isitpossibletopersuademankindtolivewithoutwarwarisanancientinstitution,whichhasexistedforatleastsixthousandyears.itwasalwaysbadandusuallyfoolish,butinthepasthumanracemanagedtolivewithit.moderningenuityhaschangedthis.eithermanwillabolishwar,orwarwillabolishman.forthepresent,itisnuclearweaponsthatcausethemostseriousdanger,butbacteriologicalorchemicalweaponsmay,beforelong,offeranevengreaterthreat.ifwesucceedinabolishingnuclearweapons,ourworkwillnotbedone.itwillneverbedoneuntilwehavesucceededinabolishingwar.todothis,weneedtopersuademankindtolookuponinternationalquestionsinanewway,notascontestsofforce,inwhichthevictorygoestothesidewhichismostskillfulinkillingpeople,butbyarbitrationinaccordancewithagreedprinciplesoflaw.itisnoteasytochangeveryoldmentalhabits,butthisiswhatmustbeattempted.
therearethosewhosaythattheadoptionofthisorthatideologywouldpreventwar.ibelievethistobeabigerror.allideologiesarebasedupondogmaticstatementsthatare,atbest,doubtful,andatworst,totallyfalse.theiradherentsbelieveinthemsofanaticallythattheyarewillingtogotowarinsupportofthem.
themovementofworldopinionduringthepastfewyearshasbeenverylargelysuchaswecanwelcome.ithasbecomeacommonplacethatnuclearwarmustbeavoided.ofcourseverydifficultproblemsremainintheworld,butthespiritinwhichtheyarebeingapproachedisabetteronethanitwassomeyearsago.ithasbeguntobethought,evenbythepowerfulmenwhodecidewhetherweshallliveordie,thatnegotiationsshouldreachagreementsevenifbothsidesdonotfindtheseagreementswhollysatisfactory.ithasbeguntobeunderstoodthattheimportantconflictnowadaysisnotbetweendifferentcountries,butbetweenmanandtheatombomb.
1.thispassageimpliesthatwarisnow___.
a.worsethaninthepast.
b.asbadasinthepast
c.notsodangerousasinthepast
d.asnecessaryasinthepast
2.inthesentence“todothis,weneedtopersuademankind”(para1),“this”refersto___.
a.abolishwar
b.improveweapons
c.solveinternationalproblems
d.liveapeacefullife
3.fromparagraph2welearnthattheauthorofthepassage___.
a.isanadherentofsomemodernideologies.
b.doesnotthinkthatadoptionofanyideologycouldpreventwar.
c.believethattheadoptionofsomeideologycouldpreventwar.
d.doesnotdoubtthetruthofanyideologies.
4.accordingtotheauthor,___.
a.waristheonlywaytosolveinternationaldisputes.
b.warwillbelessdangerousbecauseoftheimprovementofweapons.