Unit4Lawandorder课外阅读练习阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswherepeoplearesimilarinmanyways.Thesimplereasonforthisisthattherearemoredifferentwaysoflookingatthingspresentinthefirstkindofsociety.Therearemoreideas,moredisagreementsininterest,andmoregroupsandorganizationswithdifferentbeliefs.Inaddition,thereisusuallyagreaterworldlyinterestandgreatertoleranceinmixedsocieties.Allthesefactorstendtopromotesocialchangebyopeningmoreareasoflifetodecision.Inasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanyways,therearefeweroccasionsforpeopletoseetheneedortheopportunityforchangebecauseeverythingseemstobethesame.Withinasociety,socialchangeisalsolikelytooccurmorefrequentlyandmorereadilyinthematerialaspectsoftheculturethaninthenon-material,forexample,intechnologyratherthaninvalues;inwhathasbeenlearnedlaterinliferatherthanwhatwaslearnedearly;inthelessbasicandlessemotionalaspectsofsocietythanintheiropposite;inthesimpleelementsratherthaninthecomplexones;informratherthaninsubstance;andinelementsthatareacceptabletothecultureratherthaninstrangeelements.Furthermore,socialchangeiseasierifitisgradual.Forexample,itcomesmorereadilyinhumanrelationsonacontinuousscaleratherthanonewithsharpdichotomies(一分为二).ThisisonereasonwhychangehasnotcomemorequicklytoBlackAmericansascomparedtootherAmericanminorities,becauseofthesharpdifferenceinappearancebetweenthemandwhitepeople.1．Theexpression“greatertolerance”inPara．1refersto__________.A．quickeradaptationtochangingcircumstancesB．greaterwillingnesstoacceptsocialchangeC．greaterreadinesstoagreetodifferentopinionsandideasD．morerespectfordifferentbeliefsandbehaviors2．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUEwithinasociety?A．Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurintechnologythaninvalues.B．Thebasicandemotionalaspectsofsocietytendtoslowdownsocialchange.C．Whatpeoplelearnedintheirearlytimestendstochangequickly.D．Strangeelementsarelikelytoquickensocialchange.3．Socialchangeiseasierifittakesplace__________.A．amongBlackAmericansB．stepbystepC．betweenBlackAmericansandwhitepeopleD．betweenBlackAmericansandotherAmericanminorities4．Thepassageismainlydiscussing__________.A．thenecessityofsocialchangeB．thewaytoslowdownsocialchangeC．certainfactorsthatdeterminetheeasewithwhichsocialchangeoccursD．howtopromotesocialchange答案：DBBC
