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【题目】

(1)When mentioning “arsenic in the water supply of American political culture”, the author is making the point of    

[A] the justified fear of the public.

[B] the adverse influence of Trumpism.

[C] the dominance of the Republicans.

[D] the corruption of Donald Trump.

(2)第二段空缺课填入的最佳表达是    

[A] cross.

[B] bridge.

[C] consolidate.

[D] widen.

(3)The word “disdain” is closest in meaning to

[A] distaste.

[B] contempt.

[C] arrogance.

[D] modesty.

【试题】

(Section 1)

(1)“This is the time to heal in America”. President-elect Joe Biden’s words were directed at a nation suffering after four years of Donald Trump’s dishonesty and fear-mongering. Mr Biden understands Trumpism is arsenic in the water supply of American political culture. It has splashed around the country, flowing most freely wherever Republicans were in power. Even after the president had clearly lost the popular vote, his Republican enablers embraced his claims about a stolen election rather than indicting them.

(2)Yet Mr Biden wants America to come together not come apart. There is nothing to gain from trading incivilities with Republican opponents. He seeks to _______ divides. Under Mr Trump, the US has become more polarised between educated and less-educated voters; whites and people of colour; haves and have-nots; and urban and rural areas. Mr Biden is right: politics can’t be conducted in a furnace, it’s time to “lower the temperature”.

(3)In his words Americans must “see each other again [and] listen to each other again”. There’s too much at stake to do otherwise. The US faces a triple crisis: a pandemic that is costing hundreds of lives daily; an economic depression with skyrocketing long-term unemployment; and a politics where consensus is sorely lacking but badly needed. These are interrelated emergencies. Covid cannot be solved without a faith in facts, which is why Mr Biden will set up an expert pandemic taskforce ahead of naming his cabinet. His emphasis on science is in contrast to widespread Republican disdain for evidence.

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