【博联兄弟】北外基础英语1998试题

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1、博联兄弟北京外国语1998年基础英语试卷www.phdbros.com北京外国语1998年基础英语试卷Readthefollowingpassage:ARCHIBALDMACLEISH:BicentennialofWhat?AnaddressattheBicentennialcommemorationoftheAmericanPhilosophicalSocietyinPhiladelphiaItisacommonhumanpracticetoanswerquestionswithouttrulyaskingthemandtheAmericanbicentenniali

2、smerelythelatestinstance.EveryoneknowswhattheBicentennialcelebrates:the200thanniversaryoftheadoption,bytheContinentalCongress,oftheDeclarationofIndependence.ButnooneaskswhattheBicentennialisbecausenooneaskswhattheDeclarationwas.TheinstrumentofannouncingAmericanindependencefromGreatBritai

3、n?Clearlythat:butisthatallitwas?IsitonlyAmericanindependencefromGreatBritainwearecelebratingonJuly4,1976——onlytheinstrumentwhichdeclaredourindependence?TherehavebeenotherdeclarationsofunilateralindependencefromGreatBritainwhichnooneislikelytorememberfor200years,muchlesstocelebrate.“Allme

4、n”aresaidinthatdocumenttobecreatedequalandtohavebeenendowedwithcertainunalienablerights.Allgovernmentsareallegedtohavebeeninstitutedamongmentosecurethoserights——toprotectthem.Arethese,then,Americanrights?Doubtless——butonlyAmerican?IsittheBritishGovernmentwhichisdeclaredtohaveviolatedthem

5、?Unquestionably——buttheBritishGovernmentalone?Andtherevolutionagainsttyrannyandarrogancewhichishereimplied——isitarevolutionwhichAmericanindependencefromthemediocremajestyofGeorgeIIIwillwinoristheresomethingmoreintended?——somethingforallmankind?——foralltheworld?Intheolddayswhencollegeunde

6、rgraduatesstillreadhistory,anyundergraduatecouldhavetoldyouthatthesearenotrhetoricalquestions:thattheywere,fromthebeginning,twoopinionsabouttheDeclarationandthattheywereheldby(amongothers)thetwogreatmenwhohadmosttodowithitscompositionanditsadoptionbytheCongress.JohnAdams,whosupportedtheD

7、eclarationwithallhisformidablepowers,inclinedtotheviewthatitwasjustwhatiscalleditself:adeclarationofAmericanindependence.ThomasJefferson,whowroteit,heldtheoppositeopinion:itwasarevolutionaryproclamationapplicabletoallmankind.“Mayitbetheworld”,hewrotetothecitizensofWashing