2013年GMAT考试阅读理解模拟试题(8)
<p> <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="contend">contend</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Second">Second</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dynamic">dynamic</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="alliance">alliance</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="unions">unions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="community">community</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="alliance">alliance</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="advanced">advanced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="rights">rights</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="conclude">conclude</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="postwar">postwar</span> <span word="demise">demise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="vital">vital</span> <span word="alliance">alliance</span> <span word="constituted">constituted</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="opportunity">opportunity</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="movement">movement</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span>. <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="scholars">scholars</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="portrayed">portrayed</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="defending">defending</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="privileged">privileged</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="relative">relative</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>. <span word="Clearly">Clearly</span>, <span word="these">these</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="perspectives">perspectives</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="easily">easily</span> <span word="reconcilable">reconcilable</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="reality">reality</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="reducible">reducible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>.</p><p> <span word="Unions">Unions</span> <span word="faced">faced</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="choice">choice</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="maintaining">maintaining</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prewar">prewar</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="quo">quo</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="promoting">promoting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="inclusive">inclusive</span> <span word="approach">approach</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sought">sought</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unions">unions</span>, <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="skilled">skilled</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="positions">positions</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="occupational">occupational</span> <span word="hierarchy">hierarchy</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="management">management</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="arbitrary">arbitrary</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workplace">workplace</span>. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="union">union</span> <span word="representatives">representatives</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="voiced">voiced</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="inclusive">inclusive</span> <span word="ideal">ideal</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="unions">unions</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="favored">favored</span> <span word="entrenched">entrenched</span> <span word="interests">interests</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="accelerating">accelerating</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="movement">movement</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Second">Second</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="exacerbated">exacerbated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unions">unions</span>\' <span word="dilemma">dilemma</span>, <span word="forcing">forcing</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="unionists">unionists</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="confront">confront</span> <span word="contradictions">contradictions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="practices">practices</span>.</p><p> <span word="Question">Question</span> #11. </p><p> <span word="The">The</span> "<span word="unions">unions</span>\' <span word="dilemma">dilemma</span>" <span word="mentioned">mentioned</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highlighted">highlighted</span> <span word="text">text</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span></p>
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