There is no doubt that the United States has entered a brand new age, because Donald Trump, the country’s 45th president, is very different from any president before him.
Unlike Hillary Clinton, his opponent, and most former US presidents, who entered the election after years of being politicians, Trump, 70, was a New York real estate businessman.
And he was not a presidential candidate who worked hard to keep a perfect public image of a man who was always caring, fair and wise.
Instead, Trump is famous for being bad-tempered, arrogant(傲慢的) and hateful toward those who disagree with him. He also hates immigrants, both from Latin America and the Middle East, for many problems in the US. This has caused a dangerous division in the country—a country made up of many various races.
But to his supporters, the fact that Trump is not a typical politician is actually one of his advantages. His habit of never hiding his opinions is also considered by many to be a sign that he is not a hypocrite like many politicians are.
“We have seen our country take a downturn in the eyes of the world. We need to go in a different direction, ” Binyomin Weisswasser, 39, a man from Chicago, told the Chicago Tribune. “Trump’s not a politician... I like that he is not always politically correct and speaks his mind. It gives me the feeling that what you see is what you get. You may not like it, but you know what it is.”
But interestingly, many who elected Trump actually followed the “lesser of two evils” principle—one that people use when faced with picking from two unpleasant options—simply because they didn’t think Clinton was a better choice.
“He’s the candidate I disagree less with, ” Jack Stucky, 20, a student at Norwestern University, told the Chicago Tribune. “I don’t think I’d say Donald Trump is going to be the best president ever, but I did think he’d be better than Hillary Clinton.”
It’s true that the US is entering a new age. It’s just not clear yet what kind of age it’s going to be.
1. What’s the difference between Trump and any president before him?| A．He knew little about politics before the presidential election. |
| B．He didn’t try to keep a perfect public image. |
| C．He gained popularity by his bad reputation. |
| D．He is not always politically correct and speaks his mind. |
| A．a dishonest person | B．a caring person |
| C．a shy person | D．a selfish person |
| A．It reports on people’s different views on Trump’s victory in the election. |
| B．It explores the advantages Trump has over Hillary in the election. |
| C．It predicts what changes Trump will bring to the US. |
| D．It analyzes the reasons for Trump’s victory in the election. |
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【推荐1】Nelson Mandela is respected and admired around the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa's white, racist regime(政权).
Mandela who won the nation's first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid(种族隔离) in 1994, retired in 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.
His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait(肖像) has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan area was named in his honour and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness—the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York's Statue of Liberty.
His popular appeal is similar to that of John F. Kennedy with US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in this times have achieved his level of admiration, said Tom Lodge, head of the political science department of the University of the Witwatersrand.
"Sometimes it isn't completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career. He's a very, very clever man."
However, he is far from perfect.
Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, briefly mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings.
Then they returned to their flowing praises.
"Through the ages, the human race has had its icons(偶像)—men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generations," The Mail and Guardian Weekly said. "In our generation, the gods presented us Nelson Mandela."
1. Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because ________.| A．he's as popular as Kennedy and Churchill |
| B．he spent 27 years in prison |
| C．he's a great fighter against the racialism |
| D．he's the first all-race elections president |
| A．showing the nation's love for him |
| B．being used to help develop business |
| C．celebrating his birthday |
| D．raising money for the Statue of Freedom |
| A．Mandela is as great as a god |
| B．We are proud to live in Mandela's time |
| C．Mandela lives together with us all |
| D．We are proud to know Mandela |
| A．The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela's birthday. |
| B．The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela's birthday. |
| C．Most articles focused on Mandela's shortcomings. |
| D．According to the article, Mandela is a very skilled politician. |
【推荐2】How’s this for a coincidence (巧合)? Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. Although people hardly think of them together, yet we want to say that they belong together. It’s not just because they were both great men, and not because they happen to live at the same time. Rather, it’s because the scientist and the politician each started a revolution that changed the world.
They were both revolutionaries in the sense that both men changed the realities when they were born. They seem and sound modern to us, because the world they left behind them is more or less the one we still live in. So, considering the joint greatness of their contributions and the coincidence of their birthdays ---- it is hard to wonder: who was the greatest man? It’s an apples and oranges--- or Superman vs. Santa---comparison. But if you limit the question to influence, very quickly the balance tips in Lincoln’s favor.
As great as his book on evolution is, it does no harm to remember that Darwin hurried to publish The Origin of Species because he thought he was about to be scooped (抢先) by his fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Lincoln, however, is unique. True, his election as the president did cause the recession (衰退) and the war, but that war seems certain to happen---not a question of if but when. Certainly we know what happened after he was murdered: Reconstruction was organized and then abandoned, leaving the issue of racial (种族的) equality unsolved for another century.
Surely we should not deny Darwin’s accomplishment. But their same birthdays gave us a great opportunity to observe these men of their time.
1. Why does the author say Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln belong together?| A．They were born on the same day. |
| B．They lived in the same period of time. |
| C．They started revolutions changing the world. |
| D．They were both great men in the history. |
| A．It is hard to tell which one is greater as they are both outstanding. |
| B．The comparison between Darwin and Lincoln is easy and obvious. |
| C．It is difficult to compare them as they are as famous as Superman and Santa. |
| D．There is no point comparing them because they were born on the same day. |
| A．narrow. | B．aggressive. |
| C．independent. | D．ground-breaking. |
| A．Lincoln’s success in election caused reconstruction. |
| B．Lincoln had tried to solve the racial problem. |
| C．Darwin was unique compared with Lincoln. |
| D．Darwin’s theory is similar to Lincoln’s belief. |
【推荐3】Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy's War and Peace, is more than once described as having "fat little hands". Nor does he "sit well or firmly on the horse". He is said to be " undersized", with "short legs" and a "round stomach". The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy's description — it seems not that far off from historical accounts — but his choice of facts: other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy's Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose — and that is the point.
It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812, Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar (沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry: doesn't he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. "That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!" he shouts. And then,Tolstoy writes, Napoleon "walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly."
Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. "He raised his hand to the Russian's... face," Tolstoy writes, and "taking him by the ear, pulled it gently... " To have one's ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. "Well, well, why don't you say anything?" said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.
Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.
1. How is Tolstoy's description of Napoleon in War and Peace?| A．It's far from the historical facts. |
| B．It's based on the Russian history. |
| C．It's based on his selection of facts. |
| D．It's not related to historical details. |
| A．Because he thinks he should be the one to make the peace terms |
| B．Because the Tsar's peace terms are hard to accept. |
| C．Because the Russians stop his military movement |
| D．Because he doesn't have any more army to fight with. |
| A．ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests |
| B．fond of showing off his iron will |
| C．determined in destroying all of Europe |
| D．crazy for power and respect |
| A．A writer doesn't have to be faithful to his findings. |
| B．A writer may write about a hero in his own way. |
| C．A writer may not be responsible for what he writes. |
| D．A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings. |
