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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 {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the white man
imposes his rude by brute (粗暴) force; there are countries where the black man
protests by {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}fire to cities and by
looting and pillaging (抢夺). Important people on both sides, who would in other
respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}of violence as if it were a legitimate (合法的)
solution, {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}any other. What is really
frightening, what really {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}you with
despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch (关键时刻), we have
made no actual {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}at all. We may wear
collars and ties instead of war paint, but our instincts remain basically
unchanged. The whole of the recorded {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}}
{{/U}}of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us
absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that {{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror,
the bloodshed and the suffering {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}}
{{/U}}nothing. No solution ever comes to {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}}
{{/U}}the morning after when we dismally (阴郁地) contemplate the smoking ruins and
wonder what hit us. The truly reasonable men who {{U}}
{{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}where the solutions lie are finding it harder
and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted
{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}their own kind because they advocate
such apparently outrageous things as low enforcement. If half the energy that
goes into {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}acts were put to good use,
if our efforts were directed at {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}up
the slums and ghettos (贫民窟), at improving living standards and providing
education and employment for all, we would not have gone a long way to {{U}}
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单选题
A.where
B.what
C.why
D.when
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 名词country后面可以用in which表示地点，引导限定性定语从句，但不能只用which，如果要用它，应在从句的后面出现in，例：This is the place in which he grew up/which he grew up in. where和in which意思相同，其他选项意思不对，因此选A。
单选题
A.fighting
B.returning
C.catching
D.setting
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] set fire to是固定短语，意为“点火”；catch fire“着火”，用在文中意思不对。其他选项搭配错误，因此正确答案是D。
单选题
A.spite
B.memory
C.need
D.favor
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] in favor of是固定搭配，意为“赞同”。从上下文判断，只有D项最合适，表示“赞成暴力”。故选D。
单选题
A.to
B.through
C.like
D.as
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] any other前面需要一个介词，根据前面的as if从句，可以判断like(像……一样)符合题意。B项through意为“通过”；D项as意为“作为”，均不对。故选C。
单选题
A.fills
B.puts
C.forces
D.sets
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] fill sb. with sth.是固定搭配，意思是“使某人充满……”，例：The room was filled with students.房子里挤满了学生。force sb. into doing sth.强迫某人做某事。故选A。
单选题
A.progress
B.decision
C.point
D.sense
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] make和progress搭配表示“取得进步或进展”；用在此处意思正确。make decision意为“做决定”；make sense意为“合理的，明智的”，例：It makes sense to save money while you can.趁着自己可以时，积攒些钱是明智的。故选A。
【答案解析】[解析] 前面的are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted属被动语态，所以后面应该用by引出施加动作的主体，所以A正确。
单选题
A.final
B.lawful
C.violent
D.symbolic
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] B项lawful“合法的”；D项symbolic“象征性的”，例：The flag is symbolic of the fighting of modern womanhood.这面旗帜象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。A项final“最后的”；C项violent“激烈的”，violent acts“暴力的行为”。故选C。
单选题
A.looking
B.getting
C.taking
D.cleaning
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] clean up是固定搭配，意为“清除，铲除”；句意为消除贫民区，符合题意。look up“抬头看”；get up“起床”；take up sth.“着手处理，开始从事”，例：He has taken up a job as a teacher.他开始当教师了。故选D。
单选题
A.meeting
B.laughing
C.startling
D.arriving
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据本句意思，应该是不久我们就能想出解决问题的方法。arrive at a solution意为“拿出，想出解决办法”。laugh at“嘲笑”；be startled at“对……感到吃惊”。故选D。