Opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States developed immediately after the beginning of the war, chiefly among traditional pacifists, such as the American Friends Service Committee and antinuclear activists. Early protests were organized around questions about the morality of U. S. military involvement in Vietnam. Virtually every key event of the war, including the Tet Offensive and the invasion of Cambodia, contributed to a steady rise in antiwar sentiment. The revelation of the My Lai Massacre in 1969 caused a dramatic turn against the war in national polls.
Students and professors began to organize"teach-ins"on the war in early 1965 at the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California at Berkeley. The teach-ins were large forums for discussion of the war between students and faculty members. Eventually, virtually no college or university was without an organized student movement, often spearheaded by Students fo
A. It was an organization that opposed to pass the law of Vietnam War or even when passed, it appealed to its members to refuse to serve in the war.
B. It was an organization that called on the students to oppose the war and refuse the war.
C. It was an organization that persuaded the students members not to register to serve in the army or even when registered not to serve in it.
D. It was an organization which denounced the war as racist as early as 1963.
Passage Four
The Disaster of Terrorism
恐怖主义的灾难
by Craig Kielburger
New York has an energy of its own, and that late summer evening, I truly understood why. All around me the city was alive with activity as everyone headed in different directions. The Big Apple’s fabled ambition, wealth, and power were on full display, in the sleek cars stopped by the curb, the bright windows of the bustling restaurants, and the studied nonchalance of stylish young people out on the town. As I cut through the financial district, I passed the Twin Towers, shimmering in the streetlights.
Then came the next morning. Even before I heard what was happening, it was clear that something was terribly wrong: there was an unfamiliar edge of desperation to the city’s usual hectic pace. At a friend’s house, uneasy but unsure why, I turned on the TV news. Within seconds, I saw one, then another, plane crash int
A. the dazzling cars, the brilliant shop windows, and the nonchalant stylish youth
B. the dazzling cars, the brilliant shop windows, and the shimmering Twin Towers
C. the Big Apple, the brilliant shop windows, and the nonchalant stylish youth
D. the people in the streets, the brilliant shop windows, and the nonchalant stylish youth
New York has an energy of its own, and that late summer evening, I truly understood why. All around me the city was alive with activity as everyone headed in different directions. The Big Apple’s fabled ambition, wealth, and power were on full display, in the sleek cars stopped by the curb, the bright windows of the bustling restaurants, and the studied nonchalance of stylish young people out on the town. As I cut through the financial district, I passed the Twin Towers, shimmering in the streetlights.
Then came the next morning. Even before I heard what was happening, it was clear that something was terribly wrong: there was an unfamiliar edge of desperation to the city’s usual hectic pace. At a friend’s house, uneasy but unsure why, I turned on the TV news. Within seconds, I saw one, then another, plane crash into the World Trade Center. Time stopp
A. the dazzling cars, the brilliant shop windows, and the nonchalant stylish youth
B. the dazzling cars, the brilliant shop windows, and the shimmering Twin Towers
C. the Big Apple, the brilliant shop windows, and the nonchalant stylish youth
D. the people in the streets, the brilliant shop windows, and the nonchalant stylish youth
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