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In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving difference

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问题     In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence—as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other.
    What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.
    The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution.
    Our strength is weakened by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.
    Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other’s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. "Talk, talk, talk," the advocates of violence say, "all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser." Its rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument, the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser. "Possible, my lord," the barrister replied, "none the wiser, but surely far better informed." Knowledge is the prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.
It can be inferred that the truly reasonable men________.
选项 A、have difficulty in advocating law enforcement
B、are looked down upon
C、are persecuted
D、can’t get a hearing
答案A
解析 根据题干关键词truly reasonable men，答案线索可以定位到原文第三段。第三段第一句提到，真正睿智的人知道如何应对这种局面，但是他们发现让群众听从自己越来越困难，第二句提到，他们被自己的同类鄙视(despised)、不信任(mistrusted)甚至迫害 (persecuted)，因为他们提倡像法制这样显然令人发指的事情。选项A属于全面概括，是中心主题，且包含选项B、C的内容，为正确选项。选项B的“looked down upon(轻视)”相当于原文的“鄙视 (despised)”，选项C的persecuted也和原文一致，但这两项都是文中的细节，均属于以偏概全，而且不需要推断；选项D过于绝对，原文强调“让群众听从自己越来越困难”，而不是完全没有听众 (can’t get a hearing)。
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