题目
The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante. Our only "station" was the turning of a stationary wheel, spinning faster and faster. We did not base our system on property but opportunity—which meant we based it not on stability but on mobility. The more things changed, that is, the more rapidly the wheel turned, the steadier we would be. The conventional picture of class politics is composed of the Haves, who want a stability to keep what they have, and the Have-Nots, who want a touch of instability and change in which to scramble for the things they have not. But Americans imagined a condition in which speculators, self-makers, runners are always using the new opportunities given by our land. These economic leaders (front-runners) would thus be mainly agents of change. The nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation; an authority that can call things to a halt, begin things again from compensatorily staggered "starting lines."
"Reform" in America has been sterile because it can imagine no change except through the extension of this metaphor of a race, wider inclusion of competitors, "a piece of the action," as it were, for the disenfranchised. There is no attempt to call off the race. Since our only stability is change, America seems not to honor the quiet work that achieves social interdependence and stability. There is, in our legends, no heroism of the office clerk, no stable industrial work force of the people who actually make the system work. There is no pride in being an employee (Wilson asked for a return to the time when everyone was an employer). There has been no boasting about our social workers--they are merely signs of the system's failure, of opportunity denied or not taken, of things to be eliminated. We have no pride in our growing interdependence, in the fact that our system can serve others, that we are able to help those in need; empty boasts from the past make us ashamed of our present achievements, make us try to forget or deny them, move away from them. There is no honor but in the Wonderland race we must all run, all trying to win, none winning in the end (for there is no end).
Which of the following best expresses the author's main point?
A.The absence of a status quo ante has undermined United States economic structure.
B.The free enterprise system has been only a useless concept in the United States.
C.The myth of the American free enterprise system is seriously flawed.
D.Fascination with the ideal of "openness" has made Americans a progressive people.
第1题
威尔逊(Woodrow Wilson)作为公共行政学的奠基人,认为执行宪法比制定宪法更要困难。为了使政府不走弯路,他把政府划分为两个领域(spheres)即( )
A.政治 B.行政 C.治理 D.公共服务
第2题
A. J.P. Morgan B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Henry Rockefeller D. Theodore Roosevelt
第3题
A. J.P. Morgan B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Henry Rockefeller D. Theodore Roosevelt
第4题
(28)
A.The company raised the worker's wage to avoid a strike.
B.The company demands that workers strike.
C.If the wages are not increased, the workers plan to go on strike.
D.The company threatens to pay the workers less.
第5题
A.Huge crowds and lonely individuals.
B.Weather conditions and street lamps.
C.Clattering trains and peddlers' yells.
D.Moving crowds and street traffic.
第6题
A.unrealistic
B.traditional
C.concerned
D.hysterical
第7题
A.Compassionate.
B.Responsible.
C.Shy.
D.Determined.
第8题
A.They would become less intense.
B.They would last longer than usual.
C.They would cause problems later.
D.They would become more negative.
第9题
A.was a utilitarian vehicle
B.was popular in America
C.was used as a recreational vehicle
D.had four wheels in Japan
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