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1、华约样题Inthefollowingarticle,somesentencesorparagraphshavebeenremoved.Forquestions1to5,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelistA-Ftofitintoeachofthenumberedgaps.ThereisONEwhichdoesnotfitinanyofthegaps.Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistorybooksaregreatconquerorsandgen
2、erals,whereasthepeoplewhoreallyhelpedcivilizationforwardareoftennevermentionedatall.Wedonotknowwhofirstsetabrokenleg,orlaunchedaseagoingboat,orcalculatedthelengthoftheyear;butweknowallaboutthekillersanddestroyers.Peoplethinkagreatdealofthem,somuchsothatonallthehighestpillarsinthegrea
3、tcitiesoftheworldyouwillfindthefigureofaconquerororageneral.___1____.Itisjustpossibletheyare,buttheyarenotthemostcivilized.Animalsfight;sodosavages;hencetobegoodatfightingistobegoodinthewayinwhichananimalorasavageisgood,butitisnottobecivilized.____2____.Peoplefighttosettlequarrels.Fi
4、ghtingmeanskilling,andcivilizedpeoplesoughttobeabletofindsomewayofsettlingtheirdisputesotherthanbyseeingwhichsidecankilloffthegreaternumberoftheotherside,andthensayingthatthatsidewhichhaskilledmosthaswon3.Thatiswhatthestoryofmankindhasonthewholebeenlike.Evenourownagehasfoughtthetwogr
5、eatestwarsinhistory,inwhichmillionsofpeoplewerekilled.Andwhiletodayitistruethatpeopledonotfightandkilleachotherinthestreets,nationsandcountrieshavenotlearnttodothisyet,andstillbehavelikesavages.Butwemustnotexpecttoomuch.Afterall,theraceofmenhasonlyjuststarted.Fromthepointofviewofevol
6、ution,humanbeingsareveryyoungchildrenindeed,babies,infact,ofafewmonthsold.4.Thesefiguresaredifficulttograsp;soletusscalethemdown.Supposethatwereckonthewholepastoflivingcreaturesontheearthasonehundredyears;thenthewholepastofmanworksoutataboutonemonth,andduringthatmonththerehavebeenciv
7、ilizationsforbetweensevenandeighthours.5.Takingman’scivilizedpastataboutsevenoreighthours,wemayestimatehisfutureataboutonehundredthousandyears.Thusmankindisonlyatthebeginningofitscivilizedlife,andasIsay,wemustnotexpecttoomuch.Thepastofmanhasbeenonthewholeaprettybeastlybusiness,abusin
8、essoffightin
