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 force; there are countries where the black man protests by __2__ fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be __3__ men, get up and calmly argue __4__ violence- --as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you __5__ despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress __6__. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the __7__ history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never __8__ a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed and the suffering __9__ nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder __10_ hit us.
The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions __11__ are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own __12__ because they advocate such apparently outrageous things __13__ law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were __14__, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment __15__ all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution.
EXERCISE:
1. A) where B) that C) which D) who
2. A) giving B) catching C) setting D) letting
3. A) reasonable B) reasonably C) reasonless D) reason
4. A) for the sake of B) for fear of C) in case of D) in favor of
5. A) for B) with C) by D ) up
6. A) at all B) after all C) at last D) in the end
7. A) record B) recording C) recorded D) records
8. A) keeps B) deals C) answers D) solves
9. A) meant B) mean C) is meaning D) are meaning
10. A) what B) that C) / D) which
11. A) lay B) lays C) lie D) lies
12. A) kind B) way C) right D) rule
13. A) like B) so C) that D) as
14. A) put to use good B0 put to good use C0 put good to use D) good put to use
15. A) by B) at C) for D) with
KEY:A C A D B A C D B A C A D B C
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修2 阶段测试题(外研版)
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第28天
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第21天
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修1 Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunications(外研版)
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:11 连词和状语从句(重庆大学版)
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:13 特殊句式(重庆大学版)
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第13天
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:12 名词性从句(重庆大学版)
2016届高考英语二轮复习微专题强化课件:1 语法必备 9 定语从句
2016届高考英语二轮复习微专题强化课件:4 完形填空 1 记叙文
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第29天
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第23天
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:3 介词和介词短语(重庆大学版)
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第22天
2016届高考英语二轮复习微专题强化课件:3 短文改错
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第17天
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:8 情态动词(重庆大学版)
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修1 Module 5 A Lesson in a Lab(外研版)
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第18天
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第20天
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修2 Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines(外研版)
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修2 Module 1 Our Body and Healthy Habits(外研版)
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第14天
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:9 虚拟语气(重庆大学版)
2016届高考(浙江、江苏)英语二轮复习检测:第3部分 考前30天 考前第26天
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修2 Module 4 Fine Arts-Western, Chinese and Pop Arts(外研版)
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修3 Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries(外研版)
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:必修2 Module 3 Music(外研版)
2017届高考英语一轮语法专题突破课件:10 定语从句(重庆大学版)
2017届高考英语一轮复习练习:2 新题型训练(外研版)