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King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t give up the throne(王位）, they die in their sleep.” But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy(君主制) is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyles?

The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion is particularly polarized, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above mere politics and symbolize a spirit of national unity.

It is this apparent transcendence（超越） of politics that explains monarchs continuing popularity as heads of state. And so, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch- filled region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). Most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history and sometimes the way they behave today symbolizes outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is strange that wealthy noble families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic（民主的）states.

The most successful monarchies try their best to abandon or hide their old noble ways. Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses (or helicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media interference makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.

【1】According to the first two paragraphs, King Juan Carlos of Spain

A. used to enjoy high public support

B. was unpopular among European royals

C. eased his relationship with his rivals

D. gave up his throne in embarrassment

【2】Monarchs are kept as heads of state in Europe mostly

A. owing to their undoubted and respectable status

B. to achieve a balance between tradition and reality

C. to give voters more public figures to look up to

D. due to their everlasting political symbolizing

【3】Which of the following is shown to be strange, according to Paragraph 4?

A. The noble families’ excessive dependence on inherited wealth

B. The role of the nobility in modern democracies

C. The simple lifestyle of the noble families

D. The nobility’s sticking to their privileges

【4】Which of the following is the best title of the text?

A. Carlos, a good example of All European Monarchs

B. Europe, the most monarch-filled region in the world

C. Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs

D. Europe, symbolic heart of modern democracy.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于議論文，用西班牙國王Carlos退位一事開篇，展開了對君主制是否窮途末路的探討，并著重分析了歐洲各國當(dāng)下君主的優(yōu)劣勢。

【1】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)開頭二段中關(guān)于King Juan Carlos的描述集中在首段第二句提到“尷尬的丑聞以及共和的風(fēng)行”(embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican)“迫使King Juan Carlos食言并退位”(forced him to eat his words and stand down)，被改寫為D選項的“在尷尬中結(jié)束了他的君主統(tǒng)治”(ended his reign in embarrassment)。文章中沒有提及其余三項。故D正確。

【2】A 推理判斷題。注意本題問的是歐洲國家的君主被保留為國家領(lǐng)袖的原因或目的。heads of states出現(xiàn)在三段首句，第二句緊接著描述歐洲國家君主多，但第三段起才開始具體分析歐洲國家保留君主的原因。這句話中，通過與海灣國家與亞洲國家的對比，作者點明了歐洲國家王室存留下來的原因是：他們可以“讓選民們不用去艱苦地尋找一個不受爭議、受到尊敬的公眾人物”(they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure);換言之，歐洲的王室就是這樣一個“不受爭議、受到尊敬的公眾人物”的形象，給選民以精神寄托。non-controversial和respected對應(yīng)A選項的undouted和respectable，status對應(yīng)public figure。文章并未將王室的存在定義為“傳統(tǒng)與現(xiàn)實的平衡”。故B項錯誤。據(jù)文章意，王室的存在是為了讓選民們不用尋找更多公眾人物。C與原文相反。三段首句明確提到王室的存在已經(jīng)“超越了政治”，即不只是政治意義上的代表。D與原文相反。

【3】B本題問的是第四段中作者提到的一件奇怪的事情。odd同義對應(yīng)第四段末句的bizarre，意為“奇怪的”;這是該題定位的關(guān)鍵。該句明確提到一件很奇怪的事情是“有錢的貴族家庭居然仍然是現(xiàn)代民主國家的核心象征”(wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states)，這被改寫為了B選項提到的“貴族階級在現(xiàn)代民主中扮演的角色”。wealthy aristocratic families與the nobility同義。故B正確。

【4】C 標(biāo)題概括題。全文用西班牙國王Carlos退位一事開篇，展開了對君主制是否窮途末路的探討，并著重分析了歐洲各國當(dāng)下君主的優(yōu)劣勢。C很好地概括了這些要素。Carlos的故事只是開篇的引子，并非是全文主人公。故C項正確。

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