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閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項中選出最佳答案．

　　Henry Kissinger may be the most successful Secretary of State (國務(wù)卿) to hold that office in modern times. When he was appointed in the late 1960s, there were no American ties with Communist China．Vietnam and Berlin seemed ready to draw the United States into a third world war, and Russia was seen as the “enemy”.

　　But all this has changed, and Henry Kissinger caused much of the change. In1971, he made his first trip to China, a trip that was the beginning of the present ties between the United States and China．He brought the United States and Russia closer together on major subjects by the policy he called “detente” literally meaning a relaxation. His philosophy was always to talk and to bring together. With these two policies, Kissinger did much to draw attention away from any possible Russian-American friction (摩擦). In 1973 he made his first visit to Egypt. Here he was able to begin U. S. relation with Egypt. He used this contact later to begin the sort of talks the American press called “shuttle diplomacy (穿梭外交)”. For ninety-nine days, he “shuttled” back and forth on flights between Cairo and Jerusalem to work out a step by step withdrawal (撤離) of Israeli troops from the Sinai desert. His wisdom, his careful approach to detail, and his presence made “shuttle diplomacy” work. It was the only successful approach to Mid-East peace in the thirty years since the state of Israel was founded.

　　 Another major work was the Strategies (戰(zhàn)略的) Arms Limitation Talk. Though his term in office passed with the treaty unsigned, Kissinger left a draft (草案) of the treaty to which the Russians had already agreed．The SALT treaty spelled out a one-tenth reduction in nuclear arms, a great success by any standard, even if one does not consider all the other conditions and limitations included in the treaty.

    Even though he successfully helped bring an end to the Vietnam War, Kissinger's final days in office were affected, as was the entire government's branch in one way or another, by the scandals (丑聞) of the Nixon White House. Kissinger's critics (批評者們) point to his role in placing wiretaps on the phones of reporters and officials and to what they consider his “high-handed” approach to setting foreign policy. But Kissinger, during the last few months of the Nixon presidency, limited the effects of the American domestic (國內(nèi)的) problems on its foreign policy. He continued talks in the Middle East. He continued close contact with the Soviet Union. History will decide in the final view, as Kissinger (and many presidents) often said, on the value of his service. Whatever they decide, whether his actions are finally to be considered wise of foolish, he had a personal vision that will be difficult to march.

(1)The main idea of the above passage is that ________.

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A．Kissinger helped smooth away the troubles of Watergate

B．Kissinger has great effect on American foreign policy

C．peace in the Middle-East would have been impossible without Kissinger

D．Kissinger helped end the cold war with Russia

(2)Kissinger's effort on the SALT treaty was most important because ________.

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A．it spelled out a one-tenth reduction in nuclear arms

B．the Russians had already agreed to it

C．it set a standard for nuclear missile (導(dǎo)彈) development

D．it helped stop the third world war

(3)We can conclude from the passage that ________.

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A．“shuttle diplomacy” greatly affected the SALT treaty

B．Watergate made Kissinger ineffective

C．some of the things that Kissinger began are still being worked out

D．Kissinger was not a humanitarian (人道主義者)

(4)Which of the following words best shows the author's tone in this passage?

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A．Objective.

B．Indifferent.

C．Jealous.

D．Admiring.

(5)The passage suggests that ________.

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A．Kissinger was driven by his own idea

B．Kissinger was unsuccessful in bringing about peace in the Middle East

C．Kissinger significantly changed the direction of international relationships

D．Kissinger was more important than the president during the Nixon Times

Answer 1

答案：B;A;C;D;C
解析：

(1) B一這是一道主旨大意題.全文敘述了原美國國務(wù)卿基辛格對美國外交政策的影響，B項概括了全文的中心思想，為最佳選擇. (2) A 這是一道推理判斷題.由短文第三段中The SALT treaty spelled out one-tenth reduction in nuclear arms，a great success by any standard可以推斷出，基辛格對限制戰(zhàn)略武器會談條約的努力之所以非常重要，是因為該條約詳細(xì)地闡明了削減十分之一的核武器，A是最佳選項. (3) C 這是一道結(jié)論方向的問題.全文敘述了基辛格對美國外交政策的巨大影響，以及他在即將離任期間仍從事外交活動.我們再根據(jù)短文結(jié)尾處History will decide in the final view，as Kissinger (and many presidents) of ten said，on the value of his service．Whatever they decide，whether his actions ale finally to be considered wise or foolish．he had a personal vision that will be difficult to march．就可以得出，基辛格開創(chuàng)的一些事情仍然被證明是切實(shí)可行的結(jié)論，最佳答案為C. (4) D 這是一道探測作者寫作意圖的題目.作者在這篇短文中詳細(xì)敘述了基辛格從事的“穿梭外交”對美國的巨大影響，它緩和了國際緊張局勢，對美國的穩(wěn)定和發(fā)展起著積極的作用.由此可推斷出，作者對短文中所敘述的基辛格的外交努力持贊賞的態(tài)度，答案為D. (5) C 這是一道深層理解題.短文第一段敘述了20世紀(jì)60年代末葉基辛格被任命為國務(wù)卿時的國際緊張局勢，當(dāng)時美國和越南尚未建立外交關(guān)系，柏林似乎準(zhǔn)備好對美國發(fā)動第三次世界大戰(zhàn)，俄國也被美國視為敵人.這一切經(jīng)過基辛格的“穿梭外交”，使美國及其整個國際局勢得以改變，趨于緩和，所以C為最佳選項.