According to the author ,a politician's morality
[A] is no match for his political ambition.
[B] has been undervalued by Machiavelli and his likes.
[C] is usually of secondary importance.
[D] should be taken as a yardstick of his capability
第1题：
A.to condem the flea who sucked his lover’s blood
B.to convince his lover their blood has been mingled
C.to persuade his lover to accept his love
D.to tell his lover killing the flea means self-murder
第2题：
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No man has been more harshly judged than Machiavelli, especially in the two centuries follow-ing his death. But he has since found many able champions and the tide has turned. The prince has been termed a manual for tyrants, the effect of which has been most harmful. But were Machiavelli's doctrines really new? Did he discover them? He merely had the frankness and cour- age to write down what everybody was thinking and what everybody knew. He merely gives us the impressions he had received from a long and intimate intercourse with princes and the affairs of state. It was Lord Bacon who said that Machiavelli tells us what princes do, not what they ought to do. When Machiavelli takes Caesar Borgia as a model, he does not praise him as a hero at all, but merely as a prince who was capable of attaining the end in view. The life of the state was the prima- ry object. It must be maintained. And Machiavelli has laid down the principles, based upon his stud-y and wide experience, by which this may be accomplished. He wrote from the view-point of the politician-not of the moralist. What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand. And will anyone contend that the principles set forth by Machiavelli in his Prince or his Discourses have entirely per- ished from the earth? Has diplomacy been entirely stripped of fraud and duplicity? Let anyone read the famous eighteenth chapter of The Prince:"ln what Manner Princes should Keep their Faith,"and he will be convinced that what was true nearly four hundred years ago, is quite as true today.
Of the remaining works of Machiavelli the most important is the History of Florence written be-
tween 1521 and 1525, and dedicated to Clement VII. This book is merely a rapid review of the Middle
Ages, and as part of it the history of Florence. Machiavelli's method has been criticized for adhering
at times too closely to the chroniclers of his time, and at others rejecting their testimony without ap-
parent reason, while in its details the authority of his History is often questionable.lt is the straightfor-
ward, logical narrative, which always holds the interest of the reader, that is the greatest charm of
the History.
56. It can be inferred from the beginning of the text that
[ A] many people used to think highly of Machiavelli.
[ B] Machiavelli had been very influential among the rulers.
[ C] Machiavelli was widely read among his contemporaries.
[ D] Machiavelli has been a target of criticism throughout history.
第3题：
According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______.
A. 6:30 B. 7:00 C. 7:30 D.:8:00
第4题：
The author’s father wrote notes in pen _________.
A. to both his family and his staff
B. to his family in small letters
C. to his family on the fridge
D. to his staff on the desk
第5题：
听力原文：If a customer informs his bank that a draft which has been issued to him has been lost, the drawee bank should be noticed immediately.
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A．The customer should first notify the drawee bank of the loss of his draft.
B．The customer should first notify the drawer bank of the loss of his draft.
C．The customer should first notify the remitting bank of the loss of his draft.
D．The customer should first notify the collecting bank of the loss of his draft.
第6题：
What made the author laugh?
A. His own behavior
B. His wife’s suggestion
C. His changeable feelings.
D. His wife’s sweet kiss.
第7题：
In the case of Caesar Borgia, the author holds that
[A] Machiavelli has been objective.
[B] Machiavelli revealed his personality.
[C] Caesar Borgia was a deserved model.
[D] Machiavelli overvalued Caesar Borgia.
第8题：
59 In the text the author expresses_____,
A. his concern for his mother’s health
B. his support for drinking Chinese green tea
C. his surprise at China’s recent development
D. his wonder at the growth of India’s IT industry
第9题：
What made the author laugh?
A． His own behavior
B． His wife’s suggestion
C． His changeable feelings
D． His wife’s sweet kiss
A
第10题：
Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame. of reference.
[A]is to be analyzed
[B]has been analyzed
[C]be analyzed
[D]should have been analyzed