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　　In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic***官僚主義的*** management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oiling is done with higher wages, Nell-ventilated factories and piped music, and by psychologists and “human – relations” experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he is bored with it. In fact, the blue and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.

　　The worker and employee are anxious, not only because they might find themselves out of a job; they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction of interesting life. They live an die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.

　　Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates. They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence. From the moment on they are tested again and again – by the psychologists, for whom testing is a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etc. This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow – competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.

　　Am I suggesting that we should return to the preidustrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century “free enterprise “ capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system form a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities – those of all love and of reason – are the aims of social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.

　　1.By “ a well-oiled cog in the machinery “ the author intends to deliver the idea that man is ____.

　　A.a necessary part of the society though each individual’s function is negligible

　　B.working in complete harmony with the rest of the society

　　C.an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society

　　D.a humble component of the society, especially when working smoothly

　　2.The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that ____.

　　A.they are likely to lose their hobs

　　B.they have no genuine satisfaction or interest in life

　　C.they are faced with the fundamental realities of human existence

　　D.they are deprived of their individuality and independence

　　3.From the passage we can conclude that real happiness of life belongs to those _____.

　　A.who are at the bottom of the society

　　B.who are higher up in their social status

　　C.who prove better than their fellow – competitors

　　D.who could dip far away from this competitive world

　　4.To solve the present social problems the author puts foruard a suggestion that we should ______.

　　A.resort to the production mode of our ancestors

　　B.offer higher wages to the workers and employees

　　C.enable man to fully develop his potentialities

　　D.take the fundamental realities for granted

　　5.The author’s attitude towards industrialism might best be summarized as one of ______.

　　A.approval B.dissatisfaction

　　C.suspicion D.susceptibility

　　答案：CDDCB

　　Everyone has a moment in history, which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most powerful sway over him, and afterward when you say to this person “the world today” or “life” or “reality” he will assume that you mean this moment, even if it is fifty years past. The world, through his unleashed***釋放的***emotions, imprinted itself upon him, and he carries the stamp of that passing moment forever.

　　For me, this moment—four years in a moment in history—was the war. The war was and is reality for me. I still instinctively live and think in its atmosphere. These are some of its characteristics: Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the president of the United States, and he always has been. The other two eternal world leaders are Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. America is not, never has been, and never will be what the song and poems call it, a land of plenty. Nylon, meat, gasoline, and steel are rare. There are too many jobs and not enough workers. Money is very easy to earn but rather hard to spend, because there isn’t very much to buy. Trains are always late and always crowded with “service men”. The war will always be fought very far from America, and it will never end. Nothing in America stands still for very long, including the people who are always either leaving or on leave. People in America cry often. Sixteen is the key and crucial and natural age for a human being to be, and people of all other ages are ranged in an orderly manner ahead of and behind you as a harmonious setting for the sixteen-year-olds of the world. When you are sixteen, adults are slightly impressed and almost intimidated by you. This is a puzzle finally solved by the realization that they foresee your military future: fighting for them. You do not foresee it. To waste anything in America is immoral. String and tinfoil are treasures. Newspapers are always crowed with strange maps and names of towns, and every few months the earth seems to lurch***突然傾斜***from its path when you see something in the newspapers, such as the time Mussolini, who almost seemed one of the eternal leaders, is photographed hanging upside down on a meat hook.

　　1.Which statement best depicts the main idea of the first paragraph?

　　A.Reality is what you make of it.

　　B.Time is like a river.

　　C.Emotions are powerful.

　　D.Every person has a special moment.

　　2.Why does the author still clearly remember the war?

　　A.Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President.

　　B.It was his personal reality and part of his life.

　　C.There was not much to buy.

　　D.The war would never end.

　　3.Which statement best describes the author’s feelings about the war?

　　A.It was ever real for him, yet he was not actively involved.