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
A strange thing about humans is their capacity for blind rage. Rage is presumably an emotion resulting from survival instinct, b
A strange thing about humans is their capacity for blind rage. Rage is presumably an emotion resulting from survival instinct, b
admin
2013-01-20
16
问题
A strange thing about humans is their capacity for blind rage. Rage is presumably an emotion resulting from survival instinct, but the surprising thing about it is that we do not deploy it against other animals. If we encounter a dangerous wild animal—a poisonous snake or a wildcat—we do not fly into a temper. If we are unarmed, we show fear and attempt to back away; if we are suitably armed, we attack, but in a rational manner not in a rage. We reserve rage for our own species. It is hard to see any survival value in attacking one’ s own, but if we take account of the long competition which must have existed between our own subspecies and others like Neanderthal mar—indeed others still more remote from us than Neanderthal man—man rage becomes more comprehensible.
In our everyday language and behavior there are many reminders of those early struggles. We are always using tile words "us and them". "Our" side is perpetually trying to do down the "other" side. In games we artificially create other subspecies we can attack. The opposition of "us" and "them" is the touchstone of the two-party system of "democratic" politics. Although there are no very serious consequences to many of this modern psychological representation of the "us and them" emotion, it is as well to remember that the original aim was not to beat the other subspecies in a game but to exterminate it.
The readiness with which human beings allow themselves to be regimented has permitted large armies to be formed, which, taken together with the "us and them" blind rage, has led to destructive clashes within our subspecies itself. The First World War is an example in which Europe divided itself into two imaginary subspecies. And there is a similar extermination battle now in Northern Ireland. The idea that there is a religious basis for this clash is illusory, for not even the pope has been able to control it. The clash is much more primitive than the Christian religion, much older in its emotional origin. The conflict in Ireland is unlikely to stop until a greater primitive fear is imposed from outside the community, or until tile combatants become exhausted.
The passage suggests that_____.
选项
A、historically, we have created an "us" versus "them" society
B、humans have had a natural disinclination toward formal grouping
C、the First World War is an example of how man has always avoided domination
D、the emotional origin of the war in Ireland is lost in time
答案
A
解析
本题的依据句是文中的"but if we take account of the long competition…existed between our own subspecies and others like Neanderthal man...”“In our everyday language and behavior there are many reminders of those early struggles”“…the original aim…to exterminate it”。据此可知,人类从穴居甚至更早的时候就存在着竞争,这种竞争是以我们消灭他们为目标的。因此A项“一直以来人类社会都将我们(us)与他们(them)分得很清楚”为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ir2O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Cultureshockmightbecalledan【1】diseaseofpeoplewhohavebeensuddenly【2】abroad.Likemostailments,ithasitsown【3】andc
Americanwomenexperienceagreat【1】oflifestyles.A"typical"Americanwomanmaybesingle.Shemayalsobedivorcedormarried
Neitherofthetwoparties______abletosolvetheproblemsofthepoor.
Mostofthewaitersare______intheirworkbecausetheowneroftherestaurantdoesnotpaythemontime.
AlltherecentnewsonAIDSisbad.ThedeathofRockHudson【1】publicconcern-aboutthe【2】almosttothepointofpanic.Nowgen
Therearethreeseparatesourcesofhazard【1】totheuseofnuclearreactiontosupplyuswithenergy.Firstly,theradioactivem
Inmyfirstyearattheuniversity,Ilearntthe_____ofjournalism.
(66)Prosperousalumnihelpedmake2006arecordedfund-raisingyearforcollegesanduniversities,whichhauledin$28billion—a
LarryGriffinwaswokenatthreethatmorningtobetoldthathislast-minute_____againsthisdeathsentenceforthemurderofQ
Ifthedisputeisnotsettledina(n)______waysoon,thetwocountrieswillcertainlygotowar.
随机试题
经营管理者的主要职责有
肝主疏泄的基本生理功能是
根据技术经济分析表,运用综合评价法选定最优的吊装方案。根据背景资料,指出栈桥吊装应编制哪些针对性的安全技术措施。
基金一般注重资本的短期增值,多采取短期的投资行为,在证券市场频繁进出,起到活跃起场交易的作用。()
可行性研究的步骤有()。
有人说基层政法干警工作危险。待遇低。升迁慢。你为什么还要来考政法干警?
2012年1一5月份,民间固定资产投资67743亿元,同比名义增长26.7%,增速比1—4月份回落0.6个百分点,高于同期固定资产投资(不含农户)增速6.6个百分点。民间固定资产投资占固定资产投资的比重为62.2%,比1—4月份提高0.2个百分点。
“世卿世禄”
有些人被自己的性欲望困扰,会抱怨图书馆里存有“黄色书籍”,或要求制定严格的法律来规范他人的性行为。这体现的是弗洛伊德的哪种自我防御机制?()
下列叙述中正确的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)