September 11th 2001 drew the transatlantic alliance together; but the mood did not last, and over the five years since it has pulled ever further apart. A recent poll for the German Marshall Fund shows that 57% of Europeans regard American leadership in world affairs as "undesirable". The Iraq war is mainly to blame. But there is another and more intractable reason for the growing division: God.
Europeans worry that American foreign policy under George Bush is too influenced by religion. The "holy warriors" who hijacked the planes on September 11th reintroduced God into international affairs in the most dramatic of ways. It seems that George Bush is replying in kind, encouraging a clash of religions that could spell global catastrophe.
Dominique Moisi, a special adviser at the French Institute for International Relations, argues that "the combination of religion and nationalism in America is frightening. We feel betrayed by God and by nati
A. "with something tender"
B. "with kindness"
C. "out of charity impulse"
D. "with something similar"
Amongst the most popular books written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are (1) every year and are read by all kinds of people. (2) , some of the most successful films of recent years have been (3) on science fiction stories.
It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new (4) in literature, but its ancestors can be (5) in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned (6) the presentation of some form of ideal society, a (7) which is still often found in modern stories.
Most of the classics of science fiction, (8) , have been written within the last one hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, to (9) just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages.
Modern science fiction writers don’t write about men from Mars or space adventure stories. T
A. realize
B. master
C. control
D. accomplish
It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, (21) about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (22) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to (23) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (24) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (25) to the future, the individual mentions their past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (26) living. (27) , the memories form part of a continuing life (28) , in which the old person (29) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (30) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
As the life cycle (31) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending (即将发生的) death. (32) this task is made
A. orientation
B. implication
C. succession
D. presentation
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