The book _____ he devoted much time is to come out next month.
A.where
B.which
C.to which
D.on which
A.where
B.which
C.to which
D.on which
Schlesinger addresses the questions: What holds a nation together? And what does it mean to be an American? Describing the emerging cult of ethnicity, Schlesinger praises its healthy effect on a nation long shamed by a history of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. But he warns against the campaign of multicultural advocates to divide the nation into separate ethnic and racial communities. From the start, he observes, the United States has been a multicultural nation, rich in its diversity but held together by a shared commitment to the democratic process and by the freedom of intermarriage. It was this national talent for assimilation that impressed foreign visitors like Alexis de Tocqueyille and James Bryce, and it is this historic goal that Schlesinger champions as the best hope for the future. Schlesinger analyzes what he sees as grim consequences of identity politics: the widening of differences. Attacks on the First Amendment, he argues, threaten intellectual freedom and, ultimately, the future of the ethnic groups. His criticisms are not limited to the left. As a former target of McCarthyism, be understands that the radical right is even more willing than the radical left to re strict and weaken the Bill of Rights.
The author does not minimize the injustices concealed by the "melting pot" dream. The Disuniting of America is both academic and personal, forceful in argument, balanced in judgment. It is a book that will no doubt anger some readers, but it will surely make all of them think again. The winner of Pulitzer Prizes for history and for biography, an authoritative voice of American liberalism, Schlesinger is uniquely positioned to bring bold answers and healing wisdom to this passionate debate over who we are and what we should become.
According to Schlesinger, the United States is ______.
A.a melting pot
B.a nation with diverse cultures held together by the democratic process
C.a federation of ethnic and racial communities
D.a nation with various ethnic and racial groups
翻译下列句子或短语, 特别注意对划线部分的理解与表达。
He sees the book my way… Even if mine doesn’t sell, his sure will.
Smith ______ a book about China last year, but I don't know whether he has finished it.
A.has wrote
B.wrote
C.had written
D.was writing
A、He only talks about changing his working plan.[Intended meaning: He only talks but does nothing else, like going shopping or visiting a friend, about changing his working.]
B、A girl appeared in my dreams that sang like an angel
C、The book on the shelf is hers
D、All of the above
A、it not have been
B、is not been
C、had it not been
D、has not been
(1) The author claims that there is a difference in reading speed ___________.
A、among all the readers
B、among readers who have different experience
C、between the poorly educated and the highly educated
D、among the highly educated people
(2) A good reader is a reader who ___________.
A、concentrates on the wonderful part of the article
B、always reads slowly and carefully
C、changes his speed according to the type of reading matter
D、changes his speed according to the interesting part of the text
(3) The author says that when reading more difficult material,a good reader can read ___________
A、every part of the book
B、the most wonderful part of the book
C、the major part of the book
D、the scientific part of the book
(4) The last two sentences of the first paragraph mean that ___________.
A、reading speed too slow for a difficult book is just right for a non-serious one
B、reading speed too slow for a non-serious book may be too fast for a difficult one
C、reading speed too fast for difficult material is just right for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one
D、reading speed too slow for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one
(5) What is the passage mainly about?
A、Practise reading skill.
B、Difference between the highly educated and the poorly educated.
C、Reading and listening.
D、Difference in the speed and efficiency of reading.