Questions56-60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Isitpossibletopersuademankindtolivewithoutwar?Warisanancientinstitutionwhichhasexistedforatleastsixthousandyears.Itwasalwaysbadandusuallyfoolish,butinthepastthehumanracemanagedtolivewithit.Moderningenuity(创造力)haschangedthis.EitherManwillabolishwar,orwarwillabolishMan.Forthepresent,itisnuclearweaponsthatcausethemostseriousdanger,butbacteriologicalorchemicalweapons,maybeforelong,offeranevengreaterthreat.Ifwesucceedinabolishingnuclearweapons,ourworkwillnotbedone.Itwillneverbedoneuntilwehavesucceededinabolishingwar.Todothis,weneedtopersuademankindtolookuponinternationalquestionsinanewway,notascontestsofforec,inwhichthevictorygoestothesidewhichismostskillfulinkillingpeople,butbyarbitration(调解.inaccordancewithagreedprinciplesoflaw.Itisnoteasytochangeveryoldmentalhabits,butthisiswhatmustbeattempted.
Therearethosewhosaythattheadoptionoft_hisorthatideologywouldpreventwar.Ibelievethistobeabigerror.Allideologiesarebasedondogmatic(教条式的.statementswhichare,atbest,doubtful,andatworst,totallyfalse.Theiradherentsbelieveinthemfanatically(狂热地.thattheyarewillingtogotowarinsupportofthem.
Themovementofworldopinionduringthepastfewyearshasbeenverylargelysuchaswecanwelcome.Ithasbecomeacommonplace(老生长谈.thatnuclearwarmustbeavoided.Ofcourseverydifficultproblemsremainintheworld,butthespiritinwhichtheyarebeingapproachedisabetteronethanitwassomeyearsago.Ithasbeguntobethought,evenbythepowerfulmenwhodecidewhetherweshallliveordie,thatnegotiationsshouldreachagreementsevenifbothsidesdonotfindtheseagreementswhollysatisfactory.Ithasbeguntobeunderstoodthattheimportantconflictnowadaysisnotbetweendifferentcountries,butbetweenManandtheatombomb.
56、Thispassageimpliesthatwarnowis_________
C.notsodangerousasinthepast
57、Inthesentence"Todothis,weneedtopersuademankind..."(Line6,Para.1),"this"refersto_________
A.solvinginternationalproblems
58、FromParagraph2welearnthattheauthorofthepassage
A.isasupporterofsomemodemideologies
B.doesnotthinkthattheadoptionofanyideologycouldpreventwar
C.believesthattheadoptionofsomeideologiescouldpreventwar
D.hasnodoubtaboutthetruthofanyideologies
59、Thelastparagraphsuggeststhat_________
A.internationalagreementscanbereachedmoreeasilynow
B.manbeginstorealizethedangerofnuclearwar
C.nuclearwarwilldefinitelynottakeplace
D.worldopinionwelcomesnuclearwar
60、Accordingtotheauthor,_________.
A.waristheonlywaytosolveinternatioualdisputes
B.warwillbelessdangerousbecauseoftheimprovementofweapons
C.itisimpossibleformantolivewithoutwar
D.warmustbeabolishedifmanwantstosurvive
