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
How’s this for a coincidence? Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. Alt
How’s this for a coincidence? Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. Alt
admin
2015-05-24
26
问题
How’s this for a coincidence? Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. Although people hardly think of them in tandem, yet instinctively, we want to say that they belong together. It’s not just because they were both great men, and not because they happen to be exact contemporaries. Rather, it’s because the scientist and thepolitician each touched off a revolution that changed the world.
They were both revolutionaries in the sense that both men upended realities that prevailed when they were born. They seem—and sound—modern to us, because the world they left behind them is more or less the one we still live in. So, considering the joint greatness of their contributions—and the coincidence of their conjoined birthdays—it is hard not to wonder who was the greater man? It’s an apples-and-oranges—or Superman-vs.-Santa—comparison. But if you limit the question to influence, very quickly the balance tips in Lincoln’s favor.
As great as his book on evolution is, it does no harm to remember that Darwin hurried to publish The Origin of Species because he thought he was about to be scooped by his fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. In other words, there was a certain inevitability to Darwin’s theory. Ideas about evolution surfaced throughout the first part of the 19th century, and while none of them was as convincing as Darwin’s—until Wallace came along—it was not as though he was the only man who had the idea.
Lincoln, in contrast, is unique. Take him out of the picture, and there is no telling what might have happened to the country. True, his election to the presidency did provoke secession and, in turn, the war itself, but that war seems inevitable—not a question of if but when. Once in office, he becomes the indispensable man. Certainly we know what happened once he was assassinated: Reconstruction was administered punitively and then abandoned, leaving the issue of racial equality to dangle for another century.
If Darwin were not so irreplaceable as Lincoln, that should not negate his accomplishment. No one could have formulated his theory any more elegantly. Their identical birthdays afford us a superb opportunity to observe these men in the shared context of their time—how each was shaped by his circumstances, how each reacted to the beliefs that steered the world into which he was born and ultimately how each reshaped his corner of that world and left it irrevocably changed.
Which of the following is true of the text?
选项
A、Lincoln’s success in election had made the war inevitable.
B、Lincoln had strived to address the racial problems.
C、Darwin was not unique compared with his contemporaries.
D、Darwin’s theory coincided with Lincoln’s beliefs.
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。文中提到林肯执政时是不可或缺的人物,他遇刺身亡后种族平等问题义拖延了一个世纪 才得以解决,从而可以合理推断林肯在世时曾致力于解决种族问题,故选B项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/mV74777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
EducationChangesoftheKindergartenChildrenWehavetwosetsoftwinswhoareinfourthgradeandkindergartenataweli-
GreenPaperEveninthiselectronicera,papercontinuestoplayacompleteroleinourdailylives.Americansdependonabo
"Printisdead"wasacommonrefrainacoupleofyearsago.Thecostlyprintadvertisementsthatkeptmagazinesandnewspapersa
Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthateducationisthekeytoeconomicsuccess.Everyoneknowsthatthejobsofthefuture
Anindustrialsociety,especiallyoneascentralizedandconcentratedasthatofBritain,isheavilydependentoncertainessent
WecanlearnfromthefirstparagraphthatINS______.ThechairmanoftheSenateAppropriationsCommitteewillleavetheissue
Youaregoingtoreadatextabouttheprinciplesforteachingextensivereading,followedbyalistofexamples.Choosethebes
CharlesDarwinwedhiscousinEmmaandspawned10children,includingfourbrilliantscientists.AlbertEinstein’ssecondwifeE
SupposeCharlesDarwinhadbeensweptoverboardanddrownedduringthevoyageoftheBeagle.Whatwouldtheworldbelikewithou
Theoriesofsocialcontrolfocusonthestrategiesandtechniqueswhichhelpregulatehumanbehaviorandthusleadtoconformity
随机试题
施工单位在工程报价中()工程施工的安全作业环境及安全施工措施所需费用.
德育内容管理改革应该追求规范化、序列化和__________。
患儿,男性,10个月。咳嗽3日,伴高热、抽搐。患儿体温骤升至39.3℃时有1次全身抽搐发作,持续时间为10min,发作后嗜睡,很快恢复意识,无神经系统异常体征。若患儿在成长过程中多次发生此类症状,应进一步检查
根据《国家赔偿法》的规定,下列哪一选项属于国家不予赔偿的情形?
某机电安装公司(乙方)承接某上市公司(甲方)的粉磨站水泥生产线的机电设备安装工程,由于工程公开招标过程中,竞争激烈,采用低价中标。施工公司只有通过优化生产要素配置和加强管理才能保证项目的进度目标、质量目标、安全目标和成本目标的实现,在施工过程中,重点是磨机
股权转让合同履行完毕,股权已做变更登记,所得已经实现后,当事人双方签订并执行解除原股权转让合同,退回股权的协议,对前次转让行为征收的个人所得税税款应与退还。()
对未完成义务教育的未成年犯和被采取强制性教育措施的未成年人应当进行义务教育,所需经费由()予以保障。
Everyhumanbeinghasuniquearrangementofskinonhisfingersandthisarrangementisunchangeable.Scientistsandexpertshav
Inatelephonesurveyofmorethan2,000adults.21%saidtheybelievedthesunrevolved(旋转)aroundtheearth.An【1】7%didnot
Hippiesweremembersofayouthmovementofthe1960’sand1970’sthatstartedintheUnitedStatesandspreadtoCanada,Great
最新回复
(
0
)