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
Shortly after September 11th, President Bushes father observed that just as Pearl Harbor awakened this country from the notion t
Shortly after September 11th, President Bushes father observed that just as Pearl Harbor awakened this country from the notion t
admin
2009-04-27
65
问题
Shortly after September 11th, President Bushes father observed that just as Pearl Harbor awakened this country from the notion that we could somehow avoid the call of duty to defend freedom in Europe and Asia in World War Two, so, too, should this most recent surprise attack erase the concept in some quarters that America can somehow go it alone in the fight against terrorism or in anything else for that matter.
But America’s allies have begun to wonder whether that is the lesson that has been learned—or whether the Afghanistan campaign’s apparent success shows that unilateralism works just fine. The United States, that argument goes, is so dominant that it can largely afford to go it alone.
It is true that no nation since Rome has loomed so large above the others, but even Rome eventually collapsed. Only a decade ago, the conventional wisdom lamented an America in decline. Bestseller lists featured books that described America’s fall. Japan would soon become "Number One". That view was wrong at the time, and when I wrote "Bound to Lead" in 1989, I, like others, predicted the continuing rise of American power. But the new conventional wisdom that America is invincible is equally dangerous if it leads to a foreign policy that combines unilateralism, arrogance and parochialism.
A number of advocates of "realist" international-relations theory have also expressed concern about America’s staying power. Throughout history, coalitions of countries have arisen to balance dominant powers, and the search for traditional shifts in the balance of power and new state challengers is well under way. Some see China as the new enemy; others envisage a Russia-China-India coalition as the threat. But even if China maintains high growth rates of 6% while the United States achieves only 20%, it will not equal the United States in income per head until the last half of the century.
Still others see a uniting Europe as a potential federation that will challenge the United States for primacy. But this forecast depends on a high degree of European political unity, and a low state of transatlantic relations. Although realists raise an important point about the leveling of power in the international arena, their quest for new cold-war-style challengers is largely barking up the wrong tree. They are ignoring deeper changes in the distribution and nature of power in the contemporary world. The paradox of American power in the 21st century is that the largest power since Rome cannot achieve its objectives unilaterally in a global information age.
选项
A、to warm of the doom of a terrorist attack.
B、to criticize Americans’ unilaterialism.
C、to call on Americans to defend freedom.
D、to show the primacy of US economy.
答案
B
解析
题干问:"作者以乔治.布什父亲的话开篇,目的是…"。从文章第一句话的中心可以看出作者以乔治.布什父亲的话开篇,目的是"批判美国人的单边主义",答案选项表达了此意。而选项"警告恐怖袭击的厄运","号召美国人捍卫自己的自由"以及"显示美国人的经济霸权"皆不符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/k5a4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Groupgrillinghaslongbeenpopularamongacademics,governmentagenciesandnon-profitorganizations—sectorsthatpreferdecis
Groupgrillinghaslongbeenpopularamongacademics,governmentagenciesandnon-profitorganizations—sectorsthatpreferdecis
BritishphysicistDr.JessWadehaswritten270Wikipediapagesfortrailblazingfemalescientistsinanefforttogeteverywom
Youaregoingtoreadalistofsubheadingsandatext.Choosethemostsuitablesubheadingfromthelist[A]to[G]foreachnu
NewYorkandLondonmaybedominant,butotherfinancialcentersinAmericaandEuropehavemanagedtocarveoutusefulspeciali
NewYorkandLondonmaybedominant,butotherfinancialcentersinAmericaandEuropehavemanagedtocarveoutusefulspeciali
Sciencehasfewmorecontroversialtopicsthanhumanintelligence—inparticular,whethervariationsinitarearesultofnature
LastDecemberUruguaybecamethefirstcountrytolegalisecannabisfully.Soonafterwards,Vice.com,anAmericanwebsite,becam
ReadthefollowingtextandanswerthequestionsbychoosingthemostsuitablesubtitlefromthelistA-Gforeachnumberedpara
RunningfortheofficeofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesisexceptionallyarduousandshouldnotbeundertakenbythe【C1】___
随机试题
电动机的定额是指()。
下列关于原子吸收法操作描述正确的是()。
患者,男性,25岁。面部、躯干部起白斑1个月,无明显诱因。其父亲曾有同样病史。查体:面部、躯干部可见大小不等不规则的色素脱失斑,白斑周围有色素沉着。该病的发病机制可能是
慢性盆腔炎时输卵管卵巢病理变化不包括
A县药品稽查人员在该县的一村卫生室进行监督检查,现场查获标示为B省的大众生物科技有限公司生产的金银花百合片和乌梢蛇桔梗胶囊等8种产品,共计6000盒,这些产品所含成分与国家药品标准规定的成分不符。A县公安局经立案侦查发现,B省的大众生物科技有限公司是两年
证券投资是指投资者(法人或自然人)购买股票、债券、基金券等有价证券以及这些有价证券的衍生品,以获取红利、利息及资本利得的投资行为和投资过程,是间接投资的重要形式。( )
甲国有企业拟利用英国乙公司的投资将其全资拥有的丙国有独资公司(下称丙公司)改组为中外合资经营企业。甲企业在与乙公司协商后,拟订的有关改组方案中有关要点如下:(1)改组前的丙公司注册资本5000万元人民币。甲企业拟将丙公司60%的股权转让给乙公司,转让价
文某欲买房,张某欲卖房,两人协商过程中,张某坚持单价为一万元,文某坚持八千元,双方未能达成一致。一日,文某见张某患病无力,迫使张某在准备好的合同上签字。关于文某的行为违背哪项民法原则,下列正确的是()。
在20世纪80年代,海洛因服用者就诊医院急诊室的次数增加了25%以上。因此很明显,在那个10年中海洛因的服用量在增加。如果假设下面哪一项,作者的结论可被合理地推出?
下列不属于数据库管理员(简称DBA)的职责的是
最新回复
(
0
)