2020年六级考试阅读训练题(14)

1、2020 年六级考试阅读训练题（ 14 ）In the Disuniting of America ： Reflections on a Multicultural Society, Revised and Enlarged Edition (W.W. Norton) Schlesinger provides deep insights into the crises of nationhood in America. A new chapter assessed the impact both of radical multiculturalism and radical monocultu

2、ralism on the Bill of Rights. Written with his usual clarity and force, the book brings a noted historian' s wisdom and perspectiveto bear on America 's “culture wars. ”Schlesinger addresses the questions： What holds a nationtogether? And what does it mean to be an American? Describing the e

3、merging cult of ethnicity, Schlsinger praises its healthy effect on the campaign of multicultural advocates to divide the nation into separate ethnic and racial communities. From the start, he observes, the United States has been a multicultural nation, rich in its diversity but held together a shar

4、ed commitment to the democratic process and by the freedom of intermarriage. It was this national talent for assimilation that impressed foreign visitors like Alexis de Tocqueville and James Bryce, and it is this historic goal that Schelsinger champions as the best hope for the future. Schlesinger a

5、nalyses what he sees as grim consequences of identity politics： the widening of differences. Attacks onthe First Amendment, he argues, threaten intellectual freedom and, ultimately, the future of the ethnic groups. His criticisms are not limited to the left. As a former target of McCarthyism, he und

6、erstands that the radical right is even more willing than the radical left to restrict and weaken the Bill of Rights.The author does not minimize the injustices concealed by the “melting pot ” dream. The Disuniting Of America is both academic and personal, forceful in argument, balanced in judgment.

7、 It is a book that will no doubt anger some readers, but it will surely make all of them think again. The winner of Pulitzer prizes for history and for biography, an authoritative voice of American liberalism, Schlesinger is uniquely positioned to bring bold answers and healing wisdom to this passio

8、nate debate over who we are and what we should become.57. According to Schlesinger, the United States is .A) a melting pot B) a nation with diverse cultures held together by the democratic processC) a federation of ethnic and racial communities D) a nation with one culture despite its various ethnic

9、 and racial groups58. We can infer from the passage that Schlesinger .A) advocates the assimilation of different cultures into one nationhoodB) holds that each racial group should keep its distinct identityC) gives full support to the emerging cult of ethnicity D) prefers multiculturalism to monocul

10、turalism59. We can infer form this passage that America .A) is experiencing a crisis of nationhood B) has ended its history of racial prejudiceC) is trying to restrict the Bill of Rights D) has tried to obstruct intellectual freedom60. According to the author, Schlesinger's book will .A) put an end to the culture wars in America. B) cause anger among the radical rightC) cause anger among the radical left D) provoke th