕或威脅來(lái)摒棄那些背離群體規(guī)范的人，例如，一些社會(huì)群體采取規(guī)避措施(人可以留在群體中，但禁止其他成員與其交流)，從而將特定群體中逾矩的個(gè)體慢慢同化與他人一致。更重要的是，主要群體通過(guò)構(gòu)筑我們的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)定義社會(huì)現(xiàn)實(shí)。他們根據(jù)我們的行為來(lái)定義我們的處境，以遵循群體分配的意義。因此，主要群體既是社會(huì)規(guī)范的載體同時(shí)也是社會(huì)規(guī)范的實(shí)施者。
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