“All men are created equal” is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon.
36 they sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith
37 in some fundamental way no one is born superior to anyone else.
In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility(贵族) were forbidden, no
38 class system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not
39 them from success and they would have a better chance in America, thousands of immigrants
40 to leave the European societies, where their
41 in life was determined
42 by the social class into which they were born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were
43 in their new country, though there might be
44 in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.
Americans do not mean that everyone should be
45 equal when they say they believe in equality of opportunity.
46 , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham Lincoln once said, “We wish to
47 the humblest(最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is
48 that he knows he can
49 his condition.”
However, competition is the price to be
50 for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe competition
51 the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be
52 , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much
53 to those “winners”,
54 does not compete successfully for whatever reason never
55 into it as well as those who do.
| 小题1: | | A．Since | B．As | C．Although | D．Because |
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| 小题3: | | A．normal | B．moral | C．formal | D．general |
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| 小题4: | | A．benefit | B．prevent | C．save | D．limit |
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| 小题5: | | A．forced | B．required | C．chose | D．looked forward |
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| 小题6: | | A．place | B．meaning | C．function | D．purpose |
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| 小题7: | | A．slightly | B．largely | C．originally | D．publicly |
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| 小题8: | | A．come true | B．ruined | C．succeeded | D．realized |
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| 小题9: | | A．excitements | B．expectations | C．exceptions | D．disappointments |
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| 小题10: | | A．really | B．totally | C．actually | D．truly |
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| 小题11: | | A．Besides | B．Meanwhile | C．Moreover | D．Instead |
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| 小题12: | | A．allow | B．encourage | C．approve | D．share |
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| 小题14: | | A．enjoy | B．better | C．maintain | D．stand |
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| 小题15: | | A．paid | B．asked | C．cared | D．sought |
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| 小题16: | | A．gives out | B．comes out | C．brings out | D．stands out |
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| 小题17: | | A．exhausted | B．energetic | C．realistic | D．effective |
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| 小题18: | | A．honor | B．pressure | C．happiness | D．burden |
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| 小题19: | | A．anyone | B．who | C．one | D．whoever |
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| 小题20: | | A．enters | B．fits | C．falls | D．matches |
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