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
A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police offic
A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police offic
admin
2018-03-01
30
问题
A wise man once said that
the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.
Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
Accountability isn’t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness, and so on—accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law—and, ultimately, no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned , to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people’s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!"
Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you annoy him.
The main cause of this breakdown is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it’s the criminal who is considered victimized; by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn’t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn’t provide a stable home.
I don’t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
What does the author mean by "the only thing necessary...do nothing"?
选项
A、Good men should do something to stop the triumph of evil.
B、Good men would do nothing by something evil.
C、A wise man said something wrong.
D、It is necessary for the evil to be successful.
答案
A
解析
根据文章,这句话的表面意思是:邪恶胜利的唯一必要条件是善良之人无所作为,换句话说,意思是,如果好人什么都不做,那么邪恶的事情就会胜利。因此,作者这样写的目的就是要呼吁好人要反击邪恶的事情。因此选项A正确,其他的选项都曲解了文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OVBZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Intherun-uptohislatestbudget,nothingseemedtobegoingGeorgeOsborne’sway.Theeconomywasslowingdown,bitingintot
TheCLBC—theCentralLondonBroadcastingCorporation—stealsfromtherestofthecountrybytakingitsmoneyandspendingiton
"Ofthepeople,bythepeople,andforthepeople."That’showAbrahamLincolndescribedtheAmericangovernmentinhisGettysbu
"Itcouldhavebeenworse"wasthecommonrefrainasAmericanbanksbeganreportingtheirsecond-quarterearnings.Indeed,thes
Human-inducedclimatechangeislikelytomakemanypartsoftheworlduninhabitable,oratleastuneconomic.Overthecourseof
JusteastofdowntownIrvine,insouthernCalifornia,apastorallandscapeisunderconstruction.Littlebylittle,aformermil
Manyparentsadmitthatthereisthegenerationgapbetweenthemandtheirchildren.Howcanweeliminatethegap?Inthissecti
ThemostthoroughlystudiedintellectualsinthehistoryoftheNewWorldaretheministersandpoliticalleadersofseventeenth
Inarareunanimousruling,theUSSupremeCourthasoverturnedthecorruptionconvictionofaformerVirginiagovernor,Robert
Aself-describedsocialistandformershopsteward,SirAlexwasanoddfitwiththecentristMr.Blair.Yethewasmuchlessim
随机试题
LI为液面显示仪表。
春秋时期,创立“三国五鄙”制度的人是()
常用来描述牙周状况的是()
下列不属于传染病重要诊断体征的是
根据《中华人民共和国大气污染防治法》规定,被淘汰的设备( )。
特别表决权股份按1:1的比例转换为普通股份自()生效。
下列属于长期借款的一般性保护条款的有()。
国家消亡是指资产阶级国家的自行消亡,即随着阶级对立和阶级差别的消灭.在完成了自己的历史使命后,自行退出历史舞台。()
根据上述资料,下列说法不正确的是:从1996至2003年间,关于各种企业在高新技术产品出口额所占的比重,下列说法正确的是:
在全球金融危机余波未了、欧美经济仍在衰退边缘挣扎的时候,巴塞尔银行监管委员会于2010年底通过了《巴塞尔协议Ⅲ》,成为2008年金融危机后首个全球范围内的重磅监管改革产物。针对《巴塞尔协议Ⅲ》的出台,业内议论纷纷,请根据你的理解,回答以下问题:《巴塞尔
最新回复
(
0
)