新GRE小短文阅读练习题八
8A person who agrees to serve as mediator betweentwo factions atthe request of both abandons, by so agreeing, the right later to take
sides.To take sides at a later point would be to suggest that the
earlier presumptive impartiality was a sham.
The passage emphasizes which of the following points about
mediators?
They should try to form no opinions of their own about any issue
that is related to the dispute.
They should not agree to serve unless they are committed to
maintaining a stance of impartiality.
They should not agree to serve unless they are equally accept -
able to all parties to a dispute.
They should feel free to take sides in the dispute right from the
start, provided that they make their biases publicly known.
They should reserve the right to abandon their impartiality so as
not to be open to the charge of having been deceitful.
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