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1、湖州师范学院2013届学位英语考试复习题（仅供2013届抵学位考试参考用）PartIReadingComprehension(40%)SectionA：FastReadingDirections:Inthispart,youwillbeaskedtogooverthepassagequicklyandthenmarkY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswithinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformat
2、iongiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassageforthequestionsgivenbelow・ThomasJefferson,thethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates,maybelessfamousthanGeorgeWashingtonandAbrahamLincoln,butmostpeoplerememberatlastonefactabouthim:hewrotetheDeclarat
3、ionofIndependence.AlthoughJeffersonlivedmorethan200yearsago,thereismuchthatwelearnfromhimtoday.Herearesomeofthethingshesaidandwrote:Goandsee・Jeffersonbelievedthatafreemanobtainsknowledgefrommanysourcesbesidesbooksandthatpersonalinvestigationisimportant.Whenstillayo
4、ungman,hewasappointedtoacommitteetofindoutwhethertheSouthBranchoftheJamesRiverwasdeepenoughtobeusedbylargeboats.Whiletheothermembersofthecommitteesatinthestatecapitolandstudiedpapersonthesubject,Jeffersongotintoacanoeandmadeon-the-spot-observations-Youcanlearnfrome
5、veryone.BybirthandbyeducationJeffersonbelongedtothehighestsocialclass.Yet,inadaywhenfewnoblepersonseverspoketothoseofhumbleoriginsexcepttogiveanorder,Jeffersonwentoutofhiswaytotalkwithgardeners,servants,andwaiters・Judgeforyourself.Jeffersonrefusedtoacceptotherpeopl
6、e'sopinionswithoutcarefulthought."Neitherbelievenorrejectanything/^hewrotetohisnephew,"becauseanyotherpersonhasrejectedorbelievedit.Heavedhasgivenyouamindforjudgingtruthanderror.UseJeffersonfeltthatthepeople“maysafelybetrustedtoheareverythingtrueandfalse,andtoforma
7、correctjudgment.^Dowhatyoubelieveisright.Inafreecountrytherewillalwaysbeconflictingideas,andthisisasourceofstrength.Itisconflictandnotunquestioningagreementthatkeepsfreedomalive.ThoughJeffersonwasformanyyearstheobjectofstrongcriticism,heneveransweredhiscritics・Heex
8、pressedhisphilosophyinletterstoafriend,nTherearetwosidestoeveryquestion.Ifyoutakeonesidewithdecisionandonitwitheffect,thosewhotaketheothersidewil
