Racial Prejudice
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
参考答案:A C A D B A C D B A C A D B C
Bust a gut 拼了命地工作
To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天
White / blue-collar worker 白领,蓝领
The problem with big brains 聪明大脑所带来的问题
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
Too much stuff 物质主义和简约主义
Are you a team player? 你是一名具有团队精神的人吗?
In the blink of an eye 一眨眼之间
In defence of shyness 为害羞的人辩护
Online Shopping 网上购物-英语点津
A recipe for disaster 后患无穷
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
Pain in the neck 令人讨厌的事情或人
Is a game just a game? 游戏只是游戏吗?
Lights! Camera! English! 灯光,摄像机,英语!
Wardrobe dilemma 面对衣橱的困惑
Going forward 从今往后
The university of life 生活经历
You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我!
One good turn deserves another 以德报德,礼尚往来
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受
Drama queen 小题大做的人
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
Axe to grind 别有用心
To fall at the first hurdle 跌倒在第一关
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
Barefaced 厚颜无耻的
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