厦大必修英语10年期末试卷.doc

ACHIEVEMENT TEST (Integrated Course) (For graduate students) Jan.4, 2010 I. Composition (20%) Directions: For?this?part, youre asked to write a composition in about 150 words on the given topic According to you, what is a rich, rewarding life? II. Reading Comprehension (20%) Directions: Each of the following passages below is followed by some questions. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions, then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET II . Passage One Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: In 1960 John F. Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic elected to the United States presidency. During the campaign his religion became an issue because some people feared that, once in office, his allegiance（忠贞）to his church might determine his conduct of public policy. Two months before the election, Kennedy discussed this fear in an address in which he said, “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute － where no Catholic prelate would tell the President, should he be a Catholic, how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote.” Kennedy was confronting an issue that has been the source of conflict, even of violence, for more than 2,000 years. The name given to the issue ― church and state ― is misleading, however: Church implies Christianity in one or more of its many denominations（教派）. The issue is really between religion and politics. Which shall be the controlling force in a state? Religions other than Christianity have been in conflict or in cooperation with political authorities in many nations. The power of Islam, for examples, is a major concern in the political affairs of the Middle East. In India Hinduism has long been a potent force affecting both the government and the economics of the country. (In 1984 India’s premier, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by members of the Sikh religion who were opposed to her government. ) The relations between