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
Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted to without f
Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted to without f
admin
2009-08-19
36
问题
Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted to without first checking its contents? Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is suitable for them? If your answer to these questions is "yes", then you are either extremely permissive. If your answer is "no", then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship.
Now, of course, you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship where children are concerned and quite another to do the same for adults. Children need protection and it is the parents’ responsibility to provide it. But what about adults ? Aren’t they old enough to decide what is good for them? The answer is that many adults are, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that all adults are like you. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Like the law, censorship contributes to the common good.
Some people think that it is disgraceful that a censor should interfere with works of art. Who is this person, they say, to ban this great book or cut that great film? No one can set himself up as a superior being. But we must remember two things. Firstly, where genuine works of art are concerned, modern censors are extremely liberal in their views-often far more liberal than a large section of the public. Artistic merit is something which censors clearly recognize. And secondly, we must bear in mind that the great proportion of books, plays and films which come before the censor are very far from being "works of art".
When discussing censorship, therefore, we should not confine our attention to great masterpieces, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship laws are relaxed, immoral people are given a license to produce virtually anything in the name of "art". There is an increasing tendency to equate artistic with "pornographic". The vast market for pornography would rapidly be exploited. One of the great things that censorship docs is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others. To argue in favor of absolute freedom is to argue in favor of anarchy.
Society would really be the poorer if it deprived itself of the wise counsel and the restraining influence which a censor provides.
选项
A、let their children read any books they like to
B、not let their children see any films they like to
C、not let their children read any books without first checking their contents
D、let their children see the films with their first checking
答案
A
解析
细节题。文章第一段第四句指出,如果你的答案是“是的”,那你就是一个极度宽容的(纵容的)家长,再结合该段第二、三句的两个问题可知,A正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/j6dK777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A—StudyingcertificateJ—VisaofficerB—ApplicationfeeK—EmploymentauthorizationC—Visaapplication
Manypeoplenowworryaboutthebadeffectthattelevisionhasonourlife,onsociety,andespeciallyontheyoungpeople.
Sowhatcanbedonetopreventbackpainoccurringinthisveryimportantsectionofsociety?Well,firstly,womenmustensuret
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtowriteaspeechaccordingtothefollowinginforma
______wasthoughttobeimpossibleinthepasthasnowbecomeareality.
Normallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesinordertograduate,andeachcoursewhichheattendsgiveshimacr
A、Becausehewantstovisither.B、Becausehewantstodiscusshersuggestionwithher.C、Becausehewantstoofferaproposal.
Theappealofadvertisingtobuyingmotivescanhavebothnegativeandpositiveeffects.Consumersmaybeconvincedtobuyapro
A、Designingfashionitemsforseveralcompanies.B、Modelingforaworld-famousItaliancompany.C、WorkingasanemployeeforFer
A、Herejectedtheirrequest.B、Heacceptedtheirrequest.C、Heagreedtoconsidertheirrequest.D、Heaskedthemtocomewithth
随机试题
旨在说明调查者的身份、研究目的和内容、对象选择方法、保密原则等内容的是问卷()部分。
热能不是一种营养素,而是食物中的产热营养素在体内代谢过程中释放出的能量。()
[*]
2016年12月31日,甲企业“预收账款”总账科目贷方余额为45万元,其明细科目余额如下:“预收账款——乙企业”科目贷方余额为80万元,“预收账款——丙企业”科目借方余额为35万元。假定不考虑其他因素,甲企业年末资产负债表中“预收款项”项目的期末余额为(
沿着新修的国道从呼伦市出发一直向北,如果是在冬季,沿途草原大雪覆盖,松林点缀、白雪皑皑。间或有驯鹿从密林中迁徙、______雪原。黑白相间,宛如格林童话的冰雪世界。车行敖鲁古雅的布冬霞部落,驻足静听阵阵哨笛,鄂温克族人驯养的角鹿从四方密林中飞疾汇聚,场面_
所谓盛世,是指中国社会发展中一些特定的历史阶段,是在较长时间内保持繁荣昌盛的历史时期。盛世期间,一个国家内政外交均有建树:内政方面体现为经济繁荣、科技发达、思想活跃、文化昌盛;外交方面体现为军事实力强大、贸易繁荣、世界影响力大;等等。以下选项中,古代盛世与
企业管理分成高、中、基三个层次,不同的管理层次需要不同的信息。下述描述中正确的是()。
局域网的英文简称为()。
Completethesentencesbelow.WriteONEWORDAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.Payattentiontothe______ofthefinalreport.
Medicalstudiesareprovidingincreasingevidencethatalternativetherapiesarebeneficialandpatientsaregraduallydemanding
最新回复
(
0
)