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There are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force; the first method is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is often insufficient, one must have recourse to the second. It is, therefore, necessary for a prince to know how to use both the beast and the man. This was covertly taught to the rulers by ancient writers, who related how Achilles and many others of those ancient princes were given to Chiron the centaur to be brought up and educated under his discipline. The parable of this semi-animal, semi-human teacher is meant to indicate that a prince must know how to use both natures and that the man without the other is not durable.

A prince, being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast, must imitate the fox, and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interest, and the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and would not observe their faith with you, so you are not bound to keep faith with them. Nor have legitimate grounds ever failed a prince who wishes to show colorable excuse for the nonfulfillment of his promise. Of this one could furnish an infinite number of examples, and show how many times peace has been broken, and how many promises rendered worthless, by the faithlessness of princes, and those that have best been able to imitate the fox have succeeded best. But it is necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler, and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that the one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

单选题 The writer does not believe that _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章一开头就提出： 对于人而言， 斗争的方式是通过法律； 而对于动物而言， 则是诉诸武力。 然后再提出， 王子需要同时掌握这两种方法， 由此可见， 作者并不认为王子们属于人这一类， 对应题目中的C选项。
单选题 The lion represents those who are _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章第二段首句提到“the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves”， 由此可知， 狮子在文章中应该是象征那些依靠蛮力生存的人， 故B选项为正确答案。 文章中既没有提到狮子有轻信的特点， 也没有正面赞扬他的力量， 更没有指出其智商低下， 故A、 C、 D选项皆表述有误。
单选题 The fox, in the passage, is _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】作者现实在文章第二段提到虽然狐狸无法逃脱被狼袭击的命运， 却能躲过陷阱和圈套， 由此可见， 作者此处对狐狸的计谋表示了赞赏， 对应题目中的A选项。
单选题 The writer suggests that a successful leader must _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据文章第二段后半部分提到“those that have best been able to imitate the fox have succeeded best”， 而狐狸的一个重要特点就是狡诈和欺骗性。 因此， 作者认为， 一个成功的领导人必须学会欺骗和撒谎， 故B选项为正确答案。
单选题 From the passage we can learn that the one who deceives is _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】题目询问的是， 那些骗子具有哪一种特质？ 定位至文中最后一段末句“to be a great feigner and dissembler, and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that the one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived”， 要想成为一个精湛的伪装者， 而人类又是如此简单而且乐于接受现状， 一个骗人的人总能找到那些允许自己被骗的人。 从而得知， 对于一个骗子而言， 应该是对周遭较为“敏感的”， 对应题目中的A选项。 B选项“慷慨大方的”， C选项“坦率的”， D选项“友好的”均不符合题意，可排除。