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单选题Questions are based on the following passage.
Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution which has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the past the human race managed to live with it. Modem ingenuity( 创造力. has changed this. Either Man will abolish war, or war will abolish Man. For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the most serious danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons, may before long, offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons, our work will not be done. It will never be done until we have succeeded in abolishing war. To do this, we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new way, not as contests of force, in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in killing people, but by arbitration (调解. in accordance with agreed principles of law. It is not easy
to change very old mental habits, but this is what must be attempted.
There are those who say that the adoption of this or that ideology would prevent war. I believe this to be a big error. All ideologies are based on dogmatic(教条式的）statements which are, at best, doubtful, and at worst, totally false. Their adherents believe in them fanatically(狂热地. that they are willing to go to war in support of them.
The movement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely such as we can welcome. It has become a commonplace(老生常谈. that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course very difficult problems remain in the world, but the spirit in which they are being approached is a better one than it was some years ago. It
has begun to be thought, even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, that negotiations should reach agreements even if both sides do not find these agreements wholly satisfactory. It has begun to be understood that the important conflict nowadays is not between different countries， but between Man and the atom bomb.
This passage implies that war now is __

A． worse than in the past
B． as bad as in the past
C． not so dangerous as in the past
D． as necessary as in the past

参考答案：A进入在线模考

【参考译文】
有没有可能劝说人类过没有战争的生活?战争是一种古代的机制，至少已有六千多年的历史。战争总是有杀伤力的，而且通常都很愚蠢，但在过去，人类已经努力适应了战争并能在其中生活。[46][50]现代智慧已经改变了这种模式。要么就是人类废止战争，要么就是战争摧毁人类。目前最具危险性的是核武器．但是细茵和化学武器也许会在不久的将来造成更大的威胁。[47]即使我们能成功废除核武器，我们的使命也并不算完结。除非我们彻底消灭了战争。否则我们的使命永远不算完成。为达到这一目标，我们需要劝说人们以一种新的方式看待国际问题，而不是将之看作力量角逐——因为那样胜利只会属于最擅长杀戮人类的一方——而应按照广泛认同的法律原则进行调解。想要改变陈旧的思维习惯很困难，但我们必须努力。
[48]还有的人认为采用了这种或者那种意识形态就能避免战争。我认为这种想法是个很大的错误。所有的意识形态都是教条性的说法，往好了说是疑窦重重，往坏了说则是一派胡言。它们的信徒狂热地相信其说法，以致他们能够参与战争以支持自己的信仰。
过去几年里，正如我们所欢迎的那样，世界各地的观点已经极大地进步了。阻止核战争已经成为老生常谈。当然世界依然面临一些很难解决的问题，但是在解决这些问题的过程中出现的一些精神比多年前要高尚得多。 [49]人们开始思考，甚至那些能决定人类生死存亡的实权人物也在思考：是否应该依靠谈判达成共识。即便双方都发现那些共识其实并不完全令人满意。人们开始理解，现在重要的冲突并不存在于不同的国家之间，而存在于人类和原子弹之间。
【答案解析】
定位：根据题干信息implies that war now is可将答案定位到第一段第四句。
解析：原文中的modem与题干中的now对应，该句提到： “现代智慧已经改变了这种模式。要么就是人类废止战争，要么就是战争摧毁人类。目前，最具危险性的是核武器，但是细菌和化学武器也许会在不久的将来造成更大的威胁。”可见作者认为由于科技的进步，如今战争的杀伤力比以往更大，可能会摧毁整个人类。故答案为A。

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