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2015考研英语一阅读真题
SectionⅡReadingComprehension
PartA
Directions：
Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosing
A,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.(40points)
Text1
KingJuanCarlosofSpainonceinsistedkingsdon’tabdicate,theydieintheir
sleep.Butembarrassingscandalsandthepopularityoftherepublicanleftinthe
recentEurp-dectionshaveforcedhimtoeathiswordsandstanddown.So,diesthe
Spanishcrisissuggestthatmonarchyisseeingitslastdays?Doesthatmeanthe
unitingisonthewallforallEuropeanroyals,withtheirmagnificentuniformsand
majesticlifestyles?//TheSpanishcasepreviousargumentsbochforandagainst
monarchywhenpublicopiniodisparticularly.Polarized,asitwasfollowingthe
endoftheFranceregime,monarchscanriseabove“mue”politicsand“embady”
aspiritofnationalunity.//Itisthisapparenttranscendenceofpoliticsthat
explainsmonarchscontinuingpopularityasheadsofstates.Andso,theMiddleEast
expected,Europeisthemostminanch-infestedregionistheworld,with10kingdoms
notcountingVaticancityandAndorra.Butunliketheirabsolutistcounterpartsin
theGulfandAsia,mostroyalfamilieshavesurvivedbecausetheyallowvotersto
aoocdthedifficultsearchforanon-controversialbutrespectpublicfigure.
Evenso,kingsandqueensundoubtedlyhaveadownside,symbolicofnationalunity
astheyclaimtobe,theirveryhistory—andsometimesthewaytheybehave
today-embodiesoutdatedandindefensibleprivilegesandinequalities.Atatimewhen
ThomesPikettyandotherecumenistsarewarningofrisinginequalityandthe
increasingpowerofinheritedwealth,itisbizarrethatwealthyaristocratic
familiesshouldstillbethesymbolicheartofmoderndemocraticfamiliesshould
stillbethesymbolicheartofmoderndemo
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