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1、PaperBACHIEVEMENTTEST(IntegratedCourse)(Forgraduatestudents)Jan.4,2010I.Composition(20%)Directions:For this part,you'reaskedtowriteacompositioninabout150wordsonthegiventopicAccordingtoyou,whatisarich,rewardinglife?II.ReadingComprehension(20%)Directions:Eachofthefollowingpassages
2、belowisfollowedbysomequestions.Readthepassagescarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachofthequestions,thenmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETII.PassageOneQuestions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:In1960JohnF.KennedybecamethefirstRomanCatholicelectedtotheUnitedStatespresidency.Duringthec
3、ampaignhisreligionbecameanissuebecausesomepeoplefearedthat,onceinoffice,hisallegiance(忠贞)tohischurchmightdeterminehisconductofpublicpolicy.Twomonthsbeforetheelection,Kennedydiscussedthisfearinanaddressinwhichhesaid,“IbelieveinanAmericawheretheseparationofchurchandstateisabsolute
4、-wherenoCatholicprelatewouldtellthePresident,shouldhebeaCatholic,howtoact,andnoProtestantministerwouldtellhisparishionersforwhomtovote.”Kennedywasconfrontinganissuethathasbeenthesourceofconflict,evenofviolence,formorethan2,000years.Thenamegiventotheissue―churchandstate―ismislead
5、ing,however:ChurchimpliesChristianityinoneormoreofitsmanydenominations(教派).Theissueisreallybetweenreligionandpolitics.Whichshallbethecontrollingforceinastate?ReligionsotherthanChristianityhavebeeninconflictorincooperationwithpoliticalauthoritiesinmanynations.ThepowerofIslam,fore
6、xamples,isamajorconcerninthepoliticalaffairsoftheMiddleEast.InIndiaHinduismhaslongbeenapotentforceaffectingboththegovernmentandtheeconomicsofthecountry.(In1984India’spremier,IndiraGandhi,wasassassinatedbymembersoftheSikhreligionwhowereopposedtohergovernment.)Therelationsbetweenr
7、eligionandgovernmentvaryinthe20thcentury.Insomecasesthereisarefusaltoadmitthatgovernmentapartfromreligionislegitimate.ThisisthecaseinIransincethe1979revolution.Therethereligiousleaders,calledmullahs,areincontrolofthestateandclaimtoruleinthenameofAllah,orGod,andHiswordasexpressed
8、intheirholybook,theKoran.IntheUnitedStatesthesi