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1、最新资料推荐Freedom and ResponsibilityFreedom s challenge in the Digital Age is a serious topic. We are facing today a strange new world and we are all wondering what we are going to do with it.Some 2,500 years ago Greece discovered freedom. Before that there was no freedom. There were great civilizations
2、, splendid empires, but no freedom anywhere. Egypt and Babylon were both tyrannies, one very powerful man ruling overhelpless masses状语 .In Greece, in Athens ( 雅典 ), a little city in a little country, there were no helpless masses. And Athenians willingly obeyed the written laws which they themselves
3、 passed定语 , and the unwritten, which must be obeyed if free men live together 定语 . They must show each other 间接宾语 kindness and pityand the many qualities 直接宾语 without which life would bevery painful unless one chose to live alone in the desert状语 . The Athenians never thought that a man was free if h
4、e could do what he wanted. A man was free if he was self-controlled. 主语 To make yourself obey what you approved was freedom. They were saved from looking at their lives as their own private affair. Each one felt responsible for the welfare of Athens, 状语 not because it was forced on him from the outs
5、ide, but1最新资料推荐because the city was his pride and his safety. 主语 The essential belief of the first free government in the world was liberty for all men 定语 who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the state.But discovering freedom is not like discovering computers. It cannot be
6、discovered once for all. If people do not prize it, and work for it, it will go. Constant watch is its price. Athens changed. It was a change 定语 that took place without beingnoticed though it was of the extreme importance, 同位语 a spiritual change which affected the whole state. It had been the Atheni
7、an prides and joy to give to their city. That they could get material benefits from her 主语 never entered their minds. There had to be a complete change of attitude before they could look at the city as an employer who paid her citizens for doing her work 定语 . Now instead of men giving to the state,
8、the state was to give to them. What the people wanted was a government 定 语 which would provide a comfortable life for them ; and 状语 with this as the primaryobject, 主 语 ideas of freedom and self-reliance and responsibility were neglected to the point of disappearing.Athens was more and more looked on
9、 主补 as a cooperativebusiness 定语possessed of great wealth 定语in which all2最新资料推荐citizens had a right to share.Athens reached the point when t he freedom she reallywanted 主语was freedom from responsibility. There could beonly one result.状语 If men insisted on being free from theburdenofself-dependence an
10、dresponsibilityforthecommon good, they wouldcease tobe free. Responsibilityisthe price 定语 every man must pay for freedom. It is to behad on no other terms. Athens, the Athens of AncientGreece,refused responsibility; she reached the end of freedom and wasnever to have it again.But, “ the excellent be
11、comes the permanent” , Aristotle said.Athens lost freedom forever, but freedom was not lost foreverfor the world. A great American,James Madison,referredto: “ Thecapacity (能力 ) ofmankindfor self- government. No”doubt he had not an idea 同位语 that he was speaking Greek .Athens was not in the farthest b
12、ackground of his mind, but onceman has a great and good idea, it is never completely lost. TheDigital Age cannot destroy it.Somehow in this or that man sthought 状语 such an idea lives though unconsidered by the world of action 状语 . One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out int
13、o action ,only sure that it will do so sometime.3最新资料推荐65. What does the underlined word“ tyrannies” in Paragraph 2refer to?A. Countries where their people need help.B. Powerful states with higher civilization.C. Splendid empires where people enjoy freedom.D. Governments ruled with absolute power.66
14、. People believing in freedom are those who_.A. regard their life as their own businessB.seek gains astheir primary objectC. behave within the laws and value systems D.treat otherswith kindness and pity67. What change in attitude took place in Athens?A. The Athenians refused to take their responsibility.B. The Athenians no longer took pride in the city.C. The Athenians benefited spiritually from the government.D. The Athenians looked on the government as a business.68.What does the sentence“ There could be only one result.Paragraph 5 mean?
