08 Unit 2 Language and mind （单元测试）英语沪外版2020选择性必修第二册

Unit 2 Language and Mind单元测试 Name: Class: 一、用单词的适当形式完成短文 Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance. Uniforms are demanding to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person (1)__________ wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of a whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth. There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger, more important concept. What (2) __________ be more important than the individual himself ? If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in a school, (3)______________ (eliminate) all envy and competition in the matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing is not to be belittled by a wealthy person who wears expensive quality clothing. Those persons conveniently ignore such critical concepts as freedom of choice, motivation, and individuality. (4) __________ all persons were to wear the same clothing, why would anyone strive to be (5) ____________ (good)? It is only a short step from forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of foods. When this happens, all incentive (6)______________(improve) one’s life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard (7) _____________ their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life that they had? Uniforms also hurt the