英语专八阅读考试指导试题及答案解析.pdf

英语专八阅读考试指导试题及答案解析

2017年英语专八阅读考试指导试题及答案解析

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EqualityofOpportunity

Thesedayswehearalotofnonsenseaboutthe‘great

classlesssociety’.Theideathatthetwentiethcenturyistheage

ofthecommonmanhasbecomeoneofthegreatclichésofour

time.Thesameoldargumentsareputforwardinevidence.Here

aresomeofthem:monarchyasasystemofgovernmenthasbeen

completelydiscredited.Themonarchiesthatsurvivehavebeen

deprivedofallpoliticalpower.Inheritedwealthhasbeensavagely

reducedbytaxationand,intime,thegreatfortuneswill

disappearaltogether.Inanumberofcountriesthevictoryhas

beencomplete.Thepeoplerule;thegreatmillenniumhas

becomeapoliticalreality.Buthasit?Closeexaminationdoesn’t

bearouttheclaim.

Itisafallacytosupposethatallmenareequalandthat

societywillbeleveledoutifyouprovideeverybodywiththe

sameeducationalopportunities.(Itisdebatablewhetheryoucan

everprovideeveryonewiththesameeducationalopportunities,

butthatisanotherquestion.)Thefactisthatnaturedispenses

brainsandabilitywithatotaldisregardfortheprincipleof

equality.Theoldrulesofthejungle,‘survivalofthefittest’,and

‘mightisright’arestillwithus.Thespreadofeducationhas

destroyedtheoldclasssystemandcreatedanewone.Rewards

arebasedonmerit.For‘aristocracy’read‘meritocracy’;in

otherrespects,societyremainsunaltered:theclasssystemis

rigidlymaintained.

Genuineability,animalcunning,skill,theknackofseizing

opportunities,allbringmaterialrewards.Andwhatisthefirst

thingpeopledowhentheybecomerich?T