2013年大学英语六级考试阅读的训练题14
<p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Disuniting">Disuniting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="America">America</span>: <span word="Reflections">Reflections</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Multicultural">Multicultural</span> <span word="Society">Society</span>, <span word="Revised">Revised</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Enlarged">Enlarged</span> <span word="Edition">Edition</span> <span word="Schlesinger">Schlesinger</span> <span word="provides">provides</span> <span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="insights">insights</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crises">crises</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nationhood">nationhood</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="chapter">chapter</span> <span word="assessed">assessed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="multiculturalism">multiculturalism</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="monoculturalism">monoculturalism</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Rights">Rights</span>. <span word="Written">Written</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="usual">usual</span> <span word="clarity">clarity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="force">force</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="brings">brings</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="wisdom">wisdom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="wars">wars</span>.</p><p> <span word="Schlesinger">Schlesinger</span> <span word="addresses">addresses</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="questions">questions</span>: <span word="What">What</span> <span word="holds">holds</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="together">together</span>? <span word="And">And</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="American">American</span>? <span word="Describing">Describing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="emerging">emerging</span> <span word="cult">cult</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ethnicity">ethnicity</span>, <span word="Schlsinger">Schlsinger</span> <span word="praises">praises</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="healthy">healthy</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="multicultural">multicultural</span> <span word="advocates">advocates</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="divide">divide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="communities">communities</span>. <span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="observes">observes</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="multicultural">multicultural</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>, <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="diversity">diversity</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="commitment">commitment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intermarriage">intermarriage</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="talent">talent</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="assimilation">assimilation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="impressed">impressed</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Alexis">Alexis</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="Tocqueville">Tocqueville</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="Bryce">Bryce</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Schelsinger">Schelsinger</span> <span word="champions">champions</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span>. <span word="Schlesinger">Schlesinger</span> <span word="analyses">analyses</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="sees">sees</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="grim">grim</span> <span word="consequences">consequences</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="identity">identity</span> <span word="politics">politics</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="widening">widening</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="differences">differences</span>. <span word="Attacks">Attacks</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="First">First</span> <span word="Amendment">Amendment</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="argues">argues</span>, <span word="threaten">threaten</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="groups">groups</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="criticisms">criticisms</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="limited">limited</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="left">left</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="McCarthyism">McCarthyism</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="understands">understands</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="willing">willing</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="restrict">restrict</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="weaken">weaken</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Rights">Rights</span>.</p>
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