2017年12月大学英语六级仔细阅读练习题(22)
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The4thOfJuly1—ADayOfRejoicing
The4thofJulyisthemostimportantholidayintheUSA,foritcommemoratesthatfamousdayin1776whentheAmericansdeclaredtheirindependence.Congress2madethedeclarationinPhiladelphia,andthatnightinthecitytherewerejoyfulcelebrationsthatsoonbecamenationwide.Eversince,the4thofJulyhasbeenmarkedintheAmericancalendarasIndependenceDay,andthereareparadesandfestivitiesofallkinds.
ThebasiccauseoftheAmericans’struggleforindependenceagainstthemothercountry,England,wastoomuchinterferenceandintolerancefromLondonandverylittleunderstandingofAmericanproblemsandpride.MostgallingtotheAmericanswastheassumptionbytheEnglishGovernmentandtheKingthattheyhadarighttotaxtheirsubjectsoverseaswithouttheirconsentandwithoutgivingthemanythinginreturn.3
TheBritishweredivided.Itwasawarinspiringnopatriotism.
AsforthetroopswhichtheGovernmentsenttofighttherebels,theywereunenthusiasticandincompetent,especiallytheirleaders.
TheAmericanshadnoarmy.Infact,itisquitepossiblethatbutfortheextraordinaryfaithandleadershipofGeorgeWashington,therevolutionmighthavecometonothing.4Hebuiltanarmythatremainedloyaltohimuntiltheend,despiteterriblehardships.Hewasatruefrontiersman.HehadseenlandsthatheknewwouldmakeanindependentAmericaamightynation.Hewasgivenvaluablesupportbythetwogreatpatriots—ThomasJeffersonandBenjaminFranklin.5ItwasFranklinwhohelpedpersuadetheFrenchtocomeintothewaragainsttheBritish.
In1781aBritisharmycommandedbyanexceptionallyincompetentgeneral,LordCornwallis,surrenderedtotheAmericansatYorktown6,Virginia,andthewarwasover.Notlongafterward,the13coloniesbecameStatesandjoinedtogetherinaUnion.
TheeffectoftheAmericanRevolutionwasfar-reaching.TheDeclarationofIndependencedrawnupbyThomasJeffersonisoneofthemostimportantdocumentseverpublished,anditdroppedlikeabombshellonthewesternworld.HerearethetwosentenceswhichshooktherulingclassesofEurope.“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienablerights,thatamongthesearelife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness.”7Thesecondsen048tencewasevenmoredisturbingtothem:“Thattosecuretheserights,governmentsareinstitutedamongmen,derivingtheirjustpowersfromtheconsentofthegoverned.”
阅读自测
Ⅰ.Changethefollowingverbsinparenthesesintotheirnounforms:
1.Their________(assume)thattheirprojectunderwaywassomethingentirelynewprovedtobeuntrue.
2.Heshowedstrong________(lead)duringhisfirstterminoffice.
3.Thewholebookisproducedandeditedinthe________(pursue)ofexcellence.
Ⅱ.ArethesestatementsTrueorFalseaccordingtothearticle?
1.The4thofJulyisadayforrejoicingbecauseChristopherColumbusdiscoveredtheNewWorldonthisday.
2.IntheBritishParliament,therehasachievedaconsensusonfightingagainsttheAmericancolony.
3.TheUnitedStatesisoriginallycomposedofthirteencolonies.
参考答案
Ⅰ.1.assumption2.leadership3.pursuit4.complaintⅡ.1.F2.F3.T4.F
参考译文
7月4日——欢庆的一天
美国人反对母国英国、争取独立的根本原因是伦敦方面干涉太多,过于固执,而且很少理解美国人的种种问题和自尊心。最使美国人恼火的是英国政府和国王傲慢地认为他们有权不经他们海外臣民的同意征收税款,却不给予任何回报。
英国人对这场战争意见分歧。这场战争并没有激起爱国热情。
至于英国政府派去与反叛者作战的部队,他们并不热心,也无力作战,他们的头目更是如此。
美国人没有自己的军队。事实上,要是没有乔治·华盛顿异常的忠诚和非凡的领导,049这场革命本来是很可能会一事无成的。尽管条件十分艰苦,他仍然创建了一支始终忠于他的军队。他是个名副其实的边疆开拓者。他已经看出他所熟悉的那些土地将会使独立的美国成为一个强大的国家。他还得到了两位杰出的爱国志士托马斯·杰斐逊和本杰明·富兰克林的宝贵支持。正是富兰克林说服了法国人同英国人交战。
美国独立战争的影响是深远的。由托马斯·杰斐逊起草的《独立宣言》是有史以来发表过的最重要的文献之一,它像一颗炸弹一样扔向西方世界。下面两句话震撼了欧洲统治阶级———“我们认为这些真理不言自明:所有人都是生来平等的,他们都有上帝赋予的某些不可剥夺的权利,其中包括生存权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。”第二句话甚至更使他们感到不安,“为了保护这些权利,人们便设立政府,政府的正当权力来自被统治者的同意。”
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