National character is not formally considered bysocial scientists in discussing economic and socialdevelopment today. They believe that people differand that these differences should be taken intoaccount somehow, but they have as yet discoveredno way to include such variables in their formalmodels of economic and social development. Thedifficulty lies in the nature of the that supposedlydefine different national characters. Anthropologists and others are on much firmer groundwhen they attempt to describe the cultural norms for a small homogeneous tribe or villagethan when they undertake the formidable task of discovering the norms that exist in acomplex modern nation state composed of many disparate groups. The situation is furthercomplicated by the nature of judgments about character; since such judgments are overlydependent on impressions and since, furthermore, impressions are usually stated in qualitativeterms, it is impossible to make a reliable comparison between the national characters of twocountries.
It can be inferred from the passage that the social scientists mentioned in lines 1-10would agree with which of the following statements
I. It is extremely difficult to create models that account for both economic and socialdevelopment
II. Models of economic and social development would be improved by the inclusion ofadequate descriptions of national character
III it is important to supplement formal models of economic and social development withqualitative impressions of national character.
A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.I and III only
E.II and III only
Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?
A.A problem is presented and reasons for its existence are supplied.
B.A controversial view is presented and evidence for its validity is supplied.
C.A hypothesis is presented and possible means of verifying it are suggested.
D.A recent development is described and then analyzed.
E.A dispute is summarized and one side defended.
The author's main point in the passage is that national character
A.is too elusive to merit attention by anthropologists and other social scientists
B.is of greater interest to social scientists today than it has been in the past
C.is still too difficult to describe with the precision required by many social scientists
D.has become increasingly irrelevant because of the complexity of modern life
E.can be described more accurately by anthropologists than by other social scientists
Given the information in the passage, which of the following is NOT true of modernnation-states?
A.They are complex.
B.They are heterogeneous.
C.They are of interest to social scientists.
D.They lack cultural norms.
E.They differ from one another in terms of national character.
準確謎底:B A C D
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