首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
"The impulse to excess among young Britons remains as powerful as ever, but the force that used to keep the impulse in check has
"The impulse to excess among young Britons remains as powerful as ever, but the force that used to keep the impulse in check has
admin
2011-04-12
44
问题
"The impulse to excess among young Britons remains as powerful as ever, but the force that used to keep the impulse in check has all but disappeared," claimed a newspaper. Legislation that made it easier to get hold of a drink was "an Act for the increase of drunkenness and immorality", asserted a politician.
The first statement comes from 2005,
the second
from 1830. On both occasions, the object of scorn was a parliamentary bill that promised to sweep away " antiquated" licensing laws. As liberal regulations came into force this week, Britons on both sides of the debate unwittingly followed a 19th-century script.
Reformers then, as now, took a benign view of human nature. Make booze cheaper and more readily available, said the liberalisers, and drinkers would develop sensible, continental European-style ways. Nonsense, retorted the critics. Habits are hard to change; if Britons can drink easily, they will drink more.
Worryingly for modern advocates of liberalisation, earlier doomsayers turned out to be right. Between 1820 and 1840, consumption of malt (which is used to make beer) increased by more than 50%. Worse, Britons developed a keener taste for what Thomas Carlyle called "liquid madness"—gin and other spirits.
The backlash was fierce. Critics pointed to widespread debauchery in the more disreputable sections of the working class. They were particularly worried about the people who, in a later age, came to be known as "ladettes". An acute fear, says Virginia Berridge, who studies temperance at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was that women would pass on their sinful ways to their children.
In the 19th century, temperance organisations set up their own newspapers to educate the public about the consequences of excess. That, at least, has changed: these days, the mainstream media rail against the demon drink all by themselves.
What do the 19th century reformers and present-day reformers have in common?
选项
A、They follow a 19th century script.
B、They hold a kindly attitude toward human nature.
C、They attempt to make drinking readily available.
D、They win over critic in the dispute of licensing laws.
答案
B
解析
这是一道细节题,测试考生准确识别原文信息的能力。本题的答案信息来源在第三段的首句,其大意是:“那时(19世纪)的改革者和现在的改革者一样,均对人性持宽厚的(benign)观点”。由此可以判断本题的正确选项是B“They hold a kindly attitude toward human nature.”(他们均对人性持宽厚的态度。)考生在阅读时一定要注意原文中的对立和对比关系。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1Fp4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
(46)Maybetheyaretooyoungtoknowbetter,ormoreprobablytheyareyoungenoughtoknowbetterthanmost,buttwoInternetm
Almostexactlyayearago,inasmallvillageinNorthernIndia,AndreaMillinerwasbittenonthelegbyadog."Itmusthave(
Almostexactlyayearago,inasmallvillageinNorthernIndia,AndreaMillinerwasbittenonthelegbyadog."Itmusthave(
Almostexactlyayearago,inasmallvillageinNorthernIndia,AndreaMillinerwasbittenonthelegbyadog."Itmusthave(
AteenagerwasunabletocallanambulanceafterherparentswereshotinFebruarybecausethefamily’sinternetphoneserviced
"TheimpulsetoexcessamongyoungBritonsremainsaspowerfulasever,buttheforcethatusedtokeeptheimpulseincheckhas
Title:CopyrightontheInternetOutline:thepresentstate,reasons,andsolutionsYoushouldwriteabout160—200words
Throughtheproject,manypeoplehavereceivedtrainingand______(决定自己创业).
Ifthedisputescannotbearranged,itonlyremainstotakelegal______.
随机试题
住院病案的“首次病程记录”完成时间是
某女,55岁,面色萎黄,唇甲色淡,头晕眼花,脉细。医师辨证后处方为四物合剂。为减少服药品种,针对患者气血两虚、食少便溏之证,宜选用的成药是
A、未注明生产批号的药品;B、未注明有效期的药品;C、被污染的药品;D、超过有效期的药品;E、以他种药品冒充此种药品;根据《中华人民共和国药品管理法》应按假药论处的是
根据《企业职工伤亡事故分类}}GB6441-1986,下列事故中属于按照安全事故类别分类的职业伤害事故有()。
冶炼厂将一电锌工程通过招标,发包给某冶金建设公司承包。该公司成立了一级项目部。该一级项目经理部又将该工程主厂房分包给所属二级公司(具备相应资质),该二级公司相应成立了二级项目经理部,该二级项目经理部在基础施工中,进行人工挖孔桩施工,在挖下7.8m左右,因铁
下列旅游纠纷中,人民法院应予以支持的有()。
为了维护正常的领导关系。具有隶属关系或业务指导关系的机关之间应基本采取()。
正当程序的特征主要体现在()。
汉朝法律规定,被告人及其亲属不服官府判决的,可申请重审。这一诉讼程序称为()(2015年一综一第35题)
面向对象程序设计将描述事物的数据与________封装在一起,作为一个相互依存、不可分割的整体来处理。
最新回复
(
0
)