Question

In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence—as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch(關鍵時刻), we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war－paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learned that violence never solves a problem but makes it even acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed(流血), the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.

The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement(執行). If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living－standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well－directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.

5. Recorded history has taught us ________.

A. violence never solves anything                

B. nothing

C. the bloodshed means nothing                

D. everything

6. It can be inferred that truly reasonable men ________.

A. can't get a hearing                                 

B. are looked down upon

C. are persecuted       

D. have difficulty in advocating law enforcement

7. According to the passage, the best way to solve race prejudice is ________.

A. law enforcement        

B. knowledge         

C. nonviolence       

D. mopping up the violent mess

8. What is the author's attitude towards the violence?

A. Critical.           B. Supportive.

C. Neutral.             D. Sympathetic.

9. What is the BEST title for this passage?

A. Advocating Violence

B. Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice

C. Violence as a Legitimate Solution

D. Violence: The Instinct of Human Race

Answer 1

6. 解析：選D。推理判斷題。根據第二段前兩句不難推測出：真正明事理的人推行所倡導的合法政策時困難重重。

7. 解析：選A。推理判斷題。根據第二段最后一句“Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law”可推測出作者認為解決種族歧視問題的真正辦法就在于法律的實施。

8. 解析：選A。推理判斷題。根據第一段第四句可知，到最后通過暴力沒有解決任何問題，所以可推斷出作者對用暴力解決種族爭端是持批評態度的，而非B、C、D所表達的“支持的”、“中立的”、“同情的”。

9. 解析：選B。主旨大意題。本文主要論述了暴力不能解決種族歧視等問題而最終解決辦法必須在遵守法律的前提下解決。其余三項觀點都與文章內容相反的。