Racial Prejudice
& y+ {2 [- S# Q' L4 h" X6 C \' M In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences; and this is not even questioned. There are countries________(1) the white man imposes his rule by brute(粗暴的) force; there are countries where the black man protests by________(2) fire to cities and by looting and pillaging(抢劫). Important people on both sides, who would appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in________(3) of violence as if it were a legitimate(合法的) solution, ________(4) any other. What is really frightening, what really________(5) you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch(关键时刻) , we have made no actual________(6) at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded________(7) of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that________(8) never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The shear horror, the bloodshed and the suffering________(9) nothing. No solution ever comes to________(10) the morning after when we dismally(阴郁的) contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what his us.
! ?0 t' Z5 P' G7 T4 D0 f$ o The truly reasonable men who________(11) where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted________(12) their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into________(13) acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at ________(14) up the slums and ghettos(贫民窟), at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would not have gone a long way to________(15) at a solution. : r( i8 h% U/ c1 s
1. A where B what C why D when
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3. A spite B memory C need D favor
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6. A progress B decision C point D sense
$ h0 {& U" J% s y! Q2 ] 7. A system B history C roll D gather & ~4 O+ M, [8 v8 ~: K* @, R# o4 ~
8. A argument B violence C talk D research 6 v4 G) V5 f3 i. Z1 H
9. A deal B have C mean D want 0 `2 B: a% E2 b7 T
10. A light B life C end D mind
! E4 C$ b1 S1 p8 N 11. A suggest B demand C consider D know 1 Z9 W! A' `5 Q! h3 c0 C- e" K
12. A by B for C with D of / {( U/ A+ T5 Z+ P; @6 p& ?/ P
13. A final B lawful C violent D symbolic 6 Q- {1 D5 ]" E3 C. v2 V+ t* r' \
14. A looking B taking C getting D cleaning
& S7 Z, g8 z2 e* o9 u 15. A meeting B laughing C starting D arriving 4 ^ l% @! C2 i) w
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