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
自考
He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great phi
He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great phi
admin
2013-07-02
100
问题
He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as "the best and most just and wisest man". Yet this same man was condemned (判刑) to death for his beliefs.
The man was the Greek philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him.
Socrates’ method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet, despite his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word.
Socrates encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silenced. Yet, many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.
Socrates had the right to ask for a lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence. So he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students.
The word "unsurpassed" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to______ ( )
选项
A、untold
B、unequalled
C、unnoticed
D、unexpected
答案
B
解析
根据常识,Socrates“提问”的讲课方式对希腊罗马哲学流派的影响是巨大的、无人能比的。surpass指超过,胜过,unsurpass指无比的,卓越的,出类拔萃的,surpass前加否定前缀并不表示它的否定形式。unequailed也是如此,它表示无人能与之相提并论的,出类拔萃的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4xrx777K
本试题收录于:
英语阅读(一)题库文史类分类
0
英语阅读(一)
文史类
相关试题推荐
Seventeenth-centuryhousesincolonialNorthAmericaweresimplestructuresthatwereprimarilyfunctional,carryingovertradit
Englishisnowtheinternationallanguageforairlinepilots,scientists,medicalexperts,businessmenandmanyothers.Conseque
Somepeoplebelievethatinternationalsportcreatesgoodwillbetweennationsandthat,ifcountriesplaygamestogether,theyw
Allofushavereadthrillingstoriesinwhichtheherohadonlyalimitedandspecifiedtimetolive.【C1】______.Butalwayswe
Somebodyoughttodefendtheworkaholic.Thesepeopleareunjustlyaccused,abused,anddefamed,oftentermedsickormorbid(病态的
Somebodyoughttodefendtheworkaholic.Thesepeopleareunjustlyaccused,abused,anddefamed,oftentermedsickormorbid(病态的
Acrossagegroupsandcountries,femalestendtoliveamoreeco-friendlylifestyle.Comparedtomen,womenlitterlessandrecy
(move)Youcannothaveapartyintheclassroom,becausethedesksandchairsare________.
Accordingtothepassage,whatisthechildren’samazingabilityinlearninganylanguage?Howdotheyacquiretheirnativelang
(distant)Astraightlineistheshortest________betweentwopoints.
随机试题
Whenyoupatyourpetdog,hewags(摆来摆去)histail.Thatishiswayofsayingthathelovesyou.And,ifyoupayattention,youwi
易发生冻结的药品有易水解的药品有
施工中的费用索赔出现的原因是非自身的原因,且实际造成的实际损失,应由对方承担责任的补偿或赔偿。()
施工总承包管理表现在质量控制方面的特点不包括()。
单位从其银行结算账户支付给个人银行结算账户的款项,每笔超过()万元的,应向其开户银行提供《人民币银行结算账户管理办法》所规定的付款依据。
招募范围、招募规模、招募渠道等属于()的内容。
主张心理学应该研究意识的功能和目的,而不是它的结构。意识是连续性的像水流一样,提出“意识流”观点的心理学流派是()
给定材料1.当前,中国在中外文化交流中存在着逆差,中国优秀文化走向世界和外国文化涌入中国,在数量质量上都难成比例。为了扭转这种局面,有学者提出了中国文化输出问题。这个问题的提出不是偶然的,而是中国对外开放发展到一定程度后的必然产物。随着中国对
已知一内直径为50cm,内高100cm的圆柱形木桶,灌满了浓度为20%的盐水溶液,使其倾斜45度倒出部分溶液后放平,再加满清水,问此时木桶内盐水溶液的浓度是多少?()
Whatispapermade?Whenwe【C1】______booksornewspapers,weseldomstopandthinkaboutthethings【C2】______tomakethem.【C3】_
最新回复
(
0
)