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  3. Directions: Each of the following reading comprehension questions is based on the content of the following passage. Read the pas

Directions: Each of the following reading comprehension questions is based on the content of the following passage. Read the pas

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问题 Directions: Each of the following reading comprehension questions is based on the content of the following passage. Read the passage and then determine the best answer choice for each question. Base your choice on what this passage states directly or implies, not on any information you may have gained elsewhere.
   (This passage was written prior to 1950)
     In the long run a government will always
     encroach upon freedom to the extent to which it
     has the power to do so; this is almost a natural Line law of politics, since, whatever the intentions of
(5) the men who exercise political power, the sheer
     momentum of government leads to a constant
     pressure upon the liberties of the citizen. But in
     many countries society has responded by throwing
     up its own defenses in the shape of social
(10) classes or organized corporations which, enjoying
     economic power and popular support, have been
     able to set limits to the scope of action of the
     executive. Such, for example, in England was the
     origin of all our liberties—won from government
(15) by the stand first of the feudal nobility, then of
     churches and political parties, and latterly of trade
     unions, commercial organizations, and the societies
     for promoting various causes. Even in
     European lands which were arbitrarily ruled, the
(20) powers of the monarchy, though absolute in
     theory, were in their exercise checked in a similar
     fashion. Indeed, the fascist dictatorships of today
     are the first truly tyrannical governments which
     western Europe has known for centuries, and they
(25) have been rendered possible only because on
     coming to power they destroyed all forms of
     social organization which were in any way rivals
     to the state.
According to the passage, the natural relationship between government and individual liberty is one of
选项 A、marked indifference
B、secret collusion
C、inherent opposition
D、moderate complicity
E、fundamental interdependence
答案C
解析
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