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Some argue that what Mr.Trump really wants is not the wall, but the fight over the wall.After all, if he really wanted his $5bn he could negotiate a deal with Democrats to get it perhaps by agreeing to provide dreamers (undocumented immigrants brought to America as children) a path to citizenship.But his base prizes his pugnacity above any realistically attainable concrete achievement, and he sees attacking Democrats as weak on crime and immigration as a better strategy than compromise.
“We have the issue, Border Security,” he crowed on Twitter, two days after Christmas.He believes, not without reason, that his hawkish views on immigration won him the presidency in 2016, and remain his strongest suit.But that theory was tested in 2018, when Republican congressional candidates around the country ended their campaigns by stoking fears of，in Mr.Trump's words, “death and destruction caused by people who shouldn't be here.), Leaving aside the fact that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than the native- born, that tactic failed.Republicans lost more seats in last year's mid-terms than in any election since Watergate.Now Ms.Pelosi is once again House Speaker, and Democrats are committee chairmen with subpoena power.
How they will use that power will quickly become clear.They have spent months preparing.Matt Bennett of Third Way, a centrist Democratic think-tank, believes the committees will “fire subpoenas like machine guns …There will be full-blown investigations by the middle of January.”
Elijah Cummings, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, has already requested information about, among other things，the use of personal email for government work and payments to the Trump Organisation.Jerry Nadler, who will chair the House Judiciary Committee，plans to hold hearings on the administration's family-separation policy and Russian interference in 2016.Adam Schiff, who will head the House Intelligence Committee, wants to investigate Mr.Trump's business interests.Richard Neal, who will run the House Ways and Means Committee, plans to compel the release of Mr.Trump 5s tax returns.
Mr.Trump’s approval ratings remain stuck around 40%; unlike most presidents, he has barely tried to expand his appeal.Meanwhile, Robert Mueller^ investigation is grinding inexorably forward.The president cannot afford to lose his cheerleaders5 support now, which may explain his refusal to negotiate over the wall.But that need not mean permanent gridlock.One can imagine Democrats agreeing to modestly increase border-security funding beyond $1.6bn enough to let Mr.Trump save face, claim victory and reopen government.
Beyond that, the parties could spend the next two years battling over immigration while finding common ground where they can 一 on infrastructure, for instance, or prescription- drug pricing.
For Mr.Trump, personal relationships can supersede partisan policy disagreements.He seems genuinely to respect Ms.Pelosi's toughness and accomplishment.He also appears fond of the cut-and-thrust with Mr.Schumer, a fellow outer-borough New Yorker.But his personalisation of politics cuts the other way too.Bill Clinton was able to shrug off Republican efforts to impeach him as just business, while keeping focused on policy goals.Mr.Trump, a famous counter-puncher, has shown no such ability to compartmentalise.
單選題第1題From the first paragraph we can infer that______.
A.Mr.Trump belongs to the Republican Party
B.Mr.Trump belongs to the Democratic Party
C.Mr.Trump drags on the shutdown
D.Mr.Trump may pressure the Republicans
參考答案：A
答案解析：推斷題。第1段第3句提到：無論共和黨人在公開場合表現(xiàn)得對他如何忠誠。這說明總統(tǒng)也是同一黨派的人，因為在美國敵對黨派往往會互相攻擊，故正 確答案為A。
單選題第2題According to Paragraph 2, the Democrats______.
A.objected to the fight over the wall
B.supported the fund for the wall
C.agreed to grant dreamers citizenship
D.refused to negotiate a deal with Mr.Trump
參考答案：C
答案解析：細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞定位第2段第2句，可知總統(tǒng)可以通過同意給予夢想來到美國的移民公民身份而與民主黨達成協(xié)議，因此這正是民主黨希望的，故正確答案為C。
單選題第3題The word “pugnacity” underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably means______
A.tenacity
B.aggressiveness
C.willingness
D.arrogance
參考答案：B
答案解析：語義題。pugnacity意為“好斗，好戰(zhàn)”，故正確答案為B （進攻性，挑釁）。
單選題第4題Mr.Trump believes that______.
A.immigrants cause death and destruction in the United States
B.Democrats take compromise as a better strategy
C.immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than the native-born
D.he won the presidency not without reason
參考答案：A
答案解析：推斷題。根據(jù)選項定位第3段，仔細比對后可知A與原文符合（移民會給美 國造成破壞和死亡），這也正是總統(tǒng)提出修筑隔離墻的理由，故正確答案為A。
單選題第5題Which of the following statements is NOT true of Ms.Pelosi?
A.She was once House Speaker.
B.She is a tough woman.
C.She is a member of the Republican Party.
D.She is a woman of great success.
參考答案：C
答案解析：推斷題。根據(jù)選項定位第4段和第7段，對比原文后可知，C與原文不符，因 為第7段提到總統(tǒng)將私人關(guān)系看得比黨派政見分歧更重，而他很尊重Ms. Pelosi，說 明后者與總統(tǒng)不是同一黨派，故正確答案為C。
單選題第6題According to Paragraph 5, Richard Neal will force Mr.Trump to______.
A.return his taxes
B.show his tax returns
C.get his tax returns
D.give up his return taxes
參考答案：B
答案解析：細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞定位第5段最后一句，此處release為“發(fā)布，公布”之意，故正確答案為B。
單選題第7題The word “gridlock” underlined in Paragraph 6 most probably means______.
A.gratification
B.congestion
C.impasse
D.perplexity
參考答案：C
答案解析：語義題。gridlock意為“僵局”，故正確答案為C （僵局）。
單選題第8題The author seems to believe it possible for the two parties to reach agreements on all the following EXCEPT______.
A.infrastructure
B.prescription-drug pricing
C.reopening government
D.immigration
參考答案：D
答案解析：細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞定位第6段第6句，結(jié)合第5句可知，作者認(rèn)為只要民主黨在修筑隔離墻的費用上稍作讓步，總統(tǒng)即可接受，這樣既保留了臉面，又可重啟政府。而在今后兩年，兩黨可以繼續(xù)在移民問題上作斗爭，同時在基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、處方藥定價等問題上達成共識。故正確答案為D,移民問題上暫時難以達成一致。
單選題第9題In the author's opinion，Bill Clinton's advantage was his ability to______.
A.keep focused on policy goals
B.shrug off Republican efforts to impeach him
C.keep things apart
D.take politics personal
參考答案：C
答案解析：細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞定位最后一段第5句，克林頓能夠?qū)⒐埠忘h對他的 彈劾看作僅僅是例行公事，但同時又致力于實現(xiàn)政策目標(biāo)，即作者認(rèn)為克林頓能 夠?qū)⑹聞?wù)區(qū)別對待，這一點要勝過特朗普，故正確答案為C。
單選題第10題The author's attitude toward Mr.Trump is one of______.
A.indifference
B.disappointment
C.support
D.optimism
參考答案：B
答案解析：態(tài)度題。最后一段作者將特朗普總統(tǒng)與前總統(tǒng)比爾克林頓做了比較，認(rèn)為 后者能以大局為重，而前者擅長以牙還牙，特朗普在大局觀上不如克林頓，故正 確答案為B （失望）。
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