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題干：AskmostpeoplehowtheydefinetheAmericanDreamandchancesare，they，11say，“Success.”ThedreamofindividualopportunityhasbeenhomeinAmericansinceEuropeansdiscovereda“newworld”intheWesternHemisphere.EarlyimmigrantslikeHectorSt.JeandeCrevecoeurpraisedhighlythefreedomandopportunitytobefoundinthisnewland.HisglowingdescriptionsofaclasslesssocietywhereanyonecouldattainsuccessthroughhonestyandhardworkfiredtheimaginationsofmanyEuropeanreaders：inLettersfromanAmericanFarmer(1782)hewrote.“Weareallexcitedatthespiritofanindustrywhichisunfettered(無拘無束的)andunrestrained,becauseeachpersonworksforhimself…Wehavenoprinces,forwhomwetoil(干苦力活),starve,andbleed：wearethemostperfectsocietynowexistingintheworld.”Thepromiseofalandwhere“therewardsofaman’sindustryfollowwithequalstepstheprogressofhislabor”drewpoorimmigrantsfromEuropeandfuelednationalexpansionintothewesternterritories.Ournationalmythology(神化）isfullofillustrationstheAmericansuccessstory.There,sBenjaminFranklintheverymodeloftheself-educated，self-mademan，whorosefrommodestoriginstobecomeawell-knownscientist,philosopher,andstatesman.Inthenineteenthcentury,HoratioAlger,awriteroffictionforyoungboys,becameAmerican'sbest-sellingauthorwithrags-to-richestales.Thenotionofsuccesshauntsus：wespendmillioneveryyearreadingabouttherichandfamous,learninghowto“makeafortuneinrealestatewithnomoneydown,”and“dressingforsuccess.”Themythofsuccesshaseveninvadedourpersonalrelationships：todayit'sasimportanttobe“successful”inmarriageorparenthoodsasitistocomeoutontopinbusiness.Butdreamseasilyturnintonightmares.EveryAmericanwhohopesto“makeit”alsoknowsthefearoffailure,becausethemythofsuccessinevitablyimpliescomparisonbetweenthehavesandthehave-nots,thestarsandtheanonymouscrowd.Underpressureofthemyth,webecomeindulgedinstatussymbols：wetrytoliveinthe“right”neighborhoods,wearthe“right”clothes,eatthe“right”foods.Thesesymbolsofdistinctionassureusandothersthatwearedifferent,thatwestandoutfromthecrowd.Itisoneofthegreatparadoxesofourculturethatwebelievestronglyinthefundamentalequalityofall，yetstriveashardaswecantoseparateourselvesfromourfellowcitizens.
題目：It can be inferred from the last sentence of the second paragraph that_____. - A 、business success often contributes to a successful marriage
- B 、Americans wish to succeed in every aspect of life
- C 、good personal relationships lead to business success
- D 、successful business people provide good care for their children
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
推論題。題干要求根據(jù)第二段最后一句話做出合乎作者本意的推論。注意even… personalrelationships中的強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣和as important… as這個(gè)比較主從復(fù)合句，它其實(shí)是說從個(gè)人婚姻到為人父母，即使是個(gè)人私事也要比出個(gè)高低, 與B選項(xiàng)中的every aspect of life相吻合。所以選B選項(xiàng)。
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