Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year, or manureda field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so much so that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized.
Animals fight; so do savages ; hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently --- this, after all, is what conquerors and generals have done --- is not being civilized. People fight to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some way of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side, and then saying that that side which has killed most has won. And it not only has won, but, because it has won, has been in the right. For that is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right.
That is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars in history, in which millions of people were killed or disabled. And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets --- while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life --- nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.
57. In the opening sentence the author indicates that ________.
A) most history books were written by conquerors, generals and soldiers.
B) those who truly helped civilization forward is rarely mentioned in history books.
C) history books focus more on conquerors than on those who helped civilization forward.
D) conquerors, generals and soldiers should not be mentioned in history books.
58. In the authors opinion, the countries that ruled over a large number of other countries are ________.
A) certainly both the greatest and the most civilized
B) neither the most influential nor the most civilized.
C) possibly the most civilized but not the most powerful.
D) likely the greatest in some sense but not the most civilized.
59. The meaning of That is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right. is that ________.
A) those who fight believe that the winner is right and the loser wrong.
B) only those who are powerful have the right to go to war.
C) those who are right should fight against those who are wrong.
D) in a war only those who are powerful will win.
60. In the third paragraph, what the author wants to convey to us is that ________.
A) World War I and World War II are different from previous wars.
B) our age is not much better than those of the past.
C) modern time is not so civilized compared with the past.
D) we have fought fewer wars but suffered heavier casualties.
61. This passage is most likely taken from an article entitled ________.
A) War and World Peace
B) Creators of Civilization
C) Civilization and History
D) Who Should Be Remembered
参考答案:BDABC
上一篇: 英语四级阅读冲刺模拟练习(3)
下一篇: 英语四级考试阅读训练(九)
听说,你也被60秒语音轰炸过?外媒这则爆料扎心了
外国人餐桌上常见的十道中国美食
国内英语资讯:China hosts 67 mln tourists on sixth day of National Day holiday
国内英语资讯:Spotlight: Law enforcement, cybersecurity dialogue strengthens China-U.S. cooperation
Teenager’s Viewpoint about Idol 青少年的偶像观
国际英语资讯:2 dead, at least 32 missing after boat capsizal in river dividing Bangladesh, Myanmar
各路英语说“粉丝”
印度小哥发明“电击鞋” 可以电击色狼并报警
国内英语资讯:Train trips surge on final day of the National Day holiday
On Attending Graduate College 读研
体坛英语资讯:Chinese pair win gold at Finlandia Trophy International Figure Skating
国内英语资讯:Chinese naval escort fleet concludes friendly visit to Britain
国际英语资讯:London museum car incident not terrorism-related: Police
体坛英语资讯:Nadal makes China Open final, Halep clinchs world No.1
为了争夺这一小包四川辣酱,美国人民甚至惊动了警察
体坛英语资讯:Bayern confirms Heynckes deal
国际英语资讯:Ice maiden or robot? UK PM relives her disaster conference
国际英语资讯:Spanish govt makes it easier for companies to leave Catalonia
国际英语资讯:Hardship for Iraqi displaced continues during Hawija military operation: IOM
国内英语资讯:Three Gorges reservoir braces for flood
国际英语资讯:Hurricane Nate strengthens over Gulf of Mexico
体坛英语资讯:Argentina midfielder Gago to miss six months with knee injury
国际英语资讯:British army contingent arrives to BiH for EUFOR-led exercise
国际英语资讯:Over 3,000 people evacuated due to market fire on Moscow outskirts
玩剪刀石头布的小情侣
国际英语资讯:Thousands gather in Madrid to defend Spanish constitution
Johnny Depp 约翰尼•德普
Quora精选:美国人最烦人的习惯是什么?
国内英语资讯:China Focus: Chinas anti-graft drive wins peoples trust
国际英语资讯:Turkey, Venezuela seek to boost cooperation