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Barack Obama spent much time on the campaign trail proposing a dramatic vision to change not only the United States for the bett
Barack Obama spent much time on the campaign trail proposing a dramatic vision to change not only the United States for the bett
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2020-08-21
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问题
Barack Obama spent much time on the campaign trail proposing a dramatic vision to change not only the United States for the better, but also the world. The candidate outlined a new, multilateral global order with America still leading, particularly regarding hard power, but sharing more burdens with others. There was a strong " anything but Bush" flavor in many of Obama’ s campaign-trail foreign policies, such as his opposition to the Iraq war, his willingness to pragmatically negotiate with dictators, and his emphasis on a multilateral dimension to American foreign policy. He wanted—at least rhetorically—to bend the arc of history towards justice, freedom, progress, and prosperity.
Has he fulfilled his vision during his first three years in the Oval Office? That is the question addressed by Bending History, a new book that offers a timely and insightful analysis of Obama’ s foreign policy performance and what he could do if he wins a second term.
Although national interests have been fairly well protected, the authors believe that Obama ’ s first three years in the Oval Office are defined by a considerable gap between his vision and his record. Despite limited success, the president has not yet
bent
history in any major way, especially when measured against his own standards.
Importantly, the authors argue that robust and strategic foreign policy cannot be achieved without having one’ s domestic affairs in order. Sadly, according to the authors, America has not done what it should to sustain its future global primacy. The country has been disinvesting in infrastructure and education, walking away from a serious program for clean energy, failing to address social divisions, and making merely partial fixes to the financial system that produced the crisis of 2008. Whoever occupies the Oval Office come 2013, Obama’ s foreign policy successes will matter little if the economy fails to sustain American power.
The authors conclude that Obama’ s foreign policy to date has been more pragmatic than visionary. It suggests no clear road map for the future, no particularly compelling overall strategy for how the president would advance American interests and bend history in a second term. Obama’s accomplishments should be better understood as effective damage control than historic breakthroughs.
Overall the book’ s analysis is compelling, although more attention might have been paid to the president’ s own role as a political leader and a strategic thinker. But all things considered, Bending History does a superb job of detailing what happened during the first three years of Obama’ s presidency. It provides a timely and insightful analysis worth reading for anyone interested in U. S. foreign policy.
According to the text, the book’ s analysis might be improved if______.
选项
A、our network of friends is enhanced for future global primacy
B、more discussion is made on Obama’ s role as a strategic thinker
C、the president’ s role as a political leader is totally deleted
D、negative health habits are removed by Obama’ s political advisers
答案
B
解析
本题是虚拟语气题型。根据本题题干中的“the book’s analysis(此书的分析)”可以迅速将本题的答案信息来源确定在本文尾段的首句。该句“Overall the book’s analysis is compelling,although more attention might have been paid to the president’s own role as a political leader and a strategic thinker.”的含义是:“从总体来看,该书的分析引人入胜,但应该把更多的注意力放在总统本人作为政治领导人和战略思考者的作用上。”由此句状语从句中虚拟语气所表达的意思判断,选项B“more discussion is made on Obama’s role as a strategic thinker(对奥巴马作为战略思考者做出更多讨论)”应该是本题的正确答案。解答此题时,一定要抓住并且正确理解虚拟语气所传递的含义。否则,就将失去解题的正确思路。
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