2014届高三英语二轮专题测试：阅读理解45.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题测试：阅读理解 1.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution,-which has existed for at least six thousand years．It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the past human race managed to live with it．Modern inventiveness has changed this．Either man will end war, or war will end man．For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the most serious danger, but we succeed in ending nuclear weapons, our work will not be done．It will never be done until we have succeeded in ending war．To do this, we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new way, not as contests of force, in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in kiting people, but by agreement with principles of law．It is not easy to, change very old mental habits, but this is what must be attempted． of this or that ideology（观念，思想意识）would prevent war．I believe this to be a big error．All ideologies are based upon dogmatic statements that are, at best,that they are willing to go to war in support of them． The movement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely such as we can welcome．It has become a commonplace that nuclear war must be avoided．Of course very difficult problems remain in the world, but the spirit in which they are being approached is a better one than it was some years ago．It has begun to be thought, even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, that negotiations should reach agreements even if both sides do not find these agreements wholly satisfactory．It has begun to be understood that the important conflict nowadays is not between different countries, but between man and the atom bomb． 64．In the sentence To do this, we need to persuade mankind （Para l）, this refers to A．abolish war B．improve weaponsC．solve international problems D．live a peaceful life 65．From Paragraph 2 we loam that the author of the passageA．is an adherent o