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Like so many things of value, truth is not always easy to come by. What we regard as true shapes our beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Yet we can believe things that have no basis in fact. People are capable of embracing horrific precepts that seem incredible in retrospect. In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler had millions of followers who accepted his delusions about racial superiority. As Voltaire put it long before Hitler’s time, "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. "
We are surrounded by illusions, some created deliberately. They may be subtle or may affect us profoundly. Some illusions, such as films and novels, we seek out and appreciate. Others can make us miserable and even kill us. We need to know if particular foods that taste perfectly fine can hurt us in the short term (as with Salmonella contamination) or in the long term (cholesterol), whether a prevalent virus is so dangerous that we should avoid public places,
A. Hitler was obsessed with violence
B. irrational ideas may be spread widely
C. irrational ideas may lead to violence
D. Hitler was misled by racism

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Like so many things of value, truth is not always easy to come by. What we regard as true shapes our beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Yet we can believe things that have no basis in fact. People are capable of embracing horrific precepts that seem incredible in retrospect. In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler had millions of followers who accepted his delusions about racial superiority. As Voltaire put it long before Hitler’s time, "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. "
We are surrounded by illusions, some created deliberately. They may be subtle or may affect us profoundly. Some illusions, such as films and novels, we seek out and appreciate. Others can make us miserable and even kill us. We need to know if particular foods that taste perfectly fine can hurt us in the short term (as with Salmonella contamination) or in the long term (cholesterol), whether a prevalent virus is so dangerous that we should avoid public places,
A. truth is hard to get due to misconceptions
B. public health deserves much attention
C. political elections have profound impact
D. illusions are helpful in gaining new insights

[填空题]They were certain that this problem, like so many other________problems, did not ever have to be________, but could be resolved through oblique means.
A. A．insoluble ... solved
B．nettlesome ... faced
C．winsome ... ignored
D．troublesome ... categorized
E．fulsome ... persuaded

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Like so many young families throughout Brazil, Ricardo Pires and Fabiana Oliveiro plan to only have one child together in order to provide a better life for their newborn son,Arthur.
Priscila da Silva once asked her grandmother why she had 12 children, and the answer was simple.. "Because I wanted to."
These days, Silva, like many women in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, has other plans. At 24, she thinks about having one child, if that.
"The situation today is different, and raising a child is difficult," said Silva, slicing tomatoes at a restaurant that she founded with four other women, only one of whom has planned a family of any size. "This is another time, and it’s not the same."
Fertility rates have dropped in many parts of the world in recent decades, but something particularly remarkable happened to the once-prolific (曾经多育的) family across Latin America. From sprawling

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Like so many young families throughout Brazil, Ricardo Pires and Fabiana Oliveiro plan to only have one child together in order to provide a better life for their newborn son,Arthur.
Priscila da Silva once asked her grandmother why she had 12 children, and the answer was simple.. "Because I wanted to."
These days, Silva, like many women in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, has other plans. At 24, she thinks about having one child, if that.
"The situation today is different, and raising a child is difficult," said Silva, slicing tomatoes at a restaurant that she founded with four other women, only one of whom has planned a family of any size. "This is another time, and it’s not the same."
Fertility rates have dropped in many parts of the world in recent decades, but something particularly remarkable happened to the once-prolific (曾经多育的) family across Latin America. From sprawling Mexico to
A. they want to have only one son
B. they intend to lead a better life
C. they want to raise their son better
D. they intend to follow their grandmother’s advice

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London, like so many big cities, has traffic problems that seem to get worse and worse every year. Tom Jonkins, a London bus driver, was asked what he would do to improve the situation if he were put in charge of London Transport. This is what he said:
"If you put me in charge of London Transport, I’ d make a num ber of changes. I’d forbid private (私人的)cars to go through central between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. unless the owners actually live in the area. I’d build a lot of new, cheap car parks near the railway sta tions on the skirts (效区) of the city so that people could leave their cars there and travel to and from work by train. I’d fix a standard fare (统一车费) for all bus or tube (地铁) journeys in the centre, and I’d make it possible for people to buy ten or a dozen tickets at one time at a reduced price; then the buses and taxis would be able to move much more quickly and easily, and life would become more comfortable for everyone.

A. Going to and from work by car makes the Londoners’ life very comfortable.
B. People would rather take buses than take the tube because the fare for the tube journeys is expensive.
C. This plan is against the private cars because it is made by a bus driver.
D. The car parks on the skirts of the city are not enough for the cars which are used by people to go to and from work.