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1、温M大學2010年硕士研究生招生入学考试试题科目代码及名称：617英语基础A适用专业：英语语言文学(请考生在答题纸上答题，在此试题纸上答题无效)A卷PartIReadingComprehension(30%)Directions:Thereare3passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestonean
2、dmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.Passage1Insomecountrieswhereracialprejudiceisacute,violencehassocometobetakenforgrantedasameansofsolvingdifferences,thatitisnotevenquestioned.Therearecountrieswherethewhitemanimposeshisrulebybruteforce;therearecountrieswheretheblackman
3、protestsbysettingfiretocitiesandbylootingandpillaging.Importantpeopleonbothsides,whowouldinotherrespectappeartobereasonablemen,getupandcalmlyargueinfavorofviolence一asifitwerealegitimatesolution,likeanyother.Whatisreallyfrightening,whatreallyfillsyouwithdespair,istherealizationth
4、atwhenitcomestothecrunch,wehavemadenoactualprogressatall.Wemaywearcollarsandtiesinsteadofwar-paint,butourinstinctsremainbasicallyunchanged.Thewholeoftherecordedhistoryofthehumanrace,thattediousdocumentationofviolence,hastaughtusabsolutelynothing.Wehavestillnotlearntthatviolencen
5、eversolvesaproblembutmakesitmoreacute.Thesheerhorror,thebloodshed,thesufferingmeansnothing.Nosolutionevercomestolightthemorningafterwhenwedismallycontemplatethesmokingruinsandwonderwhathitus.Beforewecanevenbegintocontemplatepeacefulco-existencebetweentheraces,wemustappreciateeac
6、hother'sproblems.Andtodothis,wemustlearnaboutthem:itisasimpleexerciseincommunication,inexchanginginformation.”Talk,talk,talk/theadvocatesofviolencesay,”allyoueverdoistalk,andwearenonethewiser/1Itsratherlikethestoryofthefamousbarristerwhopainstakinglyexplainedhiscasetothejudge.Af
7、terlisteningtoalengthyargumentthejudgecomplainedthatafterallthistalk,hewasnonethewise匚"Possible、mylord/1thebarristerreplied,unonethewiser,butsurelyfarbetterinformed/1Knowledgeisthenecessaryprerequisitetowisdom:theknowledgethatviolencecreatestheevilsitpretendstosolve.1.Whatistheb
8、esttitleforthispassage?A.AdvocatingViolence.B・V
