2006年考研英语模拟试题一(7)

Contrary to rigid religions or political beliefs, as are found in totalitarian societies, our culture is one of the great individual differences, at least in principle and in theory; but this leads to disunity, even chaos. Americans believe in the value of diversity, but just because our is a society based on individual diversity, it needs consensus about some dominating ideas more than societies based on uniform origin of their citizens. Hence, if we are to have consensus, it must be based on a myth - a vision about a common experience, a conquest that made us Americans, as the myth about the conquest of Troy formed the Greeks. Only a common myth can offer relief from the fear that life is without meaning or purpose. Myths permit us to examine our place in the world by comparing it to a shared idea. Myths are shared fantasies that form the tie that binds the individual to other members of his group. Such myths help to ward off feelings of isolations, guilt, anxiety, and purposelessness - in short, they combat isolation and the breakdown of social standards and values.

26.In the eyes of the author, the greatest trouble with the US society may lie in

[A] the nonexistence of consensus on the forms of the society should take.

[B] the lack of divergence over the common organizations of social life.

[C] the non-acceptance of a society based on individual diversity.

[D] the pervasive distress caused by national morale decline.

27.The asocial personality of Americans may stem from

[A] the absence of a common religion and ancestry.