专业英语四级阅读-33
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TEXT A
  "Have Americans **placent in the face of terrorism?" asks the Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin. The answer appears to be a qualified yes:
    A Gallup poll released Monday—which was conducted early April—found zero percent of Americans volunteering "terrorism" as the country's most important problem. Terrorism has ranked at 1 percent or below in six separate priorities polls conducted before the Monday Gallup poll, compared to above 20 percent in the year after the attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon
    Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said the fact
that Americans have not been on a heightened state of alert recently shows that "life just normalized after the attacks and following the creation of a rather elaborate counterterrorism program."
    "That is the objective of effective policies," Zelizer wrote in an e-mail.
    Nicely put. The relevant question here seems to be: should Americans **placent in the face of terrorism? Or, to phrase it less provocatively: is "complacent" really the word we're looking for here? How about "calm", "level-headed", or "judicious"? The bombing in Boston on Tuesday was gruesome, awful and pointless, and it naturally riveted the nation due to its attention-grabbing setting. But that kind of attention-grabbing setting is precisely what terrorists seek out, with the aim of distorting the public's perceptions of the actual threat. Planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon is a sick, twisted act of mass murder, but it doesn't necessarily augur any more widespread campaign of terrorism, and it doesn't imply the need for major behavioural or policy changes.
    Unsurprisingly, there are those who would find it politically useful to plunge Americans ba
ck into a state of paranoia. Steve King, a conservative congressman from Iowa, is trying to figure out some way to use the bombing to stem the tide of immigration reform. Ms Eilperin interviews Orrin Hatch, a Republican senator from Utah, and finds him in old 2002 mode.
    So far, the response to the bombings has been admirable precisely because it has been rather low-key. Politicians and most news agencies have refrained from speculating on the identity of the bombers. People have been loth to draw far-reaching conclusions in the absence of data. If the American people can maintain that dispassionate attitude, it could go a long way towards reducing the incentive for people to commit acts of terrorism in the first place.
1. Juliet Eilperin cited Monday's Gallup poll results as evidence thatA. most Americans are deeply worried about the national security.  B. people are still in great pain over the loss of their families in 9/11.  C. American people have **placent in face of terrorism.  D. few people are satisfied with the current anti-terrorism campaign.
2. Terrorists exploded bombs in Boston with intent toA. produce widespread fear.      B. attr
act national attention.  C. influence government decisions.  D. discourage foreign investment.
3. How does the author see the two bombings at the Boston Marathon?A. It shows that the whole country is in great danger now.  B. It proves the failure of the past anti-terrorism campaign.  C. It suggests that people should be alert to dangers around.  D. It is not a sign that more terrorists attacks will happen.
4. Steve King is trying to take advantage of the Boston bombing toA. stop the immigration reform.  B. embarrass Democratic Party.  C. raise public awareness about terrorism.  D. panic foreigners into leaving America.
TEXT B
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alert怎么读his warm-hearted princess died on Sunday, 31 August 1997 following a car crash in Paris. There was widespread public mourning at the death of this popular figure, culminating with her funeral at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 September 1997. Several years passed; British hearings into the deaths of Princess Diana and **panion Dodi A1 Fayed will be held in public after a decision that they should be conducted in secret was reversed, judicial authorities said on Thursday (Dec. 7). The original decision of the presiding judge Dame Elizabeth Bulter-Sloss had been strongly criticized by Fayed's father Mohamed, the owner of the exclusive London store Harrods. He said he had tirelessly fought for truth and justice against an army of dark forces who do not want the truth to become public and he simply asked for honesty, fairness and openness.

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