职称英语考试

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Martin Luther King Jr.

By the time the Montgomery ImprovementAssociation chose the 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. as its leader, thehours-old bus boycott by the black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, was alreadyan overwhelming success. King would later write that his unanticipated call to leadership"happened so quickly that I did not have time to think in through.""It is probable that if I had, I would have declined the nomination."

Although press reports at the time focused onhis inspiring oratory, King was actually a reluctant leader of a movementinitiated by others.(The boycott began on Dec. 5 1955.) His subsequent writingsand private correspondence reveal man whose inner doubts sharply contrast withhis public persona. In the early days of his involvement, King was troubled bytelephone threats, discord within the black community and Montgomery's"get tough" policy, to which king attributed his jailing on a minor trafficviolation. One night, as he considered ways to "move out of the picturewithout appearing a coward," he began to pray aloud and, at that moment,"experienced the presence of the God as I had never experienced Himbefore."

He would later admit that when the boycottbegan, he was not yet firmly committed to Gandhian principles. Although he hadbeen exposed to those teachings in college, he had remained skeptical. "Ithought the only way we could solve our problem of segregation was an armedrevolt," he recalled. "I felt that the Christian ethic of love wasconfined to individual relationships."

Only after his home was bombed in late Januarydid king reconsider his views on violence. (At the time, he was seeking a gunpermit and was protected by armed bodyguards.) Competing with each other toinfluence King were two ardent pacifists: Bayard Rustin, a black activist withthe War Resisters League, and the Rev. Glenn E. Smiley, a white staff member ofthe Fellowship of Reconciliation. Rustin was shocked to discover a gun inKing's house, while Smiley informed fellow pacifists that King's home was"an arsenal."

1. What did King think of his nominationas leader of the Montgomery Boycott?

A) He hadn't expected it.

B) He had to think about it carefully.

C) He would refuse to accept it.

D) He was prepared to accept it.

2. Why was King unwilling to lead the movementat first?

A) Because he doubted if the boycott would besuccessful.

B) Because he was troubled with a trafficaccident at that time.

C) Because he thought he was too young to be aleader.

D) Because he himself didn't start the boycott.

3. Which of the following is Not mentioned assomething that happened at the beginning of the black people's movement?

A) King was put into prison.

B) Black people disagreed with each other.

C) King's armed revolt proposal was turneddown.

D) Black people found it hard to accept thepolicy pursued in Montgomery.

4. Which of the following was the immediatecause that made King change his view on violence?

A) The education he received in college.

B) The attack of his home.

C) The influence of two active non-violenceadvocates.

D) The verdict of the Supreme Court.

5. In Paragraph 4, the last sentence"King's home was 'an arsenal'" means

A) King's home was a place where people gottogether.

B) King's home was a place where people testedbombs.

C) King's home was a place where weapons werestored.

D) King's home was a place where bombsexploded.

网考网参考答案：A、D、C、B、C
大数据分析：根据网考网与考试题库的统计分析，该试题：
16%的考友选择了A选项
67%的考友选择了B选项
13%的考友选择了C选项
4%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
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 · 这一题我选择的是A、D、C、B、C
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