hce_kmu
105年
英文
第 47 題
📖 題組：
I believe that international terrorism is a modern form of warfare against liberal democracies. I believe that the ultimate but seldom stated goal of these terrorists is to destroy the very fabric of democracy. I believe that it is both wrong and foolhardy for any democratic state to consider international terrorism to be “someone else’s” problem. If you believe as I do, then you must join me in wondering why the community of liberal democracies has not banded together more effectively to oppose these international murderers and to loudly and vigorously expose those states which cynically provide terrorists with comfort and support. One of the great cover-ups of this century is the effort by Western governments, who know better, to muffle the facts about Soviet bloc support for international terrorism. I am not talking about individual acts of madmen. I am talking about highly organized groups with international connections and support who systematically rely on major acts of violence as a political instrument. I am thinking of the Basque and Puerto Rican terrorists, the European terrorist groups, the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) attacks, or threats of attack, against moderate Arab states which might be motivated to support the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement and the inhuman IS (Islamic State) atrocities. Such acts of terrorism are part of a broad campaign aimed at the disintegration of democratic societies through undermining the confidence of their citizenry in their governments.
I believe that international terrorism is a modern form of warfare against liberal democracies. I believe that the ultimate but seldom stated goal of these terrorists is to destroy the very fabric of democracy. I believe that it is both wrong and foolhardy for any democratic state to consider international terrorism to be “someone else’s” problem. If you believe as I do, then you must join me in wondering why the community of liberal democracies has not banded together more effectively to oppose these international murderers and to loudly and vigorously expose those states which cynically provide terrorists with comfort and support. One of the great cover-ups of this century is the effort by Western governments, who know better, to muffle the facts about Soviet bloc support for international terrorism. I am not talking about individual acts of madmen. I am talking about highly organized groups with international connections and support who systematically rely on major acts of violence as a political instrument. I am thinking of the Basque and Puerto Rican terrorists, the European terrorist groups, the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) attacks, or threats of attack, against moderate Arab states which might be motivated to support the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement and the inhuman IS (Islamic State) atrocities. Such acts of terrorism are part of a broad campaign aimed at the disintegration of democratic societies through undermining the confidence of their citizenry in their governments.
On terrorism, the writer thinks that many Western governments are ______.
- A turning blind to the phenomenon
- B concealing the Soviet bloc’s involvement
- C covering up their own fault
- D failing to group up
- E losing faith
思路引導 VIP
當作者在第二段提到西方政府正在進行一場「掩蓋行為」（cover-up）時，請仔細閱讀該句的後半部，看看他指出這些政府具體想要「壓制」（muffle）的真相，是關於哪一個特定區域或勢力對恐怖主義的支援？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到作者對西方政府的具體指責，這顯示你具備相當敏銳的文本分析能力。這題的關鍵在於文中的第二段，作者明確提到：「本世紀最大的掩蓋事件之一（One of the great cover-ups...），是那些心知肚明的西方政府，企圖掩蓋（muffle）有關蘇聯集團（Soviet bloc）支持國際恐怖主義的事實。」
關鍵字詞的轉換
在英語閱讀測驗中，正確選項往往會使用「同義詞替換」。選項 (B) 的 concealing（隱藏/掩蓋）完美對應了文中的 cover-ups 與 muffle；而 Soviet bloc’s involvement（蘇聯集團的參與）則具體化了文中所說的「支持（support）」。雖然文中也提到西方國家未能有效團結（not banded together），但這只是作者的一個疑問，並非他指控政府正在刻意進行的「行為」，因此 (B) 才是最精確的答案。
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