| What our society suffers from most
today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such
consensus cannot be gained from society’s present stage, or from fantasies about
what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and
the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the
present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past,
as Homer’s epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be
Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize
their societies. Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming fr A. the non-existence of consensus on the forms the society should take B. the lack of divergence over the common organizations of social life C. the non-acceptance of a society based on individual diversity D. the pervasive distress caused by national morale decline [单项选择]The underclass suffers from relatively high rates of unemployment, alcoholism, drug addiction, illiteracy, juvenile delinquency, and crime. For them, schools have deteriorated, and affordable housing is increasingly difficult to find. Neighborhoods lack adequate police protection, fire services, and shops, as well as hospitals, clinics, and other health-care facilities.
Future prospects are especially bleak for the underclass because they are increasingly unable to compete for jobs. Inner-city residents lack the technical skills needed to obtain most jobs, because fewer than half complete high school. The gap between the skills typically demanded by employers and the training of inner-city residents is getting much larger. In the past, people with limited education could become factory workers or filing clerks, but today these jobs require knowledge of computing and handling electronics. Meanwhile, inner-city residents don’t even have access to the remaining low-skilled jobs, such
A. a greater concentration of middle-class residents in central cities B. a sharp decline of the life quality in central cities C. a boom in setting up factories and offices in central cities D. a rapid development of public transportation [填空题]We can tell whether someone suffers from depression or not by ______.
[填空题]Everyone who travels in space suffers from feelings of motion sickness initially.
[简答题]Today, the majority of mankind suffers from undernourishment, and in view of the population explosion, this situation is likely to grow worse in the coming decades. (Passage 4)
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