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
外语
Within hours of appearing on television to announce the end of conscription, President Jacques Chirac moved quickly to prevent a
Within hours of appearing on television to announce the end of conscription, President Jacques Chirac moved quickly to prevent a
admin
2013-01-12
61
问题
Within hours of appearing on television to announce the end of conscription, President Jacques Chirac moved quickly to prevent any dissent from within the military establishment. Addressing more than 500 military staff officers at the military academy in Paris yesterday, Mr. Chirac said clearly that he "expected" their loyalty in the work of rebuilding France’s national defense.
He understood their "legitimate concerns, questions and emotions" at the reforms, but added. "You must understand that there is not and never has been any rigid model for French defense. Military service has been compulsory for less than a century. Realism required that our armed forces should now be professional."
The president’s decision to abolish conscription over a period of six years removes a rite of passage for young Frenchmen that has existed since the Revolution, even though obligatory national service only became law in 1905. As recently as 1993, an opinion poll showed that more than 60% of French people said they feared the abolition of conscription could endanger national security. A poll conducted this month, however, showed that 70% of those asked favored ending of practice, and on the streets and in offices yesterday, the response to Mr. Chirac’s announcement was generally positive.
Among people who completed their 10-month period of national service in the last few years or were contemplating the prospect, there was almost universal approval, tempered by a sense that something hard to define--mixing with people from other backgrounds, a formative experience, a process that encouraged national or social cohesion--might be lost.
Patrick, who spent his year in the French city of Valance assigning and collecting uniforms, and is now a computer manager, said he was in tears for his first week, and hated most of his time. He thought it was "useless" as a form of military training-- "I only fired a rifle twice"--but, in retrospect, useful for learning how to get on with people and instilling patriotism.
As many as 25% of those liable for military service in France somehow avoid it--the percentage is probably much greater in the more educated and higher social classes.
According to Geoffroy, a 26-year-old reporter, who spent his time in the navy with the information office in central Paris, the injustice is a good reason for abolishing it. People with money or connections, he said, can get well-paid assignments abroad. "It’s not fair: some do it, some don’t."
Several expressed support for the idea of a new socially-oriented voluntary service that would be open to both men and women. But the idea seemed less popular among women. At present, women have the option of voluntary service and a small number choose to take it.
We learn from the passage that French women ______.
选项
A、are greeting the reform with enthusiasm
B、are not eligible to serve in the army
C、do not face compulsory military service
D、hate to be exempted from military service
答案
C
解析
本题的依据句是文中的“women have the option of voluntary service”,从中可知C项“没有面临强制兵役”是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Xp9O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Althoughitwashisfirstexperienceaschairman,he______overthemeetingwithgreatskill.
Genetherapyandgene-baseddrugsaretwowayswecouldbenefitfromourgrowingmasteryofgeneticscience.Buttherewillbeo
PresidentClinton______powerwhentheUSeconomywasslow.
Intheexperimentwekeptawatchfuleye______thedevelopmentsandrecordedeverydetail.
Whenherealizedthepolicehadspottedhim,theman______theexitasquicklyaspossible.
Exactlywherewewillstandinthelongwaragainstdiseasebytheyear2050isimpossibletosay.(111)Butifdevelopmentsin
Exactlywherewewillstandinthelongwaragainstdiseasebytheyear2050isimpossibletosay.(111)Butifdevelopmentsin
Thepresidentdevotedhis(energies)to(update)thecurricula,(making)theeducationofferedatWashingtonCollegeasmeaningf
Aparticularareainwhichassumptionsandvaluesdifferbetweenculturesisthatoffriendship.FriendshipsamongAmericansten
随机试题
实际工作年限在10年以下,在本单位工作年限5年以上的医疗期为()个月。
用盘铣刀在轴类工件表面切痕对刀,其切痕是椭圆形的。()
被茅盾先生评价为“静夜箫声”的作品是()
患儿,男,1岁,诊断动脉导管未闭6个月。3d前,发热,咳嗽,近1d来咳嗽、呼吸急促,三凹症明显,尿少,急诊入院。体检:体温38℃,脉搏160次/分,呼吸55次/分,肝肋下5cm;诊断动脉导管未闭合并心力衰竭,正确的饮食指导是
“利小便以实大便”的理论基础是
醋炙法能降低毒性,缓和药性的是( )。
带团参观某单位时,导游员在为主方人员当翻译时,如遇介绍者语言有不妥之处,可以采取下列办法中的()。
物流配送的最佳化目标是指()。
下列做法中。违背诚实守信要求的是()。
Whichflightwillthemantake?
最新回复
(
0
)